Twisting the Scriptures
2 Peter 3:16
There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures. 2 Peter 3:16
But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ. 2 Corinthians 11:3
And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. 2 Corinthians 11:14-15
your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ. 2 Corinthians 11:3
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15
Bible Torturers! Am I a Bible Torturer?
Bible Torture #1 SPECULATION So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. Genesis 3:6
Bible Torture #1 SPECULATION Jehovah: “you shall not eat ... surely die” BUT Good for food Eat!Delight to the eyes Make one wise
Bible Torture #1 SPECULATION Jehovah: “singing
psalms, hymns, spiritual songs” BUT Music sounds better Play!Helps us sing
Feels spiritual
Bible Torture #2 BLENDING Scripture +
Asceticism Worship of Angels Visions Regulations
Bible Torture #3 IMBALANCE “For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness.” Matthew 23:23
Bible Torture #3 IMBALANCE Faith Baptism
“Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved” Mark 16:16
Bible Torture #4 OVEREXTENDING But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” Acts 15:1
Bible Torture #4 OVEREXTENDING I have applied all these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brothers, that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against another. 1 Corinthians 4:6
Bible Torture #4 OVEREXTENDING Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. 2 John 1:9
Bible Torture #4 OVEREXTENDING Remember the
Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Exodus 20:8
Bible Torture #5 ACCOMMODATION I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. 1 Timothy 2:12
Bible Torture #5 ACCOMMODATION Or do you not
know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be
deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men
who practice homosexuality, 1 Corinthians 6:9
Bible Torture #6 ISOLATION for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God. Acts 20:27, CB NT p. 247
Bible Torture #6 ISOLATION Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.” Matthew 18:19-20, CB NT p. 35
Bible Torture #6 ISOLATION You ask and do not
receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions. James 4:3
Bible Torture #7 PROOF-TEXTING “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, “‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and “‘On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.’”
Bible Torture #7 PROOF-TEXTING Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’” Matthew 4:7
Bible Torture #7 PROOF-TEXTING saying, “I will
tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will sing
your praise.” Hebrews 2:12
Bible Torture #8 RELATIVISM So they feared Jehovah but also served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away. 2 Kings 17:33
Bible Torture #8 RELATIVISM I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. John 15:5
Bible Torture #8 RELATIVISM Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6
Bible Torture #8 RELATIVISM And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. Acts 4:12
Bible Torture #8 RELATIVISM If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. John 15:10
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen. 2 Peter 3:18
From Dave Stewart @ http://www.slideshare.net/DaveSinNM