Tell the Whole Story

You know we church people know all the Bible catchphrases. But instead of just repeating what we hear, we really should go find the verses for ourselves. I'm saying that because an excerpt taken out of context really does little good.

And reading half a verse still leaves you with half the truth. On Sunday, the preacher directed us to the book of Isaiah and had us read 54:14. But my eyes skimmed down to verse 17 and saw the ever-popular "No weapon formed against me shall prosper." I thought, cool, now I know where it is. I highlight and underline all in my Bible and do all kindsa stuff like that. So then I read the rest of the verse.

"No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD."

That's giving you victory over a LOT, even over words and critics and 'haters,' as we like to say...Now that's good stuff.

(Rick Ross said it pretty eloquently too, though: "Who gives a **** what a hater got to say?" JUST KIDDING!!!! :P)