Most of you have seen the Lord of the Rings series, or read it. You will remember that closing scene at the fires of Mordor where Gollum clutches "his precious" all the while falling into destruction in the fires. Gollum gives us a very accurate and fitting picture of the…
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Reviler is the biblical word for an abuser. Other words are used in Scripture to describe the evil that abusers do, but this title “reviler” gets to the heart of it. You see that little root in the word – “vil” – which reminds us of related terms like “villain,” or “villify” or, hmmm…. “vile.” A reviler is vile. Anyway, what a reviler does is to make the innocent be the villain. And they do this by accusing. Revilers are accusers and that evil is part of the very nature of the devil himself:
Rev 12:10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God.
We know that RASNs (revilers, abusers, sociopaths, narcissists) are very deceptive. They wear disguises and like their father the devil, they can appear as angels of light or sons of righteousness as the Apostle Paul puts it. In defending ourselves against these kind, there are two points of wisdom which…
Read MoreNow there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel; and the man was very rich, and he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. And it came about while he was shearing his sheep in Carmel (now the man's name was Nabal, and his wife's name…
Read MoreFor such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.(2Co 11:13-14) Most of you know how RASNS (revilers, abusers, sociopaths, and narcissists) wear disguises. They do so for a number of reasons, one…
Read More"But let your statement be, 'Yes, yes' or 'No, no'; anything beyond these is of evil.(Mat 5:37) I am sure that you have noticed while watching the news that dishonest politicians are in no way the picture of Matthew 5:37. Today their "yes" is yes, but tomorrow it will be…
Read More'I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.'(Isa 14:14) Very typically a RASN (reviler, abuser, sociopath, narcissist) is quite popular within his or her social circles. These might be at church, at work, with extended family or other social arenas. The…
Read MoreLuk 12:24 Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! Psa 145:15-16 The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season. (16)…
Read MoreJoh 8:44 You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for…
Read MoreIf anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness, he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy,…
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