This hit home!!!! I am no longer worried about anyone treating me badly for standing up for truth. Perhaps we have been trained by trials to be strong in the face of foolishness. Since we have Jesus Christ and He is all we need, we are not concerned with keeping friendships with terrible people who cause trouble by their disrespect and dishonor of us. When others rage irrationally to intimidate and control, we can stand strong, speak truth and let them walk on down the road if they do not like it.
May the Lord bless others through discernment about truth!
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Ephesians 6:12 "12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."
We are encountering these people more frequently as the world grows more wicked before the Holy Spirit is taken out.
When we encounter those who act in ungodly ways to control their target, we know we are watching a devil who is influencing the person they dominate.
Matthew 26:22-24 "…22 Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. “Far be it from You, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to You!” 23 But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me. For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.” 24 Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me."
Peter was not a devil, he was a man who loved the Lord but did not have the Holy Spirit to be able to resist the devil when the devil influenced his thinking.
When Christ was taken to a high hill to be offered the kingdoms of the world he is God able to resist because He is God. After Christ died and rose from the dead He sent the Holy Spirit to dwell in His children. It is by the Holy Spirit that we can be discerning, recognizing good from evil and manipulation from authenticity.
Those who are pretenders, claiming to be Christian but do not possess the Holy Spirit, do not have this discernment. They do not have the ability to see things in truth or to resist the twisted thoughts the devil places in their heads.
When we have been trained by the Holy Spirit we can more easily see when a diabolical individual is working their evil. The signs become obvious over time. The more we resist the ploys and plots of the devil the worse the narcissist becomes.
The narcissist is continually compelled by their god, that is themselves, to follow any and all feelings that drive them to their evil acts. When someone is dedicated to self worship they will be also controlled by devils. Worship of self is the gateway to the demonic world. The devil will inculcate much disordered thinking into the defenseless minds of narcissists.
This is the reason we see so much evil today, discord everywhere, in families, work, churches etc. Most people are more heavily influenced by demonic forces than ever before. This has infected the entire world, being the sign of the end.
2 Timothy 3
"1 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, 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 men as these.
6 For among them are those who enter into households and captivate weak women weighed down with sins, led on by various impulses,
7 always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men of depraved mind, rejected in regard to the faith.
9 But they will not make further progress; for their folly will be obvious to all, just as Jannes’s and Jambres’s folly was also.
10 Now you followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, perseverance,
11 persecutions, and sufferings, such as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium and at Lystra; what persecutions I endured, and out of them all the Lord rescued me!
12 Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
13 But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
14 You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them,
15 and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;
17 so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work."
We see from this passage that every believer will encounter wicked people who wish to draw our attentions away from God. The devil will use their weaknesses, through their thoughts to attack us in some way, even if only diminishing our walk.
If possible it is good to get away from them as 2 Timothy 3:5 tells us to do. Keep in mind it is not a suggestion that we remove ourselves from them, it is a command.
Those who practice lawlessness will attempt to and succeed in changing us into their likeness if we do not guard against it.
1 Corinthians 15:33-34 " 33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.” 34 Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.…"
Far too many believers spend too much time with ungodly family members. They are pressured by the culture that we are abandoning family if we "come out from among them." The truth is that we are always to place God above any human being.
Luke 14:26-27 "26“ If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters— yes, even his own life— he cannot be My disciple. 27 And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.…"
When we want to walk with Christ we must leave behind all those who hate Him. Our loyalties are always with Him over anyone else.
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."
Luke 12:52-54 "…52 From now on, five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three. 53 They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.” 54 Then Jesus said to the crowds, “As soon as you see a cloud rising in the west, you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and that is what happens."
In verse 54 of the passage in Luke we see that the mentality of hatred toward the people of God will be a major sign that Christ is coming soon. "A shower is coming" tells me that when we see the darkening of things in the world, evil prospering while righteousness is persecuted, then we will know the time is short before Christ comes for His church.
That darkness is here and growing darker every day. But then God says this:
Luke 21:27-29 "…27 At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28 When these things begin to happen, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” 29 Then Jesus told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees."
Believers do not hang your head in sorrow as we see these things, be expectant and joyful. When we do not take these events or mistreatment personally as though it is unique to us, then we will be far less affected by it. Yes it hurts, yes its ugly, but its not about you, its about your devotion to Christ that angers and perturbs the devil and his angels. The narcissist is nothing more than a pawn in the hands of the devil.
Be like a rubber ball, when something hits you between the eyes let it bounce off. Admit that its the problem but do not let the problem stick to you.
Hallelujah: Knowledge is power, knowing God sees it all and is in control, brings us power to resist becoming like those who work against us.
Even a smile is intimidating when one dares to be secure in their own beliefs.
Liberals and narcissists hate that we are joyful and secure in our beliefs. These people want us to be sad and beggarly, full of fear, intimidated by their childish antics.
The born again believer has no desire to fit into the world, which will bring upon them all manner of angst. Those who are living in pride and sinful superiority will always hate another's joy.
The joy of the believer is an affront to those who are tormented in their own soul with anger and jealousy. There is no joy in the heart of the narcissist. There is glee at someone else's fall or destruction, but never enduring and constant joy.
The fruit of the Spirit is spoken of by God, it looks like this:
Galatians 5:22-23
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."
There are plenty of people who would claim they have these qualities. Many people have a pretense on the outside that is a thin veneer that hides the real them.
Under the thin veneer is a black soul full of hatred and anger.
Matthew 23:27-28
"27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every impurity. 28 In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.…"
Our world is full of these types as we move closer to the end of the church age. When we are attacked it is good to pray to see if there is some truth in it. When God has not convicted us and we cannot see what we did that was sin, then probably we are encountering one of these narcissists.
God speaks to the born again believer when we do something wrong. We know when God is telling us or when its false guilt over someone else's reaction.
Those who ask the question after an attack, "was it me Lord, did I do something wrong", are very likely not at fault. A narcissist or rebellious person would never ask God to reveal their own actions or attitudes. The narcissist can never evaluate themselves, only those who care about truth and righteousness would do that.
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
"9 that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders,
10 and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved.
11 For this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false,
12 in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but [h]took pleasure in wickedness."
This "deluding influence" mentioned in verse 11 of the above passage, is in the world now, increasing more with each passing day. It has entered most church bodies and twisted the thinking of most professing Christians.
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.…"
May we all be grateful for the ever present joy we have in our soul no matter what is going on around us or what is coming at us.
Christ has our back, He is our defender, there is no need to agonize over what is now or what is coming. Hallelujah!!!!
Why are others not making reference to the abomination of the belief that the Nephilim were the result of angels impregnating humans?
There are those who interpret an objection to angels taking humans to say that we do not believe in Nephilim or giants.
It is clear in the Bible that there were giants and some of them were called Nephlim, however there is no reference that says they were the result of devils and women conjugating.
The whole matter of the Nephilim makes no sense on so many levels but the most diabolical of all concepts is the assertion that a devil can impregnate a human the same way God impregnated a human woman, that is Mary.
The effort to diminish the miracle of Jesus Christ in the womb of Mary by asserting that devils can do the same thing is concocted by the devil in these last days.
The belief in devils impregnating humans came out of the heretical book of "Enoch."
I am not clear why some people assume the book of Enoch was written by the prophet. There were probably many men named Enoch in the days of the OT.
Cain had a son named Enoch, he was not the Enoch who was taken up by God. There were two different Enoch's. Since there were two then we can surmise that it was a name in those days that was probably common.
When God said that the men of God came to the daughters of women was clearly "men" who were godly who mixed with the pagan women. There is no where that says the giants came from these unions.
The Bible states that there were giants in the land at that time, its a statement of fact, but there is no indication as to their parentage.
A Spirit being who does not possess the male equipment to be able to carry a seed could never be able to impregnate a woman. There is no evidence in the Word that angels have seeds to connect with a human woman's seed. The evidence indicates that angels do not pro-create even among themselves, how would they possess the male seed of a human man.
Genesis 1:22-25 "24 And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and wild animals according to their kinds.” And it was so. 25 God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.…"
If even the physical beasts of the field could not mate with any other beast that is not like him, should tell us that spirit beings who don't have seed or physical qualities and who are unseen by the women, would ever be able to mate with them.
This belief in devils mating with humans was never spoken of just 40 years ago, no one ever thought about it or promoted it. I am convinced this is an end times deception to diminish the work of God in Mary to produce the Christ.
It is so typical for those who love to appear more knowledgable than others to concoct irrational belief systems that have no real value in our walk with Christ, but that do diminish Him in some way.
I once had a Christians man defend his fights with women by using the scripture "we are appointed to troubles." No where in the word does God say a man is allowed to diminish the dignity of women by bitterly fighting with them about anything. Snatching words out of their context is lying and rebellious. Making God's word say the opposite of what He meant is rebellion against Him.
God told men to love, protect and honor women in His Holy Scriptures. Those who snatch a sentence or two out of the context of the Bible to win an argument are being influenced by the devil to mock the ways of God, as well as make themselves superior to others and even to God.
Anyone can make the Bible say anything they wish by merely leaving out passages using only a one or two sentences. When we see this happening it is good to confront it. God recently gave me one phrase to say to those who cherry pick passages, that is; "out of context." When we say this to someone who has a habit of cherry picking it leaves them responsible to ask why, to go to the word about it to see if they were wrong and to pray for understanding from the Holy Spirit. And, once they have discovered they were wrong they need to say so. Those who are humble will admit they were in error.
When we use the phrase "out of context" and the hearer walks away angry and demeaning, their own attitude has been revealed, that is one of rebellion and superiority.
Unfortunately in these end times we are seeing more scripture twisted and maligned than are being authentically used as God intended.
The Holy Spirit clarifies things for those who want to know. It is common for those who are in rebellion to mock us by asserting that we are not trained in Bible college so we cannot know. My answer to that is this; So many in Bible college today are being taught things that are not Biblical, but rather traditions of men to enjoy their lies.
We do not learn from men, when they teach us we evaluate them, throw out what is bad and retain what is good. It is the Holy Spirit Who teaches us. To rely on men is to negate the power and purpose of the Holy Spirit in us. We are to always rely on the Holy Spirit. No man should ever take center stage over Christ.
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."
A chastisement can seem very negative but bring about a positive result! So is it positive or negative? I say whatever brings about a repentant heart that confesses sin to be cleansed by God is a positive thing even if it hurts.
Hebrews 12:5-11
"But if you are without discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. FOR THOSE WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE DISCIPLINES, AND HE SCOURGES EVERY SON WHOM HE RECEIVES." It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?read more.
Jeremiah 31:18-20
"I have surely heard Ephraim grieving, 'You have chastised me, and I was chastised, Like an untrained calf; Bring me back that I may be restored, For You are the LORD my God. 'For after I turned back, I repented; And after I was instructed, I smote on my thigh; I was ashamed and also humiliated Because I bore the reproach of my youth.' "Is Ephraim My dear son? Is he a delightful child? Indeed, as often as I have spoken against him, I certainly still remember him; Therefore My heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him," declares the LORD."
2 Kings 2:23-24
23 From there, Elisha went up to Bethel, and as he was walking up the road, a group of young men came out of the city and jeered at him, chanting, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!” 24 Then he turned around, looked at them, and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Suddenly two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the young men.…
