Beware of believing the testimony of any angry person. When someone is jealous, angry and contemptuous toward another person it is very likely they will not have a true testimony of the events they relay.
Those who are bitter and angry tell lots of lies. Everything they speak against others is colored by their own need to be elevated above others.
Proverbs 22:24
"Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man,"
Jealous and angry people are always on the verge of an explosion, allowing their rage to take over when they feel they have lost control through the exposure of their own hate and sinful behavior.
Ecclesiastes 7:9
"Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools."
Anger is not something that arises quickly, it is something that lives in the heart of an angry person all the time, looming beneath the surface ready for emerging rage at the slightest provocation. Even if the there was no provocation mere disagreement will cause the anger to gush forth.
Proverbs 15:18
"A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention."
It has been my observation that narcissists rarely smile unless they are getting what they want. It is because there is no depth of joy in them.
Those who are joyful do not rage at disagreements. They do not look sad in their countenance all the time as do those who have no joy.
Narcissists spend most of their time judging others for small minor things, blowing them into mountains in order to elevate themselves above those for whom they have contempt.
They also judge the righteous for standing for their own principles and boundaries. With every excuse they twist the Bible, using it as a battering ram as they lie against the word of God in their attempt to control others who rebuke them.
There was a woman who was told by family members that they were all going to watch a movie she could not watch. In order to watch this movie she would be violating her own principles and sensibilities.
The family wanted her to watch it with them, she didn't want to but was pressured so she sat in the room with them. Every time the Lord's name was taken in vain she would speak up and say; "that is wicked to take the Lord's name in vain." She felt justified in speaking up each time because she could not stand to hear it and the people in the room claimed to be Christians. The Lord's name in vain was only one of the words, there were several other filthy words in that film. In the minds of these narcissists who claimed to be Christian, she had ruined their good time by pointing out blasphemy.
The husband of this woman said nothing, to be accepted by the others in the room. They all watched, they all ignored the anguished comments of the mother and later gave her the silent treatment for not allowing them to watch the movie without judgement.
Later this poor woman was chastised by her foolish daughter on the need to let the husband be the leader even when he chose to pressure her to do something that violated her conscience.
You see, they all wanted to watch that evil movie and they wanted the mother to validate their sinful act. Because the mother would not indulge by remaining silent they punished her with removing love from her. The husband was lavished with kindness and love for his acceptance of them while the mother was treated contemptuously for standing for God's principles.
This was a constant treatment of this woman all her life from these so called "Christians" for daring to keep God's principles and her own boundaries.
This is the state of our modern Christianity. The evil is enjoyed and the righteous is punished. We see this all the time, the parents that are accepting of every kind of evil in their children's lives are loved and appreciated while the parents that stand for Christ are treated shamefully for their convictions and standards according to the word of God.
Proverbs 29:22
"A man of wrath stirs up strife, and one given to anger causes much transgression."
When you are treated shamefully for your convictions do not allow it to control you in any way. Keep obeying God and let Him handle those who persecute you.
James 1:2-4 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
"2 Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. 4 And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing."
Our life is not dependent on the love of others, it is dependent on the love of Christ Who lives in us.
Christ loves our obedience to Him, it matters not what anyone else thinks of us.
Romans 5:3-5 "…3 Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.…"
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