The narcissist is someone who operates from the standpoint of continual control of others. This is why they judge things that are unimportant.
When someone feels superior to others they expect those others to bow to their ways rather than accepting the differing personalities of others. They hate losing on any level even if it is only an argument or mild discussion.
The narcissist will make rules God never made or even the authorities over you never made. Because they believe their way, no matter how insignificant, is the right way. They will mock and demean those who dare to walk their own path.
This is what we are observing now as the liberals rage like spoiled brat children when they lose an election. They will declare things like "this president is not our president", as though the voting process is invalid. They voted and would be happy if they won, but they are enraged and out of control when others voted and won but they do not.
When the voters have spoken the electoral college has operated as it was designed to do, the spoiled brat liberal will have a full on tantrum to intimidate, frustrate and mock those that won. Even working to ruin the victory through demonstration and obstructionism.
The mind set of the narcissistic liberal is to keep their target from enjoying their win while doing everything in their power to keep the target from becoming successful in their pursuits.
I remember a woman who became jealous over a Lego display that was constructed by a small boy. She walked up to the statue that was made for a special occasion for a campaign party, took her two hands and broke the statue to pieces as though the little boy had done something wrong. She mocked it and destroyed it for no other reason except the little boy was getting too much attention for his creation.
We all stood in disbelief that a grown woman would act in such a way. This woman had the propensity to walk into a room, talk until everyone in the room was focused on her and keep the floor the entire rest of the evening. Some people avoided her as soon as she came in the door. She would gossip against all those who avoided her while those who listened wished they could get away.
This woman never seemed to put two and two together. She never stopped her antics even though she had no real friends and people seemed to run from her.
Rather than changing her behavior to be more kind and friendly, she chose to get worse until someone would finally blow up and tell her what she was doing. At which time she would declare that they were very mean for speaking to her that way, never mind that she provoked everyone. Those who were more self controlled refused to engage at all.
The kindness of others never changed how she operated. Kindness only enabled her and blowing up at her caused an even bigger explosion. It was a lose lose proposition with this very angry woman.
One day I heard that she had become born again. She didn't become born again because someone remained friendly with her. She didn't become born again because people avoided her. She didn't become born again because she suddenly watched someone's lifestyle. Guess what!
She became born again because one day a total stranger spoke the gospel to her, the Holy Spirit worked in her heart and she submitted.
We bring the message and Christ brings the increase. That's how it works. There is no method other than speaking the gospel at a time when a heart is ready to hear and God knows when that heart is ready.
1 Corinthians 3:6-8 "…6 I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. 7 So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. 8He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.…
Romans 10:13-15 "…13 for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” 14 How then can they call on the One in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach? 15 And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”…"
By the way, all of our experiences in life, good bad and ugly shape who we are based on our choices. Do we lean into God or resist Him. No one is responsible for our responses to life, we alone are responsible for how we act and think.
Saturday, November 10, 2018
Pride Goes Before a Fall
Are you proud of yourself that you have accepted the wicked man?
1 Corinthians 5:1-2 "1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife. 2 And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have been stricken with grief and removed from your fellowship the man who did this?…"
1 Corinthians 5:1-2 "1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife. 2 And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have been stricken with grief and removed from your fellowship the man who did this?…"
Throw Away Man's Way
God's Way or Man's Way
Am I "holding onto offenses" if I avoid a wicked person who will not stop their evil? Am I holding onto offenses when I will not keep in my company a believer who refuses to stop their sin? Or even a non-believer who loves their sin?
I choose not to enable a fellow believer or even a non-believer who is continually acting in ungodly ways around me and toward others. I also choose not to be friendly to one who brings a false gospel.
Proverbs 22:24 "24 Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man, 25 or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.…"
2 John 1:10 "10 If anyone comes to you but does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home or even greet him. 11 Whoever greets such a person shares in his evil deeds.…"
It is clear that our culture has enable evil to grow by being tolerant of it and even friendly to those who are evil. As a culture we have payed more attention to pleasing the evil doer than protecting and nurturing the victims of the evil doer. This has happened because most who say they are Christians do not know the Bible and often become offended when their traditional psychological views are challenged by someone using the Scriptures.
This instruction for us in Proverbs and 2 John pertain to believer and unbeliever alike.
1 Corinthians 5:11-12 " 11 But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat. 12 What business of mine is it to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside?…"
We are to avoid believers who are sinning and will not stop. We cannot avoid the world, we have to grocery shop and other things in the world, so we remain kind, speak truth to them, but do not become their close friends.
1 Corinthians 15:33 "33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
It is God's wisdom to make our close friends those who love God. When we mix with those who do not love God on a regular basis then we eventually will become like them, even if only small ways.
2 Timothy 3 tells us what the mentality of the evil person is, who by the way, has a form of religion, but negates God in everything. Verse 5 tells us to stay away from them.
It is one thing to bring the gospel and quite another to be their friends.
Notice too that John the Baptist rebuked Herod and Herodius for committing adultery in their unlawful marriage. They were unbelievers and yet he rebuked them and lost his head over it.
There are times to give a harsh rebuke and times to remove ourselves.
Titus 1:12-14 "…12As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.” 13This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith 14and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.…"
Our culture has left behind the most effective ways of reaching a person full of pride, that is the rebuke, the correction and the removal if they will not listen.
I choose not to enable a fellow believer or even a non-believer who is continually acting in ungodly ways around me and toward others. I also choose not to be friendly to one who brings a false gospel.
Proverbs 22:24 "24 Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man, 25 or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.…"
2 John 1:10 "10 If anyone comes to you but does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home or even greet him. 11 Whoever greets such a person shares in his evil deeds.…"
It is clear that our culture has enable evil to grow by being tolerant of it and even friendly to those who are evil. As a culture we have payed more attention to pleasing the evil doer than protecting and nurturing the victims of the evil doer. This has happened because most who say they are Christians do not know the Bible and often become offended when their traditional psychological views are challenged by someone using the Scriptures.
This instruction for us in Proverbs and 2 John pertain to believer and unbeliever alike.
1 Corinthians 5:11-12 " 11 But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat. 12 What business of mine is it to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside?…"
We are to avoid believers who are sinning and will not stop. We cannot avoid the world, we have to grocery shop and other things in the world, so we remain kind, speak truth to them, but do not become their close friends.
1 Corinthians 15:33 "33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
It is God's wisdom to make our close friends those who love God. When we mix with those who do not love God on a regular basis then we eventually will become like them, even if only small ways.
2 Timothy 3 tells us what the mentality of the evil person is, who by the way, has a form of religion, but negates God in everything. Verse 5 tells us to stay away from them.
It is one thing to bring the gospel and quite another to be their friends.
Notice too that John the Baptist rebuked Herod and Herodius for committing adultery in their unlawful marriage. They were unbelievers and yet he rebuked them and lost his head over it.
There are times to give a harsh rebuke and times to remove ourselves.
Titus 1:12-14 "…12As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.” 13This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith 14and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.…"
Our culture has left behind the most effective ways of reaching a person full of pride, that is the rebuke, the correction and the removal if they will not listen.
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