{"id":3721,"date":"2010-07-19T19:08:09","date_gmt":"2010-07-20T00:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thepropheticyears.com\/wordpress\/?p=3721"},"modified":"2015-01-25T22:58:27","modified_gmt":"2015-01-26T04:58:27","slug":"the-bible-is-a-book-of-scripts-from-god-and-most-scripts-have-context","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepropheticyears.com\/wordpress\/the-bible-is-a-book-of-scripts-from-god-and-most-scripts-have-context.html","title":{"rendered":"The Bible is a book of scripts from God and most scripts have context"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have noticed that some teachers and preachers today just rip passages of the Bible out of proper context in order to support whatever point they happen to be teaching. However, the Bible is a book of scripts from God and most of His scripts do have context.<\/strong> So maybe some teachers should read the context of a passage of the Bible before they give a teaching based on a passage.<\/p>\n

Taking scriptures out of context and applying strange interpretations to them has been going on since scriptures were given. Making certain Bible passages allegory and misapplying them is how we got Gnosticism, certain Catholic Theologies, some Protestant Theologies, Dominion Theology, Replacement Theology,\u00a0 Liberation Theology, Emergent Theology, Word\/Faith Theology etc, etc. Most heresy comes from some misapplication of scripture.<\/p>\n

In evangelical Bible churches and in Pentecostalism teachers that would never resort to allegory will resort to taking a passage entirely out of context and applying it to support their message. This is not just going on with fringe teachers. I see scriptures that are ripped out of proper context published in evangelical Sunday School material and other teachings in the mainstream. I do not think it is a malicious attempt on the part of teacher to deceive since what they are teaching can often be supported elsewhere in scripture<\/strong>. So why do they use passages that do not support what they are teaching as if it supports it?<\/p>\n

Perhaps because the passage is a convenient short cut. Rather than digging up various passages to support what they want to convey they conveniently find one that out of context says what they want more concisely. Maybe they think their audiences are so biblical illiterate that they will not know that the passage does not support their teaching. Perhaps there are a few that never were taught or never grasped that the Bible is not a book of unrelated passages to be quoted like the Koran. Much of The Bible is a script of related passages that needs to be understood in context. Who really knows why teachers rip verses out of proper context? Probably some of them are ignorant, others are preoccupied with other things, others are overworked and others are just lazy.<\/p>\n

I see quite a bit of abuse with those quoting Old Testament passages where God is talking specifically and obviously to Israel and then making it some application for the Church. I know that most using these passages as some application for the Church do not support Replacement Theology but they often claim scriptures as if they do. The Church is not Israel and many things said specifically to Israel can never apply to the Church.<\/p>\n

Some would then claim that all scripture is given\u00a0 by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: (2Ti 3:16 ). Yes it is, but only if the scripture is applied as God intends for the above. For correct exegesis of the Bible Christians need to use the Grammatical-Historical interpretation of scriptures that also takes into account the context of the passage.<\/p>\n

Much nonsense would not be taught if teachers would just read the full context. If your going to take a couple of verses out of the Bible to prove your point at least make sure that in context it proves your point. Even major cults use Bible passages to support their own theology. One can make the Bible say just about anything if your going to quote verses selectively and narrowly to support your own belief system.<\/p>\n

The Bible is a book of scripts from God so we need to use the Grammatical-Historical interpretation of scripture and take into account the context of the passage.<\/p>\n

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