Amazing!!! This is exactly why I believe a child who is ripped from the mother at a young age and given to someone else to raise, never feels connected or settled again.
We adopted four or our six children, they were older when we got them and they knew their parents but they never bonded with us because they were still deeply connected to the heart of their parents.
We have heard testimony of babies that were adopted who, no matter how much love they were given, felt disconnected and angry into the teen years. They never completely bonded to the adoptive parents.
Even parents who had serious problems were loved by their children who were taken away. There is an unconditional love of children for their parents that goes beyond environment to the spiritual connection.
This video is one more piece of the puzzle as to why our adoptive children and the adoptive children of others we have met never bonded in a way that natural children do.
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I am now convinced that Bill Cosby was innocent too! He was a womanizer, but did not do all that these lying women said he did. Please please please do not believe the news media or any liberal.
Liberals are liars and the media for the most part are liberals. Their agenda is to ruin anyone who doesn't think like they do or promote what they promote.
It isn't only the government that is a swamp it is also the news media and there is no way to keep them accountable.
I am against sexual harassment of any kind, but I am also against lying liberals who don't care what means they use to bring about their global and wicked agendas.
If another conservative is attacked with this popular means of allegation, that being an accusation of sexual harassment from 30 years ago, or even 10 or 20 years ago, then I will automatically dismiss it as lying.
It is one thing to tell a trusted friend at the time something happens, even report it to the police, this is proper. But to come forward many years later without evidence is despicable.
I am praying for deep sorrow in the hearts of these lying women. A sorrow that will only be comforted and cleansed by trusting in Christ.
I have told my own stories about emotional and mental abuse with family members. But those stories were not in the past, they are a continued way of relating and operating that demonstrates the past to be true.
If any of the stories against these good men were recent, reported and expressed to friends, then they might have some credibility.
So many women all of a sudden coming forward with the same accusations is highly suspect!!!!!
I will not get on anyone's bandwagon without evidence and without proper protocol. When a woman claims there were four other people who witnessed the attack, those four were approached testifying that they don't remember anything like that, then the accusation must be summarily dismissed.
There you have it my humble opinion. With all that has happened I felt led to express myself. There are many others who feel as I do, may they be comforted by someone else who agrees with them.
Liberals are master hypocrites, if you call them on their duplicity they rage furiously as though someone else did something wrong.
The reactions of many these days are irrational bordering on insanity.
2 Timothy 4:3 "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."
If you think A.I. is not paying any attention to you, let me tell you the experience I had this morning.
My husband and I were hanging a picture advertising his tax business. During that event a friend texted me about something. I replied to her, sent the message and continued to hold the phone in my hand.
I was instructing my husband to straighten the picture a little more, some how my words got typed into the text box, I did not type them.
I glanced down and saw some words on the text thinking I had forgotten to send my reply to my friend.
After sending it I realized the words were not to my friend, they were the words I "said" to my husband, that I never typed. The text that went to my friend was "Yeah that's good right there like."
Those were the words I spoke to my husband but never typed.
My friend Carole replied, "It's A.I. working for you."
I laughed until reality set in that everything we do on the internet and on our phone is being monitored 24/7 without our knowledge. Its sort of like living in a Sci-fi movie.
Now tell me this is perfectly normal and natural for humans to live like this! If this doesn't sound like the end times events leading up to the anti-christ control over every human beings I will eat my hat.
Narcissists hate that we have the freedom to chose to be who we want to be.
As a believer I choose to follow Christ. No man made rules that are not in the Bible will control me, Christ controls, instructs and guides me.
As we move into these end times we will find ourselves being judge rashly and unjustly when we make choices that do not adhere to the narcissists view of life.
My husband and I have a great marriage. We talk things out to determine the best course of action or the actions that will be helpful to one another. We have also had our challenges and have worked through those.
My experience with narcissists is that they tend to think they should decide for my marriage what I should be doing and attempt to influence my husband as to our decisions, so that he alone decides what I will be doing.
Our marriage is one of mutual decision. We discuss things and come to mutual agreement on our course of actions. He will do what he feels led to do and I will do what I feel led to do. If my husband disagrees with me we discuss things further. I may choose not to do something he doesn't want me to do, I never defy my husband when he has a concern.
I will attempt to convince him of something when it is a very important matter, but I do not make a decision against him ever.
Those who think the husband is the god of the marriage believe the husband can do no wrong, therefore has all the say all the time. This is not Biblical nor is it wise.
God created man and woman to work together, their decisions together are no one else's business. I also understand that narcissists will often attempt to work husband and wife against one another through favoritism. If they favor one spouse over another they hope to cause that favored spouse to come against the targeted spouse.
Thankfully this does not work in our marriage. Anyone who attempts to interfere in my husband's and my decisions will be summarily dismissed and excluded from our lives.
No one has any business interfering in anyone else's marriage. Nor does anyone outside that marriage relationship possibly know the dynamics of someone else's marriage relationship.
God told the marriage couple to leave their father and mother and cleave to their spouse. That means that the couple alone make the decisions for the marriage and everyone else removes their poky nose from it. When husband and wife cleave to one another no one else, adult children or aging parents have any business inserting themselves into that marriage.
I hate with a passion the doctrine that has been taught in recent years that the woman must say nothing, do nothing and be nothing. She must shuffle her feat while bending over in worship to her husband. There is only one that we worship and that is Christ. We love our husband very much, but we do not make him our god.
We work hard as women to please our husband but we do not allow him to shape us into his image. God gave women and men individual personalities and gifts for a reason, that is to help one another with the weaknesses and enhance the strengths of our spouse.
Those women who always remain silent to their husbands will only serve to enable them in areas that need work as well as husbands who remain silent toward their wives.
No one is going to like these statements very much. The women's libbers will hate me for saying we should work as a team in marriage. The ultra submission crowd is going to label me unsubmissive because I believe we are to be the helpmates to our husband in all that they do. Help meaning in ALL things, including advice.
As women our first responsibility is toward God and our second one is toward our husband. Our husbands are to honor us. If anyone in extended family attempts to remove that honor for wife from the husband, they must be removed and excluded. Wife is to honor their husband as the head of the household.
I am sensitive to those marriage in which the husband will not lead and the woman must carry on for Christ by herself. That is another matter for another discussion.
Ephesians 5:25-33
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her,
26 so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
27 that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless.
28 So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself;
29 for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church,
30 because we are members of His body.
31 For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. 32 This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.
33 Nevertheless, each individual among you also is to love his own wife even as himself, and the wife must see to it that she respects her husband.
We do not intimidate, dominate and demean someone we cherish. We do not disregard those we love, in fact we seek to help those we love to blossom in the gifts God has given them.
False judgments and accusations based on scanty and spurious evidence are condemned by God. Anyone doing this will be chastised by God.
We see this often in marriages where the extended family hate your freedom in the marriage so they work to destroy what God has joined.
My husband has said it many times, "we are one, you are the other half of me." I am not an extension of him as a slave and master. I am the other half of him, and he is the other half of me. We make decisions together, enhance the individual gifts of the other and leave lots of room for diversity in activities as well as personalities.
The woman works along side her husband with the skillful mind God has given her. She is not merely a robot to be bossed about like an object. The woman is a smart, handy, welcome half of her husband as she helps him make decisions, carries her own load of the household duties as well as whatever the husband needs in his work too.
Both are wrong: 1. the wife merely does the bidding of the husband without input and 2. the wife is independent of the man.
It always astonishes me the way many people tend to take one or two passages from the Word to make their case for their desired view. When often the answer is in the middle somewhere.
It is disturbing when either of these wrong views are not interested in the truth, but will rage against any suggestion that perhaps their view needs prayer and contemplation.
Having been married 47 years my husband and I have worked along side one another, even with all our flaws and warts we got through that which needed work and remain to be there for one another.
There have been times when extended family attempted to insert themselves in our marriage, jealous of our growing together. Do not allow anyone else to judge your marriage, they have no business and they cannot see all the nuances of another person's life experience.
I praise the Lord for those couples who understand that marriage is work and that both parties matter in the marriage. One is not more important than another, both are cherished by God and both have a job to do within the marriage.
The lies that the devil told Eve in the garden were in the form of questioning what God really said.
Genesis 3:1-6 "1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”
2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,
3 but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’ ”
4 “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman.
5 “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it."
This is exactly the same tactic that liberals are using in politics today. They refuse to admit the lack of evidence for any matter. Their aim is to discredit others through lies and gossip.
Did anyone notice how the democrats were constantly praising the woman as courageous in the matter of the Kavanaugh hearings?
She had no solid evidence but there had been much evidence from several other FBI investigations of Kavanaugh's character and activities over the years.
When a narcissist wants to bring you down it is because they hate your strength and your resolve in important matters. They will make up lies and contrive circumstances that sound credible but have no evidence behind them.
When someone chooses to believe you're a bad person so they will justify refusing to listen to you, they are unreasonable without the ability to take honest facts and discuss them rationally.
An anonymous letter ought never to be taken seriously. By the way, think about it, If the accuser of Kavanaugh was a "courageous woman" as the democrats keep saying, then she would have not written an anonymous letter, she would not have leaked it to the press surreptitiously. A courageous person comes forward months before and speaks openly. They do not slink or hide behind others while they sneak a letter to the press or whomever else they wish to do their dirty work for them.
This tactic of the devil, that is secretly and sneakily passing gossip without proper evidence goes on in every venue available to the devil. School, family, church, politics and every other place the devil and his minions lurk.
Angry jealous people who have the spine of a jelly fish use covert tactics to hide their lies. They sneak behind pillars and posts as they whisper to others to do what they do not have the courage to do.
The tactics of today's democrats and liberals is to keep off the court any good man who may undermine their freedom to murder babies. Let's face it, this is the reason the liberals are pulling out all the stops to thwart this nomination. They walk in fear that they might not be able to kill babies at will. Perhaps those who love children will demand to tell the truth to hurting and lonely pregnant women, giving them an option other than murdering their unborn babies.
Liberals loves lies and murder as long as it frees them from responsibility, even possibly limiting their freedom to sin all they want without consequences.
2 Timothy 4:3-4 " 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. 4 So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.…"
Many people in our day are living in a place of fantasy. They value their fantasy over truth, leaving many broken and bleeding people in their wake as they perpetrate crimes against the innocence.
Thankfully the Lord is coming soon to put an end to all this foolishness and vitriol.
The devil is all about hate, destruction and murder. When we know this we don't have to take seriously those who are being used by him against us.
1 Peter 5:8
"8 Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour."
It is not hard to pray for our enemies and those who have rejected us. The hard part is continuing that same prayer for 40 years without any sign that things are changing. The other part of that is the discouragement when we see things growing worse instead of better.
Then the prayer becomes more and more that we remain faithful to Christ no matter the response from others.
Deuteronomy 7:9 Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,
2 Timothy 2:13 If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
Psalm 33:4 For the Word of the Lord is upright, And all His work is done in faithfulness.
Psalm 91:4 He will cover you with His pinions, And under His wings you may seek refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark.
2 Thessalonians 3:3 The Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one.
1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
Psalms 119:90 Your faithfulness endures to all generations; you have established the earth, and it stands fast.
Exodus 34:6 Then the LORD passed by in front of him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth;
1 Corinthians 1:9 God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Hebrews 10:23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.
Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent; Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
Lamentations 3:22-23 The LORD’S lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.
Deuteronomy 31:6 Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.
Romans 8: 38-39 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
A sign that you may be arrogant is when no one is able to correct you, or when one can never/rarely admit they are wrong.
~ Henry Steven Proulx
"…7 It is rare indeed for anyone to die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. 8 But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him!…"
"…11 and many false prophets will arise and mislead many. 12 Because of the multiplication of wickedness , the love of most will grow cold. 13 But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.…"
Flattery makes people walk on egg shells fearful to disappoint those they may normally disagree with. Perhaps if the one who flatters learns we have differences they won't like us anymore. Flattery is dangerously disarming and manipulative, it cannot be trusted.
Proverbs 26:24-28
"Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips and harbors deceit in his heart; when he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart; though his hatred be covered with deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly. Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling. A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin."
The angels do not carry the seed of humans. Just as a cat cannot mate with a dog and the cow cannot mate with a horse, neither do spirits mate with flesh.
Genesis 1:24-25 "24 And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and wild animals according to their kinds.” And it was so. 25 God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.…"
Narcissists can not properly interpret what we say or do, not even facial expressions because they think that everyone thinks as they do.
They do not pay enough attention to others to know how to interpret words or actions.
A narcissist will not care to know anyone else to become close, they simply demand that everyone comply with their ways or they are rejected.
We see this in families, churches and politics.
This is not a matter of standing for righteousness, that's a different matter. Narcissists judge us a bad or evil if we do not follow their ideas that are not clearly defined in the Bible.
Often they extract passages of scripture from their context to justify what they wish to believe and then foist them on others as a matter of obedience or disobedience to God.
The narcissist leaves no freedom for others to view things differently from them, but mostly based on their own ideas not scriptural mandates or principles.
Those who attempt to bring scripture to the narcissist Christian will be met with rage and contempt. The subtle forms of these attitudes are seen in their dismissiveness of us, their silent treatment to punish and even mocking intimidation at times.
Never fear brothers and sisters, if you are doing what God has told you to do, walking in the Spirit and know what God has commanded you to say and do, then you are free to dismiss the rejection as being on the one who has chosen to attempt control over you.
These narcissistic tactics roll off of those who have eyes to see through spiritual discernment. However, it is an unpleasant experience to be in company with these self proclaimed guardians of tradition. We are free in Christ to avoid those who make a practice of judging our lives when the judgment is contrived and inaccurate.
Those of us who have been targets of jealous people love them even though they are mean, but we are not commanded to remain in their company, we have a choice to stay or to go unless it is marriage, then there is no choice. We can actually understand and know the tactics to be able to live with it day in and day out in peace.
May the Lord be the One to guide you as you seek Him for the specifics. Always look to yourself first to see what you might be doing. When you cannot see anything you have done, then leave the narcissist to the Lord and carry on to do what is right no matter what the response.
Preachers need to stop teaching foolishness and begin teaching holiness to believers and repentance to non-believers. So much of the worlds thinking has been incorporated into the church the important matters are nearly completely neglected.
Galatians 3:1-3
Faith Brings Righteousness
3 You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified?
2 This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by the works of ]the Law, or by hearing with faith?
3 Are you so foolish? Having begun ]by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?"
Teaching heretical doctrine from books like the book of Enoch has led people away from Christ and into arrogance. The need to feel special and have secret knowledge is growing as the level of pride grows in our culture.
This really is not a matter of an unimportant matter, the disagreement about the Nephilim. It is a distraction to ruin our view of God's power and glory.
The devil is a counterfeiter for the purpose of negating God. God is the only One Who can supernaturally impregnate a woman as with Mary and Christ. The devil wants to make people believe that it was not a miracle of God the Father with Mary, that devils can do the same thing. The devil has been attempting to steal God's glory from their beginning.
Demons never bred with women, that is a lie from the book of Enoch, which is not in the Bible.
The only Spirit that could and did make a baby with a woman was God. No other spirits can do that. The angels do not procreate, they do not have a seed from their loins. There were giants in the land but no where does God say those giants came because of spirit babies.
Also we must remember that God said He created each creature after its own kind. A cow cannot mate with a horse and a cat cannot mate with a dog. Just as a spirit being cannot mate with a human.
This lie of the Nephilim was created to make God's miracle of His Spirit coming over Mary for the coming of Christ look like any spirit could do such a thing, it is blasphemy to promote such a thing.
We know the heart of the liberal, here it is in a nutshell:
Liberals are murderers and liars at heart, we know this because they lie and say a baby isn't a person so they can murder them.
See that, Lying and murdering go hand in hand.
Revelation 21:8 " 8 But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
There is good news, that is that even a liberal can be saved, changed into a new creation, becoming an entirely different person. When this happens to a liberal they are no longer liberal, they are loving kind and seeking truth.
Any one of them can do it by trusting in Christ, but that is the only way they can be changed.
The women should wear clothing that does not entice a man to gawk at her and the men should avoid women who are to senseless to refrain from flaunting their bodies through revealing clothing.
I notice it is taboo these days to hold the women accountable for being at drunken parties where these things could happen. The woman can dress as scantily as she pleases, flaunting her wares to be oogled at, teasing and taunting without chastisement.
I place some of the responsibility on the woman for enticing the men. However, the men should be strong enough to completely avoid a woman who taunts with her clothing.
If the men avoided the flaunting women they would soon learn their wiles don't work and maybe clean up their act.
O.K. now I await the bludgeoning that is about to happen for daring to hold accountable women who were attacked.
I do not condone attacks of any kind, however we live in a wicked world full of leches, these men will look, lust and act whenever they are given those womanly signals.
Jezebel was one of those who enticed and then destroyed. This is more common in this culture than many will admit.
To pretend women do not have lust in their hearts is as silly as saying men don't. The clothing gives them away, it tells the story of their heart and the men can see it.
If you don't want to be attacked stay away from the drunken parties, out of the bars and remain chaste in your clothing.
Those who would kick against this advice will be revealing their own heart of rebellion.
Jeremiah 8:12 "12 Are they ashamed of their loathsome conduct? No, they have no shame at all, not even enough to blush. Therefore they will fall among the fallen. When I punish them, they will collapse, says the LORD. "
This is monstrous!!!!! And we think there is no holocaust going on in our country? What!!!! The skin of the Jews in WWII was used for lamp shades and book covers. Why is this any different. By the way, those lamp shades and book covers were banned in America but were sold on the black book market up until about 30 years ago, and it is my guess they are still around.
Anyone who had no sin or immorality in their life back in the 1960's, '70's and '80's please raise your hand. Everyone who has not been born again was full of sin, whether it is anything anyone can prove or not, we remained sinful.
The democrats who accuse others of lifestyles of the past, thirty years ago when they have this immorality in their lives in the present are what God calls hypocrites.
If the democrats who are accusing the Supreme Court nominee of immorality from thirty yeas ago are deeply sinful right now. They advocate the murdering of millions of babies, live in sin outside of marriage as well as divorce and remarrying. Divorce is a sin and remarriage is a double sin. God calls remarriage after divorce adultery, it remains adultery as long as the two remarrieds remain together. This is half of America today.
There is no such thing as a changed lifestyle and full forgiveness among democrats as long as the one they attack is not on their side of the aisle.
The democrats encourage and support every form of immorality while accusing others of things they either never did or have been forgiven by God.
Its the principle of removing the beam from one's own eye before accusing others of the very sin they are doing and encouraging in others.
I have met many self righteous Christians who are much like the democrats. They hold against others their sins that have been forgiven while they continue to sin in even worse ways in the present.
Democrats are narcissists to the core, they love their elevated view of self while the actual essence of their being is evil. Narcissists never see themselves in truth. There is a fantasy inside of the narcissistic democrat, the fantasy that they are special, better and righteous when in fact the opposite is true.
1 Timothy 5:19-20 "19 Do not entertain an accusation against an elder, except on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 20 But those who persist in sin should be rebuked in front of everyone, so that the others will stand in fear of sin."
Matthew 7:5-6 "? 5 You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. 6 Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.…"
The dogs are trampling on the pearls of God as we speak. They lie, mock, intimidate and destroy those who have lived exemplary lives for many years, as though they themselves have never sinned.
It is clear that any accusation needs to be accompanied by witnesses who have actually seen for themselves the sin in the accused life. The democrats do not require a witness in an accusation against their opponent, only words. This is a good example of utter foolishness. Anyone can say anything, even making it sound plausible, even a little half truth thrown in to titillate the senses of the gossip mongers, setting off a firestorm of tantrum and punishment that might never have been appropriate.
Welcome to our world of injustice, gossip and words are all that are necessary in our perverted and wicked world to destroy a good person who has either never committed the crimes or who has turned from sin to be cleansed, never having repeated those things since their conversion and cleansing.
I don't know about the politicians, we have no way of knowing who perpetrated crimes against women, we cannot know we only have words without evidence. When the words of one person is all that is required without evidence, then the accusation should be dismissed as nothing more than words.
The democrats have the bad habit of piling up witnesses that have no credibility to accuse others of sins merely to keep them out of places of power. They are liars and gossip mongers and for nothing more than getting their own way, just like spoiled brats having a tantrum when Mummy says no to them.
Remember this, there is no credibility among the democrats who advocate the murdering of babies, the rights of homosexuals and the transgender crowd. When a group of people defend these sin they have no right to speak against any other sin, the beam remains in their own eyes, worse than anything they accuse others of doing.
There you have it!!!!! Yes, its my opinion but it is based on God's Word and for those of you who do not know Christ it used to be good old fashioned horse sense even for the unsaved to require real witnesses to any crime.
When we have come to Christ for cleansing our past sins may have some consequences that remain but the sin is gone, utterly and completely.
Be encouraged brothers and sisters, we are living in the end times. God said it would be that way and now we see it on steroids. The 2 Timothy 3 mentality is increasing, I am sure glad I will not be here to see it escalate in the tribulation. That will be a time of brutality and injustice the likes of which no one has ever seen before. The Holy Spirit will no longer be here to restrain evil. Yes, get that, its bad enough right now when the Holy Spirit is restraining evil, imagine when He is taken out with the church and all that is left is pure evil. Then the earth will groan with the sin upon it in a way that brings gripping and monstrous fear to everyone.
Wicked people don't want to believe we have been completely changed, they desire to remember us the way we used to be before Christ changed us. The reason is simple, if they see the change in us they must face their own sinfulness. The light shines on the darkness and those who love themselves above all else hate the light. The darkness is far more comfortable for those who must maintain that false persona of goodness.
The false love of the world has to do with friendliness to be like by the one they manipulate with kindness and flattery.
The real love of God points people to their flaws, their needs and encourages them to seek Christ.
The love of the world leaves people comfortable in their sin and infancy, while the love of God spurs others to greater holiness and life of wonder and awe of Christ.
Those who love the world hate those who love Christ. They manipulate, demean, mock, intimidate and exclude those who will bring the real love of Christ.
1 Corinthians 4:6
"Brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not take pride in one man over another."
When we stay within the principles of God in His Word for instruction then we are loving the hearer.
Proverbs 27:5
"Better is open rebuke than hidden love."
2 Timothy 4:2
"Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching."
Flatter is of no value, it brings nothing but further error as the person hearing it is solidified in their own pride from the hearing of it.
Proverbs 29:5 ""A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet". Spreads a net for his feet - Beware of a flatterer; he does not flatter merely to please you, but to deceive you and profit himself."
Those who flatter us do it to gain advantage over us. They love to remove our defenses more willing to fall into their ways if we are too flattered to see the errors.
Complimenting someone in genuineness is different from flattery. Flattery serves to disarm us from our senses to take over our soul.
It is becoming harder to relate to most people in this culture of apostasy. Even in Christian gatherings we are the fringe crazies when we speak against the ways of the world and for the ways of God. The Bible is not the bench mark for everything, in fact many things the modern believer defends with their life are against the ways of God.
Those who speak boldly the Bible are summarily dismissed, mocked and even treated with disdain.
The rebuke, admonition, correction and proper teaching is missing from the Christian churches of our day. Correction is seen as rude while disrespect is justified.
2 Timothy 4:1-8
"1 I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:
2 preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.
3 For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions,
4 and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.
5 As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
6 For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come.
7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
8 Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing."
If our constant companions are those who think more in worldly ways than in the wisdom of God, then we will be convinced of the worldly ways.
1 Corinthians 15:33-34 "33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.” 34 Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.…"
1 Timothy 4:…11 Command and teach these things. 12 Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. 13 Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, and to teaching.…
This verse is often used by charismatics to say that Timothy should be revered in his youthfulness. That he should never allow others to judge him based on his youth. It is used to justify very young people in ministry leadership positions.
At closer inspection it seems more likely that God is telling Timothy not to be disrespectful or do anything that might foster a reason for people to refuse to listen to him.
I understand it this way because over my lifetime I have seen arrogant youth who think they no longer have to listen to others who are older and wiser. They elevate themselves to the same level as those who should be honored by the youth.
When young people refuse to acknowledge the wisdom of the elders they are displaying disrespect and superiority over their elders. It is dishonoring and repugnant to the elder to be treated as an equal or even inferior to the youth. It is less likely that the elders will listen to this arrogant and superior demonstration from the youth who attempt to dominate over their elders.
Young people need to be spending far more time listening than they do speaking. In these last days of 2 Timothy 3 we live in a world that elevates youth above elders and wisdom.
The youth of today tend to think if they have a thought in their head it equates to wisdom, just merely having the thought should bring them praise and adulation. Sort of like the ball youth sports that people attend in which every child gets a prize even if they lose. The youth of today expect to be praised, elevated and treated as princes and princesses without having to earn anything.
It takes many years for wise people to become wise. It takes many real life experience, and I do not mean play and travel, for them to develop the wisdom to be able to think in the correct manner.
There is nothing more agonizing to be in the same room with arrogant self righteous know it alls who believe they are equal to and above those who have lived much longer than they.
“If you fear nothing, then you are not brave. You are merely too foolish to be afraid.” Author Unknown
"The fool wonders, the wise man asks". - Benjamin Disraeli
The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." - Psalm 14:1
"The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way." - Josh Billings
- 1 Corinthians 1:20
"Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? "
When we attempt to speak wisdom to a foolish person they will claim that we are the fools. The more we try to convince them of the wisdom from God, the more they will kick against it. Why, we ask ourselves do they do this? The reason is simple, the fool must be seen as right no matter how silly their argument. They don't care that they are wrong, they only care that they assert themselves. Many fools even know they are wrong but will fight to defend their way in spite of it.
You see, a fool is more interested in winning an argument than they are in discovering truth.
This is the world we live in now, it is not easy, the disrespect and lack of good old fashioned horse sense is nearly gone and there are few that will listen.
Many believers hold on to the foolishness of psychology and the ways of the world when they could humble themselves, ask God for wisdom and proceed to grow in holiness and the wisdom they so desperately need.
Galatians 3:3
"Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now trying to attain your goal by human effort?"
Proverbs 13:20
"Become wise by walking with the wise; hang out with fools and watch your life fall to pieces. - Proverbs 13:20"
If our constant companions are those who think more in worldly ways than in the wisdom of God, then we will be convinced of the worldly ways.
1 Corinthians 15:33-34 "33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.” 34 Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.…"
Psalm 26:4-6 "…4 I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites. 5 I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked. 6 I wash my hands in innocence that I may come near Your altar, O LORD,…"
If God does not hate the evil person then what would we say is "hell", an expression of hate or love? Or is it just "justice"?
Ecclesiasticus 12:6
"For the most High hateth sinners, and will repay vengeance unto the ungodly, and keepeth them against the mighty day of their punishment."
AND NO!!!! A 22 year old psychology grad has no place counseling others no matter how much training she or he has. Those who are qualified to counsel others must have lived a full life with much experience behind them.
1 Timothy 3:6-7 "6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same condemnation as the devil. 7 Furthermore, he must have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the snare of the devil.…"
There is far too much to learn, not just by a few experiences but having worked through many of life's difficulties while following Christ in order to counsel with wisdom.
Those who believe they are qualified to counsel others about life when they have just barely escaped the home of their parents, should learn in short order that their skimpy life experience does not allow them enough wisdom to counsel those who have lived three times longer.
And NO, book learning from a psychology book does not replace or override the value of experience. We must also remember that living a long life does not automatically afford wisdom to many. There are those who have lived a long life who have not learned very much of value because they have not sought God nearly most of their lives.
It is only seeking God through life experiences that God shows us His wisdom, which far ought weighs any human wisdom a college professor can afford.
In this world of arrogance and excessive praise we have allowed the youngsters to believe they can have the wisdom of a long life without having lived it first.
Proverbs 19:20
"Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future."
Leviticus 19:32
“You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord."
Exodus 20:12
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you."
Proverbs 16:31
"Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained in a righteous life."
Attempts at forcing others to be like them through intimidation, mocking and manipulation does nothing except perhaps cause the coerced one to hide their real selves,
The best way to interact with others is to tell the truth and leave their responses to them and God. If they do not listen then we are free to walk away.
We cannot change anyone's heart, we can only influence with words, if the words are not received then we must go away and leave them to think and pray about it.
All too often people who think of themselves as superior to other will choose mean spirited actions and words to guilt someone into submission to them. This has more to do with control over us than it does with truth.
When we find theological differences that are important and cannot be resolved then we must move on to those who who are in agreement.
We love all believers in Christ but we cannot have fellowship with them all. Two cannot walk together who are not agreed.
Unity is not based on choosing to compromise, it is based on deeply investigating the word together to discern truth. When someone will not discuss a matter in the word then there is nothing more we can do to resolve the disagreement.
Ephesians 4:2-4 "…2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, 3 and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;…"
When we have to leave or let someone go we still love them and pray for them. May the Lord guide us as we are led by Christ in these decisions. May the Lord help believers to seek truth together. May all arrogance be removed from stubborn hearts as we all grow in holiness.
1 Peter 2:1-10 "1 Peter 2 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
As Newborn Babes
1 Therefore, putting aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,
2 like newborn babies, long for the [e]pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation,
3 if you have tasted the kindness of the Lord.
As Living Stones
4 And coming to Him as to a living stone which has been rejected by men, but is choice and precious in the sight of God,
5 you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
6 For this is contained in Scripture:
“Behold, I lay in Zion a choice stone, a precious corner stone,
And he who believes in [l]Him will not be [m]disappointed.”
7 This precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for those who disbelieve,
“The stone which the builders rejected,
This became the very corner stone,”
8 and,
“A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense”;
for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this doom they were also appointed.
9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 10 for you once were not a people, but now you are the people of God; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy."
Proverbs 23:7
"7 For as he thinks within himself, so he is.
He says to you, “Eat and drink!”
But his heart is not with you.""
Whatever way we think is what drives us to actions. Deep down in our soul is the essence of how we think, whether we realize it or not.
Our thoughts produce actions, no matter how much we wish to justify ourselves we cannot separate our thoughts from our actions.
If there is contempt in the heart there are mean spirited actions, sometimes covert, sometimes overt, but in either case the heart is engaging in hatred.
If there is love in the heart there are kind actions that are demonstrated.
Satan plants fear in the heart of the controller causing the controller to generate drama and trouble toward those he wishes to harm. Those who walk in fear feel a sense of the need to control others either to protect themselves or to get what they want from those they dominate.
Those who readily attack others when there is no good reason, are showing their inner fear of losing control of themselves and others.
The devil plants thoughts of fear in hearts leaving his victims feeling vulnerable. When someone feels a loss of control they will act in irrational ways to gain back what they believe they have lost.
We see this in politics, churches and families as we move through this life.
1 Peter 5:7-9 "…7 Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. 8 Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 9 Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering."
Many people compare themselves with others, even inaccurately to justify their elevated position in their own minds. Rather than comparing their status with God they can feel superior by comparing themselves with others around them. This causes a controlling spirit to attempt to dominate others.
2 Corinthians 10:12-16
"12 For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise."
Those who attempt to control others through manipulation and intimidation are demonstrating a fearful spirit. They cannot be trusting Christ and free in their soul when domination is present.
Funny how people would not call it "negative" if we were shouting at them to run because a truck was coming at them in the street. They would even thank us that we saved their life.
However, when we warn them about their lost state for the unbeliever or the sin in the life of a believer we are called too negative or fanatical.
The joy in the born again believer is great even when we are maligned, mocked and discarded for our love of Christ and His Word.
We ought to be speaking "Bibleze", everyday all the time for every situation.
Proverbs 3:5-6
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths."
