Angry intimidation does not make our assertions more valid, in fact, it is usually a demonstration of the heart of someone who is not sure about their stance and needs to control the emotions of others to be able to "win" in their own minds.
The most insecure and fearful people I have met have been those who easily rage at any disagreement. They fear not being superior or in charge of others.
Those who are emotionally stable and mature have no need for others to agree with them. They state the truth without regard to who will follow or not follow.
Truth is truth to the truth-teller, it does not need to be defended or have followers.
2 Timothy 2:15
"Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."
Those who must win over others don't care about the truth they only want to be seen as high-ranking and in control of everyone in the room.
John 8:44
"You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies."
John 8:31-32
"So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
Those who love Jesus Christ and His Word have no need for anyone else to agree with them. They love the truth of the Bible so much that they can walk alone without love from others because they have the love of Jesus Christ living in them.
Since these people are fully confident in Christ Who lives in them, they have no need to be accepted by the world.
John 15:18-19 "18 If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first. 19 If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. 20 Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well."
The world measures a person's goodness by how many people like them. God is not concerned about people liking us but He wants our full attention on Him and then He can work in us.
James 4:4
"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."
Never mourn that family despises you, but rejoice that Christ has given you everything you need in Him to walk in all the fruit of His Spirit. Hallelujah!!!!
Galatians 5:22 "22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.…"
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