Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Hated Because of Christ
Matthew 10:35-37 "…35 For I have come to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36 A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’ 37 Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;…"
Luke 12:51-53 "Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division. From now on, five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three. They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”
Mark 13:12 "Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against their parents and have them put to death."
Matthew 24:10 "At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another."
Mark 6:4
Then Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”
This is the life of the one who follows hard after Jesus Christ. They will find themselves surrounded by people who hate them, not because of their sin that was dealt with on the cross, but because they are free from the cultural rules and ideas that God never gave to those who are born again.
Those who hate the born-again believer may use past sin against them, but their real reason for the anger is that they have been transformed by Christ and the unbelieving family members hate them for their freedom and joy in Christ.
Luke 12:51-53 "Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division. From now on, five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three. They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”
Mark 13:12 "Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against their parents and have them put to death."
Matthew 24:10 "At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another."
Mark 6:4
Then Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”
This is the life of the one who follows hard after Jesus Christ. They will find themselves surrounded by people who hate them, not because of their sin that was dealt with on the cross, but because they are free from the cultural rules and ideas that God never gave to those who are born again.
Those who hate the born-again believer may use past sin against them, but their real reason for the anger is that they have been transformed by Christ and the unbelieving family members hate them for their freedom and joy in Christ.
Actions, Attitudes and Words that Destroy Relationships
People who are attempting to mend a relationship don't ignore the problem and just return with a gift without any apology; we can be sure their behavior will not change.
When someone has harmed us but does not feel any regret about it while wanting to pretend it never happened or that what they did was not wrong, because in their mind, you deserved it, then you know they are just manipulating so the consequences will go away.
A young woman once told me her husband insulted his mother, mocking her weight, saying, "You really look like a grandma now." This young woman supported the disrespect of her husband by saying, "She needed to hear it." When I corrected her that it was rude, mean, and unbiblical to insult a parent in such a way, she argued with me as though she thought it was acceptable to act in this manner.
There was never an acknowledgment that this act was wrong; in fact, I was disrespected for the correction. When you see this mentality in ungodly people who attend church gatherings every week, you can be sure there is a lack of love, humility, and all the other fruit of the Spirit.
Those who love Christ are convicted of their rude actions and words and learn from it to grow into lovely, kind individuals. Those who argue with correction and refuse to admit they did anything wrong do not grow.
Sadly, these same people who refuse to grow emotionally and spiritually will gossip to ruin the reputation of others because of their need to make the one who corrects look like the bad one.
People who have the fruit of the Holy Spirit cannot stand hurting others; they repent quickly and do not repeat the same actions. And, they never defend their rude behavior, they are ashamed of it and say so out loud.
When someone is rude and unkind regularly and never repents from it, it is likely they were never born again.
Galatians 5:22-23 "22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."
When we love God and are led by the Holy Spirit we are deeply aware of our own attitude and actions, growing over the years, never growing worse.
There is a love that dwells within the born-again believer that is acutely aware of the needs of others more than even our own.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8 "4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."
Philippians 2:2-4 "…2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being united in spirit and purpose. 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves. 4Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others."
Finally, relationships are not broken by the big things; they are destroyed by the constant little things that demonstrate a mentality of hatred.
Gossip to harm others and rude comments and actions are what ruin a relationship, the very reason God gave us the fruit of the Spirit of Christ and the love necessary to grow a relationship into a beautiful picture of His love for His Church.
3 John 1:9-10 "I have written to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not accept our instruction. So if I come, I will call attention to his malicious slander against us. And unsatisfied with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers and forbids those who want to do so, even putting them out of the church."
Paul dealt with gossip, rudeness, and disrespect in the church gatherings, calling it out, he addressed the problems to convict of sin those who are arrogant, while protecting those who are being attacked by these wolves in sheep's clothing.
We are living in the times of 2 Timothy 3, in which people in the churches will have a form of religion but deny Christ in their attitude of superiority and the lifestyle of indulgence.
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."
I am comforted by the fact that one day the Lord will make everything right, and no one will get away with their disrespect for His Word and others.
When someone has harmed us but does not feel any regret about it while wanting to pretend it never happened or that what they did was not wrong, because in their mind, you deserved it, then you know they are just manipulating so the consequences will go away.
A young woman once told me her husband insulted his mother, mocking her weight, saying, "You really look like a grandma now." This young woman supported the disrespect of her husband by saying, "She needed to hear it." When I corrected her that it was rude, mean, and unbiblical to insult a parent in such a way, she argued with me as though she thought it was acceptable to act in this manner.
There was never an acknowledgment that this act was wrong; in fact, I was disrespected for the correction. When you see this mentality in ungodly people who attend church gatherings every week, you can be sure there is a lack of love, humility, and all the other fruit of the Spirit.
Those who love Christ are convicted of their rude actions and words and learn from it to grow into lovely, kind individuals. Those who argue with correction and refuse to admit they did anything wrong do not grow.
Sadly, these same people who refuse to grow emotionally and spiritually will gossip to ruin the reputation of others because of their need to make the one who corrects look like the bad one.
People who have the fruit of the Holy Spirit cannot stand hurting others; they repent quickly and do not repeat the same actions. And, they never defend their rude behavior, they are ashamed of it and say so out loud.
When someone is rude and unkind regularly and never repents from it, it is likely they were never born again.
Galatians 5:22-23 "22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."
When we love God and are led by the Holy Spirit we are deeply aware of our own attitude and actions, growing over the years, never growing worse.
There is a love that dwells within the born-again believer that is acutely aware of the needs of others more than even our own.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8 "4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."
Philippians 2:2-4 "…2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being united in spirit and purpose. 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves. 4Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others."
Finally, relationships are not broken by the big things; they are destroyed by the constant little things that demonstrate a mentality of hatred.
Gossip to harm others and rude comments and actions are what ruin a relationship, the very reason God gave us the fruit of the Spirit of Christ and the love necessary to grow a relationship into a beautiful picture of His love for His Church.
3 John 1:9-10 "I have written to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not accept our instruction. So if I come, I will call attention to his malicious slander against us. And unsatisfied with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers and forbids those who want to do so, even putting them out of the church."
Paul dealt with gossip, rudeness, and disrespect in the church gatherings, calling it out, he addressed the problems to convict of sin those who are arrogant, while protecting those who are being attacked by these wolves in sheep's clothing.
We are living in the times of 2 Timothy 3, in which people in the churches will have a form of religion but deny Christ in their attitude of superiority and the lifestyle of indulgence.
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."
I am comforted by the fact that one day the Lord will make everything right, and no one will get away with their disrespect for His Word and others.
Tuesday, July 14, 2026
Legalism isn't what most people think!
Some say they are not legalistic because they allow everything and are tolerant of everyone and all that God condemns.
1 Corinthians 5:11-13 "11 But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one. 12 For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge? 13 God judges those outside. “Purge the evil person from among you.”
In our day in most church gatherings those who are reviled and excluded are the ones who point out the sin and desire to restore the sinner through repenatance.
The Christian church is legalistic in divorce and remarriage, they defend it as though it is endorsed in the Bible. They judge those who speak about the Bible against divorce and remarriage, and isolate them because they bring the word of God that condemns these acts.
People in the church are calling legalism things that are obedience to the word of God, while they follow the rules and standards of man that God never gave.
It is just like the devil to claim that bad is good and good is bad. His favorite place to be is in the gathering of believers where people love the ear-tickling and accepting sermons that allow sin without consequences.
People are calling it legalistic when we speak the truth of God about things that are accepted by the culture, while following the rules man makes up to control the people.
It is never legalism to seek the truth of God to actually follow it. It is legalism to negate the things of God to embrace man's idea of righteousness that God spoke against in the Bible.
We are literally living in an opposite world, where people often believe the opposite of what God said, even those in many church gatherings.
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."
We know this mentality is in the church because God said in verse 5 "they have a form of godliness," but have denied Christ in the practice of their religion.
Many are religious but not born again, sad to say, and religious and rebellious at the same time.
2 Peter 3:3 "Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires."
Matthew 24:12 "Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold."
We are experiencing almost a total lack of God's love from nearly everyone. The love the world displays is one of serving others to elevate themselves. It is not the love of God because they are dedicated to God and to their brothers and sisters in Christ. It is a self-love that is good to people when they have something to offer, not a pure selfless love.
Jude 1:18 “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow after their own ungodly desires.”
We can live in peace as we obey God's Word even if others do not. There will not be many who come alongside to support our resolve to obey the Bible, but Christ is enough, and one or two others are gravy.
1 Corinthians 5:11-13 "11 But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one. 12 For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge? 13 God judges those outside. “Purge the evil person from among you.”
In our day in most church gatherings those who are reviled and excluded are the ones who point out the sin and desire to restore the sinner through repenatance.
The Christian church is legalistic in divorce and remarriage, they defend it as though it is endorsed in the Bible. They judge those who speak about the Bible against divorce and remarriage, and isolate them because they bring the word of God that condemns these acts.
People in the church are calling legalism things that are obedience to the word of God, while they follow the rules and standards of man that God never gave.
It is just like the devil to claim that bad is good and good is bad. His favorite place to be is in the gathering of believers where people love the ear-tickling and accepting sermons that allow sin without consequences.
People are calling it legalistic when we speak the truth of God about things that are accepted by the culture, while following the rules man makes up to control the people.
It is never legalism to seek the truth of God to actually follow it. It is legalism to negate the things of God to embrace man's idea of righteousness that God spoke against in the Bible.
We are literally living in an opposite world, where people often believe the opposite of what God said, even those in many church gatherings.
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."
We know this mentality is in the church because God said in verse 5 "they have a form of godliness," but have denied Christ in the practice of their religion.
Many are religious but not born again, sad to say, and religious and rebellious at the same time.
2 Peter 3:3 "Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires."
Matthew 24:12 "Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold."
We are experiencing almost a total lack of God's love from nearly everyone. The love the world displays is one of serving others to elevate themselves. It is not the love of God because they are dedicated to God and to their brothers and sisters in Christ. It is a self-love that is good to people when they have something to offer, not a pure selfless love.
Jude 1:18 “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow after their own ungodly desires.”
We can live in peace as we obey God's Word even if others do not. There will not be many who come alongside to support our resolve to obey the Bible, but Christ is enough, and one or two others are gravy.
Monday, July 13, 2026
Myths have been Popularized Hindering Truth
Once a myth has been popularized and repeated, it is nearly impossible to change minds about it. So many myths have entered the church teachings that there is more wrong than is right in what most people believe.
2 Timothy 4:3-4 "…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. 5But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry."
2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 "and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. / For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie, in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness."
Romans 2:8 "But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger."
Proverbs 28:9 "Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable."
Titus 1:10-16 "10 For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party.
11 They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach.
12 One of the Cretans, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
13 This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
14 not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and the commands of people who turn away from the truth.
15 To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
16 They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work."
We are living in the end times, in which most Christians will claim they are Bible-believing but follow very few of God's principles and commands. They have accepted the ways of the world while claiming it is alright with God.
May each one re-evaluate what they believe and what they practice to make it in line with God's heart.
2 Timothy 4:3-4 "…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. 5But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry."
2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 "and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. / For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie, in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness."
Romans 2:8 "But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger."
Proverbs 28:9 "Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable."
Titus 1:10-16 "10 For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party.
11 They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach.
12 One of the Cretans, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
13 This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
14 not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and the commands of people who turn away from the truth.
15 To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
16 They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work."
We are living in the end times, in which most Christians will claim they are Bible-believing but follow very few of God's principles and commands. They have accepted the ways of the world while claiming it is alright with God.
May each one re-evaluate what they believe and what they practice to make it in line with God's heart.
Dealing with the World While Walking with Christ
In dealing with the world, we are encountering more instances of narcissistic abuse, usually verbal and emotional insults and invalidation, because the devil has been working hard from the time of Christ until now to ruin the witness of believers as well as discourage them from speaking the truth.
Most of my interactions with narcissists have been their propensity to attempt to hide their insults in language that makes us look crazy if we were to confront them head-on.
We can sense the tension before a narcissist even opens their mouth. There is a hidden hostility that looms over the relationship that cannot be explained. It isn't based on anything that happened, but rather on a sense of hatred they must hide because they don't really have a reason.
Narcissists are always looking for a reason to despise those who love Christ. Sadly, these are not only people in the world, they are also deeply embedded in the organized church system.
Narcissists like to hide in plain sight. They love larger crowds because it is easier to pretend to have the traits they know the group expects in public. They are a different person entirely when no one else is watching or can hear, toward those they despise.
Godly people who have the Holy Spirit and have the fruit of the Holy Spirit are deeply enmeshed with the love and kindness of Jesus Christ. It is so much a part of their being that they never treat anyone with manipulation, superiority, or rudeness on any level. It is not in them to act in ways that diminish others.
Galatians 5:22-23 "22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."
Those who have the love of Christ are loving and kind all the time to everyone they encounter. They may make boundaries excluding evil people to protect their walk with Christ, but their being is full of the love of Christ, no manipulation, intimidation, or mocking, just truth to help.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 "4 Love is patient, love is kind, it is not jealous; love does not brag, it is not arrogant. 5 It does not act disgracefully, it does not seek its own benefit; it is not provoked, does not keep an account of a wrong suffered, 6 it does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 it keeps every confidence, it believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."
Never allow a narcissist to goad you into becoming like them. Never use their tactics to exact revenge; they and the devil love it when they can accuse us of the same things they do.
Often the narcissist is influenced by the devil to accuse the believer of the things the narcissist is doing, but the target is not. Accusation is the devil's favorite way of diminishing our walk with Christ. This is why God told us to avoid such people in 2 Timothy 3:5.
The key to our walk with Christ is to never adopt the tactics of the narcissist, which is influenced by the devil, and to keep ourselves from hating those who torment us.
Proverbs 26:3-5 "…3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools! 4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes."
Foolish people want us to fight back defensively. They start arguments and then play the victim when we answer them. The best answer for an insult is no answer at all.
However, there are times when the Holy Spirit will lead us to speak the truth, but without the tactics of the devil. Speaking truth to resolve something is God's way; accusations that are not based on truth are the devil's way.
Proverbs 23:9 "Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words."
When we discover someone is being led by the devil in their words and tactics, the best course is to ignore it completely without response.
2 Timothy 2:23-24 "But reject foolish and ignorant speculation, for you know that it breeds quarreling. / And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing."
Proverbs 22:24-25 "Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man, or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare."
Proverbs 13:20 "He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed."
Part of living the joyful and peaceful life Christ has given us is knowing when to engage and when not to engage with people. Christ in us will tell us when we need to know.
Hallelujah!!!!
Most of my interactions with narcissists have been their propensity to attempt to hide their insults in language that makes us look crazy if we were to confront them head-on.
We can sense the tension before a narcissist even opens their mouth. There is a hidden hostility that looms over the relationship that cannot be explained. It isn't based on anything that happened, but rather on a sense of hatred they must hide because they don't really have a reason.
Narcissists are always looking for a reason to despise those who love Christ. Sadly, these are not only people in the world, they are also deeply embedded in the organized church system.
Narcissists like to hide in plain sight. They love larger crowds because it is easier to pretend to have the traits they know the group expects in public. They are a different person entirely when no one else is watching or can hear, toward those they despise.
Godly people who have the Holy Spirit and have the fruit of the Holy Spirit are deeply enmeshed with the love and kindness of Jesus Christ. It is so much a part of their being that they never treat anyone with manipulation, superiority, or rudeness on any level. It is not in them to act in ways that diminish others.
Galatians 5:22-23 "22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."
Those who have the love of Christ are loving and kind all the time to everyone they encounter. They may make boundaries excluding evil people to protect their walk with Christ, but their being is full of the love of Christ, no manipulation, intimidation, or mocking, just truth to help.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 "4 Love is patient, love is kind, it is not jealous; love does not brag, it is not arrogant. 5 It does not act disgracefully, it does not seek its own benefit; it is not provoked, does not keep an account of a wrong suffered, 6 it does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 it keeps every confidence, it believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."
Never allow a narcissist to goad you into becoming like them. Never use their tactics to exact revenge; they and the devil love it when they can accuse us of the same things they do.
Often the narcissist is influenced by the devil to accuse the believer of the things the narcissist is doing, but the target is not. Accusation is the devil's favorite way of diminishing our walk with Christ. This is why God told us to avoid such people in 2 Timothy 3:5.
The key to our walk with Christ is to never adopt the tactics of the narcissist, which is influenced by the devil, and to keep ourselves from hating those who torment us.
Proverbs 26:3-5 "…3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools! 4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes."
Foolish people want us to fight back defensively. They start arguments and then play the victim when we answer them. The best answer for an insult is no answer at all.
However, there are times when the Holy Spirit will lead us to speak the truth, but without the tactics of the devil. Speaking truth to resolve something is God's way; accusations that are not based on truth are the devil's way.
Proverbs 23:9 "Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words."
When we discover someone is being led by the devil in their words and tactics, the best course is to ignore it completely without response.
2 Timothy 2:23-24 "But reject foolish and ignorant speculation, for you know that it breeds quarreling. / And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing."
Proverbs 22:24-25 "Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man, or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare."
Proverbs 13:20 "He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed."
Part of living the joyful and peaceful life Christ has given us is knowing when to engage and when not to engage with people. Christ in us will tell us when we need to know.
Hallelujah!!!!
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