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1 | Jesus' thoughts on child abuse | Matt 18:6 | Wild Olive Shoot | 187534 | ||
Look up the Greek for offend used in this verse. Or take it however seems appropriate, seems to be a lot of that lately anyhow. WOS |
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2 | Jesus' thoughts on child abuse | Matt 18:6 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 187607 | ||
See my comment ID #187605. | ||||||
3 | Jesus' thoughts on child abuse | Matt 18:6 | Wild Olive Shoot | 187622 | ||
The reason for being so “precise” as you state it, is simply because it is the Word of God. You can twist it a little here, and twist it a little there and then try to rationalize why it has been twisted, but in the end, you still misuse the Word of God when you imply it means something it does not. Albert Barnes notes the following as one of many ways the Word of God is adulterated and corrupted. He makes a most excellent point. “By attempting to make the facts of Scripture accord with the prevalent notions of philosophy, and by applying a mode of interpretation to the Bible which would fritter away its meaning, and make it mean anything or nothing at pleasure. In these, and in various other ways, people have corrupted the Word of God; and of all the evils which Christianity has ever sustained in this world, the worst have been those which it has received from philosophy, and from those teachers who have corrupted the Word of God.” To force a verse or verses to mean something it or they do not or to imply they indicate something they don’t is to lessen the Scripture. That can be harmful to another in many ways. What you are trying to do with the verse, interpret to be something it is not and apply it wrongly, is more in tune to what the verse speaks against. Stand in His grace, WOS |
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4 | Jesus' thoughts on child abuse | Matt 18:6 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 187667 | ||
WOS, I actually don't think there is a misinterpretation per se. I think the text does refer primarily to discipleship but can also be applied to the subject of child abuse specifically or, in general, to the subject of children. There are many verses that, although having a specific interpretation, allow for a wider application without damaging the verse itself or its intended meaning. As such, I don't believe I am applying the verse in question incorrectly or corrupting it. The fact is God loves his children, whether they are figuratively mentioned as those who are his disciples or, literally, children; and to stumble either one is to incur his wrath and find the stumblers would be better of with a "noose around the neck and thrown into the sea" bit. Love covers a multitude of "misinterpretations". Therefore, as far as this particular issue is concerned with the verse, I respectfully submit that much ado about nothing is being made. P.S. I enjoy Barnes' Notes but I don't see how his warning can be applied to my understanding and application of Matt 18:6 as I am not "fritter(ing) away its (specific) meaning" but only widening its application in a manner consistent with the heart and spirit of the verse. |
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