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Most of you have heard the phrase “actions speak louder than words”. This well-worn phrase from the past, like many others, actually has a Biblical foundation. Consider these for example,
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By this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments. The one who says, “I have come to know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; I John 2:3-4
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John’s point is that the proof of your what’s in your heart is in what you do, not in what you say. If you say something and do the opposite, it is what you do that counts.
Titus said the same thing;
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They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work. Titus 1:16
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As did James
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What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? James 2:14-16
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No matter what they may claim, a narcissist’s functional (actual) philosophy is just the opposite. They believe that what they claim is what really counts.
David accurately described them in Psalm 12
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They speak falsehood to one another;
With flattering lips and with a double heart they speak.
May the Lord cut off all flattering lips,
The tongue that speaks great things;
Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail;
Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?” Psalm 12:2-4.
Narcissists believe that they can achieve what they want through words, even if those words have no underlying substance.
A narcissist may get away with this “all talk, no action” approach for awhile, but it will catch up with them at some point. They may fool some people for awhile, or jump from person to person to avoid being found out, but as always God has the last say in everything.
He sees their act, knows the lack of substance, and makes the final judgment based on actions, not words.
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“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Matthew 7:21-23
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