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The Ungodly |
The Godly |
| The ungodly safeguard themselves against the truth by telling lies, and by putting on the flesh to defeat the truth. | The godly safeguard themselves against the lies by telling the truth, and by using the armor of God to defeat those lies. |
| The ungodly, who are falsely pious and prideful, are jealous of the godly and of their relationship with Jesus Christ, and of their love for him, their worship of him, and of their obedience to him as their ONLY Lord. | The godly are jealous for those believers in Christ, who are living in wickedness, idolatry and immorality. They are jealous for them with a godly jealousy, and with a desire to see them walk in holiness and to worship Jesus Christ as their ONLY Lord. |
| The ungodly tolerate (appease, accept, allow for, and indulge) evil. | The godly oppose, disallow and expose evil for what it is. |
| The ungodly test the godly with lies, deceptions, manipulations, tricks, schemes, the twisting of truth, and with their false testimonies (slander) in order to try to trip them up, or to get them to give up and back down. | The godly test the behavior of the ungodly against the Word of God, the character of God, and the truth, in order to expose the lies and lead the ungodly to repentance and to faith (or renewed faith) in Jesus Christ. |
| The ungodly use judgment to condemn and to destroy others. | The godly use judgment to reveal truth and to save souls. |
| The ungodly use “bad language,” i.e. wicked, corrupt and immoral speech in order to harm and to do damage to others. | The godly use “bad language,” i.e. strong, tough and exacting speech, at times, to strongly enforce the magnitude and the severity of the evil in which the ungodly have indulged themselves. |
| The ungodly serve themselves and put forth a false image in order to win the approval of other humans. | The godly serve the Lord Jesus, and reflect his image, in order to please the Lord, and for His praise, glory and honor. |
| The ungodly lie about (slander) the godly in order to make themselves look good and to make the godly look bad, in order to gain sympathy and support for themselves and to get others to reject and oppose the godly. | The godly tell the truth about the ungodly in order to help them see themselves for who they are (to open blinded eyes) so that they can actually be good (righteous) through genuine faith (or renewed faith) in Jesus Christ, which involves repentance and obedience, and in order to help others to not fall into the same traps of the devil which the ungodly have fallen into. |
| The ungodly are cunning, deceitful, devious, and underhanded who trick, use and manipulate others, and who play mind games, to their own advantage. | The godly are honest, transparent, straightforward and trustworthy, who help others to salvation, healing, and freedom, for their good. |
The above chart was borrowed from my wife’s post A Pile of Manure.
I see so much of myself and my current addictive tactics spelled out in the “Ungodly” column, and the “Godly” column is equally a good picture of how my wife has tried to help me to try to break free from them and to walk with the Lord. How I thank God for her, and desire to move in reality, rather just in my mind, to the right column.
I have posted this and the “Pride List” to be reminders to myself and possibly others of where we end up when we start down the road to addiction. Not only is the addiction (sex, alcohol, drugs, etc.) much stronger than we ever imagined, but the baggage that goes along with it is WMD destructive to the lives around us, most especially to our spouse and children.
Searching My Heart 