The more we understand God's principles, the more we will understand the mind of the narcissist.
It is a good idea to know our enemies. Yes, they are our enemies because they are the enemies of God.
To understand them is to be able to ignore their nonsense and move on in the way of the Lord.
The narcissist is used of the devil to attempt to silence those who love Christ. If they can accuse us of untrue things, they can keep us feeling guilty when there is no place for guilt.
They do it by bringing up forgiven past, by saying we did or said something we never did or said and even debilitating us by causing us to think it is wrong or mean to tell the truth.
The devil calls evil good and good evil and every person that follows him uses these same tactics.
I declined to attend the wedding of a divorced couple many years ago, it marked me as someone not only to be avoided but also to be targeted for gossip and demeaning.
There were other things just like this that made me a target. When we refuse to compromise our principles for the sake of pleasing men, we begin the downward slide into worldliness.
When pleasing people becomes more important than God's principles then God is no longer the One we follow, man becomes our god, it is he that we choose to please.
John 12:43 "for they loved the approval of men rather than the approval of God."
Proverbs 14:12
"There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death."
2 John 1:9
"Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son."
Psalm 118:8-9
"It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man. It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes."
Matthew 15:9
"In vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”
1 Corinthians 1:10-13
"I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. For it has been reported to me by Chloe's people that there is quarreling among you, my brothers. What I mean is that each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” or “I follow Apollos,” or “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.” Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?"
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