Don't be a pitiful shriveled mess of anger, hate and jealousy, confess your sinfulness before God and allow Him to change you into a new creation full of hope and joy.
2 Corinthians 5:16-18 "…16 So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:…"
Only those who place their trust in Christ will be changed into a new creation. Only those who confess their sinfulness and ask to be changed will be by Christ.
Revelation 3:20
"20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me."
The Holy Spirit comes to live in those who trust in Christ. He is the One Who changes us, He is the One who guides and trains us. He never does anything against our will but will give us all we need when we ask for it.
James 4:2-4 "…2 You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask. 3 And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures. 4 You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.…"
To be born again we must want to be cleansed by Christ through the Holy Spirit through our faith in Him.
Hebrews 11:6-7 " 6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him. 7
By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith."
It was the faith that caused men of God to trust Him in obedience. Without the step to obey there is no faith. Someone who claims to have faith in Christ but disobeys His Word constantly is lying, they only say or think they have faith but they do not because they do not obey Him.
James 2:4-26 "14 What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him?
15 If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food,
16 and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and be filled,” and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that?
17 Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself.
18 But someone may well say, “You have faith and I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works.”
19 You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder.
20 But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is useless?
21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?
22 You see that faith was working with his works, and as a result of the works, faith was perfected;
23 and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness,” and he was called the friend of God.
24 You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone.
25 In the same way, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?
26 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead."
The obedience and works are evidence of the faith, they do not save anyone but they are the proof that there is faith in Christ.
Thursday, December 26, 2019
Don't be a Pitiful Mess of Anger, Hate and Jealousy, The Solution
I don't have those "what if " moments of peering back into the past to yearn for what might have been, because God said, "leaving what is behind to press on toward the goal."
My husband and I were talking about it this morning. Looking back is of no value at all except to learn lessons not to repeat.
If we have learned those lessons it is silly to pretend what could have been when there is no possibility of changing it.
When we are always looking back we cannot enjoy the present while focusing on God's promises for the future. Looking back steals the joy of Christ.
Having met many people who spend a lot of time talking about their childhood or school years as their "glory years" I realized that perhaps these people have had a sad life over the years or they would have new stories to share.
It is best to focus on today and its challenges and gifts from God, this way we do not waste precious time in useless imaginings or fantasies.
Also, is it possible that looking back in regret or even with fondness takes from us the gratefulness of today.
I have looked back only to praise God more for what He has brought me through, however there is no sense that I would ever want to go back to those times and relive them.
Philippians 3:13
"13 Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead,"
Every time in our life brings lessons, important lessons that either make us a better person or make us bitter. We can choose to allow life experiences to change us into the image of God or we can choose to allow them to break us into pitiful people full of anger and self involvement.
Don't be a pitiful shriveled mess of anger, hate and jealousy, confess your sinfulness before God and allow Him to change you into a new creation, full of hope and joy.
2 Corinthians 5:16-18 "…16 So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:…"
My husband and I were talking about it this morning. Looking back is of no value at all except to learn lessons not to repeat.
If we have learned those lessons it is silly to pretend what could have been when there is no possibility of changing it.
When we are always looking back we cannot enjoy the present while focusing on God's promises for the future. Looking back steals the joy of Christ.
Having met many people who spend a lot of time talking about their childhood or school years as their "glory years" I realized that perhaps these people have had a sad life over the years or they would have new stories to share.
It is best to focus on today and its challenges and gifts from God, this way we do not waste precious time in useless imaginings or fantasies.
Also, is it possible that looking back in regret or even with fondness takes from us the gratefulness of today.
I have looked back only to praise God more for what He has brought me through, however there is no sense that I would ever want to go back to those times and relive them.
Philippians 3:13
"13 Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead,"
Every time in our life brings lessons, important lessons that either make us a better person or make us bitter. We can choose to allow life experiences to change us into the image of God or we can choose to allow them to break us into pitiful people full of anger and self involvement.
Don't be a pitiful shriveled mess of anger, hate and jealousy, confess your sinfulness before God and allow Him to change you into a new creation, full of hope and joy.
2 Corinthians 5:16-18 "…16 So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:…"
Signs of Jealousy
Signs of jealousy are when someone rejects everything you say all the time as well as the following other manifestations of envy.
James 3:16
"For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice."
Another sign of jealousy is copying everything you do to be better than you.
James 3:14
"But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth."
Continuing: a jealous person forces petty arguments.
Proverbs 27:4
"Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?"
1 Corinthians 3:3
"3 for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere men?"
1 Corinthians 13:4 "4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud."
Galatians 5:22-23 "22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law."
Never allow the jealous person to cause in you unkind reactions. When we discover someone is jealous it might be good not to talk about the things we have accomplished to them, that might cause further jealousy.
1 Corinthians 13:4
"Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant"
When we know someone is jealous of us it is wise not to speak about those things that bring us great joy. Simply enjoy the peace of the Lord and the accomplishments themselves. If you have a true friend who will not be jealous then sharing with them is a joy.
My husband quotes this often to me; "sharing joy with a friend brings double the joy, sharing a grief with a friend is half a grief."
Sharing with a beloved friend the things of life can be a healing balm for our soul.
James 3:16
"For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice."
Another sign of jealousy is copying everything you do to be better than you.
James 3:14
"But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth."
Continuing: a jealous person forces petty arguments.
Proverbs 27:4
"Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?"
1 Corinthians 3:3
"3 for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere men?"
1 Corinthians 13:4 "4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud."
Galatians 5:22-23 "22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law."
Never allow the jealous person to cause in you unkind reactions. When we discover someone is jealous it might be good not to talk about the things we have accomplished to them, that might cause further jealousy.
1 Corinthians 13:4
"Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant"
When we know someone is jealous of us it is wise not to speak about those things that bring us great joy. Simply enjoy the peace of the Lord and the accomplishments themselves. If you have a true friend who will not be jealous then sharing with them is a joy.
My husband quotes this often to me; "sharing joy with a friend brings double the joy, sharing a grief with a friend is half a grief."
Sharing with a beloved friend the things of life can be a healing balm for our soul.
The Evidence of Being Born Again
Amen, this is the evidence that we know Him. There is also another evidence that we can see:
Matthew 7:15-20
A Tree and Its Fruit
15 “Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
16 You will ]know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they?
17 So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit.
19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
20 So then, you will [c]know them by their fruits."
Here is the fruit of the character of one who has Christ living in them.
Galatians 5:22-23
"22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."
The fruit is not works, it is character qualities that we can sense when we are in the presence of one who has Christ living in them. We can actually see these qualities the more we interact with someone.
When we have this fruit we don't have to try to avoid sin, we run from it when it tempts us, we hate it and if we fall for a moment we confess to be cleansed and get back to obedience where we are the most comfortable.
Unbelievers are comfortable with their sin, but believers are the most uncomfortable when in sin, we are most comfortable with truth and the love of Christ causing us to hate what He hates and love what He loves.
Matthew 7:15-20
A Tree and Its Fruit
15 “Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
16 You will ]know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they?
17 So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit.
19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
20 So then, you will [c]know them by their fruits."
Here is the fruit of the character of one who has Christ living in them.
Galatians 5:22-23
"22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."
The fruit is not works, it is character qualities that we can sense when we are in the presence of one who has Christ living in them. We can actually see these qualities the more we interact with someone.
When we have this fruit we don't have to try to avoid sin, we run from it when it tempts us, we hate it and if we fall for a moment we confess to be cleansed and get back to obedience where we are the most comfortable.
Unbelievers are comfortable with their sin, but believers are the most uncomfortable when in sin, we are most comfortable with truth and the love of Christ causing us to hate what He hates and love what He loves.
Teachers Who Become Like Children
The modern technique of the teachers in schools and churches today bring devastation to the culture.
When a teacher, whether in school or a church gathering attempts to win the affection of their students through adoption of their lingo, their antics and foolishness, that teachers is reducing himself to one of them instead of teaching the students by example to rise above childish foolishness to guide them into adulthood.
Teachers are not in school to become like the children. Teachers are in school to help the students grow into responsible adults with goals and a work ethic as well as learning the nature of maturity.
Becoming like the sinful man does not make the sinful man become better or to repent. Rather, becoming like the sinful man or the childish student to win them is nothing more than enabling. Enabling through acceptance of their ways as well as through validation through imitation.
1 Corinthians 11:1
"Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ."
"More is caught than taught" is a saying I learned over the years. How we act teaches more than what we say. According to the researchers only 7% of communication is words, that means that 97% of communication is our own personal example.
If you meet someone who jokes all the time to defer someone from engaging in meaningful and important discussion, you have met someone who is teaching by example to avoid all important matters and to indulge in constant foolishness.
It is not the job of a teacher to make children feel good about themselves. A good teachers gives children the skills to rise above their infantile nature pressing on toward adulthood. As a small child I had strict teachers that I loved. They didn't have to become like a child for me to enjoy them. I enjoyed them because they showed caring in making me learn even when I might have been a little lazy. Their determination to cause me to learn was seen as love and valuable. Those how hated the strict teachers were those who had rebellion in their hearts and didn't care about learning.
Many people in our culture today place more value on "fun" and "foolishness" than they do on learning and excellence. In short, the teachers and the students are both lazy. The job of the teacher is to present challenges for the children to learn and the job of the children is to work to learn those lessons.
We now have not only foolish teachers in school who care more about their paycheck and being loved by their students than they do about whether or not the child learns valuable lessons to carry on in the world after they leave school.
Philippians 3:17
"Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us."
Do we want others to imitate foolilshness they see in us? OR, do we want others to see how we walk with Christ and desire to imitate us as we imitate Christ?
May it never be said of us that we are living more foolishly than wisely. What a condemnation it is for anyone to say to us; "you are such fun all the time."
James 3:1-18
"Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body. If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! ...
It is good to take inventory once in awhile asking the question: "do I spend my days in worthless pleasures, or do I seek to become more holy by knowing the mind of Christ?"
When a teacher, whether in school or a church gathering attempts to win the affection of their students through adoption of their lingo, their antics and foolishness, that teachers is reducing himself to one of them instead of teaching the students by example to rise above childish foolishness to guide them into adulthood.
Teachers are not in school to become like the children. Teachers are in school to help the students grow into responsible adults with goals and a work ethic as well as learning the nature of maturity.
Becoming like the sinful man does not make the sinful man become better or to repent. Rather, becoming like the sinful man or the childish student to win them is nothing more than enabling. Enabling through acceptance of their ways as well as through validation through imitation.
1 Corinthians 11:1
"Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ."
"More is caught than taught" is a saying I learned over the years. How we act teaches more than what we say. According to the researchers only 7% of communication is words, that means that 97% of communication is our own personal example.
If you meet someone who jokes all the time to defer someone from engaging in meaningful and important discussion, you have met someone who is teaching by example to avoid all important matters and to indulge in constant foolishness.
It is not the job of a teacher to make children feel good about themselves. A good teachers gives children the skills to rise above their infantile nature pressing on toward adulthood. As a small child I had strict teachers that I loved. They didn't have to become like a child for me to enjoy them. I enjoyed them because they showed caring in making me learn even when I might have been a little lazy. Their determination to cause me to learn was seen as love and valuable. Those how hated the strict teachers were those who had rebellion in their hearts and didn't care about learning.
Many people in our culture today place more value on "fun" and "foolishness" than they do on learning and excellence. In short, the teachers and the students are both lazy. The job of the teacher is to present challenges for the children to learn and the job of the children is to work to learn those lessons.
We now have not only foolish teachers in school who care more about their paycheck and being loved by their students than they do about whether or not the child learns valuable lessons to carry on in the world after they leave school.
Philippians 3:17
"Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us."
Do we want others to imitate foolilshness they see in us? OR, do we want others to see how we walk with Christ and desire to imitate us as we imitate Christ?
May it never be said of us that we are living more foolishly than wisely. What a condemnation it is for anyone to say to us; "you are such fun all the time."
James 3:1-18
"Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body. If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! ...
It is good to take inventory once in awhile asking the question: "do I spend my days in worthless pleasures, or do I seek to become more holy by knowing the mind of Christ?"
The Contention of the Worldly Man
"You are contentious." Have you ever heard anyone call you that?
There will be times when we meet unsaved people who think we are contentious because we cannot agree with them on anything of importance.
There is a reason we cannot agree with the world and its not because we are looking for things with which to disagree.
When we meet someone who thinks like the world they will think we are disagreeing with them merely to seem superior because that is what they are doing. But here is the truth, it is those who label us contentious who cannot tolerate someone who does not think the WAY they think.
The born again believer processes everything through the wisdom of the Bible. They cannot think any other way except with the mind of Christ.
The worldly man thinks with the mind of the world, the world is his measure of right and wrong so he is unable to understand born again believer who disagree with him on everything important.
Since our world today passes all their thinking through the grid of "feelings" we cannot expect them to set aside feelings to discover truth.
Many of us have been called various names such as "contentious" or "mean spirited" or "foolish" because we expressed a differing viewpoint from those who are worldly.
The worldly man will accuse the born again believer of being contentious merely for not adhering to their agenda. They accuse the believer of being closed minded when it is they who are such. Refusing to consider the wisdom that comes from the Bible they punish those who will not become like them.
When a contentious man accuses us of being contrary there is an easy response, perhaps it goes like this;
"I thought we were exchanging ideas, you told me your idea, I told you my idea so that we both were allowed to be who we are and express what we believe. However, it seems that you are unhappy with me for not being you, so you judge me as well as call me names. Why do you get to have your say but I am not allowed mine. Why am I judged as silly and foolish for not thinking like you think?"
The biggest hypocrites in the world are those who will not listen to others respectfully. They allow themselves to be whatever they want but punish others for not being like them.
You will find that worldly people cannot think rationally or godly on any level. They can have a form of religion and even decency but when it comes to the important matters from the Word of God they cannot (are unable) to think with the mind of Christ.
1 Corinthians 2:15-16 "…15 The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment. 16 “For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ."
1 Corinthians 2:13-15 "…13 And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words. 14 The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment.…"
Proverbs 1:7
"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline."
Why can an unbeliever and a born again believer not walk together in friendship? The answer is simple, the unbeliever thinks only in the terms of the prevailing wind of the culture. The born again believer thinks only in term of God's Word, His wisdom and His Heart. This is offensive to the unbeliever, they prefer their cultural foolishness over God's wisdom.
There is also a hatred on the part of the unbeliever for the things of God.
Proverbs 23:8-9 "…8 You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words. 9 Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Matthew 7:6 "Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces."
All the explanations from the Bible will be spurned and mocked by those who do not love the truth in the Bible.
Proverbs 9:7
"He who corrects a mocker will bring shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man will be tainted."
Proverbs 14:7
"Stay away from a foolish man; you will gain no knowledge from his speech."
Proverbs 26:4
"Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him."
Bottom Line: The unsaved person does not think the way we think, nor does he want to, his mind is perverted and twisted without a desire to think properly. Even worse the unsaved believe their wisdom comes from the humanistic culture in which they live. When we discover someone who is basing their beliefs on the wisdom of this world while rejecting the truths of the Bible it is time to move on to more productive relationships. As God said clearly in His Word, "two cannot walk together who are not agreed."
There will be times when we meet unsaved people who think we are contentious because we cannot agree with them on anything of importance.
There is a reason we cannot agree with the world and its not because we are looking for things with which to disagree.
When we meet someone who thinks like the world they will think we are disagreeing with them merely to seem superior because that is what they are doing. But here is the truth, it is those who label us contentious who cannot tolerate someone who does not think the WAY they think.
The born again believer processes everything through the wisdom of the Bible. They cannot think any other way except with the mind of Christ.
The worldly man thinks with the mind of the world, the world is his measure of right and wrong so he is unable to understand born again believer who disagree with him on everything important.
Since our world today passes all their thinking through the grid of "feelings" we cannot expect them to set aside feelings to discover truth.
Many of us have been called various names such as "contentious" or "mean spirited" or "foolish" because we expressed a differing viewpoint from those who are worldly.
The worldly man will accuse the born again believer of being contentious merely for not adhering to their agenda. They accuse the believer of being closed minded when it is they who are such. Refusing to consider the wisdom that comes from the Bible they punish those who will not become like them.
When a contentious man accuses us of being contrary there is an easy response, perhaps it goes like this;
"I thought we were exchanging ideas, you told me your idea, I told you my idea so that we both were allowed to be who we are and express what we believe. However, it seems that you are unhappy with me for not being you, so you judge me as well as call me names. Why do you get to have your say but I am not allowed mine. Why am I judged as silly and foolish for not thinking like you think?"
The biggest hypocrites in the world are those who will not listen to others respectfully. They allow themselves to be whatever they want but punish others for not being like them.
You will find that worldly people cannot think rationally or godly on any level. They can have a form of religion and even decency but when it comes to the important matters from the Word of God they cannot (are unable) to think with the mind of Christ.
1 Corinthians 2:15-16 "…15 The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment. 16 “For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ."
1 Corinthians 2:13-15 "…13 And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words. 14 The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment.…"
Proverbs 1:7
"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline."
Why can an unbeliever and a born again believer not walk together in friendship? The answer is simple, the unbeliever thinks only in the terms of the prevailing wind of the culture. The born again believer thinks only in term of God's Word, His wisdom and His Heart. This is offensive to the unbeliever, they prefer their cultural foolishness over God's wisdom.
There is also a hatred on the part of the unbeliever for the things of God.
Proverbs 23:8-9 "…8 You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words. 9 Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Matthew 7:6 "Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces."
All the explanations from the Bible will be spurned and mocked by those who do not love the truth in the Bible.
Proverbs 9:7
"He who corrects a mocker will bring shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man will be tainted."
Proverbs 14:7
"Stay away from a foolish man; you will gain no knowledge from his speech."
Proverbs 26:4
"Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him."
Bottom Line: The unsaved person does not think the way we think, nor does he want to, his mind is perverted and twisted without a desire to think properly. Even worse the unsaved believe their wisdom comes from the humanistic culture in which they live. When we discover someone who is basing their beliefs on the wisdom of this world while rejecting the truths of the Bible it is time to move on to more productive relationships. As God said clearly in His Word, "two cannot walk together who are not agreed."
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