So many people claim to love scripture, yet don’t live their lives accordingly. True, each and every one of us is “off-track” and none of us has a totally clear and complete picture of God nor God’s plan. I have encountered many people that deeply value reading the Bible, which is good. However, I see little evidence in talking with them that they value their relationship with God. So, let’s have some fun (with no intention of being blasphemous) modifying some scriptures.
These are all wrong!
I have listed some scriptures below, and have admittedly “twisted” them. They are all spun into words that I have seen people believe, or at least act as if they believe. None of these are correct. Please feel free to check these words against a Bible you have to see where the errors are!
- Matthew 4:4 (NASB) But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE, BUT ON EVERY WORD THAT IS WRITTEN IN THE WORD OF GOD.'”
- Matthew 7:24 (NKJV) “Therefore, whoever reads these words of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock.”
- Matthew 7:26 (NKJV) “But everyone who reads these words of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.”
- Matthew 13:19-23 (NKJV) “When anyone reads the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside. But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who reads the word and immediately receives it with joy; yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for awhile. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who reads the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. But he who received seed on the good ground is he who reads the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”
- Matthew 17:5b (NKJV) ” … a voice come out of the cloud saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Read about Him!”
- Matthew 22:37-38 (NKJV) “Jesus said to him, ‘You shall read the words of God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment.'”
- Matthew 28:19-20 (NKJV) “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that are written in scripture, and lo, the Bible is with you always, even to the end of the age.”
- Mark 4:9 (NIV) Then Jesus said, “He who has eyes to read, let him read.” (also Matthew 13:13; 13:49)
- Luke 11:28 (NKJV) “More than that, blessed are those who read the word of God and keep it!”
- John 5:24-25 (NKJV) “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who reads My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life. Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will read the words of the Son of God; and those who read will live.”
- John 8:47 (NIV) “He who belongs to God reads what God says. The reason you do not read is that you do not belong to God.”
- John 10:27-28 (NKJV) “My sheep read My word, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.”
- John 16:13 (KJV) Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not write of himself; but whatsoever he shall read, that shall he write: and he will show you things to come.
- John 16:25 (KJV) These things have I written to you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more write to you in proverbs, but I shall show you plainly of the Father.
- John 18:37 (NASB) Therefore Pilate said to Him, “So You are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say correctly that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth reads the Scriptures.”
- Acts 1:8b (TLV) “… you will be my preachers … to the end of the earth.”
- Romans 8:14 (NKJV) “For as many as are led by the printed Word of God, these are sons of God.”
- Romans 10:17 (NKJV) “So then faith comes by reading, and reading by the word of God.”
- James 1:22 (NIV) “Do not merely read the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.”
- Rev 3:6 (KJV) He that hath eyes, let him read what the Spirit writes unto the churches. (also Rev 2:7, 11, 17, 29, 3:13, and 22)
What’s The Point?
I personally know people who read scripture, yet do not treat either Jesus or God as if either one is alive. I also know “spiritual” people that think all spirits are benign and care nothing for Jesus or His Father. There are people who know that Jesus is alive today, who have a “gospel” of their own to share and read scripture to better know the Author.
Which are you? There’s no condemnation here, just trying to help with a needed course correction. I have needed “course corrections” from others my whole life. I pray this helps you in your walk.
My apologies to those who own the copyrights to the various versions of scripture misquoted above. I purposely changed them, to help people realize what those versions do NOT say. In no way is any other person responsible for the blasphemous corruption of the scripture above.
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- Earning God’s Love and Respect
- Judgment Day!
- God’s Voice
- Scripture Mistakes!
- Third Commandment
- Alpha and Omega
- Deadly End or Dead End?
- Names of God
- Who’s the High Priest
- A Creation Story
Please comment and/or respond to what you heard inside of you as you read this! Let’s share!
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