✅ Chapter 5: The Gaslight Gospel: When Scripture Is Twisted to Keep You Silent

ANURI MABEL BOOKS June 22, 2025

✅ Chapter 5:

The Gaslight Gospel:

When Scripture Is Twisted to Keep You Silent

From the book: "Snatched from the Claws of a Narcissist" by Anuri Mabel

🟣Here Will Learn How Narcissists Twist Scriptures

Discover how narcissists use Scripture to control and silence their victims. This eye-opening blog exposes spiritual manipulation and reveals God's true heart for abused women.

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spiritual abuse recovery, Christian narcissist relationship, gaslighting with Bible verses, narcissist twisting Scripture, Bible and toxic relationships, emotional abuse in faith, faith and healing, religious manipulation in marriage

💔 Introduction:

When the Bible Becomes a Weapon

He didn’t raise his hand.
He didn’t scream.
But he used verses like shackles.

He quoted Scripture when you wanted to speak.
He reminded you to “submit” when you questioned him.
He told you that leaving was rebellion against God.

That, beloved, is gaslighting—wrapped in religion.

“Even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.” — 2 Corinthians 11:14

And it’s not God’s heart for you.
God’s Word heals. It uplifts. It sets captives free.
It was never meant to be used to keep you in chains.

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🚨 What Is the Gaslight Gospel?

The Gaslight Gospel is what narcissists use to twist God's truth into a tool of fear, guilt, and control.

Here’s how it sounds:

“A godly woman never questions her husband.”
“You’re not submissive enough—that’s why there’s strife.”
“You’ll lose God’s favor if you leave.”
“God hates divorce—so you're stuck with me.”

This isn't the gospel.
It's emotional manipulation dressed as theology.

“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil…” — Isaiah 5:20

🕊️ Jesus Never Used Scripture to Control—Only to Set Free

When Jesus quoted the Word, it was always to:

Heal the broken
Confront injustice
Speak truth to power
Defend the defenseless

He never used it to silence victims or excuse cruelty.

So why do narcissists?

Because they want power, not partnership.
They want obedience, not understanding.
They want silence, not healing.

🔥 5 Bible Verses That Get Twisted by Narcissists

🔹 1. “Wives, submit to your husbands…” — Ephesians 5:22

Twisted meaning: You must obey everything, even abuse.
True meaning: Submission is mutual, loving, and never abusive (see verse 21).

🔹 2. “God hates divorce…” — Malachi 2:16

Twisted meaning: You must stay no matter what.
True meaning: God also hates abuse, betrayal, and injustice.

🔹 3. “Turn the other cheek…” — Matthew 5:39

Twisted meaning: Keep enduring mistreatment.
True meaning: Don't seek revenge—but you can walk away.

🔹 4. “Love covers a multitude of sins…” — 1 Peter 4:8

Twisted meaning: Don’t confront abuse—just forgive.
True meaning: Forgiveness isn’t the same as reconciliation.

🔹 5. “A quarrelsome wife is like... dripping rain.” — Proverbs 27:15

Twisted meaning: Your voice is the problem.
True meaning: Narcissists provoke, then blame your reaction.

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🙏🏽 How to Break Free from Spiritual Manipulation

✨ 1. Know God's Word for Yourself

The truth will set you free, not trap you.

“Study to show yourself approved…” — 2 Timothy 2:15

✨ 2. Get Around Truth-Speaking Christians

Find community that uplifts, not suppresses.
Church is not meant to be a place of guilt—but of grace.

✨ 3. Call It What It Is: Abuse

Spiritual manipulation is still abuse.
And God never, ever calls His daughters to stay under abuse in the name of religion.

“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted…” — Psalm 34:18

💡 If It Doesn’t Sound Like Freedom, It’s Not God

God doesn’t gaslight.
God doesn’t confuse.
God doesn’t threaten you into obedience.

He leads with love.
He walks with mercy.
He speaks with gentleness and justice.

“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.” — Galatians 5:1

💌 A Final Word of Mercy

Dear woman of God,
You are not sinful for wanting peace.
You are not rebellious for desiring truth.
You are not disobedient for walking away from manipulation.

God's Word is your shield, not your prison.

Let the real gospel—the one that heals, redeems, and restores—be louder than the lies you've been told.

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📩 Call to Action:

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📘 Up next: Chapter 6 – “God Heard What You Didn’t Say: Validation for the Silenced Heart” (coming soon)

From Pain To Power

Anuri Mabel