The Culture is Growing Worse and God Said it Would

We now live in a culture that is rude and crude much of the time. If someone in the family gathering says or does something rude and one person says; "that was rude, " the rest of the people in the room are angry at the person who told the truth. Perhaps they are fearful that when they are found out they will be called out. Everyone is so guilty of something that they cannot tolerate honesty because it might expose them personally.

This is common now, truth-tellers are seen as the bad ones just as the Bible says would happen in the last days; "bad will be called good and good will be called bad."

We see this in every walk of life now, politics, families, churches, schools, and every other venue.

As a born-again believer, it is possible to kindly and in a friendly way speak the truth without any fear of what others will say or do against us. When we know we were right in our assessment because it was based on the Bible, we need not feel diminished when a room full of foolish worldly people condemn us for telling the truth.

John 8:31-32

"The Truth Will Set You Free

31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

When we tell the truth without guilt or guile there may be someone else in the room who needed to hear it to be encouraged, even if no one speaks up to join you in the truth they are realizing you were right and it may at some future time empower them to live a life of honesty.

Let me be clear though, just blabbing everything on your mind is not acceptable. If we think someone is ugly, their hair looks terrible or their wall hangings in their house are less appealing, it is not honest to tell them they are ugly or their wall decor is ugly, it is rudeness because it is merely your own opinions and does nothing to help anyone.

There has been a lot of rudeness cloaked in the lie of honesty, this is not the kind of honesty I am writing about.

Just because we think someone might be ugly or their decor is ugly doesn't mean it is, it is only the opinion of the rude person. What does the rude person expect their target to do with their opinion, should they change what they are doing to accommodate the rude person? The rude person wants the target to feel bad about themselves, this is the reason they show their rudeness. Then if the target says anything at all the rude person will accuse them of "being too sensitive" or "combative."

Narcissists use their mouths to start trouble and then blame the innocent party for being a troublemaker. Never buy into the tactics of the narcissist who loves to diminish others because they are so weak they cannot be adequate on their own, someone else must be demeaned for the narcissist to feel superior.

When we see that the narcissist will not learn from a rebuke according to Scripture, then is time to exclude them from your home and your life.

The only way we can live free from these mean-spirited devilish people is to stop caring if others like us. When the friends of the mean-spirit people continue to enable the narcissist by saying nothing and even defending the rudeness, this is the time to remove the friends of the narcissist.

Proverbs 14:6-8 "…6 A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning. 7 Stay away from a foolish man; you will gain no knowledge from his speech. 8 The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them."

If you want to live in peace keep companions who love Christ. Speak the truth of the gospel to the unsaved but make your constant companions only those who love the Lord.

Judge Yourself by the Word of God and the Holy Spirit

Good people do not go to heaven, saved people, and born-again people go to heaven because they have been sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise, changed by Christ, and continually cleansed until the day they die.

1 Thessalonians 5:23 "Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ."

Anyone who says their sin doesn't matter anymore, they can sin willfully and still go to heaven does not understand the Bible and has no desire for holiness, these people are not born-again.

1 John 3:4-10 "Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. You know that he appeared to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. "

One cannot be born-again and remain comfortable with their sin. God disciplines those who belong to Him and eventually those disciplined will confess to be cleansed turning away from that sin and never doing it again.

Hebrews 12:5-7 "…5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you. 6 For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.” 7 Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?…"

1 John 2:1-2 "1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father— Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. 2 He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.…"

Those who fight to defend their sin without repentance are not born-again.

1 Corinthians 2:13-15 "…13 And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words. 14 The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment."

Judge for yourself if you are born-again based on the Word of God.

1 Corinthians 11:30-32 "…30 That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep. 31 Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment. 32 But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.…"

When you judge yourself or others do it by the Word of God and the Holy Spirit.

Narcissists Who Absolutely Cannot See You

Thankfully God sees us and knows us even when no one else does or wants to. 

God's Creation Groans

2 Corinthians 6:1-3 "1 As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain. 2 For He says: “In the time of favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the time of favor; now is the day of salvation! 3 We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no one can discredit our ministry.…"

The time is very short before Christ meets the believers in the clouds. Once that happens and the church is removed all hell will break loose on the earth and those left behind will have to endure all the horrors of the out-of-control weather and natural disasters as well as the monstrous attacks of devils on mankind.

Romans 8:22-23 ". 22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time. 23 Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.…"

Complicit or Speaking Truth

Do you find it interesting that Christians will tell us to forgive an unrepentant offender but will not tell the offender to repent?

So many people believe that we should forgive offenders without any reconciliation of the relationship through confession of wrongdoing.

We have been misled to believe we are bitter if we do not extend forgiveness to someone who is not sorry and continues to re-offend.

Notice those who pressure others to forgive use the scripture that we are to forgive 70 X 7 as Christ said, but leave out the part of that passage that says; "when they come to you and say I repent."

This is common for the modern Christian to remove scripture from its context to accommodate the teaching of psychology that are not based on Scripture.

Luke 17:3

"3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him."

Notice in Luke God says "if he repents" forgive him. Why do so many people change this to "forgive even if he does not repent." The answer is clear, the devil doesn't want anyone to repent, because repentance leads to a humbling of ones spirit that submits to God and others.

Luke 17:3-4 "…3Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. 4Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to say, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

When we do things man's way and forgive when the offender is not sorry we enable and encourage evil behavior. Those who remain silent about sin are a party to it.

Ephesians 5:11

"Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them."

Proverbs 31:9

"Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy."

If we stand by while someone is being abused and do not correct the offender then we have taken part in his offenses. If we are with the bad crowd and stand back without rebuking them, then we are the bad crowd. We are guilty by our silence and by our choice of companions.

Pressuring someone to forgive and reconcile with an offender who is not sorry and continues to act badly is the same as doing that act to the victim ourselves. Do not think you are innocent merely because you didn't do a bad act, if you remained silent about the acts of wicked people.

Our culture has become more violent and entitled to rudeness because too many Christians remained silent while others were offending. Silence is an endorsement, make no mistake, those who are silent are also guilty.

James 4:17

"So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin."

No One Can Live Good Enough

Those who think they have lived a good enough life to earn their way to heaven will not make it. It is only those who confess to God they are incapable of earning heaven and need the Savior Jesus Christ to cleanse them from sin and live in them, who will make it to heaven.

Far too many people who say they are "Christians" say they are saved by Gods grace alone but continue to live as though He does not exist. They are hanging on to their own works, believing they are good.

The day we realize we are sinners without hope in ourselves is the day we confess Jesus Christ is the only way.

We will all stand before the Lord alone without an excuse or a plea for ourselves. The only question we will be asked is if we have trusted in Jesus Christ, that alone is the only way.

Proverbs 3:5

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding."

Psalm 37:4-6

"Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday."

Jesus Christ is our only hope, as long as someone still hangs onto their own idea of their own goodness they will not see heaven.

Isaiah 64:6 "

"For all of us have become like one who is unclean, And all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment; And all of us wither like a leaf, And our wrongdoings, like the wind, take us away."

Romans 5:1-2 "5:1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God."

Trust only in Christ, not in self and not in anyone else.

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