I concur,
but my post is more about why people wrongly quote scripture, or even more why some people follow false teachers ( I should of included more details I am sorry) , like some follow the prosperity gospel like it is true, so to me this is scripture telling us they are deceived because they have not repented, do you think I am not correct in thinking people are deceived because they have not repented?? I have always wondered why and how so many false teachers out there get the followers and this scripture seems to be very simple and to the point.
Greetings Dave
As our dear sister
@Fragrant Grace as said.
But also many believe what they want to believe, the devil is at work.
But also many clergy preach what I call cotton wool scripture, pleasing to the ear, tell em what is nice and easy to receive, that keeps them in the pews/seats, keeps the money coming in, keeps the figures to show the bosses.
Then of course we have the ministers who are not born again, but I do feel people do want to believe what they want to believe, and even what others tell them, rather than read scripture themselves. The Gospel according to a mate is very common.
Here we have the following of false teaching.
Strange really when I thing back, I always read the readings before the service, I always followed the readings at the service, even though I then had KJV & Life Application NIV Study Bible, the church read from the RSV Revised standard version. I trusted what I read and listened to see if I felt what was preached was right. That said, I got the cotton wool sermons, taking the OT reading, the NT reading and the Gospel, which carried a theme, but gave the vicar freedom to make a liberal balanced overall sermon. There was no expounding of The Word. Readings were rotated over two years, so parts of John 3 were once every two years, I still remember more talk about Nichodemus than the Jesus verses between the conversation John 3:3,5,7 We must be born-again. Frustrating.
To conclude, there are also people who think the sun shines out of the ministers bottom, they will believe anything they are told.
There are so many who would cry and weep for the wrong reasons if their church building was burned down, 'my' church has gone what will I do? The building (
Kuriakon) may be burnt down the church (
ekklesia) is still there! Providing they were born again believers that is.
Bless you