TWISTED
II Peter 3:16-17
"... as also in all his [Paul's] epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures. You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked; ...."
Twisting God's Word is as old as the human race. In the Garden of Eden, Satan twisted God's word when he said to Eve, "Has God said?" And he did it again in the wilderness of the Lord Jesus' temptation. It is still one of Satan's favorite tactics today in his war against God – bending Scripture to mean something it was never intended to say. To be sure, some things in the Bible are difficult to understand. We need to stand firm in what is the clear message of the Holy Writ – "The main things are the plain things, and the plain things are the main things." Some people misuse Scripture out of ignorance. (I'm sure I have done this in innocence.) But some twist Scripture to justify their own sin, and lead people down the road to destruction. That's why Peter gave the warning: Beware! The best precaution to avoid being led astray by the wicked ones (as some translations render this) who are tools of Satan is to know the path so well that I can recognize deception. I need to know the
whole Book, and not just a few favorite verses that, out of context, can easily be twisted.
TODAY'S PRINCIPLE: Be alert to the misuse of Scripture, which leads down the path to error.
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Have a "beware" day. Love you.
II Peter 3:16-17
"... as also in all his [Paul's] epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures. You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked; ...."
Twisting God's Word is as old as the human race. In the Garden of Eden, Satan twisted God's word when he said to Eve, "Has God said?" And he did it again in the wilderness of the Lord Jesus' temptation. It is still one of Satan's favorite tactics today in his war against God – bending Scripture to mean something it was never intended to say. To be sure, some things in the Bible are difficult to understand. We need to stand firm in what is the clear message of the Holy Writ – "The main things are the plain things, and the plain things are the main things." Some people misuse Scripture out of ignorance. (I'm sure I have done this in innocence.) But some twist Scripture to justify their own sin, and lead people down the road to destruction. That's why Peter gave the warning: Beware! The best precaution to avoid being led astray by the wicked ones (as some translations render this) who are tools of Satan is to know the path so well that I can recognize deception. I need to know the
whole Book, and not just a few favorite verses that, out of context, can easily be twisted.
TODAY'S PRINCIPLE: Be alert to the misuse of Scripture, which leads down the path to error.
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Have a "beware" day. Love you.
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