The Scoffer
Greetings in the Lord! For the past couple of days I've been getting Scriptures regarding "scoffers." In spiritual terms, these would be people who are arrogant unbelievers, mockers to the point that they disdain putting any faith in God. It is a seriously toxic spiritual condition, both for the scoffer and for the people around them. The arrogant, mocking and doubt of the scoffer can be an effective bully tactic to try and quiet the voice of the faithful, overwhelm those weaker or newer in their faith, and recruit unsuspecting or like-hearted individuals to join along. Scoffing is also aggressive in that it reveals their intolerance by immediately trying to discredit; only disagreements or conflicts will result when addressing a scoffer. In 2 Peter 3:3 we read that "scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires." So, we can understand then, that in addition to being arrogant, aggressive, mocking, and contentious, they are un-teac