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NASB | Matthew 18:19 ¶ "Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in heaven. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 18:19 ¶ "Again I say to you, that if two believers on earth agree [that is, are of one mind, in harmony] about anything that they ask [within the will of God], it will be done for them by My Father in heaven. [1 John 5:14] |
Bible Question: Matthew 18:15-19 Jesus says if any two people agree whatever they ask for shall be given. Why is it that today even when people believe they dont get answers? |
Bible Answer: Aminat - Thank you for submitting another question to SBF. Your question, however, does contain a rather broad assumption; to wit, that "today even when people believe, they don't get answers." You have not established that this statement within your question has validity. ..... As regards the passage you have cited for reference, Matthew 18:15-19, it must be viewed in context, not just on vs. 19 alone, and the context should be expanded to include Matthew 18:11-14, which contains the Parable of the Lost Sheep. What follows in the passage encompassed by vss. 15-17 is the Savior's directive for church discipline which ought to be considered in the light of the parable that comes immediately before it. The promise of vs. 19 relates directly back to the issue of church discipline that Jesus laid down in the verses that precede it, beginning with vs. 12. ..... The point I emphasize here is the the folly of plucking a verse out of its natural context. Such a procedure almost always leads to a bad, that is to say, a faulty and often misleading, interpretation. Some verses in the Bible can be dramatically misleading unless they are read in context. If you doubt that this is true, read Genesis 6:14 and do what it says. ..... And a parting note about asking questions. A plain, unadorned question is always to be preferred over one that attempts to gussy up a question with an assumption. When one asks, as you did, "Why is it that today even when people believe, they don't get answers?" the import of the "question" is that believers don't get answers today. But is this true? ..... Please don't think we're 'reading the riot act' to you; we are not. Good Bible-oriented questions are ever welcome on SBF, but let's all of us take pains to be sure they are merely questions -- plain questions not freighted with assumptions. --Hank |
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