The World's Most Butchered Scriptures?

Most folks quote James 1:17 to say Every good and perfect gift is from above which would imply that both good and perfect identify one gift.
The reality is that the scripture declares that every good gift AND every perfect gift is from above

I see this as two separate categories rather than one. Often we overlook the good gifts while looking for the perfect!

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Mat 5:45 KJV That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

Many people use this statement to say BAD THINGS happen to everyone. But it is saying the opposite! It is saying GOD SENDS BLESSINGS to good and bad people. He loves them all.

It comes after this verse, telling us to treat enemies with goodness

Mat 5:44 KJV But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

[Revelationist]

I'll bless those that bless Israel and curse those that curse Israel...

It doesn't say that....

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Originally Posted by Neckstadt

So if I sow money I should reap money not a healing....

Right.

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Originally Posted by Revelationist

I'll bless those that bless Israel and curse those that curse Israel...

It doesn't say that....

It is speaking about Abraham and his seed, JESUS!

[timlan2057]

The biggest single butchery of a scripture in degree, if not frequency was when the preacher who preached against women wearing their hair up took that scripture "Let he who is on the housetop not come down" for his text.

He preached on the subject: "Top Knot Come Down."

[Nahum]

Originally Posted by timlan2057

The biggest single butchery of a scripture in degree, if not frequency was when the preacher who preached against women wearing their hair up took that scripture "Let he who is on the housetop not come down" for his text.

He preached on the subject: "Top Knot Come Down."

No way!

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Originally Posted by timlan2057

The biggest single butchery of a scripture in degree, if not frequency was when the preacher who preached against women wearing their hair up took that scripture "Let he who is on the housetop not come down" for his text.

He preached on the subject: "Top Knot Come Down."

WOW. I've heard it all now! MAN OH MAN! LOLOLOL

Originally Posted by timlan2057

The biggest single butchery of a scripture in degree, if not frequency was when the preacher who preached against women wearing their hair up took that scripture "Let he who is on the housetop not come down" for his text.

He preached on the subject: "Top Knot Come Down."

That sounds a little like Bro. Epley preaching about God loving short men in the Bible and referencing Nehemiah and Bildad the Shuhite.

[chseeads]

So many people say that "they were in one mind and one accord" on the Day of Pentecost... It says they were all with one accord in one place....

Act 2:1 ¶ And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.



And around here at least, sooooo many times people talk about how "God will work with who will let" or "but who will let"....

Isa 43:13 Yea, before the day [was] I [am] he; and [there is] none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?

While the concept may indeed be a true idea, that verse, which is the only thing that remotely sounds like the statement that I can find, means the complete opposite of God working with someone that will allow Him to, it means He will work in spite of any opposition, who will hinder it if He decides to do it?