O.K., Trumps language today is indicative of a narcissistic personality. He uses language he knows will insight anger in a large group of people.
Presidents are to be dignified, refined and diplomatic, one can be strong and decisive and still be this way. But our president is brash, condescending and out and out rude. Whether or not he's right about the country is almost irrelevant, his verbiage is vitriolic and designed to cause a reaction, and not a good one.
Trump loves to make others feel inferior except when he is wanting something out of them, such as their vote or support on something. When he thinks someone has nothing to offer him and is beneath him then he says things like "S....H....countries". Who talks like that? Except those who hang out in bars, sucking up suds while mocking those they think are beneath them.
I have no doubt that many countries of the world have problems and big ones, but diplomacy goes a long way to soften the hearts of people.
If our president will talk like this in public for God and everyone else to see, then imagine how terrible he is in private with his family. We tend to be looser expressing our real selves in private than we do in public. He doesn't even have the good sense to soften his language a bit to be more dignified in public.
Dignity? Not our president!!!!
I don't care how many photo opp good deeds he does after a storm, everything, absolutely every thing he does good, bad and ugly is to manipulate others. He is convinced that there is a block of people out there who like his filthy language and brash treatment of others, and who are fooled by his photo op good deeds.
Please don't anyone ever say to me this man is a Christian, he is nothing more than an actor in the play of life. Sadly, he has no clue about how "Christians" talk, even the fake ones give up filthy language in public.
You know, this whole controversy isn't really about his comments about particular countries, as much as it is about his attitude of superiority which leads him to believe he can blurt out any old thing no matter how filthy and those who support him will be alright with that. He uses "locker room talk" because that's who he is, a rube in the big city with lots of money.
Just because the Lord allowed President Trump into office does not mean that we should ignore or endorse his gutter mouth and lack of dignity.
I accept that he is our president, but I will not remain silent when he dishonors God, after all, Christians have surrounded him as though he were the second coming of Christ, now he is destroying our witness with his nonsense.
Ungodly people will see the Christians all enthralled with him, thinking we approve of and endorse his filthy talk. I do not approve of his tactics and the vile words he uses, let me be very clear about that.
God will use him in spite of himself and in spite of us, that doesn't mean we roll over and play dead, leaving our brains in the closet to protect one who dishonors God.
There, I've said it!
"Self" is the addiction for the narcissist, never expect an apology for anything ever. Kind and empathetic people apologize for slights because they hate hurting others. The narcissist doesn't care if they hurt others, only that they get their own way or feel a sense of superiority over others.
Even though the narcissist deludes themselves as being giving and caring their actions and attitudes demonstrate something very different.
Proverbs 1:7
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction."
Proverbs 29:9
"If a wise man has an argument with a fool, the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet."
Proverbs 28:26
"Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered."
Notice that God tells us the plight of the foolish and in the same verse shows us the direction of the wise man.
It is God's mercy that He exposes sin but then give the solution to it, that solution being to trust Christ, be humbled for knowing what we are without Him and then we begin to obey Him.
Those who have no concern about pleasing the Lord but are deeply vested in impressing others will always show their true colors when adversity or challenge comes. Those who are seeking Christ will demonstrate an attitude of wanting to learn truth even if it exposes something within themselves.
Those who seek Christ, willing to look at themselves in truth will always grow in holiness. God will honor our desire to please Him.
Ecclesiastes 7:1-29
"A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of birth. It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for this is the end of all mankind, and the living will lay it to heart. Sorrow is better than laughter, for by sadness of face the heart is made glad. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools. ..."
The humble man who sees himself in truth will gain great wisdom and joy as they move through life free from the burden of having to hide their real selves. Those who are hiding are burdened with guilt and shame continually, keeping up pretense is very hard work and never rewarding.
1 Corinthians 2:13
"And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual."
Debating accomplishes very little, if we have to debate someone then they are not ready to listen, walk away and pray for them.
"…4 Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. 6 But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.…"
Now days the word "Christian" has been used generically to identify anyone who goes to a church gathering, even the Mormons call themselves that. There are more people who identify as Christians who are not, than there are born again believers. We must observe the fruit to know which is which.
The character qualities of the born again believer:
Galatians 5:22-23
"22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."
I know many people who would say they have these character qualities but their actions prove otherwise. When we are born gain the Spirit in us connects with other believers who have the Spirit of God, we know, there is no question that they walk with God, and their actions and attitudes line up with this fruit.
Real friends don't get jealous of your accomplishments, they are happy for you when you succeed and sad when you fall. They encourage you when you are down and rejoice when you are up.
Our best friend is Christ:
James 4:8 "Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded."
Proverbs 12:26 "One who is righteous is a guide to his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray. "
A true friend tells the truth all the time, even if it is in correction. When we are not afraid to tell the truth to someone because we know them, then that is the friend who is true.
Intelligent people don't argue. Only those who lack confidence and truth will fight to win, arguing is candy to these people, do not engage with them.
Proverbs 26:3-5 "…3 A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, And a rod for the back of fools. 4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Or you will also be like him. 5 Answer a fool as his folly deserves, That he not be wise in his own eyes.…"
Clarification of these verses is in the following link, a very good explanation. Follow the Link
Never compromise your conviction just to have friends.
Refuse to keep company with those who are attempting to shape you into their desired image for you.
If we compromise, if we allow others to shape us into their image, most likely we will be disobeying God and diminishing our walk with Christ.
Never let others dictate to us what we have chosen to be as a person, we make our own choice as to what we want to be. Personally I desire to walk with Christ, most of the world does not, even those who attend churches will pressure us to accept things that God says are sins.
There are those who will attempt, with the devil's help to convince us that we are being or doing bad when it is Christ that we are obeying. Guilting us to make us stop obeying Him, is one of the biggest tactic in the devil's tool belt.
We are not responsible to do what other people think we should do, we are responsible to seek God and obey Him. There are many people who will treat us with contempt because we didn't do what they thought we should do, they intimidate and mock us for doing what we have been called to do....remove them from your life, they will bring nothing but stress while serving no good.
These people who require you to be like them have only one goal in mind and that is to control us. These people hate that we are controlled and empowered by Christ, they do because it is the devil who uses their mouth, even without their knowledge.
If we allow these people to control us, we begin to think we must become like them. This is where cliques are developed in churches, people who are afraid of being alone transform themselves into clones of the other popular people in the church, while losing their identity entirely.
Our identity in Christ is not based on what anyone else is doing but on Christ alone Who lives in us.
Have a good reason for everything you do, and that reason would be because Christ is motivating us, He is teaching us and He has a purpose for us.
Those in cliques often have set aside their own brain to be connected to the collective brain. They accept everything the collective brain does because it's easier, it is fraught with superficiality and takes no effort, it is laziness of soul.
We are to follow Christ not other people.
Proverbs 8:17
"I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me."
There are those who get their sense of self from getting others to like them. It is selfish, because the purpose is not to be a blessing or asset to someone else but rather to be treated special by others.
When we are people pleasers we are selfish, we lead others to think that they are the focus and that we love them, but in reality, it is only ourselves that we love.
Our love ought to be genuine and purposeful outside of ourselves. If we are walking with Christ, we will not be attempting to be special or get others to like us, we will be obeying God to please Him.
That's it!
