When a team is on a losing streak the scapegoat is the coach and he is fired, not that he was the problem, it was the players who performed in the game.
Scapegoats are those who are chosen to be seen as a problem when they do not groupthink with others among the collective thinkers. This happens in churches, families, and other venues in the community.
When someone comes along and says: "there is a better way, could we take a look at it?" those who are in charge and are failing, see this as a personal attack and a danger to their status as the commander, the motivator and controller of the minds of others, even perhaps the more valued one in the eyes of others.
We saw this in Pilot who determined the sentence for Christ as death. He determined the death of Christ by washing his hands of it and passing it off to others. He was concerned about his popularity with the people more than he cared about justice. Even though He didn't want to kill Christ he would not make the determination to remain safe from the people.
When Christ healed the sick and made the blind to see, rather than excited about His love and kindness as God, the Pharisees assigned His miracles to the work of the devil in an attempt to refuse to admit Who Christ was, that He is God.
I once received an e-mail from someone who accused me of all the things that person was demonstrating. They had assigned to me what they were doing and I was not. This is common in our culture of intense deception and lies.
Do not be disturbed when those who love the world more than Christ want to see you as the one who is evil while they elevate themselves.
When we self-reflect and evaluate ourselves, according to the Bible regularly as the Holy Spirit guides us we will be able to see ourselves in truth no matter what others say about us.
The Holy Spirit will quickly inform us when we need correction and He will also warn and advise us when we are being falsely accused. However, we must know the word of God to discern what He is telling us. If the Holy Spirit informs us we must go to the Bible to find the principle involved to be sure it is He Who is speaking.
Matthew 5:11 “Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account."
John 16:13 "But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come."
Do not be afraid to seek the Holy Spirit and believe Him when He speaks. You will know His voice, anyone who has depended on the Holy Spirit knows what that is like, to hear from God.
John 10:27-28
"27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:"
Hallelujah!
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