Many things the cultural Christianity say that are based on psychology and not on the word of God have permeated our culture in every venue.
"We must forgive even if the offender is not sorry so we will not become bitter."
"We can divorce and remarry for adultery."
"No one can know the heart of another person."
"We must love ourselves before we can love others."
"No one can know absolute truth"
"Don't judge"
There are so many more mantras that modern Christianity uses that are born out of psychology and have no truth to them. These things often repeat things that are opposing the Word of God, they work against the human spirit to foster a rebellion against God's ways.
If the devil can get people to believe they are being kind by doing the opposite of God's truth, he can causes them to help in the destruction of live even making the helpers feel proud of themselves for it.
Mostly in our day we have more humanistic psychology driving everyone's motives and desires than we have godly ways being spoken. In fact those who evaluate everything according to the Bible are mocked, demeaned and dismissed as unworthy of respect for their devotion entirely to the Word of God.
2 Timothy 4:2-4 "…2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction. 3 For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. 4 So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.…"
God says this will be the case in the last days, however, notice what else He says, keep preaching, be prepared, rebuke when there is error and encourage when believers are going the right way, in short keep going anyway even when people will not listen. We know what they are going to do but we are responsible to obey God and they will be held responsible for what they heard.
We are not responsible for their reaction to us, they remain accountable for their own reactions. No guilt is on us all wrong responses are on them.
Ezekiel 33:8-9 "…8 If I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will surely die,’ but you do not speak out to dissuade him from his way, then that wicked man will die in his iniquity, yet I will hold you accountable for his blood. 9 But if you warn the wicked man to turn from his way, and he does not turn from it, he will die in his iniquity, but you will have saved your life."
God is pretty clear in His word about everything but He will not impart His truth to anyone who does not want it. He will impart His wisdom to anyone who wants it.
James 1:4-6 "…4 Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. 6 But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.…"
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