Nearly the entire world and all the people are narcissistic now. There are varying degrees of it, but most remain sold out to their own sinful hearts.
Judges 21-25 " 25 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes."
Judges 17:6 " 6 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes. "
We have leaders in our day but they are so corrupt that the nations are in chaos. The lack of leadership in the way of righteousness is driving the rebellion against God in the cultures.
Many people who say they are Christians or who don't say it but attend gatherings every week, believe they are good people but defy more of God's Word than they obey while claiming to be "Bible-believing."
So many people think all they have to do is claim something and that makes it so. Believing leads to obeying. Those who say they believe but don't obey do not believe.
Rebellious church attendees are calling obedience to God's word "legalism" while having no sense of shame over sin in the body. If the rebellious church attendee doesn't want to obey God they say it is legalism to obey Him.
God said: John 14:15 " 15 If you love Me, you will keep My commandments."
Legalism is adding rules to God's word that He never gave. Obedience is obeying what God told us to do. The difference is really quite simple to understand.
One of the biggest ploys in our day is to pretend acceptance of sin is love when it is really hatred. When we care about our brothers and sisters we speak truth to them so they can progress in holiness. We grow when we learn to admit our failings causing a closeness to one another and to God greater than if we did not confess to be cleansed.
1 John 1:9
"9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
We will not grow or be cleansed unless we confess.
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