Good morning to you! It is a fine day in the Lord Jesus. Someone mentioned how quotes from the Bible are often taken out of context, and perhaps our schools have become a place where that is more prevalent than ever before. The example they used was "You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." The quote is used to encourage learning in the secular world, and it is probably no surprise that the source is not credited. The quote is of course from Jesus and the context is more like this: Jesus said to the people who believed in him, "You are truly my disciples if you keep obeying my teachings. And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." (John 8:31-32) Adds a different meaning to it eh? I don't recall seeing the part about becoming Jesus' disciple first and obedience in the secular uses of that quotation; someone seems to have forgotten that part. Last night, I read in Romans another quote that is often used without the second part. "For the wages of sin is death..." In school we learn that those dots mean that words were left out. You mean that we are told to write in complete sentences, but quotations are fair game for editing? Yes, some things are not applied consistently. Did you know that in our school papers, or any scholarly paper, that you do not have to cite the Bible when using quotations from it? Is that clever or what? Where do we find the sayings of Jesus? In the Bible. And what do we not, according to the intellectual rule makers, need to cite? The Bible. The verse says something quite a bit more positive if we read the whole verse: "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 6:23) That's a pretty important "but" in my estimation, and certainly one we should remember. I accept that free gift and I don't want the wages of sin. Praise the Lord for his sacrifice and the free gift that is given to us through Christ the Lord!
God bless you this day!
Bucky
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