Saturday, March 30, 2019

When We Have Believed

When we have believed on Christ He then comes to live in us and change us into a new creation. Too many people believe they are going to become a Christian and change themselves by shear will power. They cannot!!!!!

Ephesians 2:10
"10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them."

Acts 1:8 "8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

Our power to live for Christ comes from the Holy Spirit, not from anything of our own being.





Narcissists are always Angry, We never know Why!

Narcissists are always angry at you but you never know why. Perhaps they know their anger is wrong but if they came to discuss it, it might resolve things and they hate resolutions to anything.

Narcissists believe we will be angry with them if they speak up honestly about their feelings because they are angry when we speak honestly and openly.

One of the tactics of the devil is to hide the truth to keep the drama and contention going. When someone is resistant to discussing a concern it is very likely they know what they have done and want to pretend they did nothing.

Those who have caused an offense and don't realize they did, are anxious to clear things up and reconcile a relationship.

Narcissists love their superior idea of themselves that resides in their own minds. There is too great a risk that they will have to admit something if they discuss a matter, therefore they avoid all honest communication with others.

Isaiah 32:6 "6 For the fool speaks folly,
and his heart is busy with iniquity,
to practice ungodliness,
to utter error concerning the Lord,
to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied,
and to deprive the thirsty of drink.

Proverbs 10:23 "23 Doing wrong is like a joke to a fool,
but wisdom is pleasure to a man of understanding."

Proverbs 18:2
"A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion."

Proverbs 1:7
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction."

Since a narcissist is a fool, they hate instruction. They hate anything that might lose them an argument. In the mind of the fool or the narcissist they must win the argument. It is far more important to win than to be correct.

I have seen the antics of the fool, the twisting of a conversation away from the issue at hand to utter silliness in the discourse. They actually believe their nonsensical verbiage is wise. Often these people use what is called "word salad", a lot of unrelated words strung together that have no meaning. The fools counts themselves wise if they have a few big words, it doesn't matter if their sentences make sense, only that they confuse and confound the hearer.

Proverbs 29:9
"If a wise man has an argument with a fool, the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet."

Proverbs 14:7-9
"Leave the presence of a fool, for there you do not meet words of knowledge. The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deceiving. Fools mock at the guilt offering, but the upright enjoy acceptance."