Just to add to my before comments (I had to be away for a while).
Concerning resisting the devil: we resist the devil by doing the opposite of what he would like us to do, which is to confront and withstand mistreatment, so that we will continue being a natural brute beast as the rest of the unbelieving world.
Contrariwise if we were to be merciful and forgiving, then would we be like God: this is resisting the devil, and not the other way.
Putting off our old man and denying our self only is true when we do actually turn away from the carnal mind and disown our own will; otherwise again, we will have not been in Christ as of yet. How does God's Word tell us to overcome evil?
As for David, in his office was physical; but in ours is spiritual: we resist the devil by taking the wrong and forgiving: we follow Christ, and any other; if so be that we truly are following the true and biblical Jesus Christ, otherwise we follow some Jesus of our own making.
Concerning resisting the devil: we resist the devil by doing the opposite of what he would like us to do, which is to confront and withstand mistreatment, so that we will continue being a natural brute beast as the rest of the unbelieving world.
Contrariwise if we were to be merciful and forgiving, then would we be like God: this is resisting the devil, and not the other way.
Putting off our old man and denying our self only is true when we do actually turn away from the carnal mind and disown our own will; otherwise again, we will have not been in Christ as of yet. How does God's Word tell us to overcome evil?
As for David, in his office was physical; but in ours is spiritual: we resist the devil by taking the wrong and forgiving: we follow Christ, and any other; if so be that we truly are following the true and biblical Jesus Christ, otherwise we follow some Jesus of our own making.
It's not clear as to what you are saying. Mistreatment can come in many forms. And as our Lord instructed the disciples to go out in pairs, we should do so likewise.
Two witnesses of character.
Our Lord's Will is for us to rebuke and eskew evil.
Only satan and his kind call Good evil.
Similar to Solomon being forewarned by his father not to be surrounded with wicked counsel.
As far as the Toruth is concerned, we shouldn't need to teach, but remind one another, or warn eachother of possible harm.
Just as it was with yakov (jacob) as an example
He left laban after being mistreated.
And there are far more serious examples of mistreatment (abuse) that as believers should never counsel anyone to willing knowingly put themselves in harm's way.
Our Lord intstructed us to Pray for those who have mistreated us and that is all.
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