12/11/24 ADVANCED IN INIQUITY

12/11/24 ADVANCED IN INIQUITY

All narcissists are born (they are not hatched).
No one is born as a narcissist.

We are all conceived with and born with a tendency to exaggerated self esteem (pride) and other carnal attitudes, such as anger, hatred deceit, greed, and lust because of Adam's sin.

Though this tendency (sinful nature) pollutes (corrupts) our human condition and makes us unfit to live in God's presence, God, through love, kindness, and mercy, unilaterally and unconditionally covers pre-born and newborn and infant children through the atonement of Christ until they (at a later age) choose to willfully do that which they know to be evil, and become accountable for their own actions. This is why the Bible says Jesus is "the Savior of all men, especially those who believe."
Once a person knowingly and willfully rebels against the rule of God, that person needs to knowingly and willfully receive Divine mercy and salvation.

As a person continues in sin, he moves further into sin and further away from God. Sins of the spirit can and will become sins of the flesh, and the obnoxious sins can become abominations.

All sin is repugnant and damnable, but sins become darker and more evident over time. Pride can become narcissism, hatred can become physical violence and murder, covetousness can become stealing, deceit can become lying, lust (uncontrolled sexual desire) can become illicit sexual activity and deviance.

Sin leads to sin, darkness leads to darkness, decay leads to decay. When God offers miraculous deliverance from sin, through faith, repentance, confession, and following Christ, a person needs to turn from sin and turn to God immediately and completely.

We either will walk in truth or walk in a lie, walk in light or walk in darkness, walk in the Spirit or walk in the flesh.

The tiny acorn becomes the mighty oak.
The Christ-less child becomes the immoral monster.

Early salvation and faithfully following Christ is the plan of God for children.
Obedient faith goes from grace to grace, faith to faith, light to light. Walking in Christ's steps begins and continues as an ongoing life of faith. The Bible tells us that the justified live by faith.

It is important to examine ourselves to see if we are in the faith and to make our calling and election certain.