It is best not to engage in conversation with a manipulative arguer, he will only frustrate and possibly cause us to sin by igniting a flame in us.
He is very cleaver, he will bait us with nonsense and watch us squirm. At which point he thinks he has won the argument. Making us angry is his goal, it makes him feel superior.
Proverbs 26:4 "Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him."
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
The Haters Will Come....Ignore Them!!!
There are many people who hate believers and wish to make them look silly even when there is not reason to do so.
Those who hate God also hate His messengers.
John 15:18 ""If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you."
Have you ever felt silly after telling the truth, simply because those in the room laughed, yelled or snapped at you? This is a common response of ungodly people who have one mission, that is to intimidate believers into believing they have done something wrong by simply voicing what they know to be the truth. When the believer backs down embarrassed, slinking away in shame, the perpetrator feels a sense of victory in the presence of others in the room. Often the onlookers side with the perpetrator because he seems powerful and even right because he won. Sadly even those who would normally agree with you begin to act like the perp.
These people use ridicule, mocking and elevated voices in an attempt to cause the believer to think they have done something wrong, when there is no wrong.
Unsaved family members become jealous of our walk with the Lord when they can no longer control us. The Lord is our strength and it shows. These weak minded people will attempt to trap us every way they can. The purpose is to frustrate and intimidate us into silence. When they are not successful in unnerving us, they exclude us from their life and influence others to do the same.
I would like to encourage all those people who have had encounters with these simple minded antagonists. It happens to everyone who loves the Lord and it was used on Christ too. The tactic only works if we buy into their manipulation. When we remain calm and simply repeat the truth, the perp has no power. The Holy Spirit is not intimidated by them, and neither should we be. After all, this is a spiritual battle, our perp is being controlled by the devil, his mouth and attitude is not his own, but merely a vehicle through which satan can work.
When we know the tactics of the father of lies, we can be confident and unmoved by the meanness of those who are controlled by evil. We can pray for them while remaining calm and tranquil in the face of senseless illogical banter.
Psalm 91:1-16
91 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High
Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress;
My God, in Him I will trust.”
3 Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler
And from the perilous pestilence.
4 He shall cover you with His feathers,
And under His wings you shall take refuge;
His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
5 You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
Nor of the arrow that flies by day,
6 Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness,
Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.
7 A thousand may fall at your side,
And ten thousand at your right hand;
But it shall not come near you.
8 Only with your eyes shall you look,
And see the reward of the wicked.
9 Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge,
Even the Most High, your dwelling place,
10 No evil shall befall you,
Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;
11 For He shall give His angels charge over you,
To keep you in all your ways.
12 In their hands they shall bear you up,
Lest you dash your foot against a stone.
13 You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra,
The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.
14 “Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;
I will set him on high, because he has known My name.
15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With long life I will satisfy him,
And show him My salvation.”
Those who hate God also hate His messengers.
John 15:18 ""If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you."
Have you ever felt silly after telling the truth, simply because those in the room laughed, yelled or snapped at you? This is a common response of ungodly people who have one mission, that is to intimidate believers into believing they have done something wrong by simply voicing what they know to be the truth. When the believer backs down embarrassed, slinking away in shame, the perpetrator feels a sense of victory in the presence of others in the room. Often the onlookers side with the perpetrator because he seems powerful and even right because he won. Sadly even those who would normally agree with you begin to act like the perp.
These people use ridicule, mocking and elevated voices in an attempt to cause the believer to think they have done something wrong, when there is no wrong.
Unsaved family members become jealous of our walk with the Lord when they can no longer control us. The Lord is our strength and it shows. These weak minded people will attempt to trap us every way they can. The purpose is to frustrate and intimidate us into silence. When they are not successful in unnerving us, they exclude us from their life and influence others to do the same.
I would like to encourage all those people who have had encounters with these simple minded antagonists. It happens to everyone who loves the Lord and it was used on Christ too. The tactic only works if we buy into their manipulation. When we remain calm and simply repeat the truth, the perp has no power. The Holy Spirit is not intimidated by them, and neither should we be. After all, this is a spiritual battle, our perp is being controlled by the devil, his mouth and attitude is not his own, but merely a vehicle through which satan can work.
When we know the tactics of the father of lies, we can be confident and unmoved by the meanness of those who are controlled by evil. We can pray for them while remaining calm and tranquil in the face of senseless illogical banter.
Psalm 91:1-16
91 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High
Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress;
My God, in Him I will trust.”
3 Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler
And from the perilous pestilence.
4 He shall cover you with His feathers,
And under His wings you shall take refuge;
His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
5 You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
Nor of the arrow that flies by day,
6 Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness,
Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.
7 A thousand may fall at your side,
And ten thousand at your right hand;
But it shall not come near you.
8 Only with your eyes shall you look,
And see the reward of the wicked.
9 Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge,
Even the Most High, your dwelling place,
10 No evil shall befall you,
Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;
11 For He shall give His angels charge over you,
To keep you in all your ways.
12 In their hands they shall bear you up,
Lest you dash your foot against a stone.
13 You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra,
The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.
14 “Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;
I will set him on high, because he has known My name.
15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With long life I will satisfy him,
And show him My salvation.”
Have You Turn From Your Life of Sin?
Anyone who has trusted Christ will hate sin and will have a strong desire to live righteously. As a born again believer, our sins are mostly in the head before they become actions. We confess thoughts so that they do not turn into actions.
Those who refuse to turn from sin, justifying it, defending it and refusing to admit that they are sinning, cannot be born again, because we can only become born again by confessing that we are sinner and have become broken hearted over our sin. Those who have never been broken over their sin, even saying they weren't so bad, cannot be born again. There are many in the church today, who like their sin, defend it and fight to justify themselves. These people have never been changed into a new creation, they are still the old mess, that is on their way to hell.
If someone claims to be a Christian, but refuses to forsake his sin, then he is not born again. God changes the heart, what we used to love when we were unsaved, we now hate and desire to be cleansed.
If a homosexual comes to Christ he will begin to be disgusted by the sin of homosexuality and run from it. Even if he is tempted a few more times, he will hate it and eventually and even quickly get out of it.
Here is the scripture! Isaiah 55:7 "Let the wicked forsake his way And the unrighteous man his thoughts; And let him return to the LORD, And He will have compassion on him, And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon."
1 Corinthians 6:9 "Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals,"
Those who refuse to turn from sin, justifying it, defending it and refusing to admit that they are sinning, cannot be born again, because we can only become born again by confessing that we are sinner and have become broken hearted over our sin. Those who have never been broken over their sin, even saying they weren't so bad, cannot be born again. There are many in the church today, who like their sin, defend it and fight to justify themselves. These people have never been changed into a new creation, they are still the old mess, that is on their way to hell.
If someone claims to be a Christian, but refuses to forsake his sin, then he is not born again. God changes the heart, what we used to love when we were unsaved, we now hate and desire to be cleansed.
If a homosexual comes to Christ he will begin to be disgusted by the sin of homosexuality and run from it. Even if he is tempted a few more times, he will hate it and eventually and even quickly get out of it.
Here is the scripture! Isaiah 55:7 "Let the wicked forsake his way And the unrighteous man his thoughts; And let him return to the LORD, And He will have compassion on him, And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon."
1 Corinthians 6:9 "Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals,"
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