The Wicked Will Gossip Avoid Them and All Those Who Listen to Them

Have you ever had the pressure to attend family gatherings only to be ignored by those in attendance because of gossip?

Remember when a narcissist hates you they will want you to see them excluding you. In other words; "they invite you to the party so you can see them ignoring you."

The tactic of inviting someone to abuse them is common in our day of chronic narcissism. I cannot count the number of times I have heard people express their dismay about being excluded or ignored by those who would claim to be connected to them. Of course the connection is very superficial and even volatile because the narcissists must cause chaos to feel whole.

Without chaos and gossip the narcissist is empty inside without strength of character. Everything the narcissist does is based on gaining superiority in the eyes of others. They have no character of their own, its all an illusion.

This is a favorite tactic of those who want to appear superior but are angry because we do not elevate them as special above others.

Pharaoh was of this sort, enslaving people he wanted to believe were beneath him. His pride led to his downfall and his drowning in the Red Sea.

Hitler was also of this sort, who murdered anyone who would not elevate him as special. His pride led to his downfall and destruction.

Rehoboam who rejected the counsel of wise me to elevate himself and his pride ruined him.

Uzziah whose pride led to his downfall.

When we love everyone equally and remove ourselves from the company of those who love their hate, we will become a target for those who must have crowds who admire them.

Proverbs 4:14-19

14 Do not enter the path of the wicked

And do not proceed in the way of evil people.

15 Avoid it, do not pass by it;

Turn away from it and pass on.

16 For they cannot sleep unless they do evil;

And they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.

17 For they eat the bread of wickedness,

And drink the wine of violence.

18 But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn

That shines brighter and brighter until the full day.

19 The way of the wicked is like darkness;

They do not know over what they stumble."

What God Never Promised

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It is Only by the Blood of Christ not Any of Our Own Works

All again believers endure to the end, it is the proof they were born again. Those who do not endure to the end were never born again.

Matthew 7:21-23 "21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’"

Anyone who thinks they are keeping their own salvation are not born again. It is trusting in what Christ did on the cross to pay for our sin that saves us. We cannot shed our own blood because it is tained and under the spell of the devil without Christ. If you cannot even shed your own blood to pay for your sin you cannot be good enough to save yourself.

To say that Christ's blood, the Perfect Lamb of God, was not enough to save us, that we have to help Him save us then we are trusting in ourselves and not Christ.

We do not Harden Anyone's Heart, They do it Themselves and God Gives Them What They Want!

Modern society claims that punishment only hardens the heart of those who have been disciplined by it.

But as we ponder the account ot Pharaoh in the bible we see that Pharaoh hardened his own heart when God disciplined him and because of the hard heart God gave him what he wanted and further hardened his heart so that it could not come out of it.

Exodus 8:32 "32 But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time as well, and he would not let the people go."

Exodus 8:15

"15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart and would not listen to them, as the Lord had said."

Exodus 10:27

"27 But the Lord hardened Pharaoh 's heart, and he would not let them go."

God wanted the people of Isarel to see the mighty hand of God that even though the Pharoah would not repent or relent from chasing God's people he would not be able to control them or overtake them because God was their protector.

When someone is punished for their crime two things are possible. The one who is punished will either harden their heart further or they will repent and turn from their evil. Both choices are that of the one who was disciplines. The one who administered the discipline is not responsible for the response of the offender.

Modern society having been steeped in psychology teaches that discipline only make a person more angry and that softness and leniency causes sorrow in the heat. This is the opposite of what God says. Those who are already hard will become harder and those who are open to correction will soften their heart to hear the a rebuke.

Discipline does not shape the heart of a man it reveals what is really inside. For the one who is open to truth the heart becomes softer and more repentant when disciplined by God. However in the heart of a rebellious offender discipline causes worse anger and rage.

When we see someone rage at the truth or resist correction we are watching someone who already has a hard heart and is hardening it further though the rage.

Never beat yourself up when a person with a hard heart rages at you for telling the truth. This is their choice to resist God, you are merely the messenger obeying God.

We live in a day when the rightoues are blamed for the anger of the rebellious. Everything is opposite of what God says.

Isaiah 5:20 "

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!"

Ezekiel 33:1-6

"1 Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

2 “Son of man, speak to the sons of your people and say to them, ‘If I bring a sword upon a land, and the people of the land take one man from among them and make him their watchman,

3 and he sees the sword coming upon the land and blows the horn and warns the people,

4 then someone who hears the sound of the horn but does not take warning, and a sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head.

5 He heard the sound of the horn but did not take warning; his blood will be on himself. But had he taken warning, he would have saved his life.

6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the horn and the people are not warned, and a sword comes and takes a person from them, he is taken away for his wrongdoing; but I will require his blood from the watchman’s hand.’"

Every born again believer is a watchman, we are responsible to bring the truth no matter how anyone responds to it. We are the messengers of God's Word in every and all circumstances unless we have already warned once and someone will not listen, then we are required to walk away and leave the matter to God.

Ezekiel 33:8-9 "8 When I say to the wicked, ‘You wicked person, you will certainly die,’ and you do not speak to warn the wicked about his way, that wicked person shall die for his wrongdoing, but I will require his blood from your hand.

9 But if you on your part warn a wicked person to turn from his way and he does not turn from his way, he will die for his wrongdoing, but you have saved your life."

We have no ability to change somoene's heart or mind. We speak truth from God and He is the One Who speaks to the heart of the one hearing.

We are only responsible to speak the truth and all the results belong to God and what is in the heart of the one who hears it.

Acts 18:6

"But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.""

We must refrain from becoming sensitive to the reactions of others knowing full well God has not called us to cause people to like us, but to impart the Word that they might repent and love Him.