I was amazed at how I quit quoting single verses after I had read the entire Bible. A short talk with multiple verses has taken the place of that. I love your videos!
@@TheJpep2424 Once upon a time, I had never read the Bible and quoted verses out of context. Quoting verses out of context is a shaky start, but it's a start, nonetheless. It's our job to coach that person and pray for them, or they will keep quoting out of context and think they are the best Christians ever. We need to teach them to stop looking for religion and start looking for the truth.
I am so thankful that early in my Christian walk, I was encouraged to read the Bible through each year. Doing so has given me a firm grasp on the importance of context.
Maybe some people have standards and WANT to be judged harshly when they step WAY out of line, rather than go soft on everyone simply because they're afraid of the consequences of messing up. Like in pro wrestling, even though it's choreographed doesn't necessarily mean every guy wants to work gently in there. Sheamus likes to beat on his opponents a bit and expects them to do the same to him in return. I've seen him come back from a match with his chest looking like hamburger meat on more than one occasion. The man wants to be tough, not soft.
Mic 🎤 drop! Ty!! Even though your talking about this calmly with biblical educated intentions, if I try to explain, this throws my new age family members and some Christian friends into complete hysteria! 🤪🕊️🙌🏼❤️🔥🙌🏼
Been a Christian my whole life and started to read my Bible PROPERLY this year. I read that proverbs “she will not fall” and I definitely used to misuse. Now I realise the importance of reading in context. Thank you for your videos Melissa. ❤❤❤
I've said this a MILLION TIMES, context is EVERYTHING!!!! 😊 It's simply amazing how we do this, cherry pick and then apply. As I began studying the Bible by "Book", looking at the who wrote it, when it was written, who it was written too, it changed everything for me. I saw very quickly how much scripture was actually used out of context. Having it IN CONTEXT has made God's Word even more precious too me. Now if I'm honest or if we're all honest, we can do this to some degree or have in the past. Loved the "recipe book" illustration, SO GOOD!
Spot on, Melissa. I was fortunate to grow up in family and church and attend a college that emphasized Biblical literacy. One scripture so misused in our present culture is "God is love." Then, it is assumed that love is love to cover sexual orientations. People want to forget that God is also many other things...holy and vengeful. Keep the GOOD NEWS coming, Melissa.
AHHH MAN! My wife has a coffee cup with "Be still and know that I am God".... I'll never look at that mug the same! Thank you though for the heads up...I'll break it to her gently.😇
Although the Bible has many verses that are only a part of the total & intended message ... if under an authoritative interpreter. There is no reason one cannot use it for inspiration & bring one closer to God! Not neccesarily referring only to the mug, but for this video in general.
"When people treat Bible verses like they belong on a Hallmark card" Truth, but why do I also feel the urge to create a lovely set of greeting cards with Psalm 46:6-10 on them to send to our favorite politicians and leaders? 😅
The context of God's pacifying conquest is indeed chills-worthy! Although I'm not confident that the "Be still" command is to God's enemies in this passage like Melissa suggested- it seems like this whole rest of the psalm is addressed specifically to God's people. Plus, the command to be still closely mirrors an exhortation in Exodus 14:13-14 for God's people to take courage and in silence trust in God to deliver them from the oncoming march of Pharoah's army. This was right before God absolutely demolished said army in the sea.
As Chris Rosebrough says "Context, context, context" is an important 3 rule to remember when singularly looking at a verse or a group of verses on their own.
Ps 46 is very comforting. God is in control & there will be justice. It's along the lines especially of the end of Job where God declares who he is and his sovereignty. You may be misunderstanding what Christians are saying when they like the verses - other people have different backgrounds than you and may see the passages in a different light. From my past I really crave justice & I need to see that God is in control. I need to see his bigness. I need that safety. Even if his justice is against me I need it & it is good. (In Jesus I am saved from condemnation.)
Thank you for posting this. I have explained that the command to not judge does not mean that we should not judge, but that we judge rightly as you explained. However, I have found that Christians I've explained this truth to, continue to disagree.
People "disagree" not because they don't understand, but because they don't WANT to believe b/c they don't want to be judged b/c it's an afront to sin (most likely). But the word of God is convicting and maybe it pierces deep enough that the person comes to repentance.
I suggest it also carries the meaning that if you are going to judge -- as you should -- be prepared to be judged. So first take the beam out of your own eye, repent of your own sins, restore those you've wronged. In short, judge yourself so you are qualified to judge another. There are even echoes of this in Paul's directive regarding the Lord's Supper. One is to examine himself first, lest he sins by not discerning the Lord's body and eats and drinks judgement on himself (1Cor 11).
Thanks for talking about this, Melissa! I'm trying to give sound doctrine to my very new age family (I'm one of the youngest), and it's very difficult. This video helps a lot. God bless you!
❤ these videos! You so clearly articulate the things I've been saying for years! We are lazy. I have read the Bible 3xs now and I still have so much to learn. We need our churches to teach the Bible. I did it on my own because it's too hard to go through it at other people's pace. Every church I went to only did sermon series which is good, but that is way too little. It's the bare minimum. In order to grow we MUST READ THE ENTIRE BIBLE on our own. If cleared up a lot of confusion for me. My daughter is 11 and has read through the 4 Gospels. We go over what she has read. We will continue until she finishes reading the whole Bible. I owe it to her to make sure she completes it. It's our only hope and defense against the evils of this world. Pray for us. God help this nation 🙏🏽. Thank you Melissa for being a faithful daughter in Christ! I love my brothers and sisters!
This was so excellent. Thank you! I would love to see this as a series. There are SO MANY verses that we tend to misunderstand and take out of context.
If people read a cook book like they did the bible. Enough said, best dam sentence Ive herd! I hope to never forget that. Thank you for the work you've put in Mrs Doherty
Psalm 82 / John 10 is another huge one that might be worth covering all on its own. I think it'd be nice to hear someone talk about the strengths/weaknesses of a classical approach to those texts vs a Dr. Heiser approach. Where they both agree, where they disagree, etc. Thanks for your great videos!
Context is king as we always said in Precepts Bible studies. Thanks for sharing this because I have been upset by these same things. Another is “money is the root of all evil” but people don’t know that it says THE LOVE of money is the root of all evil. Truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth!!
Oh my - I’m soooo guilty of #3. I’ve never really taken a close look at Matt 18:20 “where two or three…”. I’ve been a Christian for 40+ years - reading / studying the Bible, attending church etc. Your insight blew me away. - I literally said “wait….WHAT???!!!” Thanks for that. Keep up the good work.
Exactly I did a 6o second short on Jeremiah 29:11 The people that the Lord gave the promise to would die before the promise, manifest, and most of their children would be gone before the promise manifest. But it is a perfect life lesson for parents to send it from us into their offspring
Oh, I got seriously tripped up on the scripture about what would a good father would provide to their children, looking at my experiences I thought it was saying that God would give me many rocks & poisonous snakes.
... Melissa was looking kinda frazzled a while back - I mentioned it to her and she said it was Kids wearing her down - but looks like bit is all in the Rearview mirror : Melissa looks great !
I love this! I am fairly new in my faith walk and bible journey but I have only just realized how important context is. So many of the verses that I knew and memorized as a child are so much more in depth and different in meaning than I thought!
Please do more. I liked this. I read every day, sometimes hours a day, but it’s nice to hear it from others bc I don’t always understand everything. I am getting more thorough in my reading bc I’ve screwed up on a few passages I shouldn’t have.
I was gonna say "it would be nice to see more videos like this!" but really, it's up to us to figure out what the Bible (verses) truly mean in their full context and thus read it for ourselves to figure out. God bless you, sister
Thank you Sister. I was WOF and NAR and I always used scripture out of context. And I was big into law of attraction. Scary. But Praise the Lord last few years waking up to the Truth. Thank you for your videos.
I had to do a long response to a post on Matthew 7 just yesterday. Thankfully, it was received well, with grace and respect. Usually, Matthew 7:1 is the only verse that Christian-haters know.
Amen! Thank you for posting this! I can't tell you how many times I've heard "where 2 or more are gathered " as an excuse for not attending church. I answer, so, God isn't with me when I'm alone?? I've heard wonderful seasoned pastors take that verse out of context.
That's odd that people use Matt. 18:20 as an excuse for not attending liturgies... when its meaning is literally the opposite. "Where two or more are gathered" is, in other words, assembly of believers, *_ecclesia,_* church, the body of Christ. Though this is not directly what it is said in Matt. 18:20, that's the concept in the background of it.
I have a friend who has a shirt that says "I can do anything through a verse taken out of context" or something like that. It is meant to show that a verse taken out of context can be so easily twisted to mean something it was never meant to mean. Whenever you mention something in the Hebrew I look it up in the Hebrew, my Hebrew isn't perfect yet but after I'm done with Hebrew I will tackle the Greek. I think you should expand this to 20 verses taken out of context or maybe 10 verses new agers use out of context or 10 verses new agers abuse and twist. that would help a lot of people. Including me. The more I learn the more I realize I know nothing
That’s why 2 Timothy 2:15 is so important “ Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”
Context, context, context!! We have to read the surrounding verses to know what is being said. When I was a deputy clerk in the court system, people would bring their jury summons to us and say they could not serve because the Bible says “do not judge”. Sad. Thank you for dealing with these 5 verses.
Thank you for this! Our pastor recently used Psalm 46 as the basis for an entire service encouraging “silence and solitude” as part of a push towards contemplative spirituality. After giving an overview on this passage in Psalms, he had us sit in silence in the auditorium for 15+ minutes, putting our “Bibles aside”, (to avoid distraction), while reading slides on the screen which included Psalm 46, his own statements such as: “God dwells in silence but we are surrounded by noise”, and “silence is a special form of attentiveness to God”, and quotes from Mother Teresa about listening prayer, along with a couple slides encouraging us to take deep breaths throughout those 15 min. This video is another good reminder that we need to be studying scripture on our own and not blindly accepting what we hear at church as truth.
I actually still find that verse very comforting, the one about be still and know that I am God, even within its actual context. It points even more to just how great God is and if we trust in him then that should give us comfort that a God who can do all those things still takes time to be there for us as individuals.
There's the written word and the living word. God can pick any part of the bible,the written, and use to communicate to his children based on their circumstances or situation even though such a verse may not apply in the written context.
2 Timothy 2:15 "rightly dividing the word of truth" This suggests that it is definitely possible to "wrongly" divide the word. You are so right, we need to study the Bible carefully so much more.
Great video! I love/hate dealing with these mis-guided uses of scripture. Especially when someone has it tattooed on them. 😮 Makes for some interesting convo’s.
Where have you been, asking myself. Just discovered you a couple weeks ago Melissa and watched a ton of your videos. You are blessed young lady--the gift of cutting through the garbage garbage garbage! I can watch your videos and not have to be ready to bite my tongue because of some lewd or off color comment, or some inaccurate deviation from truth in doctrine in our precious Bible. Your willingness to take touchy and sometimes questionable arguments head on is such a refreshing surprise. I absolutely love your impersonations when you talk with yourself on your character sketches. 'Entertainment at its finest' without a DOT of filth worked into the sketches. I also adore that your language is so carefully guarded. I never hear the sloppy slang flip vernacular slip out of your mouth so often heard from Christian's and non-christians alike, dang, heck, geez, gosh and the like. This loose language makes my ears cringe and is so often a sign of someone's depth in their relationship with our Lord, granted they are a true believer. You are one precious sister in the Lord, and it's obvious that your mind is guarded closely. My only regret, is that you have been spoken for.
Thomas... What is matter ? I AM the light that is over all things I AM the all from me all came forth and to me ALL attained split a piece of wood I AM there lift up the stone and you will find me there... And I beheld the OMNIPRESENT GOD I AM THAT I AM ALL THAT I AM
Thank you so much for pointing these out to us 😊 I hope you do more 🙏 I'm trying to understand the Bible. I also used to be into new age. I'm very thankful that you do these videos, they are very helpful! ❤
Psalm 46:10 even with context I feel is comforting. Because when you are in a hard time you feel like you are out of control. God working judgement over evil people or rebellious nations is comforting. God will be exalted. You can know that even when your life is unfair, and when judgement feels like it will never come, that God is righteous.
Thank you for your ministry Melissa! I really appreciate your genuine approach to the word and its truth. My personal testimony relating to your topic involves the understanding of "hermeneutics" and "exegesis vs eisegesis" in unpacking true biblical "context." Once l understood these theological concepts, then biblical truth was very easy to expose in my studies! Bless ya heaps!
A pet peeve of mine is when Phil 4:13 is taken out of context. And it sounds great “I can do all things through Him (Christ) who strengthens me”. Some use that as an encouragement - that they are capable of great things. Much like the idea that “what the mind can conceive, you can achieve, if you believe”. But the context here is that Paul is referring to being in need and having plenty- that it makes no difference - his trust in Jesus enables him to persevere and be content - no matter the circumstances. Keep bringing it. You’re speaking to a wide swath of people. 🙂
This is good! Thank you so much. This was informative to watch. How should one respond? I usually stay silent. Then pray when the person leaves (if they are not a believer).
I agree. I see it a lot on FB. I posted the one about judging by a family member and I explained they are taking it out of context. I was blocked after a very concerning response.
The truth isn't afraid of being confronted. The truth is not insecure. The truth is what people will live and die for, even martyrdom (unfortunately common today). If someone is insecure about a comment or being questioned, then they might need to re-evaluate their postion. Or maybe, you were really helpful and gave the person something to think about
I was the king of single verse quotes memorising about fifty “shoot from the hip “ verses” for any occasion . I’ve just 5min ago told my daughter I don’t know my bible . I got such a long way to go and this after 20 years of reading the bible out of context . Feels like I just got born again yesterday and I’m a baby Christian allover again 😭
Sister Melissa. You are a gifted minister. I am actually crying right now. Thank you for your teaching, and mostly, Thank God that he puts wonderfully made ministers in our lives. As a Christ follower, I know I am a work in progress, continually learning, even things I thought I knew, being fed His Good News. May God always watch over you, your family, your friends and all of us. It’s no accident I have stumbled into your ministry.
Thank you for this. I am going to start reading the context around quoted verses I see and hear going forward. I loved the green bean casserole analogy. It’s so good and It made me laugh and I’m going to use it lol.
The last one my mom has on a mug someone gave her. We looked up the verse and saw it was about not a woman, but Israel. But I wasn't aware specifically Jerusalem. I am surprised you didnt do Philippians 4:13. And yes, just reading the verses around the verse in question helps alot! God bless!
Psalm 46 is definitely still comforting. There are also several other positive erases about being still and waiting on God. Point being whether we’re in rebellion against God or we’re experiencing trouble we should stop and get our eyes on God.
I completely understood “eyes twitching” thing 😂 I also love it (sarcasm) when I’m having a nice conversation with someone and a bystander jumps in to say one of those types of verses to argue with me. It’s comical and so disturbing all at the same time.
Hey Melissa, love your videos! I think we need to talk about white balance tho for your filming. I'd encourage you to use a white balance card (18% gray card is generally used for white) for white balancing rather than auto white balance. It'll take your videos to the next level!! There's quite a bit of yellow coming through currently, and this will fix that. If you have any questions please reach out, anything we can do to spread the message! Thanks again for the amazing content, keep it up!
Just wanted to post this for now cause I've heard it and my eye twitch happens when I hear "my body is a temple" out of context like it's some kind of fitness motto
"Kind of a kill-joy huh?", I literally laughed out loud at that one. So is that LLOL? Maybe that's what the kids say. I don't know about that. I just know that these videos are awesome! Keep up the good work :)
I like to choose bible verses for conversation starters, but I love to turn it on its head. I'll choose verses like 1 Sam 15:32-33, 1 Kings 18:27, or John 14:15 and 1 Cor 11:29. I encourage anyone reading this to look these up and maybe even post them on your social media, if you're feeling brave 😉
Most times you hear preaching on just a quote, then the message can be twisted. I prefer when the preacher reads the entire Bible passage, and focuses on explaining the historical context. For example, "you are the salt of the earth." Most people who ignore early church history aren't aware that sea salt was extremely far walk away, and the salt referred to is more the salt sludge used for patching roofs, ovens, etc and when it loses its savor its worthless, and thrown on the road to be trampled on. In modern times, we only think of salt for food, and that salt doesn't exactly lose its "saltiness"
Hi Melissa, A - it so beautiful that you found the truth. God Bless B - Thank you for addressing the awful cherry picking... seemingly done by everyone, believers and non-believers.
Hi Melissa, I really love the way you explain bible verses and the scripture in general! I have a video request for you, if you don't mind! I've been recently stumbeling upon lots of so-called "deconstruction"-videos from ex-christians which didn't phase me at all. But there's one in particular that I can't stop thinking about, "5 Bible Passages That Caused Me To Lose My Faith" by Kristi Burke, which admittedly put some doubts in my heart which I can't seem to get rid off on my own, because I don't seem to have enough knowledge of scripture to conquer them. But you on the other hand seem like a person very knowledgeable and hence well enough equipped to do that! So,would you mind making a video adressing/explaining those 5 passages and their true meaning? I'd really appreciate it and I'm sure it would help lots of others as well! Thank you so much and God bless you! ♥♥♥(Sorry for any mistakes, english isn't my first language)
I "happened" on your video. It was such a joy to hear you talk about Scripture the way you do! May God bless you ministry! I am running a whole distrik of churches. I would love to invite you as a speaker, do you think that can be a possibility?
Wow, I have been studying the time of the end for over 35 yrs and it always blows me away each time I see or hear yet another verse regarding the Day of the Lord. Psalm 46:6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. 8 Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth. 9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. 11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
"Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.” - John 7:24
I was amazed at how I quit quoting single verses after I had read the entire Bible. A short talk with multiple verses has taken the place of that. I love your videos!
YES!!!!!!
'How to be Christian' YT channel has a great breakdown of verses being taken out of context. Super interesting videos. I'm learning a lot
When someone quotes a single verse out of context you know they've never studied the Bible and only repeating what they've heard someone else say.
@@TheJpep2424 Once upon a time, I had never read the Bible and quoted verses out of context. Quoting verses out of context is a shaky start, but it's a start, nonetheless. It's our job to coach that person and pray for them, or they will keep quoting out of context and think they are the best Christians ever. We need to teach them to stop looking for religion and start looking for the truth.
Same. I’m learning this now.
This should be a series.
Yes!!👍 A series would be amazing!
Agreed!
I am so thankful that early in my Christian walk, I was encouraged to read the Bible through each year. Doing so has given me a firm grasp on the importance of context.
Read our comment about the verse which is widely misunderstood
My family spent an hour-long bible study on the context of Matt 7:1! It is misused so much and it was a particular pet peeve of my husband.
Maybe some people have standards and WANT to be judged harshly when they step WAY out of line, rather than go soft on everyone simply because they're afraid of the consequences of messing up. Like in pro wrestling, even though it's choreographed doesn't necessarily mean every guy wants to work gently in there. Sheamus likes to beat on his opponents a bit and expects them to do the same to him in return. I've seen him come back from a match with his chest looking like hamburger meat on more than one occasion. The man wants to be tough, not soft.
This could be the beginning of a series that would keep you busy for years.
Mic 🎤 drop! Ty!! Even though your talking about this calmly with biblical educated intentions, if I try to explain, this throws my new age family members and some Christian friends into complete hysteria! 🤪🕊️🙌🏼❤️🔥🙌🏼
I’ve experienced that reaction also.
Been a Christian my whole life and started to read my Bible PROPERLY this year. I read that proverbs “she will not fall” and I definitely used to misuse. Now I realise the importance of reading in context. Thank you for your videos Melissa. ❤❤❤
Read our comment on the verse most widely misunderstood
First question is: who is “she” that this refers to?
„she" is referring to Jerusalem
Certainly. I said that as an illustration of the critical reading mindset.
I've said this a MILLION TIMES, context is EVERYTHING!!!! 😊 It's simply amazing how we do this, cherry pick and then apply. As I began studying the Bible by "Book", looking at the who wrote it, when it was written, who it was written too, it changed everything for me. I saw very quickly how much scripture was actually used out of context. Having it IN CONTEXT has made God's Word even more precious too me. Now if I'm honest or if we're all honest, we can do this to some degree or have in the past. Loved the "recipe book" illustration, SO GOOD!
Spot on, Melissa. I was fortunate to grow up in family and church and attend a college that emphasized Biblical literacy. One scripture so misused in our present culture is "God is love." Then, it is assumed that love is love to cover sexual orientations. People want to forget that God is also many other things...holy and vengeful. Keep the GOOD NEWS coming, Melissa.
God is love not Love is love.
AHHH MAN! My wife has a coffee cup with "Be still and know that I am God".... I'll never look at that mug the same! Thank you though for the heads up...I'll break it to her gently.😇
😂😂😂oh boy
Tell her that she can give it to her enemies and watch them drink out of it.
Although the Bible has many verses that are only a part of the total & intended message ... if under an authoritative interpreter. There is no reason one cannot use it for inspiration & bring one closer to God! Not neccesarily referring only to the mug, but for this video in general.
Just break it...(the mug)...
"When people treat Bible verses like they belong on a Hallmark card"
Truth, but why do I also feel the urge to create a lovely set of greeting cards with Psalm 46:6-10 on them to send to our favorite politicians and leaders? 😅
To be honest, Psalm 46 now get me chills more than before with the full context.
The context of God's pacifying conquest is indeed chills-worthy! Although I'm not confident that the "Be still" command is to God's enemies in this passage like Melissa suggested- it seems like this whole rest of the psalm is addressed specifically to God's people. Plus, the command to be still closely mirrors an exhortation in Exodus 14:13-14 for God's people to take courage and in silence trust in God to deliver them from the oncoming march of Pharoah's army. This was right before God absolutely demolished said army in the sea.
As Chris Rosebrough says "Context, context, context" is an important 3 rule to remember when singularly looking at a verse or a group of verses on their own.
Read our comment on the verse which is widely misunderstood
Ps 46 is very comforting. God is in control & there will be justice. It's along the lines especially of the end of Job where God declares who he is and his sovereignty.
You may be misunderstanding what Christians are saying when they like the verses - other people have different backgrounds than you and may see the passages in a different light. From my past I really crave justice & I need to see that God is in control. I need to see his bigness. I need that safety. Even if his justice is against me I need it & it is good. (In Jesus I am saved from condemnation.)
Thank you for posting this. I have explained that the command to not judge does not mean that we should not judge, but that we judge rightly as you explained. However, I have found that Christians I've explained this truth to, continue to disagree.
People "disagree" not because they don't understand, but because they don't WANT to believe b/c they don't want to be judged b/c it's an afront to sin (most likely). But the word of God is convicting and maybe it pierces deep enough that the person comes to repentance.
I suggest it also carries the meaning that if you are going to judge -- as you should -- be prepared to be judged. So first take the beam out of your own eye, repent of your own sins, restore those you've wronged. In short, judge yourself so you are qualified to judge another.
There are even echoes of this in Paul's directive regarding the Lord's Supper. One is to examine himself first, lest he sins by not discerning the Lord's body and eats and drinks judgement on himself (1Cor 11).
Thanks for talking about this, Melissa! I'm trying to give sound doctrine to my very new age family (I'm one of the youngest), and it's very difficult. This video helps a lot. God bless you!
❤ these videos! You so clearly articulate the things I've been saying for years! We are lazy. I have read the Bible 3xs now and I still have so much to learn. We need our churches to teach the Bible. I did it on my own because it's too hard to go through it at other people's pace. Every church I went to only did sermon series which is good, but that is way too little. It's the bare minimum. In order to grow we MUST READ THE ENTIRE BIBLE on our own. If cleared up a lot of confusion for me. My daughter is 11 and has read through the 4 Gospels. We go over what she has read. We will continue until she finishes reading the whole Bible. I owe it to her to make sure she completes it. It's our only hope and defense against the evils of this world. Pray for us. God help this nation 🙏🏽. Thank you Melissa for being a faithful daughter in Christ! I love my brothers and sisters!
This is SO needed, there needs to be more of these!
This was so excellent. Thank you! I would love to see this as a series. There are SO MANY verses that we tend to misunderstand and take out of context.
PLEASE do more of these!!! I love them! I also love your common misconceptions videos. ❤️
Hallelujah Melissa! Thank-you. I call it “Wall Plaque theology”. If it looks good on a piece of art who cares what it actually means.
"Wall Plaque theology" 😂 I love it
When it comes to judging anyone I always think about 1Cor 9-13 also. You’re so correct, context really matters. Be blessed 🙏🏾
You mean the verse about those who work in the temple eat from the food in the temple?
If people read a cook book like they did the bible. Enough said, best dam sentence Ive herd! I hope to never forget that. Thank you for the work you've put in Mrs Doherty
Psalm 82 / John 10 is another huge one that might be worth covering all on its own. I think it'd be nice to hear someone talk about the strengths/weaknesses of a classical approach to those texts vs a Dr. Heiser approach. Where they both agree, where they disagree, etc.
Thanks for your great videos!
Context is king as we always said in Precepts Bible studies. Thanks for sharing this because I have been upset by these same things. Another is “money is the root of all evil” but people don’t know that it says THE LOVE of money is the root of all evil. Truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth!!
Oh my - I’m soooo guilty of #3. I’ve never really taken a close look at Matt 18:20 “where two or three…”. I’ve been a Christian for 40+ years - reading / studying the Bible, attending church etc. Your insight blew me away. - I literally said “wait….WHAT???!!!” Thanks for that. Keep up the good work.
Ive misused jer 29:11, for sooooo many yrs!!! Its on so many items!!!
It dosent apply to us!!😮🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️
Lord help us!!
Thank you melissa!💕
Exactly I did a 6o second short on Jeremiah 29:11
The people that the Lord gave the promise to would die before the promise, manifest, and most of their children would be gone before the promise manifest.
But it is a perfect life lesson for parents to send it from us into their offspring
I studied the chapter last week and realised the same thing. I didn’t want to accept it before I read it but I’m at peace now
Repeated in Hebrews though...
Oh, I got seriously tripped up on the scripture about what would a good father would provide to their children, looking at my experiences I thought it was saying that God would give me many rocks & poisonous snakes.
Thanks Melissa for your wisdom....and great sense of humour 👌🏼🇿🇦
... Melissa was looking kinda frazzled a while back - I mentioned it to her and she said it was Kids wearing her down - but looks like bit is all in the Rearview mirror : Melissa looks great !
I love this! I am fairly new in my faith walk and bible journey but I have only just realized how important context is. So many of the verses that I knew and memorized as a child are so much more in depth and different in meaning than I thought!
Please do more. I liked this. I read every day, sometimes hours a day, but it’s nice to hear it from others bc I don’t always understand everything. I am getting more thorough in my reading bc I’ve screwed up on a few passages I shouldn’t have.
Better not to use that s word, not exactly sure if it is sin but it doesn't seem good to use
@@lb7625 what s word? Screwed up? I wasn’t using it in a derogatory fashion. My point is I’ve messed up some passages and their understandings.
I hear ya, I don’t understand a lot of things too so it’s nice to hear it from different people. 😊
I am so glad you included Matthew 18:20. I see this one ALL the time and I try to explain it but deaf ears and blind eyes
I was gonna say "it would be nice to see more videos like this!" but really, it's up to us to figure out what the Bible (verses) truly mean in their full context and thus read it for ourselves to figure out. God bless you, sister
Thank you Sister. I was WOF and NAR and I always used scripture out of context. And I was big into law of attraction. Scary. But Praise the Lord last few years waking up to the Truth. Thank you for your videos.
The Green Bean recipe analogy was classic - I might steal that. Oh wait - I read somewhere Thou Shall Not Steal - so forget I said that.
I had to do a long response to a post on Matthew 7 just yesterday. Thankfully, it was received well, with grace and respect. Usually, Matthew 7:1 is the only verse that Christian-haters know.
Wow I love this, I live with so many Christians that love the old one verse out of context
‘God won’t put on you what you can’t handle.’ I hear this all the time.
Yes! Another great example! It says this nowhere in the Bible!!
😂😂😂😂 I called it!!! I knew the "do not judge " verse would be first....I mouthed it right before you said it. But yea it's really unfortunate.
Amen! Thank you for posting this! I can't tell you how many times I've heard "where 2 or more are gathered " as an excuse for not attending church. I answer, so, God isn't with me when I'm alone?? I've heard wonderful seasoned pastors take that verse out of context.
That's odd that people use Matt. 18:20 as an excuse for not attending liturgies... when its meaning is literally the opposite. "Where two or more are gathered" is, in other words, assembly of believers, *_ecclesia,_* church, the body of Christ. Though this is not directly what it is said in Matt. 18:20, that's the concept in the background of it.
@soldierhorse I'm guilty of that, oops. It's nice to be corrected even though it may hurt a little.
I have a friend who has a shirt that says "I can do anything through a verse taken out of context" or something like that. It is meant to show that a verse taken out of context can be so easily twisted to mean something it was never meant to mean. Whenever you mention something in the Hebrew I look it up in the Hebrew, my Hebrew isn't perfect yet but after I'm done with Hebrew I will tackle the Greek. I think you should expand this to 20 verses taken out of context or maybe 10 verses new agers use out of context or 10 verses new agers abuse and twist. that would help a lot of people. Including me. The more I learn the more I realize I know nothing
Yep, the more I learn, the more I realize how little I know!
@@michellesullivan197 ya, those words should be on a mug or a t-shirt.
That cookbook analogy was awesome! Thanks for sharing your message. Bless you!
And I would love a part 2 to this. This video has helped me be more of a cautious reader.
That’s why 2 Timothy 2:15 is so important “ Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”
Context, context, context!! We have to read the surrounding verses to know what is being said. When I was a deputy clerk in the court system, people would bring their jury summons to us and say they could not serve because the Bible says “do not judge”. Sad. Thank you for dealing with these 5 verses.
Thank you for this! Our pastor recently used Psalm 46 as the basis for an entire service encouraging “silence and solitude” as part of a push towards contemplative spirituality.
After giving an overview on this passage in Psalms, he had us sit in silence in the auditorium for 15+ minutes, putting our “Bibles aside”, (to avoid distraction), while reading slides on the screen which included Psalm 46, his own statements such as: “God dwells in silence but we are surrounded by noise”, and “silence is a special form of attentiveness to God”, and quotes from Mother Teresa about listening prayer, along with a couple slides encouraging us to take deep breaths throughout those 15 min.
This video is another good reminder that we need to be studying scripture on our own and not blindly accepting what we hear at church as truth.
I actually still find that verse very comforting, the one about be still and know that I am God, even within its actual context. It points even more to just how great God is and if we trust in him then that should give us comfort that a God who can do all those things still takes time to be there for us as individuals.
Same with Jeremiah 29:11, it's still comforting to know God has planned our eternal futures when people abuse it on graduation invitations.
There's the written word and the living word. God can pick any part of the bible,the written, and use to communicate to his children based on their circumstances or situation even though such a verse may not apply in the written context.
Thanks for sharing 🙏🏾
His grace and mercy be upon you and your loved ones 🕊️🥛🍯
Thank You. We have V.B.S. coming up, and I very much liked the cookbook analogy! Plan on using it
2 Timothy 2:15 "rightly dividing the word of truth" This suggests that it is definitely possible to "wrongly" divide the word. You are so right, we need to study the Bible carefully so much more.
Great video! I love/hate dealing with these mis-guided uses of scripture. Especially when someone has it tattooed on them. 😮 Makes for some interesting convo’s.
Where have you been, asking myself. Just discovered you a couple weeks ago Melissa and watched a ton of your videos. You are blessed young lady--the gift of cutting through the garbage garbage garbage! I can watch your videos and not have to be ready to bite my tongue because of some lewd or off color comment, or some inaccurate deviation from truth in doctrine in our precious Bible.
Your willingness to take touchy and sometimes questionable arguments head on is such a refreshing surprise.
I absolutely love your impersonations when you talk with yourself on your character sketches. 'Entertainment at its finest' without a DOT of filth worked into the sketches. I also adore that your language is so carefully guarded. I never hear the sloppy slang flip vernacular slip out of your mouth so often heard from Christian's and non-christians alike, dang, heck, geez, gosh and the like. This loose language makes my ears cringe and is so often a sign of someone's depth in their relationship with our Lord, granted they are a true believer.
You are one precious sister in the Lord, and it's obvious that your mind is guarded closely.
My only regret, is that you have been spoken for.
Awesome Melissa…as always! Loving your Q&A videos and this type of video is so incredibly helpful too! Thank you!!! ❤️🙏🏻✝️
Thank you for this. Please do more of these it is really helping me in my walk with God. 🙏
Thomas...
What is matter ?
I AM the light that is over all things
I AM the all from me all came forth and to me
ALL attained split a piece of wood
I AM there lift up the stone and you will find me there...
And I beheld the OMNIPRESENT GOD
I AM THAT I AM ALL THAT I AM
I absolutely find comfort in Psalm 46:10. I see how it is convoluted and it saddens.
Thank you so much for pointing these out to us 😊 I hope you do more 🙏 I'm trying to understand the Bible. I also used to be into new age. I'm very thankful that you do these videos, they are very helpful! ❤
Psalm 46:10 even with context I feel is comforting. Because when you are in a hard time you feel like you are out of control. God working judgement over evil people or rebellious nations is comforting. God will be exalted. You can know that even when your life is unfair, and when judgement feels like it will never come, that God is righteous.
Thank you for your ministry Melissa! I really appreciate your genuine approach to the word and its truth.
My personal testimony relating to your topic involves the understanding of "hermeneutics" and "exegesis vs eisegesis" in unpacking true biblical "context."
Once l understood these theological concepts, then biblical truth was very easy to expose in my studies!
Bless ya heaps!
A pet peeve of mine is when Phil 4:13 is taken out of context. And it sounds great “I can do all things through Him (Christ) who strengthens me”. Some use that as an encouragement - that they are capable of great things. Much like the idea that “what the mind can conceive, you can achieve, if you believe”. But the context here is that Paul is referring to being in need and having plenty- that it makes no difference - his trust in Jesus enables him to persevere and be content - no matter the circumstances.
Keep bringing it. You’re speaking to a wide swath of people. 🙂
Context is everything. Careful, humble reading of scripture is critical.
Thank you! After listening to this, I quote verses less and narrate full passages more.
This is good! Thank you so much. This was informative to watch. How should one respond? I usually stay silent. Then pray when the person leaves (if they are not a believer).
Amen, Melissa! We need to read our Bibles more!
Amen. I truly hope you do go over more and this will be the first part to many more videos like this. ❤
Great Job! 🎉🎉 Context is crucial for comprehension of the CREATORS words.
I agree. I see it a lot on FB. I posted the one about judging by a family member and I explained they are taking it out of context. I was blocked after a very concerning response.
The truth isn't afraid of being confronted. The truth is not insecure. The truth is what people will live and die for, even martyrdom (unfortunately common today). If someone is insecure about a comment or being questioned, then they might need to re-evaluate their postion. Or maybe, you were really helpful and gave the person something to think about
I was the king of single verse quotes memorising about fifty “shoot from the hip “ verses” for any occasion . I’ve just 5min ago told my daughter I don’t know my bible . I got such a long way to go and this after 20 years of reading the bible out of context . Feels like I just got born again yesterday and I’m a baby Christian allover again 😭
Bless you for your fruitful insights. Thank you for the study
Brilliant. You restored hope in the future of our youth in the heart of this dusty old Bible College professor.
Sister Melissa. You are a gifted minister. I am actually crying right now. Thank you for your teaching, and mostly, Thank God that he puts wonderfully made ministers in our lives.
As a Christ follower, I know I am a work in progress, continually learning, even things I thought I knew, being fed His Good News.
May God always watch over you, your family, your friends and all of us.
It’s no accident I have stumbled into your ministry.
Well said brother ❣️🙏🕊️
I agree!!! It’s made those short little “inspirational” books impossible to read!!!!!!
Hello from Nashville.. Beautifully said..
Exceptional wisdom. How could I have gotten caught up so easily on misinterpretation of the verses presented here?
The name of God is encoded in your DNA
YHWH
Before Abraham was...I AM
@@LEGIOUSIAM8888 Where can I learn more about that?
“People don’t even treat cookbooks like they do the Bible.” That’s rich! I’m gonna use that.
Thank you for this. I am going to start reading the context around quoted verses I see and hear going forward. I loved the green bean casserole analogy. It’s so good and It made me laugh and I’m going to use it lol.
The last one my mom has on a mug someone gave her. We looked up the verse and saw it was about not a woman, but Israel. But I wasn't aware specifically Jerusalem. I am surprised you didnt do Philippians 4:13. And yes, just reading the verses around the verse in question helps alot! God bless!
Psalm 46 is definitely still comforting. There are also several other positive erases about being still and waiting on God. Point being whether we’re in rebellion against God or we’re experiencing trouble we should stop and get our eyes on God.
I completely understood “eyes twitching” thing 😂
I also love it (sarcasm) when I’m having a nice conversation with someone and a bystander jumps in to say one of those types of verses to argue with me. It’s comical and so disturbing all at the same time.
Thank you Melissa. Really needed this ❤
Hey Melissa, love your videos!
I think we need to talk about white balance tho for your filming. I'd encourage you to use a white balance card (18% gray card is generally used for white) for white balancing rather than auto white balance. It'll take your videos to the next level!! There's quite a bit of yellow coming through currently, and this will fix that. If you have any questions please reach out, anything we can do to spread the message! Thanks again for the amazing content, keep it up!
Psalm 46-10 is still very comforting in its context
Just wanted to post this for now cause I've heard it and my eye twitch happens when I hear "my body is a temple" out of context like it's some kind of fitness motto
Also, read this the other day:
"I can do all things through a verse taken out of context."
Ohmygoodness! Priceless! Lol
Courtesy of Spencer Smith
@TooLegit ToQuit Spencer Smith might've used it, but he didn't originate it.
God has given you a voice for truth for this time in our nation. Keep it up, Gods word does not come back void.
Loved the cook book analogy - spot on.
Thank you Melissa. This is great stuff. I was waiting for the quote from Jeremiah 29:11 but I think we all get the gist. Context, so important 🙏
Great content and explanations. Another one I see quoted out of context a lot is Philippians 4:13
Love the cookbook analogy! Please do a part 2!
Great teaching, thank you very much for sharing. May God Bless you and your loved ones... Maranatha!
"Kind of a kill-joy huh?", I literally laughed out loud at that one. So is that LLOL? Maybe that's what the kids say. I don't know about that. I just know that these videos are awesome! Keep up the good work :)
This is so timely! Is this a series? I want to hear more!!!
I like to choose bible verses for conversation starters, but I love to turn it on its head. I'll choose verses like 1 Sam 15:32-33, 1 Kings 18:27, or John 14:15 and 1 Cor 11:29. I encourage anyone reading this to look these up and maybe even post them on your social media, if you're feeling brave 😉
Dear Melissa this was an eye opener for me. Can you please do more videos on other verses that are being mis- quoted?
Most times you hear preaching on just a quote, then the message can be twisted. I prefer when the preacher reads the entire Bible passage, and focuses on explaining the historical context. For example, "you are the salt of the earth." Most people who ignore early church history aren't aware that sea salt was extremely far walk away, and the salt referred to is more the salt sludge used for patching roofs, ovens, etc and when it loses its savor its worthless, and thrown on the road to be trampled on. In modern times, we only think of salt for food, and that salt doesn't exactly lose its "saltiness"
@@miracles_metanoia I didn't know that fact about salt! Thank you
Hi Melissa,
A - it so beautiful that you found the truth. God Bless
B - Thank you for addressing the awful cherry picking... seemingly done by everyone, believers and non-believers.
Excellently explained. I was advised years ago to always read the before and after of all scripture to fully understand what is being said 😊
Hi Melissa, I really love the way you explain bible verses and the scripture in general! I have a video request for you, if you don't mind! I've been recently stumbeling upon lots of so-called "deconstruction"-videos from ex-christians which didn't phase me at all.
But there's one in particular that I can't stop thinking about, "5 Bible Passages That Caused Me To Lose My Faith" by Kristi Burke, which admittedly put some doubts in my heart which I can't seem to get rid off on my own, because I don't seem to have enough knowledge of scripture to conquer them. But you on the other hand seem like a person very knowledgeable and hence well enough equipped to do that! So,would you mind making a video adressing/explaining those 5 passages and their true meaning? I'd really appreciate it and I'm sure it would help lots of others as well! Thank you so much and God bless you! ♥♥♥(Sorry for any mistakes, english isn't my first language)
Can you make this a series? I really thought you were gonna do Jeremiah 29:11. It's on mugs, shirts, bumper stickers, kitchen magnets, you name it 😅
I "happened" on your video. It was such a joy to hear you talk about Scripture the way you do! May God bless you ministry! I am running a whole distrik of churches. I would love to invite you as a speaker, do you think that can be a possibility?
Wow, I have been studying the time of the end for over 35 yrs and it always blows me away each time I see or hear yet another verse regarding the Day of the Lord.
Psalm 46:6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
8 Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. 11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.