Monday, July 25, 2022

The Culture is Growing Worse and God Said it Would

We now live in a culture that is rude and crude much of the time. If someone in the family gathering says or does something rude and one person says; "that was rude, " the rest of the people in the room are angry at the person who told the truth. Perhaps they are fearful that when they are found out they will be called out. Everyone is so guilty of something that they cannot tolerate honesty because it might expose them personally.
This is common now, truth-tellers are seen as the bad ones just as the Bible says would happen in the last days; "bad will be called good and good will be called bad."
We see this in every walk of life now, politics, families, churches, schools, and every other venue.
As a born-again believer, it is possible to kindly and in a friendly way speak the truth without any fear of what others will say or do against us. When we know we were right in our assessment because it was based on the Bible, we need not feel diminished when a room full of foolish worldly people condemn us for telling the truth.
John 8:31-32
"The Truth Will Set You Free
31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
When we tell the truth without guilt or guile there may be someone else in the room who needed to hear it to be encouraged, even if no one speaks up to join you in the truth they are realizing you were right and it may at some future time empower them to live a life of honesty.
Let me be clear though, just blabbing everything on your mind is not acceptable. If we think someone is ugly, their hair looks terrible or their wall hangings in their house are less appealing, it is not honest to tell them they are ugly or their wall decor is ugly, it is rudeness because it is merely your own opinions and does nothing to help anyone.
There has been a lot of rudeness cloaked in the lie of honesty, this is not the kind of honesty I am writing about.
Just because we think someone might be ugly or their decor is ugly doesn't mean it is, it is only the opinion of the rude person. What does the rude person expect their target to do with their opinion, should they change what they are doing to accommodate the rude person? The rude person wants the target to feel bad about themselves, this is the reason they show their rudeness. Then if the target says anything at all the rude person will accuse them of "being too sensitive" or "combative."
Narcissists use their mouths to start trouble and then blame the innocent party for being a troublemaker. Never buy into the tactics of the narcissist who loves to diminish others because they are so weak they cannot be adequate on their own, someone else must be demeaned for the narcissist to feel superior.
When we see that the narcissist will not learn from a rebuke according to Scripture, then is time to exclude them from your home and your life.
The only way we can live free from these mean-spirited devilish people is to stop caring if others like us. When the friends of the mean-spirit people continue to enable the narcissist by saying nothing and even defending the rudeness, this is the time to remove the friends of the narcissist.
Proverbs 14:6-8 "…6 A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning. 7 Stay away from a foolish man; you will gain no knowledge from his speech. 8 The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them."
If you want to live in peace keep companions who love Christ. Speak the truth of the gospel to the unsaved but make your constant companions only those who love the Lord.

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