"Through insolence comes nothing but strife, But wisdom is with those who receive counsel."
Insolence: meaning boldly disrespectful!
Narcissists will be disrespectful, but claim their victim is the one being disrespectful. Remember, the narcissists doesn't play fair, nor do they have a conscience over how they harm others. They will lie against anyone who exposes their character. They will use covert and even blatant language to intimidate their victims, attempting to gain control over them.
When we meet a person who seems to delight in arguments we are probably encountering a narcissists. Beating others down in conversation is the favored tactic of the narcissist.
Narcissist definition: someone who has deeply elevated themselves above others, lacks empathy, does not do good deeds for others or does them to gain advantage or praise. They must win in any discussion. Discussions are never to gain truth, but merely to demonstrate superiority.
A fool (narcissist), hate correction raging to combat anyone who would attempt to inform them about anything. Since they believe themselves to be superior, they cannot receive criticism on any level. The response of the narcissists is to fight bitterly against anyone who will not elevate them or will dare to correct or instruct them.
Matthew 6:1 ""Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven."
2 Timothy 3:1-5 "3 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. 2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, [a]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 men as these."
Proverbs 1:7 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction."
We are meeting more of these in our day. Because of the teaching of self esteem in the past 50 years, our culture has created selfish, entitled, insolent, bratty and vindictive individuals who have little or no conscience and these are the adults who are raising our grandchildren.
There are more adult children and their parents who are estranged from one another than eve before, because we have an entire generation of adult children who have never learned honor and respect while thinking they know.
Ephesians 6:2 "“Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise),"
God said this would happen in the last days, continuing to increase in numbers and intensity of reaction, the narcissistic problem is growing. We see them in the shootings, the divorce rate, the murdering of babies, the mentality of laziness and entitlement and much more.
Things look pretty bad, but they will get worse. There is coming a time when adult children will put to death their ailing and elderly parents just to be free from any inconvenience they might bring.
My hope and prayer is that believers would begin to call things what they are, stop hiding behind the cloak of religion to justify silence on these things. Far too many people avoid the confrontation they expect to happen when they tell the truth. We need to call things what they are, give the remedy, which is Christ Jesus and take our lumps.
Yes many will reject our message, but there are some who will listen and benefit from it. In reality it isn't our message, it's God's message. Until believers begin to be obedient and honest, there can be no influence in the world, if we don't do it, who will.....the world?
