I don't know about the statistics but what I can see with my own eyes are families dissolving all around me without tears or regret for breaking up the children or being a terrible example in society.
No one cares about how they affect anyone else anymore. They see God's word as a book of suggestions they can ignore. They even add their own words to justify defying God.
It is a fact that when marriage is disrespected in a nation, all kinds of other evils follow. Once someone has resolved to do their own thing without regard to God the nation as a whole is doomed.
We can see the 2 Timothy 3 mentality all around us now without regard to anyone but self.
2 Timothy 3:1-5 Difficult Times Will Come
3 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come.
2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,
3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good,
4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
5 holding to a form of godliness although they have denied its power; avoid such people as these."
Once the marriages and families have been negated and attacked the nation falls into all kinds of sin and debauchery. People no longer embrace what makes good sense, they build anger toward those who defend God's standard, fostering rebellion in the hearts of the children.
Matthew 24:12 "Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold."
1 Timothy 4:1 "Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,"
2 Peter 3:3 "Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires."
Do not let this discourage you, people will say they love God and disobey most of His word, they are lying.
Matthew 7:21-23 I Never Knew You
21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’
23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’"
Sometimes I worry about family members who say they believe in God but do not do what He says. They value family and friends above God, making excuses for their disrespect of God's Word. They desire to please people more than to please God.
If you have to walk alone without love from people, you will be experiencing what Christ and the apostles experienced. Anyone who takes a stand to obey God will be treated with unbelievable disrespect and contempt. Thank God for this time of testing and strengthening of our character.
Romans 5:3-5 "Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us."
1 Peter 1:6-7 "In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ."
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
They are the Divisive Ones Who Call Others Divisive the Narcissists who Wear a Cross
WHEN A NARCISSIST WEARS A CROSS
Some people don’t find God.
They find God’s people.
Because faith communities are full of empathy, forgiveness, compassion, and hope — and to a covert narcissist, those aren’t spiritual qualities…
They’re tools.
This type doesn’t come in loud.
They come humble.
Soft-spoken.
Quoting scripture.
Talking about “conviction,” “growth,” and “God changed me.”
But watch the pattern.
They use:
• scripture to silence you
• “forgiveness” to avoid accountability
• “submission” to control you
• prayer talk to cover manipulation
And the moment you question behavior, it becomes:
“You’re attacking me.”
“You’re not walking in love.”
“You’re being rebellious.”
That’s not faith.
That’s spiritual framing.
A covert narcissist doesn’t worship God.
They worship control.
They know empathic, God-fearing people:
• want to see the good
• want to help
• want to believe in redemption
So they perform transformation, not live it.
But here’s where the story shifts.
When an empath grows…
when they stop confusing faith with tolerance…
when they learn boundaries are not sin…
The manipulation stops working.
The narcissist loses supply.
And that’s when their mask slips:
anger, blame, victim-playing, guilt, scripture twisting.
Because exposure threatens control.
Teaching moment:
Real faith produces humility, accountability, and consistent character.
Fake faith produces performance, control, and spiritual guilt.
So when you wake up, you don’t argue theology.
You don’t try to “save” them.
You withdraw access.
Because even God gives people free will —
and consequences.
Sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do
is walk away from someone using God’s name to hurt you.
ENGAGE: Have you ever seen religion used as a control tactic instead of a path to growth?
R.Trent Rose- The Writer 
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There’s something there that’ll sharpen your intuition and shift the way you see people. 
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