Sunday, December 23, 2018
Isaiah 7:14
"Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel. 15 He will eat curds and honey at the time He knows enough to refuse evil and choose good. 16 For before the boy will know enough to refuse evil and choose good, the land whose two kings you dread will be forsaken."
The Way We Think
When how we think is based on acceptance from the culture we cannot be dedicated to Christ. Everything we do will be based on how others perceive us not on what God thinks.
1 Corinthians 2:15-16 "…15 The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment. 16“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ."
1 Corinthians 2:15-16 "…15 The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment. 16“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ."
Life in America
Just recently I was rejected by my "Christian" daughter for chastising her for posting things about astrology. She was very friendly to me until I did that, then she became disrespectful as though all that friendliness was not real, only a show to get me to do things for her. This is exactly what people do with God. They use Him,defame Him and claim they are "Christian."
We find out the truth about a person when we challenge them in a particular area of needed growth. Chastisement is the new evil. We are allowed to be friends with those who disobey God but only if we praise everything they want and do.
God clearly told us to "rebuke, admonish, correct daily one another." Without the input of stronger believers we are led to believe everything we choose is alright with God as long as we feel good about it.
America is full of abominations being practiced by "Christians", while the Christians think they are perfectly alright.
When we seek Christ our eyes become opened to everything we believed that needs correction. Suddenly all the things we used to enjoy that dishonor God are ugly to us. We want nothing to do with them.
Praise the Lord we are freer than ever the day we commit to loving God above man. We are no longer in bondage to the whims and desires of others. We are free to evaluate everything we do according to Scripture rejecting that which is not Biblical to embrace that which honors. God.
Hallelujah!!!!
We find out the truth about a person when we challenge them in a particular area of needed growth. Chastisement is the new evil. We are allowed to be friends with those who disobey God but only if we praise everything they want and do.
God clearly told us to "rebuke, admonish, correct daily one another." Without the input of stronger believers we are led to believe everything we choose is alright with God as long as we feel good about it.
America is full of abominations being practiced by "Christians", while the Christians think they are perfectly alright.
When we seek Christ our eyes become opened to everything we believed that needs correction. Suddenly all the things we used to enjoy that dishonor God are ugly to us. We want nothing to do with them.
Praise the Lord we are freer than ever the day we commit to loving God above man. We are no longer in bondage to the whims and desires of others. We are free to evaluate everything we do according to Scripture rejecting that which is not Biblical to embrace that which honors. God.
Hallelujah!!!!
Saturday, December 22, 2018
Ignore the Accusations and Keep Speaking
The Holy Spirit is the Focus
Next time someone accuse you of "saying that in a mean way", simply ask them again, "what did you think of what was said." The fact that more times than not they will refuse to engage in the subject matter while continuing to rage at our character flaws, tells us they are angry that the Holy Spirit convicted their heart.
There is a favored manipulation that has become common, that is to accuse others of a mean act when they did not act in a mean way. The hearer just didn't like hearing truth so the bomb inside of them exploded.
Manipulation was widely used by the devil as he deceived Eve in the garden. He was able to convince a child of God to dishonor and disobey God to elevate self.
This same tactic is happening today. When Christ in you tells you to speak the truth, the devil will not like that and use many tricks to make the reaction of others to be vitriolic while attempting to guilt the one who spoke truth.
We live in a culture now that watches someone get angry and interprets that as "someone must have made them angry." The truth is that no one makes another person angry. When there is anger it is a demonstration of what was already hidden inside of the angry person.
Believers are lied against continually these days. The angry culture will accuse us of things we never did or intended to make us become angry. We don't have to be angry, we can consider the source, that is the devil and leave him and his flying monkeys to the Lord.
Romans 12:18-19 "…18If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone. 19Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.” "
God never said we would be at peace with everyone, He said "as far as it is possible." That means that it will not always be possible to be at peace with wicked stubborn men. We will make sure we did no revenge and we spoke as led by the Holy Spirit, the fault of the lack of peace is on the angry one, not on the one who spoke from God.
Noah and Lot were both hated in their times. We can expect the same thing in our time.
Matthew 10"21-23 "…21 Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death. 22 You will be hated by everyone on account of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved. 23 When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes."
If our witness depended on our own delivery then these scriptures would not be accurate. We share the truth because we love God more than anyone else. We share the truth because we care about the fate of those we speak to, this is the love God was speaking about.
God was not speaking about the gooy friendly happiness to manipulate people into becoming a Christian as so many think. The love of God brings sinners to their knees in repentance because of the power of God's Word. Its not about our delivery, its not about us at all, it about speaking truth and allowing the Holy Spirit to convict hearts.
There is a favored manipulation that has become common, that is to accuse others of a mean act when they did not act in a mean way. The hearer just didn't like hearing truth so the bomb inside of them exploded.
Manipulation was widely used by the devil as he deceived Eve in the garden. He was able to convince a child of God to dishonor and disobey God to elevate self.
This same tactic is happening today. When Christ in you tells you to speak the truth, the devil will not like that and use many tricks to make the reaction of others to be vitriolic while attempting to guilt the one who spoke truth.
We live in a culture now that watches someone get angry and interprets that as "someone must have made them angry." The truth is that no one makes another person angry. When there is anger it is a demonstration of what was already hidden inside of the angry person.
Believers are lied against continually these days. The angry culture will accuse us of things we never did or intended to make us become angry. We don't have to be angry, we can consider the source, that is the devil and leave him and his flying monkeys to the Lord.
Romans 12:18-19 "…18If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone. 19Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.” "
God never said we would be at peace with everyone, He said "as far as it is possible." That means that it will not always be possible to be at peace with wicked stubborn men. We will make sure we did no revenge and we spoke as led by the Holy Spirit, the fault of the lack of peace is on the angry one, not on the one who spoke from God.
Noah and Lot were both hated in their times. We can expect the same thing in our time.
Matthew 10"21-23 "…21 Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death. 22 You will be hated by everyone on account of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved. 23 When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes."
If our witness depended on our own delivery then these scriptures would not be accurate. We share the truth because we love God more than anyone else. We share the truth because we care about the fate of those we speak to, this is the love God was speaking about.
God was not speaking about the gooy friendly happiness to manipulate people into becoming a Christian as so many think. The love of God brings sinners to their knees in repentance because of the power of God's Word. Its not about our delivery, its not about us at all, it about speaking truth and allowing the Holy Spirit to convict hearts.
Reject False Guilt Delivered by Narcissists
There is often false guilt over your words merely because of someone else's reaction.
We see the irrational reactions of the narcissist and think we must have done something wrong when we did not
When we begin judging ourselves on our own words and intent we no longer take seriously the false accusations in the form of negative reactions to us.
Guilty and narcissistic people will react violently to any form of disagreement or correction just because they cannot tolerate any opposition to them. Opposition to them is seen as a threat and a complete dismantling of their being. They interpret disagreement as hatred, because they feel hatred when someone disagrees and they think everyone is like them.
Saying to a narcissist, "you are wrong about that" is considered a deeply personal attack that diminishes them as having a bad character.
The false persona of a narcissist is based on the way they wish to view themselves, that is godlike. They see anyone who challenges them on any level as an enemy to be destroyed.
The manipulation of accusing us of saying something in a mean way will not work anymore on the target. We are more focused on how we said it than we were on their reactions. We are more focused on truth than we are on how others will respond to that truth.
When their reaction becomes the focus then they can affect us through false guilt.
Those walking in the Holy Spirit can tell the difference when they walk in the flesh and when they walk in the Spirit. The Spirit speaks loudly within our soul it is far different from self confidence.
Galatians 5:16-18
"16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. 17 For the flesh [a]sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do the things that you [b]please. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law."
Those who walk in the Spirit do not rage at any challenge, they simply answer it according to the Scriptures.
Those who walk in the flesh will fight to destroy the one they believe is coming against them. Notice that phrasing, "coming against them." The narcissist does not discuss anything to come to truth, they discuss to win and truth is not very important as long as they win or can maintain their false belief.
A win to the narcissist is demolishing their opponent, melting them to a puddle on the floor completely defeated. For the narcissist its not about truth its about who appears more powerful.
I am deeply worried about those who love arguments. Its not truth they seek, just a good fight to the death.
One cannot tell this to a narcissist, when they are discovered they execute revenge on the one they cannot control. That revenge often comes in the form of gossip against their target or simply obviously leaving them out of the loop.
The Lord has described these people in 2 Timothy 3 very vividly. They are increasing, we must know the enemy to be able to refuse to be sucked into their drama. When we know them we can avoid them with deliberately and resolve.
2 Timothy 3:1-5 2
“Difficult Times Will Come”
"3 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. 2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, [a]haters of good, 4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 holding to a form of [b]godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these."
2 Timothy 4:2-4 "…2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction. 3 For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. 4 So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.…"
Proverbs 18:2
"A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion."
Proverbs 29:11
"A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back."
Proverbs 28:26
"Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered."
We see the irrational reactions of the narcissist and think we must have done something wrong when we did not
When we begin judging ourselves on our own words and intent we no longer take seriously the false accusations in the form of negative reactions to us.
Guilty and narcissistic people will react violently to any form of disagreement or correction just because they cannot tolerate any opposition to them. Opposition to them is seen as a threat and a complete dismantling of their being. They interpret disagreement as hatred, because they feel hatred when someone disagrees and they think everyone is like them.
Saying to a narcissist, "you are wrong about that" is considered a deeply personal attack that diminishes them as having a bad character.
The false persona of a narcissist is based on the way they wish to view themselves, that is godlike. They see anyone who challenges them on any level as an enemy to be destroyed.
The manipulation of accusing us of saying something in a mean way will not work anymore on the target. We are more focused on how we said it than we were on their reactions. We are more focused on truth than we are on how others will respond to that truth.
When their reaction becomes the focus then they can affect us through false guilt.
Those walking in the Holy Spirit can tell the difference when they walk in the flesh and when they walk in the Spirit. The Spirit speaks loudly within our soul it is far different from self confidence.
Galatians 5:16-18
"16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. 17 For the flesh [a]sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do the things that you [b]please. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law."
Those who walk in the Spirit do not rage at any challenge, they simply answer it according to the Scriptures.
Those who walk in the flesh will fight to destroy the one they believe is coming against them. Notice that phrasing, "coming against them." The narcissist does not discuss anything to come to truth, they discuss to win and truth is not very important as long as they win or can maintain their false belief.
A win to the narcissist is demolishing their opponent, melting them to a puddle on the floor completely defeated. For the narcissist its not about truth its about who appears more powerful.
I am deeply worried about those who love arguments. Its not truth they seek, just a good fight to the death.
One cannot tell this to a narcissist, when they are discovered they execute revenge on the one they cannot control. That revenge often comes in the form of gossip against their target or simply obviously leaving them out of the loop.
The Lord has described these people in 2 Timothy 3 very vividly. They are increasing, we must know the enemy to be able to refuse to be sucked into their drama. When we know them we can avoid them with deliberately and resolve.
2 Timothy 3:1-5 2
“Difficult Times Will Come”
"3 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. 2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, [a]haters of good, 4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 holding to a form of [b]godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these."
2 Timothy 4:2-4 "…2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction. 3 For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. 4 So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.…"
Proverbs 18:2
"A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion."
Proverbs 29:11
"A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back."
Proverbs 28:26
"Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered."
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