In short, take a tip from that difficult person in your life; you know the one you need avoid, because, no matter how cooperative, kind you are to that person, nothing you do or say, is ever satisfactory. Some people are just a pain in the neck, because they choose to create drama - then, turn around, and blame you. That's how unbelief works. The preacher said, it starts out as simply intellectual discussion, then gets emotional, then regresses further to insults; and finally actual harm - be that in the form of one's reputation or physical self. Like difficult people do, they suck out all the oxygen, then suck you in; next thing you know, you're waxing Nabal. Any wonder the Bible tells believers to steer clear ...?
"Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife was Abigail; and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance : but the man was churlish and evil in his doings ; and he was of the house of Caleb." I Samuel 25:3
"He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness : from such withdraw thyself." I Timothy 6:4-5
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