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NASB | Matthew 28:19 "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 28:19 "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations [help the people to learn of Me, believe in Me, and obey My words], baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, |
Subject: Twisting scripture with quotes |
Bible Note: Dear Ed, Here are a couple more phrases that would be worthy of definition. ad hominem circumstantial and ad hominem abusive In our day we hear these fallacies from politicians whenever they open their mouths. We ought to be particularly concerned when these are used by teachers and ministers. Our Lord did rightly say through Jeremiah, "For you will no longer remember the oracle of the LORD, because every man's own word will become the oracle, and you have perverted the words of the living God, the LORD of hosts, our God" (v23.36). I often think as I hold my Bible: I have Deuteronomy 4:2 in my left hand and Revelation 22:18-19 in my right hand. If that in itself is not enough to cause us to tremble, then what of these words spoken by our Lord Jesus: "The good man brings out of his good treasure what is good; and the evil man brings out of his evil treasure what is evil. But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned." (Matthew 12:35-37) That being true of the careless words, what then of the carefully chosen words? The end never justifies the means in matters of our Lord, the Word Himself (cf Matthew 13:52). The other passage that frequently comes to mind in this context is Peter in his second epistle: "Therefore [in our confident expectation of coming glory v13], beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless, and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction. You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of unprincipled men and fall from your own steadfastness, but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen." (2 Peter 3:14-18) Those three words seem to stand out: untaught, unstable, and unprincipled; all tied, like cement overshoes, with "to their own destruction" (cf Jude 4). Contrariwise, we are to be apply dilligence so as "to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless, and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation" (v14). Lord, may we never be the former! Rather grant us the grace to "So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty. For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment" (James 2:12-13). In Him, Doc |
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