Ignore the Ignorant Man

Matthew 5:11
“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account."

All of us will encounter this from time to time. The devil hates truth and will throw everything he has at you to discourage you. These attacks no longer affect me but I am grieved for those who are caught up in false doctrine believing they are defending God all the while they are heaping judgment on themselves.

Revelation 12:10
"And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God."

Exodus 14:14
"The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.”

We do not have to fight with our enemies, we merely have to stand our ground and allow God to fight our battles for us.

1 Peter 2:4-6
"4 And coming to Him as to a living stone which has been rejected by men, but is choice and precious in the sight of God,
5 you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
6 For this is contained in Scripture:
“Behold, I lay in Zion a choice stone, a precious corner stone,
And he who believes in Him will not be disappointed.”

We have been and are going to be met with opposition when we speak the truth of the Word of God. Those who are disobedient and rebellious will accuse us of their own sins.

They will say we have false doctrine while they have false doctrine. They will call us names and malign our character in defense of their own false doctrine. We have all encountered this and can count on it happening as we grow in wisdom.

The world hates God and many pretenders occupy the church pews today, they are prideful and accuse the true brethren of pride. They are revilers and accuse the brethren of reviling.

The same disrespect that we see in the world is now in the church, disrespect for the elders, disrespect for one another and disrespect especially for God's Word. They treat God's word as a book of suggestions attempting to make it fit their worldly doctrine as they continue to lie against God and against the brethren.

Proverbs 11:9
"With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered."

James 1:2-4
"Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing."

1 Peter 4:14
"If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you."

Bottom line: Ignore the insults and continue with the truth. Give no attention to those who mock, demean and attempt to ruin you and all your relationships. God protects us and will take care of all this injustice when He is finished here.

1 Corinthians 14:38 KJV
"38 But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant (ignored)."

1 Corinthians 14:38 NASB
"38 But if anyone does not recognize this, he is not recognized."

In this verse we see from the two different versions of the Bible they both support that we are to ignore the ignorant man who asserts his foolishness.