Thursday, October 3, 2019
Micah Tyler - Different (Official Music Video)
Hallelujah!!!! May we seek God far more than ourselves or others!!!!
The Last Days of Narcissism
Narcissists tend to make up in their minds based on things they wish to believe about you that are not true but fit with their desired persona of the one for whom they have contempt.
Never take seriously these narcissistic ploys to devalue you. The world is full of selfish and arrogant human beings in these last days. These folks have no desire to be an asset to anyone else they simply must be the center of attention, everyone else must be their asset or they will target the one who does not play their game.
2 Timothy 3:1-5 "3 But realize this, that in the last days perilous (ragingly insane) times will come. 2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, 4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these."
These people do not ask for or want help with anything because they cannot stand to feel indebted to anyone for anything. Serving others is a form of submission and asking to be served is also a sign of weakness for them, that is in their own minds.
I have known many narcissists in my life, they all do exactly the same thing, they offer help with a sense of grandiose "look what I did for you", but will turn down any offer of help from someone else, usually their target. They may even boast of helping someone else or letting someone else help them to show you that you were not special enough to engage as these others they appreciate.
The narcissists cares nothing about you but loves to have information about you to appear to others that they know you well. They are more concerned with appearances than substance. They interpret the sending of a birthday card as "having a relationship", but often the card is replacement for a relationship. These selfish individuals care only about appearances but little to nothing about substance. They cannot validate anyone without elevating self to enjoy their own goodness.
Narcissists have no desire to understand others, they simply want to be seen as special themselves while they have little to no responsibility in a relationship. Keep in mind that narcissists have a limited understanding of relationships more like that of a six year old child.
There is only one way to avoid becoming a narcissist or to stop being one of them, that is to confess the sin of selfishness while asking God to cleanse from sin. God will not ignore the narcissist who prays to be cleansed of their narcissism. It is possible for a person who sins in this way to be delivered from that sin.
2 Thessalonians 3:1-3 "1 Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread quickly and be held in honor, just as it was with you. 2 And pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men; for not everyone holds to the faith. 3 But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.…"
Never take seriously these narcissistic ploys to devalue you. The world is full of selfish and arrogant human beings in these last days. These folks have no desire to be an asset to anyone else they simply must be the center of attention, everyone else must be their asset or they will target the one who does not play their game.
2 Timothy 3:1-5 "3 But realize this, that in the last days perilous (ragingly insane) times will come. 2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, 4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these."
These people do not ask for or want help with anything because they cannot stand to feel indebted to anyone for anything. Serving others is a form of submission and asking to be served is also a sign of weakness for them, that is in their own minds.
I have known many narcissists in my life, they all do exactly the same thing, they offer help with a sense of grandiose "look what I did for you", but will turn down any offer of help from someone else, usually their target. They may even boast of helping someone else or letting someone else help them to show you that you were not special enough to engage as these others they appreciate.
The narcissists cares nothing about you but loves to have information about you to appear to others that they know you well. They are more concerned with appearances than substance. They interpret the sending of a birthday card as "having a relationship", but often the card is replacement for a relationship. These selfish individuals care only about appearances but little to nothing about substance. They cannot validate anyone without elevating self to enjoy their own goodness.
Narcissists have no desire to understand others, they simply want to be seen as special themselves while they have little to no responsibility in a relationship. Keep in mind that narcissists have a limited understanding of relationships more like that of a six year old child.
There is only one way to avoid becoming a narcissist or to stop being one of them, that is to confess the sin of selfishness while asking God to cleanse from sin. God will not ignore the narcissist who prays to be cleansed of their narcissism. It is possible for a person who sins in this way to be delivered from that sin.
2 Thessalonians 3:1-3 "1 Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread quickly and be held in honor, just as it was with you. 2 And pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men; for not everyone holds to the faith. 3 But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.…"
The Two Shall Become One
The argument was used on me in the south of our country that "these are our traditions" when we challenged a church on false doctrine. Their response was, "this is our tradition."
When told this my response was "then your tradition needs to change to come in line with God's commands."
When any tradition is out of sync with God's commands then it is man's traditions that need to change not God's commands ignored.
John 14:15-16 "15 If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—…"
What are God's commands? They are everything written in the word of God. Not everything in the Word was written to us but everything was written for our learning and understanding.
The commands given to the Jews are for our learning but not for the Gentile to follow. However, everything written in the New Testament were written to all born again believers and should be taken seriously.
The Old Testament brings understanding to the purpose of the New Testament. We must read everything to understand the heart of God.
In the Old Testament is concealed what the New Testament reveals. Christ's death, burial and resurrection are in the Old Testament as a prophesy to come. The New Testament reveals exactly the timing of the fulfillment of that OT prophesy.
The Jewish marriage covenant brings understanding to the union between Christ and His church, revealing the permanency of that betrothal, the promise kept and the going home to the Father's house.
Gentiles do not have the custom of betrothal or going home to the Father's house and were not commanded to do so. However, the picture of marriage according to the Jewish custom helps us understand our relationship with our spouse in marriage and with Christ when we become a new creation and are indwelt by Him. One day soon He will take us home to His Father's house, our Father too.
When we become one with our spouse, when God makes us one, we do not lose our personalities or individual gifts but those things are now melded with our spouse to become a part of the equation in the life of the couple.
One person does not marry and lose their identity, they bring to the marriage their identity to combine with the identity of the spouse to become a new identity with two components. No one loses who they are in marriage, two come together to blend their traits for a greater and better couple than when there was only one of you.
Any man who dominates to control a wife is acting disrespectfully and negating God's purpose in marriage. Each one has a role to play and each one brings their own talents and personalities to enhance the other so there is no lack.
No man or woman is an island, they need one another's perspective, talents and personalities to make a whole oneness out of two.
Bottom Line: there is a melding and blending not a disintegration of one to enhance the other.
When told this my response was "then your tradition needs to change to come in line with God's commands."
When any tradition is out of sync with God's commands then it is man's traditions that need to change not God's commands ignored.
John 14:15-16 "15 If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—…"
What are God's commands? They are everything written in the word of God. Not everything in the Word was written to us but everything was written for our learning and understanding.
The commands given to the Jews are for our learning but not for the Gentile to follow. However, everything written in the New Testament were written to all born again believers and should be taken seriously.
The Old Testament brings understanding to the purpose of the New Testament. We must read everything to understand the heart of God.
In the Old Testament is concealed what the New Testament reveals. Christ's death, burial and resurrection are in the Old Testament as a prophesy to come. The New Testament reveals exactly the timing of the fulfillment of that OT prophesy.
The Jewish marriage covenant brings understanding to the union between Christ and His church, revealing the permanency of that betrothal, the promise kept and the going home to the Father's house.
Gentiles do not have the custom of betrothal or going home to the Father's house and were not commanded to do so. However, the picture of marriage according to the Jewish custom helps us understand our relationship with our spouse in marriage and with Christ when we become a new creation and are indwelt by Him. One day soon He will take us home to His Father's house, our Father too.
When we become one with our spouse, when God makes us one, we do not lose our personalities or individual gifts but those things are now melded with our spouse to become a part of the equation in the life of the couple.
One person does not marry and lose their identity, they bring to the marriage their identity to combine with the identity of the spouse to become a new identity with two components. No one loses who they are in marriage, two come together to blend their traits for a greater and better couple than when there was only one of you.
Any man who dominates to control a wife is acting disrespectfully and negating God's purpose in marriage. Each one has a role to play and each one brings their own talents and personalities to enhance the other so there is no lack.
No man or woman is an island, they need one another's perspective, talents and personalities to make a whole oneness out of two.
Bottom Line: there is a melding and blending not a disintegration of one to enhance the other.
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