Friday, April 5, 2019
The Evidence of Salvation is the Love of God and His Principles
Jesus Christ had to bleed every last drop of blood to pay for our sins and yet so many are not even ashamed of sin, let alone repentant.
How can anyone know what Christ went through and continue to use "grace" as an excuse to keep on sinning all they want.
Grace was given so that we would have an opportunity to be changed by Christ into someone who no longer wants to sin. Grace was not given so we would be free to sin without consequences.
People will go to hell for their sin because they are not forgiven by Christ. They refuse to admit they have sin and they despise Christ for requiring repentance so that they can be cleansed. They do not want to be cleansed.
How can a proclaimed born again Christian take so lightly the cost of sin to our Savior? My only guess is that a non-believer who still loves their sin wants to pretend they are in the family of God while twisting His words to justify their sinfulness.
I fear that many if not most who attend church gatherings today have never been born again. These people wanted to pretend going to a gathering would cause God to protect them from the hard things in life. They wanted a squishy teddy bear kind of God who winks at sin while fulfilling their every desire.
John 12:48
"The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day."
John 3:36
"Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him."
2 Thessalonians 1:8
"In flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus."
What is the obedience to the gospel? Obedience to the gospel is to confess your sinfulness and trust in Christ. He paid the price for sin. When we believe in Him, He then comes in to clean us up. Christ never winks at sin, the Holy Spirit He placed in us grieves at our sin. Why would we be alright with grieving the Holy Spirit. Why would we be alright with a friend or relative thumbing their nose at righteousness.
People perhaps its time to stop making excuses for sin and stand up for righteousness. One day excuses will come back to bite those who make them.
Isaiah 53:3
"He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not."
We cannot claim to love Jesus Christ and flaunt and excuse sin at the same time.
How can anyone know what Christ went through and continue to use "grace" as an excuse to keep on sinning all they want.
Grace was given so that we would have an opportunity to be changed by Christ into someone who no longer wants to sin. Grace was not given so we would be free to sin without consequences.
People will go to hell for their sin because they are not forgiven by Christ. They refuse to admit they have sin and they despise Christ for requiring repentance so that they can be cleansed. They do not want to be cleansed.
How can a proclaimed born again Christian take so lightly the cost of sin to our Savior? My only guess is that a non-believer who still loves their sin wants to pretend they are in the family of God while twisting His words to justify their sinfulness.
I fear that many if not most who attend church gatherings today have never been born again. These people wanted to pretend going to a gathering would cause God to protect them from the hard things in life. They wanted a squishy teddy bear kind of God who winks at sin while fulfilling their every desire.
John 12:48
"The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day."
John 3:36
"Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him."
2 Thessalonians 1:8
"In flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus."
What is the obedience to the gospel? Obedience to the gospel is to confess your sinfulness and trust in Christ. He paid the price for sin. When we believe in Him, He then comes in to clean us up. Christ never winks at sin, the Holy Spirit He placed in us grieves at our sin. Why would we be alright with grieving the Holy Spirit. Why would we be alright with a friend or relative thumbing their nose at righteousness.
People perhaps its time to stop making excuses for sin and stand up for righteousness. One day excuses will come back to bite those who make them.
Isaiah 53:3
"He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not."
We cannot claim to love Jesus Christ and flaunt and excuse sin at the same time.
The Difference between Liberals and Conservatives
The difference is that the liberals are pushing for everything that is foolish and evil. The conservatives just want some semblance of decency left somewhere.
The liberals hate anyone and anything that stands in their way. The conservatives love people and want to see them safe and productive.
The liberals don't ever seem to learn from mistakes, they just get worse. One cannot improve anything when one refuses to admit there is a problem.
Proverbs 3:25 "35 The wise inherit honor, but fools get only shame."
Proverbs 10:8 "8 The wise in heart accept commands, but a chattering fool comes to ruin."
Proverbs 10:23 "23 A fool finds pleasure in wicked schemes, but a person of understanding delights in wisdom."
The liberals hate anyone and anything that stands in their way. The conservatives love people and want to see them safe and productive.
The liberals don't ever seem to learn from mistakes, they just get worse. One cannot improve anything when one refuses to admit there is a problem.
Proverbs 3:25 "35 The wise inherit honor, but fools get only shame."
Proverbs 10:8 "8 The wise in heart accept commands, but a chattering fool comes to ruin."
Proverbs 10:23 "23 A fool finds pleasure in wicked schemes, but a person of understanding delights in wisdom."
Flat Earth Foolishness
I just blocked someone who claims the earth is flat. This person says they are a Christian, perhaps, but I want no part of arguing silly things like "flat earth."
The earth is not flat and even if it were......so what!!!!!
First it makes no difference whether the earth is flat or round, many people need to become born again, they are not looking at the shape of the earth.
The Bible does teach that the earth is a sphere and that it is held in place with the other planets by an unseen force, we know that force is God.
Arrogant people love to feel they have special knowledge to appear smarter and wiser, all they do is show their foolishness.
When the devil can't get people to fight about important things he uses the silly things to discredit.
Isaiah 40:21-23 "…21 Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the foundation of the earth? 22 He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to live in. 23 He brings the princes to nothing and makes the judges of the earth meaningless."
The shape of the earth is not the focus in this passage, its that God oversees all things from the heavens over the earth and all the planets. And, God said "circle of the earth" meaning "spherical", NOT FLAT!!!
It is the devils glee to discredit Christians. He loves causing trouble where there need not be any! Don't listen to him, do not engage in discussions with people who want to appear smarter but are showing their special kind of ignorance.
The earth is not flat and even if it were......so what!!!!!
First it makes no difference whether the earth is flat or round, many people need to become born again, they are not looking at the shape of the earth.
The Bible does teach that the earth is a sphere and that it is held in place with the other planets by an unseen force, we know that force is God.
Arrogant people love to feel they have special knowledge to appear smarter and wiser, all they do is show their foolishness.
When the devil can't get people to fight about important things he uses the silly things to discredit.
Isaiah 40:21-23 "…21 Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the foundation of the earth? 22 He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to live in. 23 He brings the princes to nothing and makes the judges of the earth meaningless."
The shape of the earth is not the focus in this passage, its that God oversees all things from the heavens over the earth and all the planets. And, God said "circle of the earth" meaning "spherical", NOT FLAT!!!
It is the devils glee to discredit Christians. He loves causing trouble where there need not be any! Don't listen to him, do not engage in discussions with people who want to appear smarter but are showing their special kind of ignorance.
Two People Looking at the Same Event but see Differently
Narcissists Love To Make Excuses
The tactics used that might work on the narcissist short term is nothing more than manipulation, it does not change their heart.
A narcissist can change their behavior temporarily and proclaim loudly that they have changed, but its an illusion and manipulation.
It is the heart that determines how people act.
Jeremiah 17:9-10
"The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can understand it? “I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.”
It is the heart that determines the authentic words and actions. No one can permanently act and speak differently from their heart. One can play act for a time but the slightest heat will cause the marshmello to melt down.
2 Corinthians 5:17
17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, [a]he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.
We can get people to act certain ways with manipulation but it won't last because its not based on a heart change.
As soon as we would stop manipulating they would stop acting nicely. The heart can only be changed by Christ, if they become born again they will think differently causing them to act differently.
The way we think determines the way we act.
If someone has contempt for us on any level they can fool us for a time, but eventually their intent will be exposed when they can no longer keep up the pretense.
A heart that has been changed by Christ is permanent, therefore it will not be a mirage, it is substance, the evidence of this is a sustained difference in the way the former narcissist reacts to conversations and their actions.
The narcissist can manipulate to gain back our confidence, but it won't be very long before their old tactics will emerge again.
A good example of this is when I received an apology from a narcissist. The narcissist was angry at me for something, but I never knew why. He raged at me for an innocent comment that he disagreed with. I politely removed myself and went home. He was attempting to draw me into a fight, but I wouldn't play.
A year later this narcissist texted me inviting me to another gathering, I politely declined. A few hours after I declined I received another text message from him apologizing that he had been a little harsh with me a year ago.
I forgave him, the next text I received was a dirty joke. I had a couple of questions; the first question was why was he apologizing a year later when I had declined to come to the next gathering? The second question was; did he know all along that he had harmed me but thought he could get away with it? I had never mentioned to him the offense because I had dealt with him before and he didn't take well any discussion that would expose him.
This narcissist realized I might be turning him down because of his rage a year ago. Why didn't he contact me the next day or week after having time to think about his rage? Why wait an entire year until I turned him down on the next event?
The dirty joke to my phone was a clue that this person was still treating me with disrespect. This person claims to be a Christian but has no qualms about sending a dirty joke after apologizing for his rude behavior a year earlier. He should have known me well enough to know that a dirty joke would be offensive to me.
I suggest that the one who rages, apologizes and then sends a dirty joke has no inkling about the nature of respect.
It is not likely that I would be interested in any of this narcissists friends since they would be flying monkeys who approve of his behavior. The thought of attending a gathering with him again was distasteful at best.
Thankfully we can choose our friends. We have no obligation to be friends or spend time with those who do not share our values.
In this region of the country and among certain people there is no understanding of what respect looks like. Having grown up in a family that manipulated, gaslighted, demeaned and mocked me all my life. I know what disrespect looks like. I also know that these people knew what they did was bad because they hid it from others outside the family.
"Family Mobbings" are common these days. Our best course of action is to learn from God's Word our responses and remove ourselves from those who refuse to learn the wisdom of God.
Rudeness is not cute or funny, its deplorable. It is never funny to demean another person so others in the room can laugh at them. There are those who will demean another person and claim it was a joke. When they do this, the simple answer is, "no its not a joke." Crude jokes often reveals the heart of the one who tells them.
Don't buy into the lies that the tactics of the narcissist are benign, they are orchestrated by the devil and do much damage.
There is friendly teasing that is harmless, but this is not the same as a demeaning joke that elevates a narcissist above others. We know which is which.
A narcissist can change their behavior temporarily and proclaim loudly that they have changed, but its an illusion and manipulation.
It is the heart that determines how people act.
Jeremiah 17:9-10
"The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can understand it? “I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.”
It is the heart that determines the authentic words and actions. No one can permanently act and speak differently from their heart. One can play act for a time but the slightest heat will cause the marshmello to melt down.
2 Corinthians 5:17
17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, [a]he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.
We can get people to act certain ways with manipulation but it won't last because its not based on a heart change.
As soon as we would stop manipulating they would stop acting nicely. The heart can only be changed by Christ, if they become born again they will think differently causing them to act differently.
The way we think determines the way we act.
If someone has contempt for us on any level they can fool us for a time, but eventually their intent will be exposed when they can no longer keep up the pretense.
A heart that has been changed by Christ is permanent, therefore it will not be a mirage, it is substance, the evidence of this is a sustained difference in the way the former narcissist reacts to conversations and their actions.
The narcissist can manipulate to gain back our confidence, but it won't be very long before their old tactics will emerge again.
A good example of this is when I received an apology from a narcissist. The narcissist was angry at me for something, but I never knew why. He raged at me for an innocent comment that he disagreed with. I politely removed myself and went home. He was attempting to draw me into a fight, but I wouldn't play.
A year later this narcissist texted me inviting me to another gathering, I politely declined. A few hours after I declined I received another text message from him apologizing that he had been a little harsh with me a year ago.
I forgave him, the next text I received was a dirty joke. I had a couple of questions; the first question was why was he apologizing a year later when I had declined to come to the next gathering? The second question was; did he know all along that he had harmed me but thought he could get away with it? I had never mentioned to him the offense because I had dealt with him before and he didn't take well any discussion that would expose him.
This narcissist realized I might be turning him down because of his rage a year ago. Why didn't he contact me the next day or week after having time to think about his rage? Why wait an entire year until I turned him down on the next event?
The dirty joke to my phone was a clue that this person was still treating me with disrespect. This person claims to be a Christian but has no qualms about sending a dirty joke after apologizing for his rude behavior a year earlier. He should have known me well enough to know that a dirty joke would be offensive to me.
I suggest that the one who rages, apologizes and then sends a dirty joke has no inkling about the nature of respect.
It is not likely that I would be interested in any of this narcissists friends since they would be flying monkeys who approve of his behavior. The thought of attending a gathering with him again was distasteful at best.
Thankfully we can choose our friends. We have no obligation to be friends or spend time with those who do not share our values.
In this region of the country and among certain people there is no understanding of what respect looks like. Having grown up in a family that manipulated, gaslighted, demeaned and mocked me all my life. I know what disrespect looks like. I also know that these people knew what they did was bad because they hid it from others outside the family.
"Family Mobbings" are common these days. Our best course of action is to learn from God's Word our responses and remove ourselves from those who refuse to learn the wisdom of God.
Rudeness is not cute or funny, its deplorable. It is never funny to demean another person so others in the room can laugh at them. There are those who will demean another person and claim it was a joke. When they do this, the simple answer is, "no its not a joke." Crude jokes often reveals the heart of the one who tells them.
Don't buy into the lies that the tactics of the narcissist are benign, they are orchestrated by the devil and do much damage.
There is friendly teasing that is harmless, but this is not the same as a demeaning joke that elevates a narcissist above others. We know which is which.
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