They Know What They are Doing

The reason we know the narcissists know what they are doing is because they are careful with those they wish to impress and rude to those they think are inferior to them, but in private, when no one can see, they are rude and mean, even if only covertly, so they can deny it if anyone exposes them.

 
The narcissist favors those who elevate them as special and superior. The one who lives in honesty and integrity intimidates the narcissist.

 
There is something about the righteous that convicts the narcissist of their sin that they do deliberately but hide it to fool those they wish to impress.

 
Narcissists are highly self-impressed, thinking that they are above anyone who does not live up to their idea of being special. They are truly legends in their own minds.

 
Bullies search for things wrong in others to avoid looking at their own character flaws. These people never apologize. They are only embarrassed when they are caught, but will give an excuse to wiggle out of their tactics of shaming and demeaning others.

Proverbs 4:14-19 "Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not go the way of evil men. Avoid it, do not travel on it; Turn away from it and pass on".

Bullies are never good companions! Not only will they cause continual conflict they will also draw us into conflict with others.

 
They are a mess waiting to happen. The only recourse is to chastise them when we encounter them and then avoid them after that. Remember the following passage to decide whether or not to say anything to them.

 
Proverbs 9:8 "
Do not rebuke a scoffer, or he will hate you; Rebuke a wise person and he will love you."

We need the counsel of the Holy Spirit to discern when to chastise and when to remain silent.

Avoid Trouble Makers

We cannot change people, and it will be hard to interact with someone rude merely because they can. The best course of action is to allow them to be themselves without us.

 
Pray for them sure, but indulging them by remaining with them would be enabling and detrimental to our own walk with Christ.

 
2 Timothy 3:1-5
Difficult Times Will Come
"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."

What was God's command in that last verse? Yes, that's right, we are to avoid such people.

Excusing Sin Using Scripture out of Context is Itself Sin

I have heard the excuse before, that we cannot judge someone because we cannot know their heart.

 
I was told I was judging their heart and could not know them when I expressed dismay that a Christian group of girls were frolicking on the beach in string bikinis.

 
Not only were they wearing them, but they were also making pyramids with young men climbing on top of them. The "youth leader" chastised me for rebuking their clothing and behavior as though I was doing something wrong. She said, "You do not know their heart."

 
I replied by saying; "a person's heart cannot be different from their actions." It is better to watch what they do instead of listening to what they say.

Stop addressing what people say and pay attention to their actions, which reveal their hearts. Anyone can "say" anything they want to think well of themselves, and it is common for people to assess themselves as good even when they are bad.
Prisoners in jail for all kinds of heinous things will claim they are basically good, even when they are not repentant over their evil, but say they are not the sum of what they did. They excuse themselves instead of repenting.

 
This is the state of our youth leaders today, and the total lack of teaching on modesty and proper decorum for young women. I don't bother to address the clothing of those who are not Christians, but these girls claimed to be Christians.

 
What good is a youth leader if they are not going to teach the principles of God to help the youth grow in holiness? Perhaps they don't teach them because they are as rebellious as the youth they are guiding, and wish to be the heroes of the youth instead of their Biblical mentors.

 
We live in a culture that sees correction, rebuke, and admonishment as evil rather than the actions of rebellious, lawless mean mean-spirited sinners.

 
So in the interaction with the youth leader, she managed to enable, encourage, and facilitate sin in the hearts of her girls while beating up on the one who cared more about the souls of the girls than whether or not they were having "fun."

 
Imagine the witness of the Christianity of the girls on the beach, showing the world how great it is, and there is no need for Christ?

Their message to the world through their actions was that you can be and do anything you want, it doesn't matter what God thinks of it.

 
This is one reason I do not appreciate "youth groups" today, because most of them are led by young people who want to be liked and praised by the ones they should be mentoring in holiness.

 
Hebrews 3:13 "13But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness."

Colossians 3:16
"Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God."

The only way to have discernment about life in all circumstances is to know the word of God, ask Him to give you His min,d and there will be little question about what is right and what is wrong.

Causing division over Questionable Things is Sin Since God said not to do it!

I find it amazing that "flat earthers" think that all science is wrong, but they are right. All they have is the ideas placed in their heads by false articles and videos on the internet that have not been vetted.

 
They want to believe something because it makes them feel smarter than others; they need to feel superior and start fights over something that negates God's Word.

 
Romans 14 and 15 are clear that we are not to cause division over disputable matters. Those who are weak in the faith argue over things that have nothing to do with following Christ, character building, or supporting brothers and sisters in Christ.

 
So, ok, flat earthers, what does your believe in the shape of the earth do to further the gospel or support fellow believers? NOTHING!!! In fact, it causes division just as the devil wants it to do.

 
What are you flat-earthers going to do about your belief that the Earth is flat? Are you going to store your food differently, is there anything you would do differently today because of this belief?

 
NO, its only an idea in your head to promote a sense that you are smarter and superior. I have never met a flat earther who was not full of pride and divisive in their exchanges. Fine, if you want to believe this silliness, go ahead, but why not just keep it to yourself since it does nothing in the physical world to change how you live and it brings anger and division with only one purpose, to cause frustration in our brothers and sisters.

 
Promoting an idea that has no effect on our lives and is dividing Christians is against God's word that tells us to not engage in debate about "questionable things."

 
If the devil can get people to fight over silly things, even making them believe lies, he loves it, knowing it distracts from the gospel and turns people against one another.

 
One of the clues of a false doctrine is the arrogance and demeaning way in which it is presented, as though anyone who does not believe what they believe is stupid or in some way disobedient.

 
Please stop debating over something you cannot prove yourself, stop believing internet disinformation that only serves to cause problems where there need not be any.

 
1 Corinthians 13:4-8
"4 Love is patient, love is kind, it is not jealous; love does not brag, it is not arrogant.
5 It does not act disgracefully, it does not seek its own benefit; it is not provoked, does not keep an account of a wrong suffered,
6 it does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 it keeps every confidence, it believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."