It fascinates me that toxic people are allowed to be as mean spirited and superior as they choose but the one who calls them out on their behavior, is chastised or rebuked as the trouble maker.
This is the world we live in, we see it in the media and in politics. The ones who are criticized the most are those who call sin what it is.
Yes, with narcissists the best course of action is to stay away from them once we discover what they are, however there are some rational people out there who will benefit from a mild rebuke or instruction, these are the people with whom we can be honest and open.
Our goal is not to dominate or control as it is with the narcissist, our goal is to help people learn something as much as we should want to learn things from others.
Without correction and chastisement no one grows and changes into better human beings. Those who take offense at correction remain spiritual and emotional infants. Until they can learn to accept a criticism, they will remain such.
2 Timothy 4:2-3 "2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction. 3 For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.…"
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