The Narcissists in the Debate were Embarrassing!

I have encountered enough narcissists in my life to be able to recognize two of them on a stage pummelling one another to appear superior.

Also, both debtors were abysmal. If I were a high school teacher and these two came before me in a debate they would both get an F for lack of content, decorum, and arrogance that dominated both of these characters. Sorry to say, I will vote for Donald but holding my nose while doing it. Who knows God may tell me to ignore the whole mess and allow Him to take care of it.

I am old enough to have seen Ronald Reagan's speeches and debates, he was articulate and focused on the things he was going to do.

There was little content in this "Donald vs. Joe" debate that anyone could hang onto. It was embarrassing, to say the least.

Boasting about themselves is not proof of anything. Boasting is a sign of deep narcissism without evidence. Sad, Sad, Sad, that this is all we have to choose from in this election.

If someone does not like my honesty because they are looking for fantasy thinking that makes them feel better, then they will not be prepared for what is coming.

Trump's words do not always match his actions. Sending the matter of the murder of babies back to the states to decide is nothing more than passing the buck.

We need another "emancipation proclamation" for the unborn just like Lincoln did for the blacks on January 1st 1863 in which he freed the blacks. And, it needs to be done by the highest leader in the land.

No person should be a slave or property to any other human being. When the unborn is nothing more than property to their parents all love and tenderness are removed and replaced with raw ownership subject to the whims of unscrupulous selfish parents.

Sorry, passing the buck as Pilot did is just as abominable as endorsing the act of murder for certain people.

We will not recover from this mess as a country because everyone has been trained to fear what others will think of what they do without any concern about what God thinks. They lie and say they believe in God but violate more of His principles than they obey while endorsing many sins that have become acceptable to our culture even in the "Christian" church system.

2 Timothy 4:2-4

…2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction. 3 For 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. 4. So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.…

Our country has a form of religion but denies God as they pretend to love Him they ignore Him and those who warn them about His wrath to come. I cringe every time one of these candidates uses the Bible or asks for a blessing for America. I never hear them encouraging anyone to repent. They pervert the Word of God for their own gain.

Our culture is stubborn, rageful, and disrespectful to God and all those who love Him.

Repentance is the only way out of this mess but the nation is too far gone for this to happen. Once a nation cross the line into total rebellion and perverseness there is no turning back. The entire culture is accustomed to evil so much so that even the church attendees accept some of the sin as normal.

This is the state of our nation today:

Isaiah 30:10

They say to the seers, "Stop seeing visions!" and to the prophets, "Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions."

2 Timothy 3:1-6

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come…

1 Timothy 4:1-3

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; …

The hope of the believer is not in this world, it is in Christ and our homegoing. We no longer want any part of this world, our heart is in heaven with Christ.

Be at Peace even if others are not at Peace

Romans 12:2-4 "…2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

3 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.

4 Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function,…"

Romans 12:16

"Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but enjoy the company of the lowly. Do not be conceited."

Others may not be in harmony with us because they hate Christ but we will always be exhibiting the fruit of the Spirit no matter how others are responding to us as long as we walk in the Spirit. We will not be fighting even when they are fighting.

We make peace by telling the truth for the purpose of correcting what is wrong, not to win or to be superior. A peacekeeper is one who hides things and pretends, avoiding any discussion, this person never helps to resolve they only enable.

Matthew 5:9

"9 Blessed are the peacemakers,

for they will be called sons of God."

Making peace is hard work, it means having a discussion to see all sides of a matter. Peacemaking cleans things up while peacekeeping leaves the dirt and allows it to grow pretending there is no problem. In fact, often the peacekeeper blames the one who wants to have a discussion to resolve matters for starting a fight when they were not fighting at all. The one who is fighting is the one who refuses to value anyone but themselves in the room by declining to talk through a matter.

Peacekeepers do not value people to be able to engage they harm the one who wants to resolve a matter and coddles the one who loves their own opinion without respect for others.

Peacekeepers pretend everything is alright causing the evil thing to spread, all the while denying anything is wrong.

Denial is a form of lying to protect oneself, it not only helps the growth of yeast to continue but causes the carriers of the yeast to feel proud of themselves for their deception.

Galatians 5:9-10 " 9 A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough. 10 I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be.…"

1 Corinthians 5:6

"Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?"

There are those who boast that they keep the peace by quenching all conversation that might resolve things, thinking they have stopped a fight. What they don't realize is that discussions do not have to be fights, they can be delightful discussions when both parties are seeking truth and turning to God's Word for their guidance. However, this takes respect and love for others in a discussion.

Romans 12:9-11 "9 Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good. 10 Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another. 11 Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.…"

It is not love to avoid all discussions with those with whom we disagree.

Philippians 2:3

"Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves."

1 Peter 1:22

"Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart."

When we love one another we enjoy discussion about important things and we have no need to win over anyone else. God's truth is what is important not our own pride.