"Whom the Son Sets Free is Free Indeed"
Emotional manipulation and abuse involve using mental tactics to control, demean, or exploit another person, often resulting in feelings of confusion, guilt, shame, and helplessness in the victim. This behavior can include deceit, guilt-tripping, gaslighting, and other forms of coercive control aimed at undermining the victim’s will and self-worth.
The Deceitfulness of the Wicked
Psalm 10:7
God created people for relationships with each other and with Him.
Human beings are created to be in relationship
With God Rev 21:3 Also see: Isa 43:6-7; Hos 11:1; 2Co 6:18
Believers are called to live in the world while not being of the world, as exemplified in Jesus Christ’s ministry.
God’s people are called to be separate from the world, yet a source of blessing to it
The example of Abraham Ge 12:1-3 The life of Abraham illustrates the biblical balance: called to separate from his native environment to be a blessing to the nations. Also see: Ge 15:7; 18:18; Gal 3:8
As Christians, we believe in the triune nature of our being, encompassing body, soul, and spirit. Our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, our soul must be nurtured, and our spirit connects us directly to God.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20: What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
The role of fathers
To love and care for their children Ps 103:13 Also see: Deut 1:31; Job 1:4-5; Mt 7:9-11 Lk 11:11-13; Col 3:21
The Christian life, from its inception to its culmination, is entirely reliant on God’s grace.
God’s grace compensates for human weaknesses
2Co 12:8-9; 1Pe 5:10 See also 1Co 2:1-5; 2Co 9:8; Heb 2:14; 4:15; 5:2; Jas 4:6; 2Pe 3:17-18