Alright, we're here in Romans chapter 2 and we're starting a new series here today called how to spot a psychopath how to spot a
Psychopath now you might say brother sucky. Why why are we talking about this?
Well, I'll be honest because a lot of people have recently asked me about this topic or something related to it
And so when three people ask me about a topic
There's probably another five six seven eight people that are wondering the same thing, right?
And so if a lot of people are asking me about the same thing
It's like well, maybe God's telling me I should kind of preach something about this, right?
And so we're starting a new series how to spot a psychopath and let me just say a couple things an introduction and this whole
Sermon is an introduction. I'm not going to get to the nitty-gritty in this sermon. I'm gonna kind of lay the foundation
Let me say a couple things, you know, the Bible speaks about all subjects
And so people have this idea. Well, here's a topic that the Bible doesn't talk about
So we've got to go to the world and figure out what the answers are
No, I mean the Bible talks about all subjects and people say well the word psychopath is not in the Bible
There's a lot of words that are not in the Bible
It doesn't mean the Bible doesn't talk about that the word that means psychopath in the Bible is reprobate
Okay, in fact our sending church had the documentary
Psychopath reprobates and we have a lot of copies here. We can give you one after the service, right?
We got plenty of those those documentaries. It's a great documentary
There's a lot of words that are not in the Bible just this morning
Somebody commented on our YouTube sermon about you know
Rebuking oneness and they say well, I believe in oneness because the word Trinity is not in the Bible
I responded the word oneness is not in the Bible. I
Believe in oneness because the word Trinity is not in the Bible the word oneness
Not well the word ones in the Bible and the word three is in the Bible to
The three and one according to first John five seven. I was like man what a bad argument
I mean think before you type that okay, the word oneness is not in the Bible either
But it doesn't mean that the Bible does not talk about the Trinity just because the words not there
Okay, so the Bible sometimes has different words than our modern vernacular, but the Bible speaks about all subjects
Okay, so the Bible does talk about this subject now in this you know sermon series the main person whose research
We were going to use is the guy who's considered kind of the expert and that is Robert D
Hare and he wrote a book called without conscience the disturbing world of psychopaths among us
Okay, and in that book he says without conscience and that is actually a great great definition
For what a psychopath is because that is what a reprobate is and so he also has what's called a psychopathy checklist
which has 20 character traits of
Psychopaths and basically these are things that the world has realized are evident amongst psychopaths
What's interesting is you can find all of those things in the Bible as well
So we're going to be using that checklist just in this sermon series to kind of go through it and everything like that now
Realize this that if the world studies something and they don't use the lens of the Bible as their final conclusion
They're not going to get everything a hundred percent, correct
There are some mistakes that they make and we'll talk about those during the sermon series because the Bible is the ultimate final authority
above anything else, okay
Now Romans chapter 2 and the first point you have is this
Everybody is born with a conscience
Everybody is born with a conscience. It says in Romans 2 verse 14 for when the Gentiles
Which are referring to basically the non-jews?
Okay, the non circumcision for when the Gentiles which have not the law meaning the Word of God was not preached to them
They didn't have the words of the Bible right talking about people like from Nineveh or any area for when the Gentiles which have not
the law do by
Nature the things contained in the law
These having not the law are a law unto themselves and see the Bible talks about people that are
Gentiles they don't have the Word of God and yet they've never had anybody show them a Bible verse that this is wrong
Thus saith the Lord and yet by nature they do the things contained in the law
Now when the Bible says by nature, it's not referring to mother nature
It's referring to by Nate
You know the nature versus nurture argument and it's saying by nature build inside of you build inside of your being
By nature you do the things contained in the law now we understand that everybody is a sinner, right?
But at the same time, you know what children know at a young age. It's wrong to murder
You don't have to tell a child. Hey, by the way, don't murder people because they already know that
You say how by nature?
It's built inside of them now. They might choose to do wrong
They might tell lies and sin but they know by nature that those things are wrong. They're already aware
I mean, there's many things the Bible says by nature
The Bible even says that people know by nature that women are supposed to have long hair and men have short hair
By nature the Bible says that and I mean Paul even makes a statement if you read closely
He's like judging yourself is it comely or is it attractive that a woman basically have short hair
It's like judge for yourself and it's like yeah by nature
We realize that because the Bible is saying yeah
women are more attractive with a long hair and
Isn't that true and you didn't necessarily know a Bible verse ten years ago that told you that but by nature you just knew it
Now look, I realize that we're getting so brainwashed by the vice-pung. He said it's kind of hard to see sometimes, right?
But by nature you knew that at a young age
You didn't have to be taught certain things many of those things
You already knew by nature and see the Bible says in verse 15 which show the work of the law written in their hearts
Their conscience also bearing witness and their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another the Bible mentions their
Conscience, what is the Bible saying? It's saying even those that don't have the Word of God
They have a conscience
Everybody's born with a conscience and that tells you right from wrong
There are many things that you know are wrong and you don't necessarily know why it is
But if you were to commit that sin, you would feel guilty about it
You say why by nature?
Your conscience, you know, it's wrong. Even if nobody's ever told you that right now
Look kids obviously do things that are wrong
I mean all of us do things that are wrong
But look kids do things that are wrong. Sometimes they you know, you got a brother and sister
I'm not gonna name any names Zeph, Christabel, but then you know
It's like they both want the toy right and then the one kid takes a toy from the other one it they know that's wrong
But they also have a sin nature that's passed down from their dads
My kids are sinners because of me that's that's the way it works, right?
Everybody in this room is a sinner because their dads pass down that sin nature the Lord Jesus Christ
Well, his father was perfect. So he has no sin nature
But all of us are sinners. So we pass down a sin nature to our children, right?
And so here's the thing though. Everybody is born with a conscience and that might seem very basic
But see here's the thing. That's really the big thing that the world doesn't get about psychopaths because they don't realize that
They don't believe that by and large they believe people are born by nature
Psychopaths the Bible does not teach that the Bible says by nature people have a conscience
Now go to Hebrews 4 Hebrews 4
Hebrews 4
Now I want us to realize something because of
Course the Bible is the ultimate authority, but at the same time we don't want to just throw out every single thing
That's ever been studied and ever done. You got to use some common sense sometimes now
You got to go back to the Bible and if the Bible and you know facts of the world
Contradict like oh, I don't know evolution the Big Bang Theory. Well, then the world's wrong
Okay, the Bible's right
But at the same time there are many things that have been studied and they have a lot of good information
What they usually mess up, you know, unless they're trying to intentionally just lie, which is sometimes the case
Sometimes you know what they see certain things and they make the wrong conclusion because they're not getting the full picture. Okay?
This is what I believe is the case with psychopaths like they'll look at certain things and they'll say well
You know if a dad is a murderer their children are more likely to be murderers therefore
Biologically or genetically it's passed down. That is the wrong conclusion on the evidence
the right conclusion would be well, it's very important how you're raised and
Kids often repeat the same sins as their dad
Right
Abraham Isaac, for example lying about well, she's just my sister. Okay. It's like well, where did Isaac learn that?
See oftentimes sins are just passed down because you generally model the behavior of your mom and your dad
Right, so it's not a genetic or a biological thing that you have a predisposition to be a serial killer
That is the wrong conclusion on the evidence
Okay
But not all of their evidence is information is wrong just because they have some wrong conclusions
The Bible says in Hebrews 4 verse 12
For the Word of God is quick and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword
piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit
So the Bible says the Word of God has a way to get on the inside and to divide the soul and spirit
Okay, when it comes the topic of the difference between the soul and spirit that is a very deep discussion for another day
But the Bible says the Word of God is you know, so sharp that it actually
Separates soul and spirit the joints and marrow
I mean aren't your joints and marrow very connected with one another and
It is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the hearts
I mean basically one of the synonyms of thoughts is intense. They're very closely related
They're not the exact same thing
but they're very similar and what the Bible saying is the Word of God just has a way to
Get in on the inside that nothing else could possibly do
Okay, and it has a way of piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit
Joints and marrow thoughts and intents and look the Word of God has a way to impact
Anybody who has a conscience?
See if somebody has a conscience whether saved or
Unsaved the Word of God has a way to get on the inside of them like nothing else
Okay, and that's the reason is because we have a conscience and the Word of God is a way to get on the inside
Why is it that you know what when we as Bible believing Christians you go to a church like this and I preach hard against sin
Why is it that you make changes in your life oftentimes?
Because the Word of God pierces you and you're like man, I don't like that feeling I better make the change
Other people though just get mad at the message because they don't want to make the change
See the Word of God will have an impact on people either in a good way or a bad way
It is our own free will what we do with the Word of God. Some people hear my sermons and they hate my guts
and it's like I mean, I'm just
You know reading Bible verses and explaining them like why do you hate me?
Right. It's like I didn't write Genesis 19, you know, so why are you mad about me about Genesis chapter 19, right?
the Word of God has a way to pierce people and
People either make the changes or they'll get mad at the message and here's the truth
Even when people make changes probably your first reaction is getting a little bit mad at me
And then you make the change and it's like well brother Stuckey was right now that I'm not angry anymore, right?
That's the truth. Okay now turn in your Bible to first Timothy 4 first Timothy chapter 4
See this is the big question in psychopathy is nature versus nurture
Is this genetic and biological or is it your environment in which you are raised?
Okay, nature versus nurture and see in general those that study psychopathy
Which is a study of psychopaths they will say that by nature
There is a biological or genetic disposition that makes you more likely to be a serial killer than other people
Well, I don't believe that because everybody has a conscience
Every single person has a conscience
However, the environment with which you're raised can very much affect whether or not somebody becomes a psychopath or not
Okay, if you look at the famous serial killers and look at how they're raised. They had the worst upbringings ever. I
Mean by some standards Henry Lee Lucas is considered
you know the person who murdered more people in America than anybody else and it's it's debated because
When serial killers get caught they always confess to crimes
they didn't commit because they want to become more famous like literally they'll confess to hundreds of crimes and
They don't know whether they did it or not because they want to have killed more people
Seriously, and so Henry Lee Lucas by some measures. He killed hundreds of people some measures. He only killed like five or ten
They're not really sure. Okay. He was basically what is a hump us Lupe a vagabond that just traveled around
So he just murdered from town to town and they didn't necessarily know did he do it or not, right?
Well, here's the thing about this, you know, Henry Lee Lucas. His mom was a prostitute
She forced him to dress in women's clothing and sleep with men and women at a young age for money for the family
Can you imagine if you were raised in that environment as an eight-year-old the sort of psychological impact?
It could have on you and what takes and look I'm just giving you one
I don't want to get too much because it's it's disturbing talking too much about it
But this is how many of them are raised if you read about people like, you know, Ted Bundy Jeffrey Dahmer
What Andrew cunanan or whomever you name the person you're gonna see those sorts of backgrounds in these people if you dig far enough
Okay now Henry Lee Lucas
He had the worst environment and the result was he got mad at God is what took place
And what often takes place is when you have a bad environment you blame God for bad things happening
Okay. Now here's the thing though. It's not a guarantee that someone's going to decide to hate God
Okay, that is their choice. There are people that have similar stories growing up, but they do not end up hating God
Many of them end up getting saved
Now I'm sure the long-term psychological impact is going to be is going to be terrible in that person
They might have real problems their entire lives
But it doesn't mean guaranteed if this happens to you, you're going to become a psychopath, but it is definitely more likely
Okay, it shows the importance of how we raise our kids and doing a good job and protecting them. Okay, I
knew someone in college and
you know she grew up in a family where I
Mean most of the people in her family were reprobates
I mean she got you know harmed by many different men in the family cousins uncles very disturbing
So she went to a Baptist Church for a week. They had a revival for that week
She heard the gospel and she heard it it made sense. And this is what she told me
Okay, and she doesn't agree with me on the reprobate doctrine. Okay, you know, I haven't talked to her in 15 years or whatever
I'm not saying she agrees completely but I'm just saying this kind of gives you an inside look at this
She heard the gospel, but she didn't want to get saved at first because she said she was mad at God
That's what she told me and she heard the gospel for several days and she ended up making the choice of believing on Jesus Christ
And getting saved and you know what? She was never molested ever again after that point
I'm not saying that always takes place, but God definitely
Protected her in that environment, but it kind of shows the inside
Look where when think things like this happen to people one thing people do is they end up hating God and
That is a common thing and she was at that point but she chose to believe on Jesus Christ and so look
Absolutely, depending on how you're raised. It's more likely to make you become a bad person. Here's the thing though
I feel bad that that happened to Henry Lee Lucas as a kid
But I don't feel bad for the person who's a serial killer and harming people
I don't feel any sympathy for the person that chose to hate God and become a reprobate
I feel bad that they were raised in that environment. That's terrible. They still made a free will choice to hate God
Don't feel bad for the the wicked people that are harming little children in today's world
Hey, it's too bad that the Catholic priests got molested as a kid, but I don't care about the Catholic priests
Who's molesting people now?
That person's an evil person
So I feel terrible that happened as a child to that person, but they made the choice to hate God
Don't feel bad when someone becomes the perpetrator, okay
first Timothy chapter 4 first Timothy 4
and
It says here in first Timothy 4 verse 1 and point number 1 was people are born with a conscience
point number 2 people
Can lose their conscience?
People can lose their conscience see in the study of psychopathy
They look at people that are just living their lives completely different than the average person and they're like there's something different
That's when they discovered this idea of psychopaths, right?
They should have just read the Bible right but it says at first Timothy 4 verse 1
Now the spirit speaketh expressly that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils
speaking lies in hypocrisy
Having their conscience seared with a hot iron
Their conscience seared with a hot iron to sear something is to burn something and it speaks about people
Whose conscience is like burned off basically?
Okay, now you say brother sucky is that being symbolic or is that being like literally true?
Well, I do know this that the main reason why they believe people are biologically or genetically
Psychopaths is they do brain scans on psychopaths versus non psychopaths
And you can't argue that there is a difference between the frontal lobe of a psychopath and a non psychopath
Now when I first heard this years ago, I thought it was pseudoscience, but it's not they've done so many studies that it looks different
Now there's a couple possibilities one thing could be when someone becomes a psychopath
They do not activate their part that part of their body
And so people because this is where they believe the the conscience is whether that's true or not
I'm not sure but whether or not it's just inactive they say it looks damaged
It's like what happened in the frontal lobe
That's why they've done tests and stuff like maybe concussions make you a psychopath, right?
They're doing all these things because they don't know
Because they're not going to the lens of the Bible to get the final answer
But they're saying the frontal lobe is just different. I'll be honest that when you compare the frontal lobe to me
It just looks like it's been burned with a hot iron
on psychopaths
I
Do think it's possible that when someone becomes a psychopath God actually makes a physical change inside of them
So whether or not that verse is literal or symbolic I tend to think it's actually literal now
I could be wrong on that but there's a clear difference and it literally when I first saw the picture
I'm like, it looks like it's been seared with a hot iron
But that wasn't at birth
That took place whether or not this is true or not whether I'm writing on that or not
I do not know but here's the thing. It didn't happen where they were born and they were just this wicked evil
Serial killer where it's gonna guarantee
No
It's because they chose to hate God and their conscience was seared whether that's literal or symbolic
The end result is they no longer have a conscience is what the Bible saying
And what's interesting is the field of psychopathy agrees with that. They say there are people that don't have a conscience
They don't feel guilt. They don't feel remorse
They don't feel empathy. Did it happen at birth?
No, it didn't happen at birth. Somebody made a choice to become a reprobate is what the Bible teaches go to Titus chapter 1
Titus 1 Titus 1
Now I'll be honest I really thought about the picture on the bulletin because oftentimes I try to link it with the sermon if you've
Ever noticed I thought about having the comparison of the frontal lobes, but I'm like, I'm already preaching on psychopaths
I want something that's kind of like gentle and peaceful
You know like a river and a forest because maybe this is like too intense or something like that
But you can look at it for yourself and type in the frontal lobe of psychopaths versus I mean, it's definitely different
I don't necessarily know why that is, but there's no question that it is
Okay, so they come to the conclusion
Well, it must be it was they were born that way or they're they got a bad concussion
Because you know, they do studies of NFL players in America the National Football League
They're like maybe repeated brain trauma and concussions causes people to become murderers. It's like
No that that's not I mean, I got a concussion when I was 14
I got knocked out knocked unconscious when I was playing soccer that doesn't make you a reprobate
Okay, it just means your head really got hurt and you know
You need to take it easy and get some medical attention, right? That doesn't mean oh, man
That's when somebody becomes a psychopath once they bang their head in that basketball game. Boom
No, it doesn't work that way
Somebody makes a free will you you make a free will choice to believe on Jesus Christ and get saved
People make a free will choice to hate God and become a reprobate
Okay
It says in Titus 1 let me let me explain these verses before we get to the end of this chapter Titus 1 verse 10
For there are many unruly in vain talkers and deceivers
Especially they of the circumcision now the circumcision would be referring to the Jews, right?
And it says there are many unruly in vain talkers and deceivers and many of those are of the circumcision
Many false prophet Jews the Bible saying now there's also other people that are false prophets
There's other people that are bad people, but specially they have the circumcision
He's gonna hone in on the circumcision whose mouths must be stopped the mouths of who?
Those that are teaching false things
Now specifically the circumcision but anyone who would be preaching anything false a false prophet. That's why we rebuke false prophets. I
Mean, it's just shocking the false prophets you have here in the Philippines. We were watching a video just laughing about it
Where there's this guy who used to ran for ran for president like 10 years ago
I heard he's gonna be running again
And you know
He just kind of made a trip over to Davao to try to get some extra votes and he's just like and it's like
What in the world like who could go to your church after that and yet? You know what? They're very famous
Very rich right there are many and you know what false prophets their doctrine needs to be rebuked
Because they're damning souls to help and we have a lot of false religions here in the Philippines
I'm not even referring to Catholicism. I'm saying a lot of Christian religions that need to be rebuked here in the Philippines
And it says here whose mouths must be stopped who subvert whole houses teaching things. They ought not now
Why would you do this?
for filthy lucre sake
for money
Look, why is it that Joel Osteen has like what 80 million dollars or whatever?
Kenneth Copeland and all these people it's like because they're lying to people and why are they doing that for money?
It's like touch this TV screen now, right and God's blessing is gonna pour out upon you just give this donation of $1,000
I'm it's laughable. Sometimes like if you saw the Kenneth Copeland thing at the beginning of the corona virus
It's like COVID-19. I rebuke you in the name of the Lord. It's like what in the world?
It's like I'm blowing the wind of God against COVID
It's like well, you didn't do a very good job getting rid of that. Did you it's like what in the world?
What are these people and yet people buy into this?
And they give money and they're rich and they're famous and look when you preach like I do
Are you gonna have a room full of people that love God and go so winning?
Absolutely, there's plenty of people here in the Philippines that want to live for God, but we will never be a mega church
You say why because brother suck. He's too mean
That's the reason why because when you preach like this people will get offended by some of your sermons
Right, and this is not the church where you can basically just well be at this church
I'll never try to live for God and feel comfortable
Hey
We want you at this church to hear the preaching but the reality is if you're not trying to serve God
Many of the sermons are gonna make you feel uncomfortable and you're gonna feel guilty and you've got that choice
Are you gonna make the changes or are you gonna just get mad at the message, right?
It's reality. It says in verse 12 one of themselves now
One of themselves is referring to they of the circumcision who are teaching false things even a prophet of their own
Referring to one of the the the circumcision said the Cretans are always liars evil beasts slow bellies
and so
The person who's the false prophet is saying of the Cretans that they are always liars and evil beasts and slow bellies
Well, is that a true statement?
No, I
Mean wasn't the job of Titus for this cause left ID in Crete the Cretans that thou should have said in order the things
That are wanting and ordained
Elders in every city as I had appointed thee let me ask you a question if there was a society that was so wicked
And so reprobate do you think God would be like I want you to get a lot of churches started in Sodom and Gomorrah
It's like no go to a place that's not wicked, right?
So the false prophet is accusing the creations of always being liars evil beasts slow bellies
One thing you realize is many times when people are guilty of something themselves
They project it on to other people and so actually the person saying that is the one who's always a liar
Because he's a child of the devil. He's an evil beast. He's a slow belly. And what is he doing?
He's projecting it on to someone else because out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh and you just try to turn it
On to somebody else
Now, why is this important because verse 13 is confusing
This witness is true
When it's saying this witness is true, it's not saying that what the false prophets said about the creations is true
It's saying this is a true witness that this is what these false prophets do they accuse others of being bad people
So the witness that is true. It doesn't mean that the creations are these wicked reprobates
What it's saying is this is a true witness of what false prophets do they accuse other people about being bad people and they're ripping
A good society because Crete we assume was a pretty godly society compared to other
Areas that had enemies that were trying to you know, stop them
So it says wherefore rebuke them sharply rebuke who you rebuke the false prophets
That they may be sound in the faith that the sound that the false prophet will be sound in the faith
Know that the creations will okay see when we rebuke false prophets
I'm not expecting the false prophet to get saved
That's not the goal
Right when you rebuke these false prophets here in the Philippines, you know, they're not gonna get saved
But wait a minute. They got a lot of listeners
right and so you rebuke the false prophet that others may be sound in the faith because the reality is
False prophets get their message everywhere and people are listening to it and they're getting deceived by these people
So you rebuke the false prophet that other people may be sound in the faith
When I rebuke false prophets, my goal is not to get that false prophet saved
My goal is to help us and edify us or sound in the faith. Okay, so it says here in
verse 14 confirms that what I'm saying is true because it says not giving heed to Jewish fables and
Commandments of men that turn from the truth. So basically don't listen to the false prophet don't give heed to Jewish fables
Okay, now there are many false prophets in this specific example in the early church
I mean the Jews were really the enemies of Christianity spreading
Okay, and it says that they may be sound in the faith not giving heed to Jewish fables. Okay now verse 15
Onto the pure all things are pure but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure
But even their mind and conscious is defiled
You say what does that mean brother Stuckey?
Well, just think of something that's the most innocent thing in the world think of a newborn baby
Right. Somebody sees a newborn baby. They're like, oh the baby's cute and everything, you know
They want to hold the baby and everything like that. That's because under the pure all things are pure
But those that are reprobate their mind and conscience is defiled. They don't think like a normal person
To us we just see you know a little baby running around
Got a pure mind. You don't think anything, you know kids at a young age
They run around when they're young without clothes on and they don't realize anything wrong with it
And it's like to a normal person though. If you see a one-year-old running around it's like, you know, if it's your child
You're like, hey, let's get a diaper on you. Okay, but it's like you have a pure mind
You don't think anything weird but those that are reprobate their mind and conscience is defiled
They do not think like you do. This is a hard topic for us to understand
Because of the fact you have a different mind than them
Like seriously, I can't understand a serial killer. You're never gonna fully come up like what in the world is wrong with them?
Why would they have these weird desires? The reason why you feel that way is because your mind is not defiled
It doesn't fully make sense. Like what in the world is going on inside their head
Okay, because their mind and conscience is defiled and it says in verse 16
They profess that they know God
Sounds like a lot of these people that are reprobates are religious people they profess that they know God
Now certainly false prophets are under that category but religious people they profess that they know God but in works they deny him
Being abominable kasuklam suklam being an abominable and disobedient and on to every good work
Reprobate which is the word for a psychopath
So it talks about people that profess that they know God but their works say something completely different
Now don't misunderstand my sermon because you don't judge somebody's salvation
Based on their works because faith is the evidence
Okay, if somebody believes on Jesus Christ when we go soul-winning when we run into someone door-to-door
Let's say we run into someone and we get there and they're singing soul-stirring songs and hymns
I love this hymnal, right, you know, verily verily you say what do you think it takes to get to heaven?
Well, you got to be baptized and speak in tongues and you can lose your salvation if you do wrong
Well, I don't care what song they're singing in here. They're not saved because they believe the wrong thing
It doesn't matter if they're singing the hymns
It doesn't matter if they're wearing a suit and we knock on their door and they're singing Psalms
It doesn't matter because they believe the wrong thing
But you know you could run into someone door-to-door that is not living the greatest life
Maybe they're
Drinking maybe they're smoking
But if they are right on salvation, I go with what they say and assume that they're telling the truth
Because salvation comes down to what we believe and so works are not the determination of whether or not you're saved
It's what do you believe?
However, the Bible indicates that we can look at the works of someone to determine if someone might be a reprobate because it talks about
By their fruits. He shall know them in Matthew 7
Right
It's referring to the false prophets. It's referring to those that are
reprobate and so it says here in works they deny him
So the Bible is saying we can actually look at the works of someone
So for example, if somebody's a serial killer, it doesn't matter if he says, you know, I believe it's by faith alone
It's like well your works don't really indicate
That you believe on Jesus not a determination of whether or not you're saved or lost but saved or reprobate
Right and the Bible's saying you might say the right words, but you know what in works you deny him
Right, and there are many religious people that would claim they believe the truth
But the Bible says in works they deny him being abominable. Look abominable is a very strong word
You're thinking serial killer serial rapist. That's not just oh man. I told a lie yesterday. I feel bad about it, right?
It's like yes, all men are sinners, but there are certain works that normal people are not going to do
Okay, and there are certain things that when somebody gets their mind defiled that their conscience is seared
There are certain unnatural sins. They might now desire
But also, you know what in this sermon series
We're gonna look at the psychopathy checklist 20 different points and you know what the works are kind of indication that hey
Maybe somebody's a psychopath. You're looking at all of these different things and it's like
Man
Right and the Bible says that we can actually look at the works of someone because that's what it says in Titus 1 verse 16 in
Works, they deny him being abominable and disobedient on every good work
reprobate now turn in your Bible to
Jeremiah chapter 6 Jeremiah 6
Jeremiah chapter 6 now, I want you to realize that at our church
One thing I preach on a lot that a lot of churches don't I preach against the LGBT a lot
But here's the thing in this sermon series. I want to kind of go deeper
It's not a four-part sermon series against the LGBT now. Well those come well
Yeah, I mean that's four strikes gets you off YouTube, but you know, you know what I'm saying in this sermon series, though
I'm not trying now
Here's the thing if you look at psychopaths, even the world will say one of the big things is sexual perversion
The world is agreement on that
Sexual perversion is a major major part of someone being a psychopath
I mean everybody's in agreement on that, but I don't want to make this sermon series about that topic. I'm not being watered down
It's just like you know what? I'm trying to go deeper on this topic to give us an understanding
Okay, one of the 20 points is sexual perversion. So it's going to be covered
okay, but
That's not the main point of the sermon series
So point one people are born with a conscience point two people can lose their conscience
Point three. I want to give you the difference between
psychopaths
reprobates and sociopaths now look there are so many different words like narcissism
ASPD, I mean you could spend forever we could we could set up. I don't know a psychology course or something
We're not gonna do that. Okay
I'm gonna cover some major things
But if you want to dig deeper you mean go for it because to preach a sermon series
I had to dig deeper, you know to really kind of get these underlying things and stuff
But I don't want to make that this is what our church is now about. It's all about serial killers and wicked people
It's like four weeks four or five weeks or something. And then we're gonna be moving on to something probably more peaceful, right?
but a
Psychopath and here's a definition and I'm going to tell you why this is a bad
Definition and this is one of the main definitions
You'll see it says a person having an egocentric or an anti-social personality
Marked by a lack of remorse for one's actions in absence of empathy for others and often criminal tendencies
The reason why that's a bad definition is they're talking about
characteristics of a psychopath rather than what makes them inherently a psychopath a
psychopath is someone without a conscience and
Because of that those things are true, they're egocentric which means
Mayabang arrogance, they lack remorse in absence of empathy often criminal tendencies
Yes psychopaths get arrested all the time, right?
Now when it says anti-social, I don't want to go too deep, but let me just help you out
Antisocial does not mean shy it
Isn't even close to the word shy now in our modern vernacular. Someone might say hey, I'm a bit
Antisocial and what they mean is I'm a little bit shy but what you're actually saying is hey
I'm a bit of a psychopath when you say you're a bit antisocial
Okay. Now I'll talk about that later in the sermon series
But what it basically means is you refuse to follow socially accepted protocols in this world
Basically, you're about stops. You're rude. You don't care about anybody else. It's all about shoes
So socially you walk and step on other people. That's what antisocial is
It's not against socialism socialism or so. It's not against socialization
Okay, it's against basic accepted things that normal people would do it'd be like for example, let me give you a quick example
Let's say you know, I'm in a dentist office
Okay, and I'm sitting down waiting for my appointment and this is the only chair and somebody walks in that's eight and a half months
Pregnant, what would a normal person do?
Isn't that what everybody would do
I mean if you don't you're very rude, right?
But that's not the way a psychopath would think they would just stay in that chair
And the only reason they'd get up is if somebody actually sees them then they back
Oh, let me let me let you have my chair because they want to be seen a man
But see wouldn't just a normal person understand that social situation. Hey, you just get up and offer that chair
Being antisocial is basically in social settings. You only care about yourself. So you walk and step on other people
So if you get anything out of this sermon, don't tell anybody you're a little bit antisocial
Just say shy
Okay
It's like I'm a bit of a psychopath. Like that's literally if what you're you're saying to someone
I know both my parents got a psychology degree. So did my sister. I'm the one who got the math degree
So I guess I know maybe some of these things but it's just like and look I've said that before like yeah
I'm a bit antisocial because I'm kind of shy I will never say that ever again though after studying for this sermon
Okay, and so anyways
Those are characteristic traits of a psychopath, but that's not what makes somebody a psychopath
What makes them a psychopath is there without a conscience? Okay. Now this person who is a
Psychologist at the Sacramento County Mental Health Treatment Center. This is what he wrote. This is someone who deals with psychopaths
Okay
He says a key difference between a psychopath and a sociopath is whether he has a conscience
the little voice inside that lets us know what we're when we're doing something wrong a
Psychopath does not have a conscience if he lies to you so he can steal your money
He won't feel any moral qualms though
He may pretend to he may observe others and then act the way they do so he's not found out
So basically a psychopath no conscience is what he's saying. Okay a
Sociopath typically has a conscience but it's weak
They may know that taking your money is wrong and they might feel some guilt or remorse
But that won't stop their behavior
So by the world standards a psychopath is someone without a conscience some of the sociopath is a weak conscience
Here's the problem with this the Bible does not give this description of you know
Basically while you're a bit more psychopathic than somebody else. It's like you either have a conscience or you don't
Now here's the thing
Somebody could be maybe on that path of sin and rebellion against God where they're exhibiting many traits
And then there's going to be a point where they just lose their conscience. They get rejected by God, but you know really
for our purposes a
psychopath is someone who's a reprobate without a conscience a sociopath is someone who's acting like a
Psychopath and makes you wonder but they're not
Okay, because they do have a conscience and that is a dividing point. Does someone have a conscience or not?
Okay
Jeremiah chapter 6 gives us this definition of the word reprobate Jeremiah 6 verse 30 Jeremiah 6 verse 30
Reprobate silver shall men call them because the Lord hath rejected them
And so the Bible says that being reprobate is being rejected and so whenever people find silver they find gold
It's never a hundred percent purified. There's a purifying process. There's parts that you just kind of throw out that are useless
There's parts that are rejected because it's not actually valuable
Okay, and so the Bible is giving us that example of silver because you find silver it might be 87% pure silver
You got to get rid of the 13% of garbage. Okay, and there's a process pretty complicated
But the Bible is saying you know what there are people that have been rejected by God and that is what a reprobate is
So we preach against reprobates what it is is somebody who's been rejected by God
They lose their conscience and that is what the world would call a psychopath and the Bible calls a reprobate
Okay, because the Lord hath rejected them. So the Bible gives us a definition now. Why is it that God chose to reject them?
Well, it's not because they were born and God just determined. You know what?
I don't want certain people to go to heaven because the Bible says he died not for hours only but also for the sins of
The whole world he died for everybody sins
Wants everybody to be saved for the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men
He died for everybody
He's not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance meaning changing what you believe and believing on Jesus Christ
He wants everybody to be saved. He died for everybody
Okay
However, somebody can reach a point in life where they are wicked and they rebel against God and they choose to hate God and eventually
The luck can basically kind of run out
Just as we as saved people we became a child of the devil we were born again into God's family
When away they were born again into the devil's family and we'll look at that here in a little bit
Okay, where somebody becomes a child of the devil and they're permanently rejected. No saved person
Can become a reprobate?
No saved person can become a reprobate because a reprobate is a child of the devil and if you're saved you're a child of God
forever
When you have children born onto you they are your children forever
Nothing ever changes that and the Bible says
everlasting life
Eternal life life that never ends. So when you become a child of God, it's forever. It will never end no matter what
Okay
Turn your Bible to Romans 1 Romans 1 Romans 1
Romans chapter 1
Now one important distinction about someone that the world doesn't necessarily make this
distinguishing, but they should of
sociopath versus psychopath or what we would say reprobate is
Basically when someone becomes a psychopath they get filled with weird unnatural desires that no normal person would have
Right. I mean when you look at people that are serial killers, it's some of the most disturbing stuff
And I don't even feel comfortable saying some of the stuff
But have you ever seen documentaries or whatever? It's like weird. I mean worse than just being a cannibal and being a cannibal
It's like what is wrong with you, right? But it gets very strange some of the desires that they have
Right. How is that possible? You say brother Stuckey? I mean, I'm a sinner I sin every day
But I I would never even think about doing something like that because you have a conscience
They have unnatural desires and they don't feel guilty about doing anything
And so they do a lot of very wicked and disgusting things
I've been preparing for the sermon the last couple weeks and we have two floors at our house
So when it's like nine o'clock at night, you know
I got my cell phone out because you know, you're reading about psychopaths and then I'm like putting on my you know
Light and I'm looking around kind of scared and everything just trying to go to the bathroom
Just like it's kind of scary. You know what I mean? I'm not trying to get like it's very creepy, right?
It's it's it's not fun to really think about and stuff
the only reason why I'm preaching on this is well a lot of people have asked me and the Bible talks about all topics and
So we do need to cover all topics. But yeah, it's not the most fun thing to research
You know, you know what? I got a math degree, you know, I'm not I'm into numbers. Okay, and
So it says in Romans 1 verse 28 and even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge
So these are people that did not want to retain God
They didn't like the knowledge of God's Word God gave them over to a reprobate mind to do those things which are not convenient
The Bible describes a group of people who do not want to retain God in their knowledge
They get mad at God's Word and the Bible says God gives them over to a reprobate mind now
Certainly a large part of that is the LGBT because Romans 1 is referring to the LGBT
It talks about men with men
women with women and sexual perversion is a huge part of people that are psychopaths the Bible talks about I
mean a long time ago I had this discussion with someone and she was studying criminology and she was we're
She disagreed with me about the LGBT and I made this statement by faith without actually realizing
I said, you know what all serial killers are a bunch of homos, right?
And then all of a sudden she came back a week later. I had no idea
I'd never researched any and a week later. She's like, you know what? You're right
It's like all of them are like bisexual or homosexuals like the vast majority of them and she was shocked and I by faith
You know, I just took by the Word of God because that is a large part
Sexual perversion and a person being a psychopath they have unnatural and strange desires. Okay
Now when we're talking about a psychopath the first thing that comes to your mind is a serial killer, right?
But those are not the only people that are psychopaths
Okay
Serial killers make up a very small percentage of this world and a very small percentage of psychopaths
Most people that are psychopaths are never going to murder anyone
Now it doesn't mean that they're unwilling to do it because they don't have empathy. They don't have remorse. They don't have guilt
So they would be willing to do that if they needed to to get what they wanted
I mean if that's the method to get money, they have no problem actually doing it
But most will never end up doing it
It's important to realize this because you might have this idea that wow
Psychopaths make up one out of every hundred thousand people. No, no, no, no. No, it's a lot higher than that
Okay, it's a lot higher than one out of a hundred thousand people
Okay, and it says your one thing is serial killers. Another thing you think of is serial rapists
Right. There's that that celebrity in the u.s
Just a couple years ago Bill Cosby who turned out to be a serial rapist and they thought he was like the nicest guy
I thought he was too. I thought he was like the family guy on TV
He's like, oh, he's the one person who has somewhat clean entertainment
oh, actually, he's a serial rapist in real life and he's a reprobate and a psychopath and
Here's the thing that is something sexual perversion and violence that you would associate with
psychopaths
Okay, that is a major thing. I mean use the exact order and he was a psychopath which we'll see during this series
He was a reprobate and you know, that's a major thing is violence and sexual perverseness
Okay, sexual deviance as they say now turn in your Bible to 1st Samuel 22 1st Samuel 22 1st Samuel 22
Now one thing I do want to mention in regards to the LGBT and sexual perversion is
that we are living in one of the strangest times in the history of the world and
Unfortunately
especially in our country, there are many people that have been molested at a young age and
Look, I praise God that that did not happen to me. My parents, you know were able to protect me and nothing like that happened
I do not know the psychological impact that it would put on someone who's had that sort of upbringing and
In the world we are in today, you know teachers are trying to get their kids. Just try it to see if you like it
Right, that's what they're telling people they're trying to push that agenda in public schools
the reality is there are people that are not reprobates that have tried some disgusting things and
They didn't give in to that where they desire that they didn't just be like, oh man, I'm a proud, you know, LGBT
But there's many people that have tried disgusting things simply because it's being shoved down their throats
I mean you go soul-winning and you talk to a group of eight people
There's always a few homos in there and I'm just thinking you look at certain people that seem normal and it's like why are you?
Hanging out. I
Mean my best friends growing up were not homos, right and it's just like but you know
Unfortunately, those people are trying to get their friends to try things
There are probably people that have done disgusting things. That doesn't mean necessarily they're a reprobate. It's a bit of a gray area
I'm not trying to go water down on the LGB topic
I'm just saying just by someone doing an individual act that doesn't guarantee that they're a reprobate
But there is a point where all of a sudden you just desire this filth
Okay, and you know what in the world?
We live in when it's being shoved down people's throats and they're trying to get people to do things
There are probably people that have done things that are disgusting
So I don't want you to be if you believe on Jesus Christ and you did something terrible 20 years ago because it was being
Shoved on you. It doesn't mean that you're a psychopath. Okay now look at the same time
I I this is a bit of a gray area
But if you tell me well this guy's been married to another guy for 35 years and I got him saved
Okay, that's that's not a borderline case. Okay, so use some common sense with that and realize that
But first thing about chapter 22 first thing about 22
What I do want to quickly do is show you and I said the first sermon is gonna be longer
But I want to show you though and I want you to realize something that people that are not
Psychopaths can do some pretty bad things
There are people that are not
psychopaths in the Bible that do some pretty bad things because see the world has a
Dividing point on what makes you a psychopath or not and they have this scale these 20 characteristics
If you do not exhibit it
You got a zero if you kind of do you got a one and if you really do you got a two and they add
It up and depending on what country you live in the dividing point on what makes you a psychopath is different
Like in the US in the UK one of the countries is 25 and then in another country, it's 30
Do you see how they don't have a set standard on how they're determining things?
Because the dividing point the Bible is do you have a conscience or not?
that's the dividing point you're either a psychopath or you're not a psychopath and
So they're adding all these different things and they have a lot of good information
But you know what just because someone's doing certain things that doesn't make them a psychopath
They either do have a conscience or they don't okay
first Samuel 22 verse 16
This is referring to King Saul
first Samuel 22 verse 16 and
The king said thou shalt surely die him elect thou and all thy father's house and the king said unto the footman that stood about
Him turn and slay the priests of the Lord
This is King Saul who orders the death of the priests of the Lord. Let me ask you a question if
Somebody made a decree to kill all the soul winners in the Philippines
Or kill all the the the preachers that are preaching God's Word wouldn't you think they're a psychopath?
I'm just trying to be honest with the scripture here. I'm not going weak on the site, but here's King Saul acting like a psychopath
it's like you just had the priests of the Lord put to death and
Yet we're gonna see King Saul one day
Because the Bible says I mean when Samuel talked to me said tomorrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me
The last thing he ever did is he took a sword and fell upon it and yet he was saved
Now here's the thing if this person existed in today's world. I would think he for sure is a psychopath, right?
I mean, we wouldn't even have any doubts when we look at someone like that and yet he was not a psychopath
Go to second Samuel 11
See sometimes when you're reading these stories you just kind of read over you don't stop to think about it
But when you really stop and think about it, especially as you're preaching a sermon series you're thinking oh man King Saul
You would I mean he tried to kill David over and over again
And then he has all the priests of the Lord put to death you would definitely think he's a psychopath
If he existed in today's world and yet he was not he had a conscience and yet it didn't seem like he did
But he did
So that shows a person saved or unsaved not not a psychopath can do a lot of things that would make you wonder
Now look the Bible does say we should look at the works as a possible evidence
But that does not guarantee that they're a psychopath just because they're doing bad things because as far as I know
Nobody's guilty of of having people put to death in this room
Right, that's pretty bad
Well, there's another person that would have certainly come across as a psychopath and that is King David
When you read about Bathsheba and Uriah and you closely read if that happened in today's world
I would be like that guy is a psychopath and yet he wasn't
Because notice what it says in 2nd Samuel 11, and I don't have time to go into the story
We know he committed adultery
Tried to cover it up by having trying to get Uriah to sleep with his wife
Uriah didn't do that and then all of a sudden he basically puts Uriah at the front of battle and tells everybody just leave him
On the front of battle like a suicide mission, right? Notice what it says in verse 23 2nd Samuel 11 verse 23 and
The messenger said unto David surely the men prevailed against us and came out onto us into the field and we were upon them
even on the entering of the gate and
The shooter shot from off the wall upon thy servants and some of the king's servants be dead and thy servant Uriah the Hittite
Is dead also then David said unto the messenger
Thus shalt thou say unto Joab let not this thing just displease thee now before I read this next statement
I want you to realize something one of the big things of a psychopath is no empathy
No empathy, they don't feel bad for anyone. They don't feel any guilt or remorse
A lot of these things are pretty closely related
We'll talk about them during the series but notice the statement for the sword devoureth one as well as another that is such a callous
Statement to make don't feel bad about him dying because many people die in war
I mean literally if somebody did that in today's world, I would think they're a psychopath
They took another man's wife had them put to death and then they didn't seem to show any sort of remorse
Or guilt or empathy or anything and yet King David was obviously saved. Nobody's gonna dispute that
He was a man after God's own heart and yet he does something that would make you think
I mean look if this person did this in today's world and they had a psychopathy checklist
He would have gotten many of those things based on this event and he would have certainly been considered by you know
Psychiatrists psychologists or whatever they would certainly think he might be a psychopath for doing this go to 2nd Samuel 13
All I'm trying to do is be fair with the scriptures and show you that people that are not reprobates can do some pretty bad
things
Okay, people that are not reprobates can do some pretty bad things
There's people in the Bible that committed murder that were not psychopath
I mean David literally I mean and King Saul, but I mean people committed murder doesn't guarantee that they're a psychopath
Now it would certainly make you wonder because violence is a big trade of someone being a psychopath, but it doesn't guarantee
Certainly makes it more likely but it doesn't guarantee that they're a psychopath
How about Amnon in 2nd Samuel 13 Amnon is a character who
rapes his half-sister and when you read this story
You would certainly wonder is this guy a psychopath and yet at the end of the chapter be a confirmation that he was not
Okay 2nd Samuel 13 I
Don't have time to go into the whole story, but look at verse 14
How be it he would not hearken under her voice, but being stronger than she forced her and lay with her now
Forced her is the word for rape in the Bible, okay?
verse 15 then Amnon hated her exceedingly so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her and
Amnon said unto her arise be gone
Look Amnon has is is violent. He shows no remorse. I mean he tells her to go right
He's manipulative. I mean all these are traits. I mean he's he's a bit of a liar because he deceives her into coming
I mean he's showing a lot of the traits of being a psychopath and if somebody committed an act like that you would certainly wonder
Because sexual perversion and violence are a large part of being a psychopath
But you say well, how do you know that he wasn't a psychopath?
We'll look at verse 39 and
The soul of King David longed to go forth onto Absalom for he was comforted concerning Amnon seeing he was dead
Okay, now here's the thing I can only go off what David's thoughts are
But I feel like I can trust them because here's the thing David was not you know he when his son died
He was comforted because he knew his son was in heaven his baby son, right?
When Amnon's dead he's comforted when Absalom's dead
Absalom, Absalom, my son Absalom. What's David saying? Oh, I don't think Absalom's in heaven. That's why he was so sad
He didn't have any comfort. You say why? Well Absalom was a reprobate, right?
I firmly believe that and we'll talk about him during this series, okay?
David certainly didn't think Absalom was saved now. I'm sure he had a testimony of salvation as I prayed that prayer, right?
But David didn't think Absalom was saved because that's why he's so terrible. My son Absalom, my son Absalom
So David thought Amnon was saved because he's comforted
How could you ever have comfort in someone dying unless you think they're in heaven? If you have a relative that dies and they don't believe
What sort of comfort are you gonna have?
I mean, it doesn't matter how many donations you give to your church, you know
It's you can't pray him out of purgatory my friend and there is no purgatory
But you're not gonna have any comfort. So David certainly believes Amnon is saved and you know what I believe he's probably right
Okay, now go to John 8 we'll look at one last place but we see somebody guilty of rape who wasn't a psychopath
We see somebody guilty of murder, David. We see King Saul
All of these people are exhibiting traits. You say what are they?
Well, they were basically how I define it a sociopath acting like a psychopath
Without actually being a psychopath. They still had a conscience. Although it didn't really seem like it based on their actions
Okay, let me give you another story John 8 and I don't have time to go into the whole story
but this is the story where they try to basically trap Jesus in his words and get him to put to death this woman caught in
adultery and
Basically, if he doesn't do it then it's like he's not upholding the law if he does it
Well, then the government's gonna come in and obviously everybody tried to trick Jesus
okay, but notice what it says in verse 8 John 8 verse 8 and
Again, he stooped down and wrote on the ground and they which heard it being convicted by
their own conscience
Being convicted by their own conscience went out one by one beginning at the eldest even on the last and Jesus was left alone
And the woman standing in the midst
Boy, these people that were manipulative try to get this woman put to death and it says they had a conscience now
Isn't the definition of a psychopath someone who doesn't have a conscience and you might have read that story and you might surprise you
Like but but that's what it says, right?
They actually do have a conscience and so the Word of God still has an ability to get on the inside
Because they still have a conscience although based on their now these people are not saved, right?
The other examples we looked at are people I believe Amnon was saved
I believe obviously King David and King Saul, but here's an example people. I do not believe are saved and they're doing really bad things
but
Not a psychopath at least not yet now, of course when you're doing these sorts of things
You might be going down that road. No doubt about it, but they still have a conscience and they felt bad
Look psychopaths don't feel bad. They might pretend to feel bad
but if you've ever read
you know transcripts of like Ted bunnies one of the big serial killers in the US and he said that guilt is a
social construct
Taught to you to control you
He's saying guilt. I never feel guilty is what he was saying. You know what he's saying in in a moderate. I'm a psychopath
I'm he's like guilt is a social construct as a means to control you because he doesn't feel guilt
He doesn't have a conscience. See the thing with psychopaths is very rarely. Are they honest?
But every once in a while, they actually give you a peek inside their heart. You're like, whoa
Cuz I mean Ted bunny was the guy in
Court, I mean he escaped prison twice guy was a genius and then all of a sudden he was the good-looking guy
They called him the all-american serial killer. It's like what in the world?
But it's like he was the good-looking guy and then he had all these women that fell in love with him as he's like
Defending himself and everything. No, he's innocent because he's just very suave and everything
Very charming very charismatic. He had that smile and everything and you know, he'd act like wow
And then all of a sudden is like, you know guilt is a means to control you, right? He didn't have any remorse
But they're very good at being professional actors. They've got experience
Now here's the thing
When you ever hear about people that study psychopaths, this is what they'll literally say they'll say well
You know, we did interviews with people because there's people this is their job
They hang out with serial killers to do tests on them now. That's not the sort of job
I would want to do because I don't think I'd ever feel that safe
But they'll do interviews with serial killers and they'll test them they'll give them because they're trying to rehabilitate them
Let's try this drug. Maybe that will stop them from killing people
Let's have them drink have more vitamin C and then you'll stop killing it's like there's no hope there's no medicine
They don't have a conscience. It's done. It already got burned off
Okay, you can't fix that you burn the food. You can't unburn it. It's done. Right? You got to make a new batch
They're burned. They're done. There's no hope for them. Okay, but what they'll say is this
They will sit there with people that are serial killers for 10 minutes knowing all the crimes they did
They'll say after like 10 minutes. I found myself really liking that person. This always happens
You say why because they're very charming. That's number one of the points
They give they are very good because what they do is this and this is kind of a taste of next week's sermon
instead of being themselves
They become the person you want them to be and they have years and years of experience and you know what they're effective at it
Look every single one of us could be tricked by a psychopath because they are professional actors
That's the truth every single one of us. So look don't don't be so arrogant to think why I could always tell it
No, no, you couldn't because even the people that around psychopaths all the time talk about me
I mean you read the stories where it's like, you know in prison
They end up the serial killers a person they trust and then they they trust them around the keys and everything
They just walk out of jail. It's like what in the world? I mean, I trusted it, right?
It's just like because they're very good at it
So look every one of us could be fooled now certainly some people are better reading people than other people
But every single one of us could be fooled. Okay?
We'll look at two more places turn to acts 13 acts 13 acts 13
So as we start a series entitled how to spot a psychopath
We're not going to get to the end of the series and say well
I've got it figured out because if I did have a perfectly figured out, you know
I'd be selling my material, you know on Amazon or something like that or on Shopee to make money
Like I've got the per actually you can't perfectly figure it out now. There are certain things
There are certain traits that you can look at and we're going to talk about that during this series
It's not 2 plus 2 equals 4
Now if somebody you find out was guilty of being a serial killer, it's like whoa, okay, that's pretty obvious
But it's not that simple. I
Mean whenever serial killers are caught everybody's shocked like man. That was my nicest neighbor
It's
Like people are shocked so it really you know, what you find is it's really one of two things either
They're everybody's favorite person or there's people that don't trust them
They don't like them because there's certain subtle things are like there's something just not quite right
But usually most people like it once that once they find out it's like man
That was like my favorite person at church the serial killer, right? They're very good at it
I'm literally I mean many of the ones the serial killers in the US they were very churchgoing people
You say why would they go to church because people are very trusting at church
People are very naive at church very trusting at church and so they go to environments they can take advantage of people and
Unfortunately church is a major area
Okay. Now we'll talk about this more as we go through this series
But the reality is as a church that's winning a lot of people Lord
Don't you think we're gonna have some opposition to our ministry here?
Don't you think people are gonna try to bring in false doctrine and try to destroy our church from the inside out
It's much better. I mean you got a bunch of reprobates can try to bomb a church from the outside
But from the inside is more dangerous. I
Mean here's the reality, you know, we had the big protests in Sacramento what five years ago or whatever
You know what?
there are many people that showed up for that protest to help us out that were supporting churches that turned out to be bad people
from the inside but
You wouldn't have guessed it they were there and it's just like, you know
You figure they were on your side and it turned out
Their mission was to destroy from the inside out because the devil does send people to destroy churches
Look, I mean Cora raised up a group of people to fight against Moses and core didn't even have to do much
All right. It's time for battle. He had hundreds of people on his side and
They were people that were respected in the congregation the Bible says right acts 13 verse 10
One other thing I want to show you as an introductory thing is this
The Bible gives a terminology throughout the Bible of a child of the devil a child of Belial a son of Belial and
What that is is a child of the devil. That's a person. That's a reprobate
It's a person who's a psychopath Belial bail is what it's referring to. That's the terminology. So
Throughout the Bible when you read closely the Bible talks about this a lot
acts 13 verse 10 and said oh
Full of all subtlety and all mischief thou child of the devil thou enemy of all righteousness
Will thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord and so they're rebuking this man who's trying to prevent
the Word of God from being preached and it says the child thou child of the devil as
You are a child of God if you believe people that are psychopaths are children of the devil, okay?
One last place turn to first Kings 21
first Kings 21
It's always tough when you do sermon series in the introductory sermon because you want to preach everything, right?
That's a skill you have to learn like if you're new at preaching it if you're new a sermon series
You got to like hold back cuz it's like man
I want to say this and this and this and this but it's like well those are the next couple weeks, right?
This is just the introductory sermon on the topic. But honestly, this is a topic you could talk a lot about
It's throughout the Bible. Okay?
first Kings 21 verse 13, and this is the story of
Is that the one I wanted
Actually go to 2nd Samuel 16. Sorry. I had you turn to the wrong one 2nd Samuel 16. I wanted to show you Shimei
2nd Samuel 16
2nd Samuel 16 and I don't have time to go into Shimei
But he's someone who curses David and yells at him and he eventually gets put to death by David's son Solomon
We're basically he breaks an agreement that he had with Solomon
But notice what it says in 2nd Samuel 16 verse 7 and thus said Shimei when he cursed
Come out come out thou bloody man and thou man of Belial now
What is Shimei saying about David Shimei is accusing King David of being a reprobate?
You know what that tells me. Oh, you're a reprobate Shimei you say why it's called projection
You project what's on the inside of yourself on to someone else Shimei
I believe was a psychopath and on because you read that story like
Why is it that David doesn't put him to death later on because you can't really put someone to death just because they cursed you
Even if you're the king if you're righteous King, you're not gonna have somebody put to death just because they criticize you
Okay
No comments, right?
But David obviously a man after God's own heart he's saying look
I'm not gonna put someone to death just because they threw a stone at me
right
But David was not unaware though. So basically David realizes something. Well people that are reprobates are covenant breakers, right?
So this guy makes a covenant in agreement with Solomon. Oh, I'll never do this
And hey, if you do it, you're gonna be put to death. Of course. I'm never gonna do that, but they're covenant breakers
And so he breaks the Covenant and guess what he gets put to death because they didn't actually he didn't think
Solomon was being serious now. I can't guarantee to you shimmy eyes
Reprobate but because he accuses David it just kind of shows me you're projecting what's inside of yourself
onto somebody else
It certainly seems like you're probably the one who's a psychopath because honestly that makes the story make sense
Like why didn't David put him to death? We don't have you don't have enough reason to put him to death
Okay, he didn't murder someone he threw a stone at you
Okay, and David's trying to follow the law trying to do what's right so it doesn't have him put to death
But he wasn't naive
Right. He's like, well, I don't think shimmy eyes a good guy though. He obviously can't be trusted
It's like Solomon. You're a wise guy, you know what to do, right?
So I don't believe because I used to wonder about this
Like why is it David seems weak and then he's having him put to death and then I kind of realized well David realizes
Well, you let him let him hang himself on the rope
Right. That's the strategy that David uses and he does
Okay, and so don't let me give you a couple things in closing on this topic
This is just an introductory thing realize number one
Most psychopaths are never going to murder anybody
Most of them are never going to murder anyone because sometimes you can look at serial killers and you think serial killer and psychopath are
Identical now a serial killer is just evidence
They are a psychopath but you have to realize there's more than just a serial killers that are bad people out there
Okay, another thing to realize is this these people exist in all areas of life
I mean when you're reading the Bible, they're in the military. I mean, they're everywhere and
Here's the thing. You know what?
They never really know who the psychopaths are in the military the people that are causing problems on the inside out
They didn't Moses didn't know about Korah King Saul didn't know
You know when he had men early on in in his reign were that were bad people from the inside King David
I mean it talked about King David 200 people were too faint to go out to battle and then they came back and the ones
That were children of the devil said well don't give them anything, right?
So even in the military you're seeing people that I don't believe we're committing any homosexual acts, but they were children of the devil
It's kind of a modern-day thing where sexual perversion is way out of control because it's so accepted and it's no longer a criminal offense
So everybody they have no fear of doing it, right?
But these people are gonna exist in all areas of life
I mean if you if you work at a company if you work at an office
You could have somebody at your office. That's the psychopath. In fact the industries they've looked at with the highest percentage of psychopaths
They determine CEOs are the highest percentage of psychopaths
You say how is that?
Well, because they use their charm to make it to the top of the company now
You'll never notice psychopaths really actually working hard
But you know what they'll often do is take credit at a business for work
They didn't actually do and they move up the top to the company
They're very I mean, they've estimated over 20% of CEOs are psychopaths
It's like well, I would believe it when you look at these super rich people
The love of money is the root of all evil
I mean it makes sense from a biblical standpoint, but many of them are actually psychopaths, right?
You know, they're gonna be everywhere they could be you could have cousins you could have uncles you get up relatives in your family
I mean, they're gonna be at church too because we saw verses that talked about religious people
That are psychopaths you say brother sucky this scares me, you know, I'm not gonna come back to church now
Well, just live in a plastic bubble at your house
I'll buy the bubble for you. I don't know where you buy that but it's like look this is reality
What we do at this church is we bring you into the reality of the real world when everyone's trying to make this make-believe world
No, we're actually showing you the truth. These people are going to exist look if
Rizal Park was open which I don't know if Luneta Park is open right now or not
But if you went down to Rizal Park and it's a Friday night and there's a thousand people at the park
Mark my words. There's gonna be a lot of psychopaths there. You say why because they make up
I mean the industry says it's like point eight percent of the population. Oh, it's a lot higher than that. I
Mean, they're being way too optimistic, you know, the the psychopathy studies
It's more than point eight percent of people are psychopaths in this world
But look there are people that are bad people and it's better to be aware and see problem signs
So, you know how to deal with it, which we're going to talk about in this series
Okay, another thing to realize is this this is a very very hard thing to identify because these are chameleons
Meaning they can blend in with whatever environment and you're not really going to know
They're very good at that. They can basically blend into any environment. Look there's ways like in a super complicated
You can look at speech patterns and things they say like one thing is serial killers always do even if they admit they're wrong
They'll go into great detail. I arrived at 8 a.m
Blah blah blah and they just say first person first person first person and the woman was shot. It's like wait a minute
Why don't you just tell us that you shot the woman because they switch from first person to third person all the time
There's small little clues like that. But unless you're like an expert
I don't think any of us are gonna catch this in a normal conversation
Right, it's very hard because they're professional chameleons, okay
Now, let me say this
There is a telltale sign that somebody is a reprobate and there's also a telltale sign that they're not if somebody does
Unnatural things like being a serial killer
Right harming a five-year-old child things like that. Well, that's an unnatural desire that nobody was born with
And there's also a way to tell somebody's not as you say brother sucky
I need to check on my husband or my wife now for this sermon
I need to double check. My wife is not a psychopath. How do I figure it out?
Well, one thing that psychopaths cannot do is win someone to the Lord
Judas Iscariot won zero people to the Lord in his life you say why because well
It's already past time. I don't have time to go super in-depth on this, you know, take my word
Maybe I'll talk about it more in this series
But an unsaved person cannot win someone Lord because it comes from faith to faith now
Here's what they can do though
They can mimic the words and they can pray prayers with people and you might think that they're winning someone to the Lord
But just because they prayed a prayer doesn't actually mean that person got saved
But if you run into someone and they are definitely saved and they heard the gospel from someone then you know what you know
they can't be a psychopath and
So there are people at our church that I know for sure are not psychopaths and it's like well because you know
I run into your converts and there's people that have come to me and said hey brother Stuckey
You know somebody got saved
They told me that they talked to you and it's like and you know what that is something an unsafe person cannot do
The Bible teaches that and so that is a telltale sign that someone's not but at the same time Judas Iscariot was very good
At making people think I mean he showed up to soul winning
I'm sure he had the best presentation because look if he never got anyone to the Lord
You know what? They'd say when Jesus says hey one of you is a bad guy. Oh
It's that guy
But Jesus actually literally said it's Judas and then they're like, I wonder what he meant by that
You know why because they're very hard to spot
That was probably everybody's favorite person man. I loved I loved when I get to go soul winning with Judas Iscariot
Right
Because Judas Iscariot was very good professional actor and his purpose was financial
He was there to make money and that's the truth
But there are certain things that can tell you for sure and for sure not so in this series
I'm gonna just give you a quick overview. The second sermon will be shorter, but
Basically, we have 20 characteristics and they're considered factor one factor two and neither characteristics two
Characteristics are under neither eight are under factor one and ten are under factor two. So factor one are
Interpersonal and affective so basically four for each one interpersonal and affective characteristics factor two are lifestyle and antisocial
Once again, not lifestyle and shy okay being shy does not make you a psychopath
That is not what antisocial is. Okay, as PD
Antisocial personality disorder is when you're just
Bastos basically in social settings. Okay, and then there are two that don't fit into any of them now once again, though
Somebody could be guilty of many of these things. That doesn't mean that they're a psychopath because that doesn't tell you
whether or not they have a conscience and
So look, this is not something where you say walk away and just man, uh, you know
I'm gonna you're not gonna necessarily know for sure if someone's a psychopath but at the end and the conclusion of the sermon
You know, we're gonna have an answer to well, what do I do if I suspect someone?
Well, there are certain things that you should do the Bible talks about certain things that are smart and wise to do
But this is not a math problem 2x plus 3 equals 9
That's a pretty easy math problem. It doesn't work that way though. This is like advanced calculus times 20
Okay, it's complicated. It's not always that simple. Let's goes in order prayer. Dear Heavenly Father
thank you for allowing us to be here today and getting to see your word in this topic and
Help us to be realize that the Bible speaks about all subjects help us to be ready for this God and help us to
Be a strong church and realize that we we cannot get rid of all the bad people that might try to destroy our church
The Bible says there's gonna be tears amongst the wheat
But help us learn how to handle the situation and be prepared for something like this. We pray this in Jesus name. Amen