Unmasking the Domestic Abuser in the Church

Category: jealousy

What is the Source of the RASN’s Popularity?

'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…

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The RASN’s Jealousy

For jealousy makes a man furious, and he will not spare when he takes revenge. (Proverbs 6:34) Jealousy can have a positive connotation - after all, The Lord Himself is a jealous God. Jealous for His people and jealous for the glory that belongs to Him alone. There is this…

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Like Their Father, RASNs are Destroyers

But the Pharisees went out and conspired against him, how to destroy him. (Mat 12:14) The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.(Joh 10:10) The devil is a destroyer. He doesn't create things, he destroys them. He…

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The RASN as Spiritual Elitist

And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual. (1Corinthians 2:13) This verse has been twisted and misapplied very, very often in the history of the Christian church, by people who want to be regarded…

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The Abuser is Malignantly Jealous of Your Successes

Pro 27:4 Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy? The sin of jealousy is, as the verse above says, particularly destructive. Now, God Himself, we know, is a jealous God. That is, He is jealous for His own glory - idolatry moves Him to a…

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