2Co 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. One of the most prevalent false teachings found in local churches, "Christian" literature and "Christian" counseling is the insistence that a RASN (reviler, abuser, sociopath, narcissist) can…
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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.
Pro 5:3-4 For the lips of an adulteress drip honey And smoother than oil is her speech; (4) But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword. Solomon is specifically warning his son here about the danger of the wicked woman, but I want to…
Read Morefor Demas, having loved this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica...(2Ti 4:10) Where to begin with this topic? Narcissists - let's start here (and the rest of the RASN crowd does the same thing anyway). A relationship - a friendship, a marriage, a familial relation, etc, with…
Read MoreAs a follow up to this previous post - RASNs are Stupid, The Lord Says So - I want to give you a perfect example provided by a friend who is an abuse survivor. Her story shows how these kind of toxic people are actually made to be fools by…
Read MorePro 12:1 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid. Pro 12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice. A RASN (reviler, abuser, sociopath, narcissist) refuses to be corrected. He knows that he knows and…
Read MoreAlexander the coppersmith did me much harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds. Be on guard against him yourself, for he vigorously opposed our teaching.(2Ti 4:14-15) These two little verses have been a HUGE help to me over the years and I hope they are for you…
Read More"THERE IS NO FEAR OF GOD BEFORE THEIR EYES."(Rom 3:18) As most of you probably already know, one of the most common ways people fall prey to the RASN (reviler, abuser, sociopath, narcissist), is to assume that everyone thinks pretty much just like us. Oh sure, there are those serial…
Read MoreHebrews 3:12-13 Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. (13) But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of…
Read MoreMost of you know John Bunyan as the author of Pilgrim's Progress. But he wrote other books as well and one of those is entitled "The Life and Death of Mr. Badman." It is an account of an evil man's pilgrimage - to hell. The following is an excerpt from…
Read More“Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive.” “The venom of asps is under their lips.” “Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.” (Rom 3:13-14) Narcissistic abusers and their kind (RASNs) dig up the past. And they will do so entirely out of context. By…
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