Hebrews 3:12-14 "12 See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God. 13 But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. 14 We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first.…"
This is one of the passages that is being ignored in the church culture today.
And, God told us that in our last days we would find most people highly resistant to correction from His Word. I have been far more rejected and shown contempt by those who say they are Christians who misuse the Bible and are angry with anyone who chastises them for it.
2 Timothy 4:2-4 "…2Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction. 3For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. 4So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths."
When they cannot come up with a good answer to justify their disrespect for God's Word they will accuse you of many things to discredit you in their own minds.
They will accuse you of being a woman, of not knowing the scriptures when you just quoted it to them, of the WAY you said it and many other manipulations to make themselves feel justified in rejecting God's Word.
Personal attacks on our character is the favored tool of those in rebellion. Rather than addressing directly the subject they will begin personal attacks to divert attention in an attempt to make their target feel ashamed. Do not buy into this tactic. The devil often shames those for doing what is right, that is on him and the one he uses, ignore it, and stay to the subject.
It shouldn't matter which gender we are, or even the way we said something, it only matters whether or not it was true. Those who want to disobey the Word of God and who claim to be Christians will always distract us from the subject at hand to avoid having to admit they were wrong or that they didn't know what they were talking about. These are those who do not learn, but will even regress because of their stubbornness. Any wisdom they had will be taken away because of their angry spirit and resistance to the truth.
Matthew 13:11-13 "…11 He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
12 Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
13 This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’…"
If we want to grow in holiness and great wisdom we must be willing to accept correction from other wise believers while checking with the Bible and the Holy Spirit to see if it is true.
As we grow in wisdom we do not see challenges as a bad thing, it doesn't even hurt our feelings because we have no pride within us to cause hurt feelings about being wrong.
The only reason we have hurt feelings is that we are self-absorved and self-exalted. When we know we are nothing and Christ is everything challenges do not frighten us. We see them as an opportunity to grow and change or if we are falsely accused we see them as an opportunity to develop a stronger character to be able to properly answer with God's Word.
In other words:
Deuteronomy 31:6
"6 Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or in dread of them, for the Lord your God is the One who is going with you. He will not desert you or abandon you.”
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