Let There Be No Divisions

"Let there be no divisions" does not mean compromising the word of God it means seeking the Holy Spirit and the Bible to find the truth that we can all agree.

Those who are divisive are those who are bringing wrong doctrines and humanistic ideas.

Those who bring truth are not the divisive ones.

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

"Now I beseech you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment."

Romans 16:17-18

"Now I urge you, brethren, keep your eye on those who cause dissensions and hindrances contrary to the teaching which you learned, and turn away from them. For such men are slaves, not of our Lord Christ but of their own appetites; and by their smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting."

We must agree in the Lord without compromise to appease an ungodly culture.

Don't Let the Devil Have a Foothold

Often the narcissist will pretend you are the person they want to believe you are when they are really describing themselves in their own minds.

When we encounter those who will not tell us why they are angry with us or treat us disrespectfully, even denying that they do it, we are experiencing someone who is controlled by the devil and lacks all the fruit of the Spirit and the love of Christ.

Galatians 5:22-23

"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."

1 Corinthians 13:4-8

"4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

8a Love never fails."

When someone is constantly showing contempt and disregard for someone else we know this person is not walking in the Holy Spirit. When someone is exacting revenge for not following them, we know we have met someone walking fleshly without the love of God.

May we as born-again believers walk in the Spirit of Christ no matter what anyone else is doing around us. May we not respond in ungodly ways to personal attacks or demeaning. The devil wants us to do back to others what they do to us, but God wants us to do the opposite to others than what they do to us.

Luke 6:31

"31 And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them."

Tell the truth with kindness in your voice and ignore the response to what we say. The response is not our business, only our obedience to Christ is our business.

Never let the narcissist turn us into them, this is what the devil wants, frustrate the devil by continuing to walk in the kindness and love of the Lord no matter what.