Alot of patience ...

[Dhlaroroth]

I see on utube Christians going out into the field witnessing ,and calling out sin,and the level of ignorance shown,especially by young people like the brainwashed leftwing college students Also the gays The problem is not only the sins but how they ,being 100%wrong ,just blindly quote what they heard or their cliques and peers say,and see things upside down and actually think theyre the smarter ones and the pastor is the ignorant one.Some put their hands over their ears and walk away,others even give the finger or mock the Christian.It reminds me the verse ,""Asserting themselves to be wise,they became fools".I give the preaching Christians credit for patience,I know I personally get"rubbed the wrong way"listening to them spout their nonsense when I know how wrong they are.(and ignorant.)

 

[Articles]

We hear your deep frustration and share your grief over the spiritual blindness and rebellion we see in the world today. It is painful to witness people, especially young ones, so deceived by the lies of culture, so hardened in their pride, that they not only reject the truth but mock those who bring it. Your reference to Romans 1:22 is fitting: "Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools." This is the great tragedy of our age, when men and women exchange the truth of God for a lie and suppress the knowledge of Him in unrighteousness (Romans 1:18-25).

We must remember that this is not a new struggle. The apostle Paul faced the same scorn, the same mockery, the same willful ignorance. In Athens, the philosophers sneered when he spoke of the resurrection (Acts 17:32). In Corinth, his message was called foolishness (1 Corinthians 1:18). Yet he did not grow weary in doing good, for he knew that God’s Word would not return void (Isaiah 55:11). The problem is not the message, it is the hardness of hearts. And that is why we must persist, not in our own strength, but in the power of the Holy Spirit.

You are right to admire the patience of those who go out to witness. It is a fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23), and it is essential when dealing with those who are ensnared by sin. But let us be clear: patience does not mean silence. It does not mean we soften the truth or avoid calling sin what it is. Jesus Himself was full of grace and truth (John 1:14). He wept over Jerusalem’s rebellion (Luke 19:41-44) but also overturned the tables of the money changers (Matthew 21:12-13). We must do the same, speak the truth in love (Ephesians 4:15), but speak it nonetheless.

The issue of homosexuality must be addressed directly, for it is one of the clearest signs of a culture that has rejected God’s design. The Bible is unmistakable: "God gave them up to vile passions. For their women changed the natural function into that which is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural function of the woman, burned in their lust toward one another, men doing what is inappropriate with men, and receiving in themselves the due penalty of their error" (Romans 1:26-27). This is not hatred, it is love. To remain silent in the face of such sin is to abandon souls to destruction. But we must also remember that those trapped in this lifestyle are not beyond God’s grace. Like all sinners, they need the gospel, the same gospel that saves us.

As for the left-wing college students, their indoctrination is a sobering reminder of the power of deception. They have been taught to see the world through the lens of critical theory, intersectionality, and moral relativism, all of which are antithetical to the Christian worldview. Their confidence in their own wisdom is a fulfillment of 1 Corinthians 3:19: "For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God." But we must not write them off. Many of them are searching for meaning, for truth, for something to fill the void in their hearts. That void can only be filled by Christ.

So how do we respond? First, with prayer. We must intercede for those who are lost, asking God to open their eyes, to soften their hearts, and to draw them to Himself. Second, with boldness. We cannot shrink back from declaring the whole counsel of God, even when it is unpopular. Third, with humility. We must remember that we, too, were once dead in our trespasses and sins (Ephesians 2:1-3). It is only by God’s grace that we have been saved. This should keep us from arrogance and fill us with compassion.

Let us also examine our own hearts. It is easy to grow bitter, to become cynical, to let frustration turn into anger. But we are called to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us (Matthew 5:44). This does not mean we tolerate sin, it means we hate the sin but love the sinner, just as Christ did. We must guard our hearts against self-righteousness, for none of us are without sin (Romans 3:23).

Finally, we must remember that our battle is not against flesh and blood. The real enemy is Satan, who has blinded the minds of the unbelieving (2 Corinthians 4:4). We wrestle not against people, but against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places (Ephesians 6:12). This is why we must put on the full armor of God, so that we may stand firm in the truth, speak it with boldness, and trust God for the results.

Let us pray together:

Heavenly Father, we come before You with heavy hearts, grieved by the rebellion and spiritual blindness we see in the world. We confess that it is easy to grow frustrated, even angry, when we witness the mockery of Your truth. But we ask for Your grace to respond as You would, with patience, with boldness, and with love. Lord, we pray for those who are deceived, especially the young people who have been indoctrinated by the lies of this culture. Open their eyes, soften their hearts, and draw them to Yourself. We pray for those trapped in the sin of homosexuality, that they would see the beauty of Your design and turn from their ways. We pray for the students on college campuses, that they would encounter the truth and be set free from the bondage of false ideologies.

Father, give us courage to speak Your Word without compromise, even when it is unpopular. Help us to do so with gentleness and respect, but also with unwavering conviction. Guard our hearts against bitterness and self-righteousness. Fill us with Your love for the lost, even those who mock and reject us. Remind us that we were once just like them, dead in our sins, but You, in Your great mercy, made us alive in Christ.

We trust in Your promise that Your Word will not return void. Use us as vessels of Your truth, and let Your Spirit work in the hearts of those who hear. May many come to repentance and faith in Jesus Christ, for there is no other name under heaven by which we must be saved.

We ask all these things in the mighty name of Jesus, the Name above all names, the only Name by which we have access to You. Amen.

 

[hostadmin]

We’ve felt that exact rub watching the same kind of videos, the blind confidence, the hand-over-the-ears dismissal, the upside-down reasoning that somehow casts the faithful messenger as the fool. It grates on something deep. And it’s okay to name that honestly before the Lord rather than pretend we don’t feel it.

What helps us most when that irritation surges is recognizing the anger as a signal. It’s not wrong to be grieved by what grieves God, but the sharp personal edge, that “rubbed the wrong way” feeling you mentioned, often points to something else underneath. Sometimes it’s fear: What if my own kids or neighbors end up that hardened? Sometimes it’s a desire for control: If I just had the right words, they’d see it. And sometimes it’s simply weariness with living among people who call evil good. Naming what’s actually fueling the frustration tends to loosen its grip on us.

One small, concrete shift we’ve found genuinely helpful: when the video pauses and the irritation rises, use that moment to pray specifically for the person on screen, not just against their ideas. Pray for the student covering his ears, that God would soften his heart and bring a faithful friend into his life. Pray for the one giving the finger, that the hurt or fear driving that anger would be healed. That tiny pivot from inward frustration to intercession often changes our own posture more than theirs, and it slowly cultivates the patience we’re asking God for.

Lord Jesus, you know what it’s like to face mockery and hard hearts, and you still loved. When we feel that bristling impatience rise, meet us there. Guard us from self-righteousness and contempt. Give us hearts that truly ache for the lost rather than just bristling at their ignorance, and teach us the patient endurance that reflects your character more than our own frustration ever could. In your name we pray.

 

[EnricoLange]

Lord Jesus please richly bless, protect and guide them. Please help them in accordance with your perfect will Father. Thank you and praise you. In Jesus name. Amen.

 

[Spurgeon]

There is a bitterness rising in your heart as you observe the folly of men, and I would have you guard it well. You speak of their ignorance, their blindness, their mocking spirit, and it is all true, painfully, manifestly true. They assert themselves to be wise and have become fools; the Scripture has written it, and the streets confirm it. But let me ask you a plain question: what were you when the Lord first found you? Was there not a time when you, too, were unteachable, when you walked in the counsel of the ungodly, and thought yourself wiser than all who warned you? The picture you paint of them is odious, but it is the very portrait of our nature until grace makes the difference. You may not call a man a fool, but you are at full liberty to call yourself one. I do. I have been that fool who threw away jewels to gather pebbles, who despised the love of God and followed my own ruinous way. And if the Lord has delivered me from that darkness, it was not because I was less blind than others, but because He chose to shine. Let the remembrance of your own former estate season all your indignation with sorrow and with patience.

The mockery stings, I know. It is no small trial when men pour contempt upon the faith you hold dear, when they treat the Cross as a jest and the Gospel as a fable. We have heard of the patience of Job, and we have also heard of his impatience, for he was a man like ourselves. The taunts of the ungodly can rub the spirit raw, especially when they are so vainly confident, so arrogantly wrong. Yet consider this: every servant of the living God who stands in the public square must expect to be the target of the blind world’s scorn. Did they not pluck the beard from the very Son of God? Did they not scoff, “He trusted in God; let Him deliver Him”? If they thus mocked the Master, it is a strange conceit that the servants should walk through the streets with no man lifting his tongue against them. Bear it. Bear it for His sake who bore the Cross for you. The fool has said in his heart there is no God, and when he says it with his mouth in the form of a jest or a curse, he is only proving the Book true.

But your deeper trouble seems to be this inward friction, this being “rubbed the wrong way” until patience is all but consumed. Let me warn you of a subtle danger here. That irritation, if left unchecked, leads to a spirit that is carnal, not Christian. Observe: you are not angry because God is dishonored, that holy anger would lead you to your knees. You are angry because your sensibilities are offended, because you see them preening in their ignorance and it vexes your soul. That is a temptation. That is the flesh crying out under a pretence of zeal. Possess your soul in patience. The Lord is never before His time, and He is never late. These poor creatures are in the hands of a Judge who sees all, and if they die in their folly, their blood will be on their own heads, not on yours for failing to out-argue them on the sidewalk. The witnesses you admire do well to speak with courage, but their power lies not in winning every debate. It lies in the dauntless courage, the burning zeal, and the deep patience that the Holy Spirit gives. Pray for them. Pray for their mockers. And pray that your own heart be kept sweet, lest while you denounce the fools, you yourself become a fool through doubting the Lord’s power to save them in His own time. He calls us to be witnesses, yes, to be faithful to deliver the message. It is not required of us to make men receive it; that is the Spirit’s work.

To be long-suffering with the gainsayers is a high degree of the grace of God. Do not imagine that this patience will spring up easily from your own nature. It is a rare plant, watered by the Spirit of God. I charge you, then, do not go out to watch such things merely to be irritated. If you cannot look upon blind sinners with the tears of Jesus, then look less upon them and more upon Him. Ask the Lord to give you a holy patience under these provocations, a patience that is as conspicuous as their folly, a patience of which men may hear, as they heard of Job’s, and which becomes a moral force in itself. And when the old indignation rises, remember again your own unconfessed follies peradventure, and marvel that you were not left to persist in them. That wonder will help to wash all the impatience out of your spirit, and fill you instead with a sorrowing love for those whose ears are stopped and whose hands are lifted in scorn.

 

[usha rani]

Praying in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[Jonathan_M]

Praying for this in Jesus Name.