(Try to steer clear of all the "Bible-text-hoppers" too. It is very easy to come up with some confusing, weird, and even bizarre theories if you hop around to various Bible texts, taking them out of context, and trying to artificially force them together when they really do not belong together that way.)
As a quick illustration of that, check out this two-text pairing:
Do you see how easy it is to build a bizarre absurdity by hopping around willy-nilly, from "this" Bible text to "that" totally unrelated Bible text?✝============================================================✝
Text 1: There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. John 4:7-8
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Text 2: Then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones, the young woman because she did not cry for help though she was in the city, and the man because he violated his neighbor’s wife; so you shall purge the evil from the midst of you. Deuteronomy 22:24
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Or how about this three-text example:
And check out this outrageously ridiculous Bible text pairing:✝============================================================✝
Text 1: ...and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces... Isaiah 25:8
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Text 2: When the wine failed, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” John 2:3
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Text 3: Jesus wept. John 11:35
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Do you see what nonsense can be developed from the Holy Scriptures simply by hopping around to various biblical texts haphazardly? Context is of vital importance, and it is also quite helpful to humbly avail yourself of the guidance of God's Church, which the Holy Spirit had the Apostle Paul refer to as "the pillar and bulwark of the truth" (1 Timothy 3:15).✝============================================================✝
Text 1: When Jesus had received the vinegar, he said, “It is finished”; and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. John 19:30
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Text 2: Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. Ecclesiastes 1:2
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May God bless all of us with a greater understanding and appreciation of the Love of God, and of the Church Jesus Christ began to build, guide, sustain, and protect, so long ago, just like He solemnly declared He would.
Here are those links:
Catholic Ping!
Take a gander at Revelation Chapters 2 and 3. Things are so bad in the churches, that there is only two things that can happen. Either Jesus leaves the church or................and I will let you read it to determine the “or” if you are so inclined. Willing to bet that few here will and that they will lean on their own understanding.
These are the churches that Roman Catholics start with and are proudly claim for their heritage. Off target from the beginning and needing correction. Now where is that correction going to come from? From the Roman Catholic church traditions? Read it again.
Now before someone states I am anti catholic, those churches are my heritage also. The admonition is for me also. It is for ALL of us and it should put some FEAR in us.
Now after reading Revelation 2 and 3 does anyone have any comments. I don’t want a “drive by posting” but some thinking and reflecting and evidence of ACTUALLY READING IT.