[PeterPrinciple]

When you confront evil, chances are good that the evil heart will stop counseling with you because the darkness hates the light (John 3:20) and the foolish and evil heart reject correction (Proverbs 9:7,8). But that outcome is far better than allowing the evil heart to believe you are on his or her side, or that “he’s not that bad” or “that he’s really sorry” or “that he’s changing” when, in fact, he is not.

Daniel says, “[T]he wicked will continue to be wicked” (Daniel 12:10), which begs the question, do you think an evil person can really change?

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Conclusion of article.

do you think an evil person can really change?

What say ye?

[spirited irish]

ping to evil hearts all around us

[PeterPrinciple]

https://interestingliterature.com/2021/04/wolf-in-sheeps-clothing-fable-phrase-meaning-analysis/

Interesting historical review of the phrase.

How many in todays world even know the story?

[metmom]

Tim Keller writes, “If you have been the victim of a heinous crime. If you have suffered violence, and the perpetrator (or even the judge) says, ‘Sorry, can’t we just let it go?’ You would say, ‘No, that would be an injustice.’ Your refusal would rightly have nothing to do with bitterness or vengeance. If you have been badly wronged, you know that saying sorry is never enough. Something else is required—some kind of costly payment must be made to put things right.”

As Biblical counselors let’s not collude with the evil one by turning our attention to the victim, requiring her to forgive, to forget, to trust again when there has been no evidence of inner change. Proverbs says, “Trusting in a treacherous man in time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a foot that slips” (Proverbs. 25:19). It’s foolishness.

Interesting because I know plenty of Christians who follow this horrible theology and expect that very thing from those they have wronged.

All it does is protect the perpetrator and wrong the victim yet again.

[21twelve]

I watch a youtuber called Active Self Protection (ASP) where the guy reviews shootings or self-defense things caught on security cameras or officer’s cameras.

The latest one showed a guy getting jumped by two guys and he is compliant and dumping his stuff on the ground for them, hands up, etc. As the bad guys were leaving with his stuff and he is standing there with hands up, one of the bad guys shoots him point blank a couple of times and he drops dead.

The reviewer explains how these people do not have the same moral makeup as normal folks. They will kill you over your lunch money. Don’t assume that they have your morals.

He also said something like “Make sure you live a prudent and moral life and are spiritually fit and love Jesus. And as best you can don’t be mad at your loved ones and tell them you love them often. I hope that this guy lived a life like that.”

[ansel12]

We can’t read your blog post here because you use FR for customers and don’t post your blog, so I went to your site and was reading away and then ran out of article and had to go to the actual article you linked to, to finish it.

You went to a lot of trouble to put your blog at the center of something it isn’t a part of, for self-benefit.

To Continue Reading Click on Link Below
5 Indicators of an Evil and Wicked Heart
Association of Biblical Counselors
https://www.biblestudytools.com/bible-study/topical-studies/5-indicators-of-an-evil-and-wicked-heart.html

[know.your.why]

This is all classic gaslighting psychopathy.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/here-there-and-everywhere/201701/11-red-flags-of-gaslighting-in-a-relationship

1. They tell blatant lies.
2. They deny they ever said something, even though you have proof.
3. They use what is near and dear to you as ammunition.
4. They wear you down over time.
5. Their actions do not match their words.
6. They throw in positive reinforcement to confuse you.
7. They know confusion weakens people.
8. They project.
9. They try to align people against you.
10. They tell you or others that you are crazy.
11. They tell you everyone else is a liar.


Gaslighters that claim righteous membership to some religion are the worst...and most terrifying imho.

[Ikeon]

If you missed "Nefarious" in the theaters, You missed the best "outherside" commentary on this world thats ever been made next to the red letter edition of the Holy Bible. BAR-NONE.

How do you tell an evil or lost heart? They won't understand the movie.

God does not make his word understood by everybody.

Jesus Said the same - My sheep hear my voice and know me.

[Az Joe]

Bump

[Carriage Hill]

BKMRK.

[Elsie]

It’s true that every human heart is inclined toward sin (Romans 3:23), and that includes evil (Genesis 8:21; James 1:4).

The heart that powers these fingers to type: definitely.

Romans 7:18 niv

For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.

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I cannot speak for Mary, but I suspect she had similar thoughts, unlike what we've been told.

[Ezekiel]

5 Indicators of an Evil and Wicked Heart

The Bible clearly tells us that among God’s people there are wolves that wear sheep’s clothing...

How about those folks over at patriotandliberty blog try using a mirror? So simple.

Then they'd see those who wallow in and feast on evil 24/7/365. It's all they know. That token 'light of Jesus' name-dropped in for credibility is some distant, faint glow at the end of the long tunnel that they keep building. The dark tunnel *is* the mission.

Who pimps out what is wholesome and kosher, anyway.

Meanwhile, as these types slither along and operate under the color of righteousness, making certain that the light-blocking curtains have no gaps and the door locks are installed on the outside, those with genuine sunlight and Can-Do hope and healing are derided as the blind ones with their heads in the sand. Projection 101.

Joshua and Caleb, yeah a couple of clueless Oddballs reporting back with their positive waves. Didn't they see? Why did they ignore the many obvious facts on the ground? And didn't they understand that consensus is king? 10 out of 12 spies agreed: No Can Do!

Here's a heap of bad news. It should be welcomed, being really bad:

When it's Game Over and the denizens of the Dark Side dressed in white are told, "I never knew you", they will be completely gobsmacked. How can our lovely garments possibly be violating the dress code?

They lovingly construct their 'hood of weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth, yet are going to act surprised when they arrive to their forever home, one even more fabulously dank and nasty than the one they eagerly built here on Earth in the name of Jesus.

("Hey where's my mai tai? Where's Jesus, he's supposed to be serving me, and mowing my lawn! Where IS my lawn?! This place stinks! Who's supposed to take out the trash?!)

It was always those other people who are evil so they...

never saw it coming. (Q.E.D.)

Good News. The *real* Gospel means "good news", not the endless bad news beatdowns from the dedicated high priests of Establishment Jesus, the fake Jesus that the Can-Do Maverick-solution-to-business Jesus of the NT warned everyone about.

It's a radical, revolutionary idea along with the man behind it, which explains why he's been been misrepresented, pummeled in the name of love, and crucified for 2,000 years.

Oh come on it's not us, it was "those Jews."(/s, just in case)

His visage has been so marred that doesn't even resemble a man.

Guess it beats working for a living. "Works don't save!" ~ devoted union member, knowing everything that's not required in the contract, so he doesn't have to do it. Got a real eagle eye on the details.

If it bleeds, it leads... that's how *this world* operates.

By their fruits ye shall know them.

"Your surprise is waiting." 🦂

[joe fonebone]

why not post the whole thing right here?

[joe fonebone]

why not post the whole thing right here?

[markman46]

i know a person that fits all 5 to a T, very sad as they are all alone with no friends or family around them.