Your foe plays dirty. He could care less about your God. His objective is to get you to do what he wants. When his charm doesn't work, he reaches in his bag of tricks and out comes a few tactics he observed over the years that other manipulators used, his intent is to control your mind. If he can successfully do this, the rest of your body will follow.
From the color your controller/mentor/teacher/partner/boss/fraternal brother wears to how he speaks, your enemy is going to find ways to get your mind to say, "Yes" to the things of Satan when it really should say, "No." Think of those around you who said, after being hurt or abused, "I can't believe I let him get away with that...What was I thinking?" One's thoughts had been challenged over time in ways that they were not his or her's anymore. The weak believer becomes a slave to sin!
Distraction is one of many ways to get someone to stop objecting evil and start accepting it. Think of the many believers who once hated a sinful lifestyle or refused to support an immoral establishment, yet in time, they go along with the status quo. How does this happen? With careful mind control. Repetitiveness, name-calling, cover-ups, exaggerations, lies, false statistical data and imagery, whatever it takes to make you think that there is no right or wrong.
If you were to state an issue and expect others to go along without connecting it to real life experiences that the listeners can relate to, while impacting them emotionally, it wouldn't go over too well, now would it? One who is use to getting his or her way, knows how to "act" to get people to agree. From flattering statements like that of a seductress to a barrage of promises similar to the ones a politician gives, the mind controller will move gullible men and women to tears all the while getting them to say and do things that others would be astonished they would evn attempt to compromise long-standing personal beliefs. But it happens everyday, accept this, accept that or else.
Many Christians end up backsliding because they permit someone or a group to come into their churches and then their lives with a false gospel. Crafty individuals are like the serpent in the garden in the Book of Genesis who cause believers to doubt their Heavenly Father's instructions. Eventually, a twisted mindset shows up in misdeeds. Those who have been misled later wonder why they are in the hands of an angry God rather than a loving Father when life turns out to be miserable for them. Consider years of compromise--even God grows weary of disobedient Christians.
Many believers are in churches and temples being deceived each Wednesday night, Saturday or Sunday morning by leaders who are under mind control. These ministers have attended conferences full of all sorts of mind control tactics. They read books and listen to audio that appeal to the five senses (the flesh); instead, of the spirit. They ignore the Holy Ghost when he whispers, "What you are doing is not right...God is not pleased." These idol worshipping, lovers of the fraternal brother and sisterhoods around our world are more concerned about numbers and money rather than what the one true God is saying (and his name isn't Lucifer). Their twisted policies, procedures and philosophies are leading many straight to hell!
Mind control is real, reader! Hypnosis is in the church, do your research! Witchcraft is present everywhere. Notice the symbolism in commercials, billboards, movies, and other media. We have long been in the last days and we are getting closer and closer to a revealing of an Anti-Christ who is determined to destroy the people of God all while kissing babies and shaking hands. Wayward believers make his job easier by turning away from a righteous God and choosing to serve the god of money, the god of this world, Satan.
Be wise believer in all your endeavors, God will not be mocked.
Nicholl McGuire
This is a spiritual blog based on a non-fiction Christian book written by Nicholl McGuire. This Christian blog is a start in the right direction for Christian believers who desire to break free from energy-draining personal and professional relationships! Prepare yourself to confront your foes in God's time! Keep your faith, say prayers, and trust in Jesus Christ! If you need deliverance, see professionals in your area to help guide you.
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Friday, February 7, 2014
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Double-Minded
A double minded man is
unstable in all his ways.
James 1:8
The double-minded is on your job,
television, maybe even sitting right next to you, someone who can’t
seem to make up his or her mind about anything! The Bible says, “A
double minded man is unstable in all his ways” (Jam. 1:8). Yet,
some of us consider a person like this a trusted relative or
friend—that is until they show their disloyalty! By then we
realize we have an enemy on our hands, one who doesn’t much care
about our feelings or what he or she promised.
Your beloved may be in your corner
today and gone the next. The double-minded are believers in God when
it is convenient and unbelievers when believing in Christ is
unpopular. They will believe when the walk is easy, but when the
pressure is on, “I don’t know what to believe!” the
double-minded will say.
Let’s say, something has come up in
conversation with one who you know isn’t sold out about God or his
teachings. The kind of statements that cause one some discomfort
about his or her lifestyle, habits, and other things. You feel led
to ask the following challenging question, while this person tries to
dodge your every comment, “So are you really a believer? I mean
you talk about church and how much you read the Bible, but I have
seen the way you act with people and I have to question you on this?”
Uh oh! What do you think the double-minded man or woman is going to
do? Defend his or her actions of course, followed by a question and
answer session where you are the topic of conversation, and a
conclusion where he or she hopes you will go away. Now we can stand
there with a dumb expression on our faces if we want to, but a
warrior for God, one who he is chosen to meet the people where they
are will not stand still. He will continue with his conversation
until he exhausts himself being careful not to name-call, curse, or
physically fight. However, the one who is listening to the rights
and wrongs about his or her life, well there is no guarantee that he
or she will react to this sort of debate in a dignified manner. One
ought to pray and get out of an intense situation as soon as he or
she feels the prompting of the Holy One otherwise you fail in getting
this person to ponder on his or her double-minded ways.
In the Book of James 4:4-12 (New
International Version), we notice that James confronts the
double-minded with bold statements, here is some of the text, “You
adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world
means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a
friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.” Read the remaining
text for yourself, because James reminds us that if we stand up
against the devil he will flee and that if we come near to God he
will come to us. The Scriptures in this section teach us how to
handle the double-minded in such a way that causes he or she to think
about things from a spiritual perspective and then compare what he or
she has learned with one’s worldly deeds.
Double-minded people just don’t come
into being, they are created. Some have been driven into this state
of mind by hypocrites, liars, and cheats. If you are guilty of
saying one thing and doing another, then don’t look at those around
you as being the crazies, look at yourself and ask, “What have I
done to make this person feel conflicted about what I am saying and
doing when it comes to my faith?”
Sometimes we find ourselves
compromising truth because we are not ready to give up certain perks
and favor with others. “Well I said that because I didn’t want
to upset my husband…I acted this way because I didn’t want them
to kick me out the group…I chose to commit to this project even
though I know God wouldn’t approve, but I need money.” So when
new believers, backsliders or the unsaved witnesses our actions, he
or she assumes that it is okay to be about God’s business on some
days and take off on others for the sole intent to make someone else
happy, achieve selfish gain, or manipulate others because someone
told you to do it.
For some of you reading this book, your
past decision-making, voided of God, have made your current lifestyle
a roller-coaster that never seems to end—up one day, and down the
next and around a loop. If you blame anyone, blame yourself.
Most people with mental illnesses are
double-minded. Think of those in your family that seem to be okay
with or without certain medicines. You may be able to tell the
difference in the personalities when they haven’t taken their daily
dose. Some people under doctor’s care need prescription medicines
so that their minds remain relatively stable; otherwise, they are
prone to do something that may hurt themselves or others if they
don’t take meds. However, there are those prescriptions that cause
more harm than good; therefore some patients might make faulty
decisions while being under the influence which would make them
appear like they don’t know what they like, want, or need.
Consider the medicines, herbal remedies, and other substances you may
be eating and drinking that might be affecting the way others view
your actions. You made a rush decision last week after eating a very
good meal with someone you admire, now this week you regret your
decision. You felt good about a certain person because he or she
treated you well at a lovely event, but now you don’t feel that
excited about going out with them. What changed? The atmosphere,
your mood, and a lack of trust in your Creator, because had you been
focused on what he said over dinner or at the event, you would have
never committed to anything no matter how nice looking the person or
environment or how good the food was. But so many enter into a war
with an enemy, because he was “nice, she looked beautiful, and the
food was great.” Some unfortunately get what they deserve, because
they acted without God in the plan while claiming to be one of his
chosen. You have to wonder that if one is sincerely a believer in
Christ, why would he or she subject his or her self to enemy schemes
by appeasing one’s flesh in a room of potential foes? If there is
anytime to watch what you eat, drink, do, and say is in a room full
of people watching you, watching me. But the foe gets you fat and
happy, then takes advantage of you immorally between cursing,
moaning, crying, and laughing—notice typical emotions that help
lure you into the trap that your foe has set for you while the
double-minded witness claims, “I didn’t see that one
coming…honestly I thought you knew…I am so sorry.” Meanwhile,
a double-minded foe who has been paid by your enemy, like Judas, set
you up.
I have heard many believers have more
trust in man-made substances then what God has to say. Many of these
drugs show up in places where one feels most comfortable. What’s
worse, some so-called friends will trick you into drinking or eating
something for the sole purpose of taking advantage of you.
Then there are those individuals who
are sincerely concerned about your health and sometimes the Lord is
the one that moved on them to encourage you to see a doctor. Through
situations dealing with our health, we can be a bit double-minded and
claim to believe that God will heal us; yet, not do what he has asked
as if we have less face because we choose to get treatment. If God
sent a messenger to you, evidently you must not be listening to him,
so what better time to put your faith to work—start praying! There
are those who don’t want to face reality and don’t want to
believe that God has healed them either, so they will continue to run
to doctors and their medicines long after God has used his messengers
to say, “Enough!” They fall in love with the high. They enjoy
the feel-good trip which also activates a warped sense of reasoning,
disturbs one’s faith, and in time affects one’s personal and
public relationships. We see evidence of this sort of behavior with
entertainers and you may have personallyt witnessed illogical
behavior amongst those you love high on drugs.
Some double-minded believers with
double-minded lifestyles will justify substance abuse or illegal
drugs as being okay with God, because “he understands and he
created them.” I can’t help but think that those who feel this
way are running churches, teaching others, and managing things like
the public’s wealth all while under the influence. It isn’t any
wonder that some lose their minds and die prematurely.
Despite how much we choose to look the
other way when someone is visibly in trouble, a confused, tormented
mind can wreck havoc on the homefront, church body, in business and
elsewhere. If the double-minded believer seems to stumble often when
it comes to walking with God, challenged when it comes to accepting
the word of God, and overall just seems to have frequent personal
problems—no matter how much one prays or gets others to pray, you
have to ask yourself, “Should I be involving myself with this
person or ministry?” In Romans 16:17, Paul warns, “Now I beseech
you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary
to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.” Arguing,
back-biting, lying, and causing any number of negative events as a
result of saying one thing regarding God’s word, but doing another
will be exposed whether in speech over the phone or publically.
Everyone will know who is sincerely walking with the Lord and
remaining faithful simply by how he or she deals with a spiritual
issue. A man on the street curses and acts like a fool displaying
irresponsible behavior while saying, “God bless you! I will pray
for you! God will fight my battles!” is no better than a bonafide
Satan worshiping, money-loving fool who loves to argue with anyone in
his path, because with both individuals, they glorify self, lifestyle
and how he or she treats others over what the one true God says about
loving one’s enemy. When you believe in God, yet do what you want
to do, you display double-mindness and unfortunately you have to keep
going back to the Lord confessing and repenting for the same sins
over and over again until you are humbled enough to pick a side—your
creator or self?
Sometimes those in leadership refuse to
accept that a beloved church member, relative or friend is mentally
unstable. They reason that a wayward believer’s mental condition
is due to a personal issue; therefore they might expect believers to
treat the situation lightheartedly. Leaders may instruct the church
body to assist the double-minded brother or sister in Christ while
using Scripture like, 1 Thessalonians 5:11, “Wherefore comfort
yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.”
This is a great passage of Scripture in its proper place, but telling
a congregation to build one another up when someone is doing and
saying things that are unstable is not a wise thing to do.
We are to confront our brothers and
sisters in Christ when they are in the wrong, not pretend as if they
are okay when it is obvious that they are not. “If your brother
sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of
you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over” (Matt.
18:15).
When dealing with family conflict, in
the New Living Translation Bible it says, “Do not nurse hatred in
your heart for any of your relatives. Confront people directly so you
will not be held guilty for their sin.” Family will attempt to get
you to go along with their foolishness, so as to appear like they are
justified in their sins. Rather than do the following like: argue,
point out everything that is wrong with them, encourage them in their
sins, and do other similar behaviors—that look like you are better
than they are—listen, but then quietly pray in your spare time for
them that they will see the error of their ways. We must avoid the
temptation to want to put aside our beliefs and act in ways that make
us appear like we are double-minded when it comes to worldly
behaviors—what’s right is right, but what’s wrong is wrong.
Some leaders will even go so far as to
cover-up the repeated wrong-doing of afflicted believers or
unbelievers, giving these people a pass on their misdeeds. One way
they do this is by gloating over members or periodic church-goers’
history of niceties especially if these people were generous and
committed givers. Sometimes Christian leaders will look the other
way when they know they are struggling with double-mindness too. Not
every pastor, evangelist, apostle, prophet, or teacher believes
everything that the Lord says and worse, some have more fear for
Satan than they do God.
When you know you have a person in your
circle who is unstable you will not want to entrust important tasks
to him or her. If this person has already shown some instability in
the way he or she communicates and does other things, you will need
to deal with such a person in a manner that teaches witnesses that no
matter what the mental condition, the church cannot accept any
behaviors and teachings that go against the word of God whether given
prophetically, naturally, or in the Bible. For instance, a
wishy-washy person may take one political side or another depending
on who is padding his or her pockets. He or she may be a fan of one
sports team amongst family and friends. But when standing in front
of a different audience, he or she may support another team. People,
who fight against one side or another, act in these ways because they
stand to gain something. When you see the writing on the wall,
methodically break ties from such a person in your group setting. If
you don’t, he or she will eventually fall weak to an enemy’s
offers and become a traitor or what some might call “a snitch” or
“double agent” as discussed later in this book. To strategically
break from someone, not just a double-minded person, may include any
number of ways such as: lessening contact with him or her to the
point that the person is no longer relevant in your life, cutting his
or her workload gradually, keeping him or her out of certain meetings
in the hope that he or she will eventually disconnect from the group,
and ignoring his or her ideas, requests, and complaints. On the
surface, this sort of behavior doesn’t look like the Christian
thing to do, but I assure you that God has a way of creating distance
between the mentally weak and the strong that looks just like the
tips I described. Consider some of the biblical stories where an
enemy was marked, dismissed from a group, city, etc., fought in a
war, and eventually destroyed as a result of being disobedient,
lying, scheming, and more when interacting with the people of God.
The double-minded man or woman is
whatever you want him or her to be on any given day just so long as
there is some benefit to his or her acting double-minded. If there
is nothing to gain, the person will typically stand his or her
ground. “I will not vote Democrat! I refuse to listen to that
music! I don’t participate in pagan celebrations!” a minister
says, but then when he is amongst his brotherhood, “I love those
democratic views. I enjoy listening to heavy metal music. Whenever
I get a Thanksgiving or Christmas invite, I am there!”
A double-minded individual may be in a
relationship that is riddled with problems. This person may not be
able to make up his or her mind about staying committed or breaking
up. For example, he says, “Today, I love her, but tomorrow, I
don’t know. She got upset with me the other day and I don’t like
the way she talks to me.” But only last week, he proposed to her
and told the world how committed he was to her—go figure?
Relationships aren’t like water
faucets you can’t just turn them on and off. Yet, from the
double-minded man or woman’s point of view, he or she sees nothing
wrong with fluctuating thoughts of make up and break up, because
that’s what other couples do. Worldly behaviors simply don’t
apply to God’s children.
These unstable minded people usually
don’t have any longevity in much of anything. They don’t keep
friends, jobs, relationships, money, hobbies, homes, or much else for
long. Their minds are always thinking about the next best thing.
Yesterday’s idea is old, today’s idea is new and tomorrow’s
idea will replace them all. It’s usually the people around them
that attempt to help the double-minded stay grounded. Without a
network of support to keep up the front of someone who has much
influence nationally and internationally, the one who is secretly
double-minded is most often exposed. A double-mind tends to produce
multiple personalities from what I have noticed with many. There
seems to be a pattern with those who have this condition where they
can turn into someone else before they finish telling a story or
performing on stage. Outsiders, looking in, tend to think such a
person as “insane, a little off, out there,” or “irresponsible.”
Whose faces come to mind in the secular entertainment industry while
writing this include singers and songwriters like: Katy Perry, Lady
Gaga, Beyonce (Sasha Fierce), Nicki Minaj (Roman), Britanny Spears,
Madonna, the late Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston just to name a
few.
In Psalm 119:113, the Psalmist David
says, “…I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.” Vain
thoughts are inconsistent. They flatter, exaggerate, cause debate,
and overall destroy meaningful relationships. However, the law is
consistent. It doesn’t change like the wind. The purpose of the
law is to build people up, not tear them down.
A man who is certain about getting
married is not going to tell his friend, “I don’t think I want to
get married.” A woman who is certain about relocation is not going
to tell her co-workers, “I don’t think I want to do it.” The
double-minded often think of how others impact his or her life which
keeps him or her on a sea-saw ride of emotions. They will get others
to side with his or her way of doing things, that is, until one’s
mind changes again. Thank God for his wisdom! Without it, all
people would be making changes daily to suit them.
The double-minded man or woman is also
known as a “two-faced person” in some circles. This means that
he or she appears one way in front of one set of people and a
different way around the other set. One would also call such a
person, “fake” or “phony.” Both double-minded or “two-faced”
people are one in the same. For instance, let’s say you have a
friend who enjoys rock music; however when she is around certain
friends, who are R&B listeners, she acts as if she doesn’t.
When you point out her interest in front of others, she acts
offended. “You are confused,” she says, “I never said I like
rock music.” It’s obvious she’s acting in front of your circle
of friends, so to avoid an argument, you just play along. But then
when you get her alone, you might say, “I know you like rock music.
You don’t have to pretend like you don’t, because my friends are
black.” The friend replies, “Yeah. Well I didn’t want to be
judged.”
People like this usually act this way
out of fear of criticism, to protect his or herself from backlash, to
fit in, and other reasons. They might act as if they are okay one
day, but then look for an opportunity to pay someone back for finding
out the real truth about them. According to James 4:8, “Draw nigh
to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners;
and purify your hearts, ye double minded.” God instructs those who
are double minded to purify their hearts. The only way they can do
that is if they consistently walk with God and open up their minds
and hearts to him; rather than focus on pleasing self and others.
You may recall a few folks like this in
your own family. They spend hours thinking of ways to look good in
front of certain people—even if it goes against their better
judgment. They may be so-called believers of God, but can’t tell
you the last time they read the Bible and actually practiced anything
they read. Yet they will exclaim, “God is so good! God is
wonderful!” as long as their skies are blue and the sun is shining
in their worlds. But the minute, the storm clouds come and the rain
comes pouring down, they don’t have too much, if anything, to say
about God. Besides, when you observe their actions, you have to
wonder if they are still Christians during times of crisis. Cussing
like a sailor, yelling at everyone in their path, and ready to fight
about any and everything, the double-minded person is now walking on
the side of the enemy. Somehow through trials and circumstances,
this once stable-minded person has lost his or her mind. Maybe even
a few people have said to him or her, “Have you lost your mind?
Who are you? I don’t know this person anymore.”
We have all been guilty of this kind of
behavior at times, but just because we have all had some “I can’t
make up my mind” moments in our lives, doesn’t mean its okay to
keep acting indecisively especially on major life decisions. Pray,
fast, talk with wise counsel, check the Bible for answers, but avoid
the temptation to follow after the devil’s “too good to be true”
scenarios. When we find ourselves repeatedly saying and doing things
that don’t build others up, we have to ask ourselves, “Am I
really a child of God or am I just pretending so that I can get some
kind of favor from someone or a group?” When you are real with
self and God he will answer your prayers.
God seeks out people who are consistent
in both their beliefs and actions. Take for instance 1 Kings 18:21,
“Elijah went before the people and said, ‘How long will you waver
between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal is
God, follow him.’ But the people said nothing.”
From the boardroom to the church, the
Lord wants people who are stable in all their ways! He isn’t
interested in lukewarm Christians working in a lukewarm church.
According to Revelation 3:16, “So then because thou art lukewarm,
and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.”
So when we play the game of flipping
and flopping with the truth, saying one thing and doing another, we
are seen as unreliable, inconsistent, or as mentioned earlier, crazy!
“You don’t know if she is coming or going…” says one person.
“I thought I knew him, but it is clear after he said what he did,
I don’t.” says another.
Double-minded people don’t make good
friends. They forgive on one day and unforgive on another. Angry
then happy, okay, or so-so depending on how the wind blows, the
indecisive goes with whatever program is set before he or she. They
are often too weak in their commitments to people, job, faith, and
other things to be of any real help to anyone; therefore they always
need someone around to make up their minds for them. We must be
mindful of the double-minded, and how we react to them because it is
very easy to be come frustrated and rude with them. Do as Ephesians
4:29 suggests, “Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your
mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may
minister grace unto the hearers.”
There will be those times in life that
we will simply change our minds and there is nothing wrong with that
particularly if it means keeping one from living unrighteously. We
may not want to do something, because we discover that the people or
actions are inconsistent with our belief system or because God
intervened on our behalf. It’s okay to change your mind about
sinning, but what isn’t okay, is to initially do what’s right
only to cave into the pressure of doing wrong then finding excuses to
cover sin. You also don’t want to allow wrong-doing to happen
right in front of you. Then don’t bother to address the issue with
the person or one nearby who could help mediate the situation. If
the pastor doesn’t want to handle an ungodly situation, the boss
refuses to listen, and a parent pretends like a problem is just going
to fix itself, maybe you might get his or her attention if you turn
up the heat, so to speak. There are human resources offices, board
members, favorite relatives, local police, and friends in high places
that can be used to open up blind eyes and double-minds.
We see a good example of people acting
double-minded during seasons when one is running for a government
office such as, when a politician is on the campaign trail for
president. He or she initially says all the right things, but then
once a few people whisper in the politician’s ears (after he
becomes president of course) about why some idea isn’t going to
work, the leader will then falters in his or her beliefs. Before
long, the president begins to talk and act in ways that one may
question, “Is this the same man or woman who once desired to lead
our country?”
God allows his Holy Spirit to convict
us when we are acting inconsistently in our words and actions. That
uncomfortable feeling in one’s spirit should make him or her want
to immediately make wrongs, right. If your inconsistent behavior
doesn’t bother you, then you should take the time and ask the Lord,
“Why?” Ask him to heal you from your hardened heart and show you
how you can be more consistent in the things you say and do so as to
keep the peace in your household, on the job, and elsewhere.
Unbelieving
critics are inconsistent in their beliefs and actions.
Think about a time when an inconsistent
Bible-believing church-goer had said something that just didn’t sit
right in your spirit about going to church. The critic may have
claimed to have a word from the Lord just so that he or she could
talk about you or someone you know who often goes to church. This
person may have disguised his or her personal opinion up in prophecy.
However, you know better.
God has given us the wisdom of his word
and common sense to discern right from wrong. You may have heard an
unbeliever or backslider say something like, “That’s why I don’t
go to church, because those folks are all hypocrites.” But what
they fail to realize is that they too are hypocrites, saying they
believe in the Lord and pray; yet, very little in their lives reflect
that they even trust in the Lord, much less talk and listen to him on
a regular basis.
We must be mindful of those
inconsistencies we display around both the believing and unbelieving,
but we shouldn’t allow what others say or do to keep us from
praying, attending church, participate in Bible study, socialize with
other like-minded believers or read God’s words. We should also
guard our hearts by not “doing as the Romans do” particularly
when God isn’t in the plan.
Have you ever noticed a sister or
brother in Christ, or an elder or deacon act inconsistent when
sharing their beliefs with others? He or she may bow his or her head
in prayer at the dinner table and then minutes later, act as ungodly
as the next person. A worship leader may speak in tongues, give
words of knowledge and have other phenomenal gifts, but only use them
when he or she can be seen by the church congregation. Sometimes
people behave in ways for show in order to win friends and receive
money.
Question Mr. & Mrs. Inconsistent
(both in and out of the church) on the things they do. Listen to
them as they explain why they do what they do without attacking them.
Hopefully, they will think about what they just told you then later
think how ridiculous they sound when giving their explanations. If
they don’t self-reflect, most likely, they will turn the table back
on you and ask you, “Well why do you do what you do?” Be brief
when you answer, “I do this because…or I don’t do that
because…” and avoid debating. Bring the conversation back to
your original question and then keep silent. The silence creates a
moment for thinking and keeps you from saying something that might
backfire on you. When in conflict, remember Proverbs 15:1, “A
gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”
Mr. & Mrs. Inconsistent would love
for you to take on a defensive stance or argue with you, so that he
or she can be in a position to rebuke you about your yelling, talking
down to them, being disrespectful, or failing to act Christian like.
Don’t fall for it!
Remember, double-minded men and women
will be offended by your questioning their actions or exposing their
errors. These people may become your worst enemies
without ever showing their upset.
Solution:
Be cautious and watch for signs when
people are acting different toward you since bringing up their
inconsistent way of doing or saying things. It is only a matter of
time that they will be working on the side of the enemy in an attempt
to destroy any efforts you make in living righteously and
consistently. Always have a back up plan if you suspect the wishy-washy type might retaliate against you one day.
A look back…
Do you recall when you or someone you
know became a believer? You were probably told to do some things
publicly that were considered “doing the right thing” and you did
them grudgingly or without any thought. At times, you may have been
inconsistent in your actions which made people wonder whether or not
you were sincerely a believer or just a pretender.
We must remember that the sinner or
backslidden Christian is acting in ways that are familiar to him or
her. This person or group may not stop doing something without
objection or excuse.
Scripture Reference
Colossians 2:8
Galatians 1:14-17
Peter 1:18
Matthew 15:2-9
Prayer
Teach my brother (sister) in Christ
your ways. Remind them that walking with you is not for show. Point
out inconsistent things I say and do as it relates to my walk with
you. Help me to be more consistent in what I say and do in Jesus
name.
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