Pride is at the root of all sin as it was for the devil when he was thrown out of heaven. He wanted to be above God as is true of everyone who refuses to trust in Christ.
Those who claim to be Christians but resist what God says in the Scriptures are demonstrating the same rebellion the devil exhibited when he was cast out of the presence of God.
Revelation 12:7-12
7 And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought,
8 but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer.
9 So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
10 Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.
11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.
12 Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.”
When you encounter irrational and unjust hatred from others remember the source is the devil and the haters are his pawns.
1 John 4A:3-4, 3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and which is already in the world at this time. 4 You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world. 5 They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them.
Bottom Line: stop agonizing over how you are treated by wicked people and rejoice that Christ is on your side.
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