Saturday, February 27, 2021
The Irrational "Common" Sense
The "common" sense in our day is an "irrational" sense based on feelings. Facts no longer matter.
The Fool Loves to Hate and He Loves to Make You Angry
Untrustworthy insecure people take every passing comment no matter how innocent as a personal insult or slight. Ignore their response to innocent comments and move on, they have no interest in resolving anything or seeing the love in those they wish to diminish.
Our world is full now of these people who love to hate, who love to show contempt when it is not warranted. Because there is contempt in their heart they must dump it on someone and it will always be those who love God.
Because they hate God even when they say they are Christian they will see everything in terms of their hatred of Him. Remember it's not personal to you, it directed at God who lives in you. Let God do your fighting for you, He is better at defending us than we are of defending ourselves because He knows the heart of the one He is dealing with, we can only know their heart in so much as we see their actions.
May the Lord guide you in all your responses and non-responses, keeping you innocent no matter what is thrown at you.
Proverbs 15:1-2 Contrast of the Upright and the Wicked
"15 A gentle answer turns away wrath,
But a harsh word stirs up anger.
2 The tongue of the wise makes knowledge pleasant,
But the mouth of fools spouts foolishness."
Proverbs 26:4-5
"4 Do not answer a fool according to his foolishness,
Or you will also be like him.
5 Answer a fool as his foolishness deserves,
So that he will not be wise in his own eyes."
A fool will count himself as having won against you if he can make you angry do not oblige him.
Do Not Supply the Narcississts!
Why do I warn you about the tactics and reactions of the narcissists? Simple they are growing in numbers, we need not be intimidated by them.
The more we reach the end of the church age the more we will see people acting irrationally, without good sense and without empathy or kindness toward others.
If we know what we are seeing we need not be intimidated or goated into responding in anger. Remaining calm and unreactive is the best way to handle those who attempt to provoke us.
Narcissists hate those who are loving and calm, it is their goal to cause us to act badly through prodding and polking so they can feel justified in how terrible they act.
We have the power of Christ in us, we need not be left to the power of our feelings. We can render our feelings inert simply by ignoring them. Over time we will not even have the frustration of feelings dogging us because we have learned the cause and purpose of the narcissist.
James 1:2-8 "2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; 8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. "
Do not give the narcissist what they need....that is narcissistic supply through our fallen emotions.
Truth is Mocked and Demeaned in our Day, Let it Make You Stronger
Untrustworthy insecure people take every passing comment no matter how innocent as a personal insult or slight. Why? Because they are in sin and feel the need to demean and negate anyone who speaks the truth to them. They want to be superior, the only way to
Do not be intimidated by mocking, silence to demean or irrational responses to the truth we tell. We are living in a culture that does not receive the things of the Lord, even in our own church gatherings.
Most gatherings defend divorce and remarriage, they negate the Bible when it does not fit with their own agenda or desired belief system and they accept and endorse the false one-man pastor system.
Most Christians do not know the Bible as well as they claim. They have bought into many ungodly practices that have ruined the church gatherings. They endorse and defend pagan holidays, the attempted dissolution of families through divorce and compound this by remarriage.
Luke 16:18
18 “Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery."
Marriage is a picture of salvation, when Christ makes us into a new creation we are completely changed never to be the old creation again. When we marry someone we are one with them until one spouse dies.
2 Corinthians 5:16-18 "16 Therefore from now on we recognize no one by the flesh; even though we have known Christ by the flesh, yet now we know Him in this way no longer. 17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, this person is a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. 18 Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation,"
When Christ makes two people one in marriage it is His work, it cannot be undone by man.
Mark 10:8-10 ""8 and the two shall become one flesh; so they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9 Therefore, what God has joined together, no person is to separate. 10 And in the house the disciples again began questioning Him about this."
When God makes something new or joins them together no one can undo what He did it is a spiritual matter. This is why God said if there is remarriage after divorce it is ongoing and perpetual adultery. The first marriage was the one God created any marriage after divorce remains adultery.
Ephesians 2:10
"10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them."
We do not make ourselves one in marriage when we take our vows. We do not make ourselves a new creation when we desire to be born again. We express our desire and God does all the rest of the work.
The reason we see so many people taking lightly the words of God in Scripture is that they see themselves as the one who does the work in themselves. When we express to God our desire to be cleansed and are made whole, it is He who does that in us. When we vow to be one with the person we marry it is God who makes us one. The reason we see these things being treated with contempt in our day is that too many people are attempting to make themselves what only God can make, the changes in us are spiritual and cannot be done in the flesh. These principles are not just for believers, they apply to non-believers too.
Do not be intimidated by mocking, silence to demean or irrational responses to the truth we tell. We are living in a culture that does not receive the things of the Lord, even in our own church gatherings.
Most gatherings defend divorce and remarriage, they negate the Bible when it does not fit with their own agenda or desired belief system and they accept and endorse the false one-man pastor system.
Most Christians do not know the Bible as well as they claim. They have bought into many ungodly practices that have ruined the church gatherings. They endorse and defend pagan holidays, the attempted dissolution of families through divorce and compound this by remarriage.
Luke 16:18
18 “Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery."
Marriage is a picture of salvation, when Christ makes us into a new creation we are completely changed never to be the old creation again. When we marry someone we are one with them until one spouse dies.
2 Corinthians 5:16-18 "16 Therefore from now on we recognize no one by the flesh; even though we have known Christ by the flesh, yet now we know Him in this way no longer. 17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, this person is a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. 18 Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation,"
When Christ makes two people one in marriage it is His work, it cannot be undone by man.
Mark 10:8-10 ""8 and the two shall become one flesh; so they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9 Therefore, what God has joined together, no person is to separate. 10 And in the house the disciples again began questioning Him about this."
When God makes something new or joins them together no one can undo what He did it is a spiritual matter. This is why God said if there is remarriage after divorce it is ongoing and perpetual adultery. The first marriage was the one God created any marriage after divorce remains adultery.
Ephesians 2:10
"10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them."
We do not make ourselves one in marriage when we take our vows. We do not make ourselves a new creation when we desire to be born again. We express our desire and God does all the rest of the work.
The reason we see so many people taking lightly the words of God in Scripture is that they see themselves as the one who does the work in themselves. When we express to God our desire to be cleansed and are made whole, it is He who does that in us. When we vow to be one with the person we marry it is God who makes us one. The reason we see these things being treated with contempt in our day is that too many people are attempting to make themselves what only God can make, the changes in us are spiritual and cannot be done in the flesh. These principles are not just for believers, they apply to non-believers too.
The reason non-believers are in sin and on their way to hell is that they have not trusted in Christ for salvation nor do they have a desire to be changed by Him.
Everything that is sin for the believer is also a sin for the unbeliever, this is why the unsaved need to repent and be born again through the power of Christ.
Those who desire to remain in control of their own destiny without the work of Christ cannot be born again nor can they dissolve the marriage bond that God performed at the vow.
In our day of rebellion in the church, we will experience much rejection and mocking for speaking what God said. There are many pretenders in the church today walking in a cultural Christianity in which they make their own decisions, pick and choose which things in the Bible to believe as well as twist what God said to make it acceptable to their own cultural belief system.
Galatians 1:10
"For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ."
Mark 7:13
"13 thereby invalidating the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down, and you do many things such as that."
Mark 7:8 "8 You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.”
I dare say that most of the traditions that modern Christians hold to are not Biblical and have done much harm to the gospel through their rebellion. They bring a false gospel to the people through their false teaching on divorce and remarriage and other doctrines that nullify the Word of God.
If we want to honor and obey Christ we must dig deeply into His word while praying for the understanding.
Proverbs 2:3-5 3 For if you cry out for insight, And raise your voice for understanding; 4 If you seek her as silver And search for her as for hidden treasures; 5 Then you will understand the fear of the Lord, And discover the knowledge of God."
Acts 17:11 11 Now these people (the Bereans) were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.
Most Christians today are not questioning their traditions to see if they are Biblical. They fail to see that Christ is the WORD, He is the very essence of His Word, therefore everything He says is gold and perfect. Our translations fall short but the Holy Spirit in each of us can give us the truth but only if we want it. Those who refuse to question what they were taught will remain in ignorance, continuing to spread a false gospel of "whatever you want to believe" when it comes to God's Word.
Those who refuse to ask God for truth, choosing their traditions over Him, are often not born again. Some may be born again, but hold onto their false beliefs but know this, they will be held accountable one day for bringing false doctrine to others.
2 Timothy 3:1-5 "3 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. 2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, slanderers, 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 people as these."
Sadly this passage in Timothy is a picture of the end times mentality within the apostate church. These people will no longer hold onto the truth, they prefer their lifestyles of sin and their sinful friends more than they love Christ.
2 Timothy 4:3 "For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but having itching ears, they shall heap to themselves teachers in accordance with their own lusts."
Do not let what you see discourage you. Lean into the truth all the time and learn to become stronger with each personal attack. There will be attacks against you within the church. The larger church system for the most part today is apostate, it will buck against truth as well as anyone who tells it.
Those who desire to remain in control of their own destiny without the work of Christ cannot be born again nor can they dissolve the marriage bond that God performed at the vow.
In our day of rebellion in the church, we will experience much rejection and mocking for speaking what God said. There are many pretenders in the church today walking in a cultural Christianity in which they make their own decisions, pick and choose which things in the Bible to believe as well as twist what God said to make it acceptable to their own cultural belief system.
Galatians 1:10
"For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ."
Mark 7:13
"13 thereby invalidating the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down, and you do many things such as that."
Mark 7:8 "8 You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.”
I dare say that most of the traditions that modern Christians hold to are not Biblical and have done much harm to the gospel through their rebellion. They bring a false gospel to the people through their false teaching on divorce and remarriage and other doctrines that nullify the Word of God.
If we want to honor and obey Christ we must dig deeply into His word while praying for the understanding.
Proverbs 2:3-5 3 For if you cry out for insight, And raise your voice for understanding; 4 If you seek her as silver And search for her as for hidden treasures; 5 Then you will understand the fear of the Lord, And discover the knowledge of God."
Acts 17:11 11 Now these people (the Bereans) were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.
Most Christians today are not questioning their traditions to see if they are Biblical. They fail to see that Christ is the WORD, He is the very essence of His Word, therefore everything He says is gold and perfect. Our translations fall short but the Holy Spirit in each of us can give us the truth but only if we want it. Those who refuse to question what they were taught will remain in ignorance, continuing to spread a false gospel of "whatever you want to believe" when it comes to God's Word.
Those who refuse to ask God for truth, choosing their traditions over Him, are often not born again. Some may be born again, but hold onto their false beliefs but know this, they will be held accountable one day for bringing false doctrine to others.
2 Timothy 3:1-5 "3 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. 2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, slanderers, 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 people as these."
Sadly this passage in Timothy is a picture of the end times mentality within the apostate church. These people will no longer hold onto the truth, they prefer their lifestyles of sin and their sinful friends more than they love Christ.
2 Timothy 4:3 "For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but having itching ears, they shall heap to themselves teachers in accordance with their own lusts."
Do not let what you see discourage you. Lean into the truth all the time and learn to become stronger with each personal attack. There will be attacks against you within the church. The larger church system for the most part today is apostate, it will buck against truth as well as anyone who tells it.
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