If someone does not want to hear the truth they will "gaslight" you to think you did something wrong in sharing the truth to bring them back to thinking about God.
Matthew 11:16-19
16 “But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call out to the other children,
17 and say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a song of mourning, and you did not ]mourn.’
18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’
19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a heavy drinker, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ And yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”
No matter what you do, no matter how good or how true, if a rebellious person does not want to believe the truth they will accuse you of something that is not true so they don't have to listen to you.
Get used to this, we live in a world in which the church has placed friendliness above truth.
Luke 12:51-52 "51 Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division. 52 From now on, five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.…"
It is not the truth that divides, it is the lie that is exposed that divides. The truth believed always brings greater unity, the truth denied is what brings the division.
The typical tactic of the devil is to accuse the believer of being divisive when it was the devil who was causing the need for exposing the lie.
The devil is a gaslighter, he tells us we were unkind by speaking the truth of God's Word. Anyone who is being used by the devil to cause division will accuse the truth-teller of the very evil the divisive person is doing.
The devil will say we ought to be able to say and believe anything we want, except the truth-teller, that person is attacked when speaking they are not allowed to speak.
There is nothing new here, life has always been like this, the devil's attempts at silencing the truth-teller through intimidation, gaslighting and manipulation.
If you are led by the Holy Spirit to speak the truth do not be ashamed when attacked. Do not worry that you caused a problem, do not suck into your soul the tricks and demeaning words and actions of the devil.
John 10:10 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full."
The devil comes to steal away your peace, your conviction and your devotion to Him by diverting your attention to worldly things. He steals away relationships by turning one person against another. He steals your peace when he is able to cause fear over things that should be left in God's hands.
Christ builds peace in us through our faith and trust in Him. Christ builds relationships between like-minded people so they are in solidarity about the truth.
Those who love Christ understand the need to remain squarely focused on Him, they do not fight to defend their sins or wrong focus.
May the Lord bring born-again believers back to trusting in Him rather than trusting everything other than Him.
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