As Rob Rufus says: "A text out of context is a text that will con you." Below is a quote from Matt Chandler and it's just another illustration of how poorly most Christians 1). know what scripture actually says and, 2). are able to rightly divide the word--either Old Covenant or New. Personally, I always find it amusing, yet sad, when such errors are made and perpetuated.
Enjoy the following quote from Chandler's book, The Explicit Gospel, p. 50, as he shares how he also has heard scripture misused.
"When I first got saved, I started reading the Bible, and I learned that a lot of evangelicals use texts completely out of context. My favorite is the one they use out of the prophet that says, 'I am doing a work in your days that you would not believe if told' (Hab. 1:5). They throw that on T-shirts, and they print up flyers, and they get architects to draft expansions plans, and they get one of those fundraising thermometer displays in the sanctuary. 'God's going to do something amazing in our day, and even if I were to tell you, you wouldn't believe it!' But if you read the rest of the book, the amazing thing he's talking about is killing everybody. He's like, 'Literally, I'm going to let your enemies kill you, your families, your donkeys, your cattle, and your business, and I'm going to burn the earth that you walked on.' And we put that on our coffee cup. 'Something amazing's gonna happen!' Keep reading, dummies; it goes poorly."
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