Dealing with Narcissism Biblically

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Ai = Deception (A short film)

The great deception is in every venue of this life. The internet has escalated lies and tricks that people never thought were possible. Everything now is based on some form of fantasy thinking.

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I have seen famous preachers that I trusted saying things I know they never said, even with their voices. I knew it wasn't them because of certain ways they expressed themselves. Someone hacked my Facebook, used a picture I never used but was of me, and claimed that the page was from me. We must not get on any bandwagons of any sort these days. We must stay in the Word and believe nothing else except what the Holy Spirit has given us.

Believers Don't Fear Death

Those who love the Lord do not fear death; they look forward to leaving this sin-sick world behind as they gaze in their hearts at what is ahead for those who have trusted in Christ.

 
Revelation 21:4
"4 ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”

John 14:2-3
"2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am."

Hebrews 12:22-23
"22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, 23 to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,"

Revelation 7:16-17 "‘Never again will they hunger;
Never again will they thirst.
The sun will not beat down on them,’
nor any scorching heat.
17 For the Lamb at the center of the throne
will be their shepherd;
‘he will lead them to springs of living water.’
‘And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’"

Lush gardens, flowing rivers, beautiful buildings filled with precious stones, and streets made of gold. It’s a place where there is no suffering or pain, filled with love, joy, and endless beauty.

Revelation 21:11
"11 having the glory of God. Her brilliance was like a very valuable stone, like a stone of crystal-clear jasper."

Revelation 22:5:
"And there will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light."

It is not possible to imagine how beautiful and amazing heaven will be, but we might be able to imagine how it might feel to never be sick or experience sadness again.

 
It is an incredible rebellion that blinds the minds of those who refuse to trust in Christ. Rebellion makes people stupid, rejecting the very thing they clamor for on earth but cannot have because they would rather hang onto their pride than humble themselves before God, who provides everything for eternity that is so wonderful it is beyond our ability to imagine it.

 
Letting go of pride is only difficult for those who see themselves as gods. Those who know they are nothing compared to God but have been offered a better existence if they will only humble themselves, will bring them an eternity so astounding it can't be envisioned by anyone.

 
God wants us to love Him first. He does not want people to love what He has to offer while hating Him. This is why I believe He will not show us heaven, many would pretend to love Him just to get there, but have no regard for Him.
When we trust in Christ He provides the love and peace in our hearts that we could never do in our own humanness. However, those who can understand this are only those who have trusted in Him.

1 Corinthians 2:13-15 "…13 "And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words. 14 The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment."

Romans 8:7-9
"because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. Those controlled by the flesh cannot please God. You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ."

 
Our hope is that many will realize their need for Christ and come to Him out of love not just to get from Him what they want while despising Him.

God Can Keep Us From the Influence of the Devil

1 Peter 5:8-9 " Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings."

 
We are being bombarded daily with attacks of the devil, in our minds to confuse us, and in our relationships to cause doubt about our walk with Christ as those who say they are Christians work to distract us from the truth by adding lies to Scripture and calling it truth.

When we know the devil is busy ruining righteousness we can refuse to follow even if that means being alone with Christ Who lives in us.

 
John 14:16-17
"And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever— the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you."

2 Corinthians 13:11
"Finally, brothers, rejoice! Aim for perfect harmony, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you."

Anger: Author Unknown

When Adam and Eve Disobeyed God

When Adam and Eve disobeyed God, they did it because the devil caused doubt in them. But it was still a choice in whom they would trust, God or Satan.

Instead of asking God if the devil was telling the truth, they just believed him because of their own desire to have that bad fruit.

 
How often do we see people choosing the wisdom of man over the wisdom of God and then blaming God when their plans are ruined?

Then, to top it all off, when confronted by God about eating the forbidden fruit, they blamed each other. Adam blamed God for giving him that woman who enticed him, and Eve blamed the devil for enticing her.

 
Is it any wonder why we live in a world in which people will blame others for their own sinful actions instead of just owning their own mess?

 
There is only one way to change our hearts and grow in holiness, and that is to confess to God and those we have offended, with a sense of brokenness that we harmed someone and offended God. Those who cannot do this will never grow; they stay stuck in old ways and continue in them, even regressing into dreadful life patterns.

Psalm 51:16-17 "… 16 For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings. 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise. "

Those who justify themselves with excuses for bad behavior remain spiritual and emotional infants until they repent and confess.

Born-again believers have an advocate with the Father, that is, Jesus Christ. We can be forgiven for our sins, but only if we want to be forgiven.
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1 John 1:9
"9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous, so that He will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

Those who are not born again do not have an advocate; these people must confess their sinful hearts, desiring to be changed by Christ into a new creation before they can be cleansed. God does not hear the prayer of the unbeliever except the prayer of repentance to be born again.

 
No relationship is restored without confession of sin, our relationship with God and with people. It is the brokenness that is followed by a desire to repair what we have broken and damaged that restores relationships. Without this, there is no change in behavior or attitude and no reconciliation.

 
Confession of sin and forgiveness offered is the only way to reconcile a relationship. These two things are two sides of the same coin; without one, there is nothing accomplished.

Seeking the Holy Spirit not People!

I can't count the number of times people told me something was biblical, and I corrected them because what they said was not biblical, but they resisted and refused to listen. This is the problem with the modern church: they create their own doctrine using some scripture, and since everyone else is doing the same, they think it is alright to believe.

 
When something is taught by "educated and respected scholars," it doesn't matter how true it is if the ones with the degree say it is so everyone believes it.

 
Sadly, popularity among the people is now the measure of truth, not accuracy, according to the Bible.

 
Once someone has heard a doctrine from those they consider to be the experts, they will never hear from the Holy Spirit or anyone led by the Holy Spirit.

 
The god of this culture is "education", and many have counted themselves educated if they have spent hours on the internet researching things they count themselves as having wisdom. Very few people who see themselves as knowledgeable actually seek the Holy Spirit and wait on His answer.

 
Proverbs 26:12 “Do you see a person wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for them.”

When we read and depend on our own mindset to interpret scripture, we will get it wrong because we are viewing it in our Western mindset, not in the mindset of the Jews of the day it was written, the way God meant for us to see it.

 
So many things we have been raised with in churches were wrong, and yet those who have been raised on the error cannot or will not wrap their minds around God's meaning. To see the truth, we must consult continually with the Holy Spirit; He will warn us if something is off or bless us if it is true.

 
When I began to ask the Holy Spirit willing to reject the error and only see the truth, He began to open my eyes in ways I never expected. He would place in my head a question, I would ask for clarification, and He would answer with Scripture as I read and studied. Then He would bring to me others who discovered the same thing and even further explained what God had told me.

 
No one has to be ignorant; those who are willingly ignorant by refusing to pray about a matter and choose to believe the traditions of men will remain untrained by God. God said they will choose teachers who say what they like and reject the truth.

 
2 Timothy 4:3-4 "For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables."

There are many false doctrines and fables being taught in the church today that negate the power of the Holy Spirit while adhering to the popularity of men.

 
Matthew 15:8-9 "…8‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. 9 They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”
We are living in the last days of intense and continual false doctrine and intimidation to adhere to these doctrines. We must remain vigilant in prayer as we seek Christ for the truth, ready to leave behind every false way and every false person to follow Christ.

 
When we do this, we are not lonely even when we are without human companions because Christ lives in us and fulfills our every desire of our heart that is inclined toward Him.