It is good to remember that the reason the world snarks at you and narcissists become agitated by you is not you at all but the Holy Spirit's conviction that emerges from us in their presence.
John 16:7-9 "…7 But I tell you the truth, it is for your benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you. 8 And when He comes, He will convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment: 9 in regard to sin, because they do not believe in Me;…"
If you are a born-again believer chances are high that some in your family hate you and seem hostile when you are around them. They harbor anger against God Who lives in you, so they take it out on you through accusations of wrongdoing when you did nothing wrong and even when you did something right in the sight of God.
Merely speaking the Words of Christ is enough to make them dislike us. Often just living our lives to please Christ will be an irritant to them even if we don't "preach" at them. Our silence when they tell a filthy joke or spout something unbiblical is enough to irritate their demons, and they do have demons.
Demons influence thoughts in our day just as they did in the days of Adam and Eve in the garden. They bring up thoughts and feelings that motivate people to sin against God. They even twist the scriptures to make people believe lies about God and about born-again believers.
This is nothing new, it happens every day all the time and has grown more deeply in these end times.
Galatians 5:15-26 tells us all about this matter of demonic influence.
Unbelievers and pretenders in the church, often misquote God at the influence of the devil in order to cause misunderstanding and division within the body.
Galatians 5:16-23 "16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.
17 For the desire of the flesh is against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, in order to keep you from doing whatever you want.
18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law.
19 Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: sexual immorality, impurity, indecent behavior,
20 idolatry, witchcraft, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions,
21 envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
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.
24 Now those who belong to Christ Jesus crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.'"
James 4:7 "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."
When we find ourselves in the presence of those who claim to be Christian but fight against the truth of the Bible we need to remove ourselves and leave them to God. One more sentence, one more word, one more kindness, and one more correction will not convince them. They have already developed a prejudice against us, and because of this nothing we say or do will be held in regard, they will dismiss, mock, and demean you at every turn, we will be wasting our time with them. We can pray for them but continual contact is not wise.
Matthew 5:10-12 "…10 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. 12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.…"
God said it and I believe Him.
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