Saturday, November 15, 2025
Adding or Taking Away are Both Sins Against God
Adding to Scripture or taking away from Scripture to make it say what we like is the same as denying Christ, He is the Word!!!!
Ignore a Fool, Show them the kindness They Never Gave Us
Narcissists do rude things because they want you to tell others about it, so they can deny it and make us look like those with a problem.
I cannot count the number of times I have seen this happen. The best thing to do is avoid them, ignore their noise, and remain focused on Christ.
Proverbs 29:9-10 "9 If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution. 10 Men of bloodshed hate a blameless man, but the upright care for his life."
The important thing in dealing with this modern rude culture is to not become like what we see from day to day. If we return insult for insult, we have become just like those who love the drama and pain they bring others.
Proverbs 26:4-5 "4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes."
Fools will play many tricks of manipulation to goad their target into ungodly responses; do not comply or be controlled by their nonsense.
Remember, you cannot teach a fool anything, so answering them only makes us look just as foolish as they are.
The devil loves to make Christians fall into the trap of the need to be heard. We do not need to be heard and we do not need to explain ourselves. Silence is often the best answer.
2 Timothy 2:23 "But reject foolish and ignorant speculation, for you know that it breeds quarreling."
Matthew 15:14 "Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
Our walk will be blameless and peaceful if we obey God in not answering foolish and contentious people.
I cannot count the number of times I have seen this happen. The best thing to do is avoid them, ignore their noise, and remain focused on Christ.
Proverbs 29:9-10 "9 If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution. 10 Men of bloodshed hate a blameless man, but the upright care for his life."
The important thing in dealing with this modern rude culture is to not become like what we see from day to day. If we return insult for insult, we have become just like those who love the drama and pain they bring others.
Proverbs 26:4-5 "4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes."
Fools will play many tricks of manipulation to goad their target into ungodly responses; do not comply or be controlled by their nonsense.
Remember, you cannot teach a fool anything, so answering them only makes us look just as foolish as they are.
The devil loves to make Christians fall into the trap of the need to be heard. We do not need to be heard and we do not need to explain ourselves. Silence is often the best answer.
2 Timothy 2:23 "But reject foolish and ignorant speculation, for you know that it breeds quarreling."
Matthew 15:14 "Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
Our walk will be blameless and peaceful if we obey God in not answering foolish and contentious people.
God's System is Different From Mans
The whole church system has been broken for hundreds of years, when the Catholic church instituted a hierarchy system God never intended. When the Catholic leaders, Luther and Calvin, left the church, they brought their hierarchy with them, beginning the "paid-pastor" system as though the pastor was the mediator between God and the parishioners. This was not God's system but man's.
God never intended leaders in the church to have authority over the gathering of believers. He designed that leaders would guide the proceedings but all would participate in sharing. No formal program was instituted and all was done to edify the people to grow and become sharers of the word when they left the gathering. Every person was to participate.
1 Corinthians 14:26 "What is the outcome then, brothers and sisters? When you assemble, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. All things are to be done for edification."
Edifying one another is the goal to build up Spiritual strength. We worship as led by the Holy Spirit; our edification is our worship and observance of the Lord's supper. We are to do the Lord's supper whenever we meet.
Romans 14:4-6 "…4 Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand. 5 One person regards a certain day above the others, while someone else considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 He who observes a special day does so to the Lord; he who eats does so to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God."
There are no rules about when to meet or the order of special ritual, each one shares as led by the Holy Spirit. I have seen this done, and it is a beautiful thing; the Leader is the Holy Spirit. The leaders appointed by God are me,n and they do not have authority over the people; they are guides. The Holy Spirit is the leader with Authority.
May each believer prayerfully seek Christ to understand these principles as given by God in His Word.
God never intended leaders in the church to have authority over the gathering of believers. He designed that leaders would guide the proceedings but all would participate in sharing. No formal program was instituted and all was done to edify the people to grow and become sharers of the word when they left the gathering. Every person was to participate.
1 Corinthians 14:26 "What is the outcome then, brothers and sisters? When you assemble, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. All things are to be done for edification."
Edifying one another is the goal to build up Spiritual strength. We worship as led by the Holy Spirit; our edification is our worship and observance of the Lord's supper. We are to do the Lord's supper whenever we meet.
Romans 14:4-6 "…4 Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand. 5 One person regards a certain day above the others, while someone else considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 He who observes a special day does so to the Lord; he who eats does so to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God."
There are no rules about when to meet or the order of special ritual, each one shares as led by the Holy Spirit. I have seen this done, and it is a beautiful thing; the Leader is the Holy Spirit. The leaders appointed by God are me,n and they do not have authority over the people; they are guides. The Holy Spirit is the leader with Authority.
May each believer prayerfully seek Christ to understand these principles as given by God in His Word.
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