Unmasking the Domestic Abuser in the Church

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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.

Last Week’s Video Links

Sunday Sermon - He is Risen, Ephesians Study Revelation Study

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How Likely is it that it is ALWAYS your fault?

1Ki 18:17 When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is it you, you troubler of Israel?” I have written on this subject before, but as is really always true - repetition is very important. You know by now that RASN's (Revilers, Abusers, Sociopaths, Narcissists) never own their sin. They…

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How do they take a rebuke?

Gal 2:11-14 But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. (12) For before certain men came from James, he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing the circumcision party. (13) And the rest…

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Whitewash and Dead Men’s Bones

Mat 23:27-28 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people's bones and all uncleanness. (28) So you also outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. When I…

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Getting the Log Out

Luk 6:41-42 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? (42) How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do…

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Secrets, Secrets, Secrets

Psa 64:1-10 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy. (2) Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, from the throng of evildoers, (3) who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter…

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Why is Your RASN so much like Mine?

Go on over to Light for Dark Times and find out the answer to this question. You can find the post here. [I am using RASN regularly now as an acronym for Revilers, Abusers, Sociopaths, and Narcissists]

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Evil Disregards its own Sins

Mal 2:17 You have wearied the LORD with your words. But you say, “How have we wearied him?” By saying, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delights in them.” Or by asking, “Where is the God of justice?”Mal 1:6b-7 ...But you say,…

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Sin Must be Snipped as Soon as it Buds – or else….

Jas 1:14-15 But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. (15) Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death. We are able to see from these Words from God Himself that…

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Be sure to read this post at Light for Dark Times

Here is a link to a post I published today over at my blog, Light for Dark Times. It concerns an important subject - what does it mean when an observed persona does not match the perceived person? I call those moments - "aha moments" and it is vital that…

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