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Oct 8, 2020 · Often, Bible verses are pulled out of context and made to mean what they did not mean to the original audience, usually as a way of making applications to present-day situations. Right application can only be determined once the correct interpretation has been discovered. When reading Bible verses, applications are many, but interpretations are ...
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Jan 4, 2022 · In summary, quoting a single Scripture “out of context” can be fine at times; other times, it is problematic. If our usage of a verse, out of context, suggests a different meaning from what the broader passage warrants, then it is wrong. Whenever we read or hear someone using a single verse in isolation, it’s good to plug that verse back ...
- Romans 8:28 – And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:29 – “For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son.”
- Ephesians 2:8-9 – “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.”
- Hebrews 11:1 – “Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.” Hebrews 11:2-40 – Examples of how the great heroes of faith did more than believe, but acted in dramatic fashion on that belief.
- Matthew 6:33 – But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” Matthew 5 and 6 – We prefer the 2 half of 33, getting “all these things”, and rarely analyze what “seek first His kingdom and His righteousness” really means, which is explained in detail by the long sermon Jesus gave “on the mount” in chapters 5 and 6.
- Worthless workmanship. “We are worthless servants.” (Luke 17:10) “We are his workmanship.” (Ephesians 2:10) Application questions: How does an understanding of the gospel reveal both statements are true—that people are both worthless and a workmanship?
- Longingly satisfied. “Blessed are those who hunger.” (Matthew 5:6) “No one who comes to me will ever be hungry.” (John 6:35) Application questions: As believers await Christ’s return, how are they to process their current state?
- To yoke or not to yoke? “Take up my yoke and learn from me.” (Matthew 11:29) “Don’t submit again to a yoke.” (Galatians 5:1) Application questions: How does Christ’s yoke differ from the yoke of the law?
- The role of works. “A person is justified by faith apart from works of the law.” (Romans 3:28) “A person is justified by works and not by faith alone.”
- It Allows The Opinion of Man to Usurp The Authority of God
- Truth becomes, at Best, Misconstrued
- Believers Develop Shallow, Depleted Faith and Worship
- The Holy Spirit Is Grieved
- The Expositor Grows Spiritually Anemic
- Doctrine Becomes Insignificant
- God Is Not Glorified
Ask most men if they are a “bible preacher” and they will answer in the affirmative. That’s not the question. The question is: Are they saying what God meant in the passage? Just because someone opens a Bible when they preach doesn’t mean they are saying what the Bible says. Many preachers use Scripture as a starting point merely to validate their ...
When a message is mingled with only parts and parcels of Scripture, it almost always opens the door to faulty theology. The preacher’s job is to proclaim clear, definitive, objective truth from God’s Word; but when his message is taken out of context, the “truth” he proclaims becomes muddied and murky with misinformation. In his classic volume, Bib...
Faith comes by hearing the Word of God. If God’s Word is depleted, misrepresented, or distorted in any way from the pulpit, it will inevitably, and negatively, affect those who hear it from week to week. If the “just shall live by faith” and the Word being propagated from the preacher is faulty, then the verdict is conclusive: The faith of those wh...
The Holy Spirit only validates and approves that which is being said by the preacher if what the preacher says is the contextual truth of Scripture. Jesus confirmed this by calling the Holy Spirit the “Spirit of truth” (John 15:26). Jesus told the woman at the well that “God is Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in tru...
The health of the church is undeniably connected to the spiritual growth of the expositor. If the preacher of God’s Word fails to steady his own spiritual intake with systematic, sequential, successive consumption of Scripture he will be forced to substantiate his health somewhere else. Many preachers resort to trendy topics and modern methods, thu...
Have you ever heard someone say, “Let me tell what that verse means to me?” That is a risky approach to Scripture because it doesn’t matter what a verse means to you or me. What matters is what the verse means, in its context. The meaning of the verse is the meaning of the verse without superficial and anecdotal additives. The church arrives at its...
The Bible says in Psalm 138:2, “For thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.” Holy is the name of God, unspeakable and unwritten to the Hebrews of old. Yet here, the psalmist declares the glory and majesty of God’s Word. The most horribly-imaginable exploit of any expositor is to mishandle that which God has magnified above His own name. Ta...
Like John 14:13: “And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.”. God is not a genie in a bottle. Yes, he has a good, pleasing, and perfect will ...
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Taking a verse out of context generally gets dicey when the motivation is to manipulate the Scripture to say what we want it to say. For instance, in Luke 12:19, Jesus says the words, "relax, eat, drink, be merry." When taken out of context, people could try to make it seem like this is Jesus' view on how to live life.
