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Christianity EtcRe: List: 30 Pairs Of Bible Verses That Contradict One Another by Bankitee(m): 4:27pm On Jul 12, 2015
ShakurM:
Your verses are taken out of contexts and paragraphs now




When we take text out of their context we are stripping the meaning of the verses and give them a different, and usually a wrong meaning.

Example 1 ;

Matthew 5:39 “if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.”

Jesus is not saying that we shouldn’t defend ourselves but He is using hyperbole or exaggeration.  What He means is that when others insult you, don’t retaliate.  Just turn the other cheek, not to have them slap you there…but to turn the other way and to leave vengeance to God (Rom 12:19. ).  Even Jesus “When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly” (1 Pet 2:23).


Example 2;

Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”

Paul is not telling the church at Philippi that they can do anything they want or can do all things that they want to do.  He is saying that we can do anything “through Christ” or “in Christ.”  The context is saying that we can do anything that is in the will of Jesus Christ because He is the One who will strengthen (enable) you do to it.  Paul is not saying that you can do anything you want or anything in Christ that is not His will but he is saying that we can endure all sufferings if we are in Christ because just before 4:13 Paul writes “Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content:  I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need” (Phil 4:11-12).  Paul was writing this in prison and he was likely cold, hungry, and alone, yet he learned to be content in whatever state he was in…but only “in Christ.”  It might be better to think of this as saying “We can endure all things in Christ.”

Example 3

First John 4:16b “God is love.”

Yes, God is love, but that is only one tiny fraction of the manifold attributes of God.  This is like someone saying something about me to another person; “Jack is a cousin.”  Yes, I am a cousin, but I am also a husband, a father, a grandfather, a son, an uncle, and so on.  You cannot elevate one attribute of God to the exclusion of His other attributes.  Many say that a loving God would not send someone to hell because “God is love.” Yes, God is love but love and discipline go together.  Their “God is love” is a God created in their own image.  First and foremost, God is holy.  He cannot even look upon sin and that is why He turned away from Jesus, His only Son, at the cross.  I love my children and my grandchildren and I would discipline them if they ran out into the street to play because they could get hurt, or worse, killed.  My love comes with my discipline. It is exactly because I love them that I do discipline them, just as God disciplines every one of His own children (Heb 12:5-7).

this is divine sense
PoliticsRe: Court Stops Proposed Tariff Hike By Electricity Firms by Bankitee(m): 4:18pm On May 28, 2015
Ishhh
PhonesRe: See What My Network Provider Just Sent To Me #fuelscarcity. by Bankitee(m): 9:01pm On May 24, 2015
May God intervene and ease the situation #sosad
RomanceRe: See How Nigerian Girl Rejected Guy's Proposal After Collecting His IPHONE 6 by Bankitee(m): 7:59am On May 12, 2015
[quote author=Brugo post=33651358]grin



Desperate guy. Funny enough it's runs girls that would have the guts to take his expensive gift and still reject him. For her to do this in public hmmmm. [[s]b]She must be an pro.[/b][color=#990000][/color]
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If the guy were so rich he could afford to throw away 150k without batting an eyelid, I bet you she wouldn't have rejected his proposal.

She did that because she knew that 150k was a big deal to him and he probably denied himself a lot buy getting that phone for her.





Foolish guy.
EventsRe: OMG: Wedding Palava: See Dressing Ooo by Bankitee(m): 10:49am On Apr 20, 2015
is dis not what will kill d husband?
RomanceRe: How A Woman Sees The Man That Deflowers(disvirgined) Her by Bankitee(m): 2:41pm On Apr 15, 2015
Well, it depends on d lady,I believe in western world, not much importance is attached,perhaps, psychologically, a typical lady has sex with her mind while guys jus have it for fun. Therefore the pain dat is most times attached to the first sex won't easily let her go and is always attached to the miscreant who stole it tongue
PoliticsRe: Igbos Want FCT Ministerial Slot by Bankitee(m): 12:10pm On Apr 15, 2015
FCT minister kor, lagoon and water related affairs minister ni grin

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