Back in April, I wrote Self-imposed enmity. Today, I discovered that the apostle Paul used a similar word, autokatakritos, when he was speaking to Titus in Titus 3:11. The word means, “self-condemned.” Paul says those who are self-condemned, or those who have not known Christ’s forgiveness or have forgiven themselves with His power are warped, twisted and inverted. They are “turned inside out” or “changed entirely.”1 What does this mean? These individuals are inverted. In Psychology, when someone takes the role of the opposite gender they are inverted2.
According to scripture, God’s love does not keep any record of wrongs because of Christ’s death and sacrificial blood. Christ died because of God’s will, love and nature. If I am inverted then I am opposed towards my true nature and identity. I am opposed to myself. If others do not agree with my self-opposition then I could be unawarely compelled to convert them to inversion or oppose them. I believe this is what Paul dealt with and why he may have written things like Gal. 2:4, 2 Cor. 11:26, 2 Cor. 12:7.
To me, something that is inverted is something that is not in its naturual designed position, purpose and orientation. As an example, I am reminded of an inverted cross or the above example of a transgender peron. Although the world may frown upon transgender people, the Lord is no respecter of persons, Acts 10:34. If this is true then I believe unforgiveness was not meant to dwell in us. Instead we were created to have faith, love and hope dwell in us, Eph. 1:5. Why was Christ crucified before the foundations of the earth? Who was He crucified for?
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