When we live in a culture that elevates feelings above truth, then truth is no longer valued and will not be received unless it makes someone feel good.
When we live in a culture in which "feelings are facts", the truth of God in the Bible will be offensive most of the time. The devil was very clever in using feelings to influence people to disobey God. He did it with Eve in the garden and is doing the same things all over again today.
Many people I know are deeply divisive because their assertion to follow feelings and make people happy is managing to negate the Bible and come against godly principles and teaching.
Feelings are often not accurate, they make us believe things that are not true, even convincing mankind of their hatred of others, not based on facts but on power and self elevation. Building pride was the main way the devil convinced people that they "deserve" something instead of knowing how deficient they were in their lives. When we know we are deficient, then we will seek Christ. The devil wants to keep people "self sufficient" to isolate them from God's truth.
Jealousy and self exaltation is what drives most people today to seek their own glory instead of seeking Christ.
I am glad that bridge builders and those who built sky scrapers do not based their efforts in construction, on feelings. These structures would fall down if they did that, they must adhere to God's standards of gravity and structure, even if they don't know that's what they are doing.
Truth is what cleanses, without it we have chaos and rampant error and worst of all the feelings oriented individuals are continually causing trouble where there does't need to be any.
The devil loves his victory in getting people to pummel one another over silly things that are not even based in truth. The foolish people of the world are easily manipulated into wars and contentions based on nothing, just to "feel" superior.
May the Lord open the eyes of many to see the tricks of the devil, when we know the truth, the error cannot dominate us.
Those who embrace their feelings of jealousy and act upon it, are fools and will in the end, see the devastation of their indulgences.
Proverbs 29:8-10 "…8 Scorners set a city aflame, But wise men turn away anger. 9 When a wise man has a controversy with a foolish man, The foolish man either rages or laughs, and there is no rest. 10 Men of bloodshed hate the blameless, But the upright are concerned for his life.…"
If there is jealousy in your life that has brought contention to relationships, repent, stop it and seek Christ for cleansing. When Christ cleanses us from a sin, then we will no longer indulge the temptations of the devil and the contention will stop.
1 John 1:9
"9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
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