Love is what you make it. Whatever you call love, it’s all good.
Love your neighbors, like the Samaritans, except the hateful ones.
RT @rcsprouljr: #thingsJesusneversaid When the culture despises you/when perversion is protected & celebrated/when your political clout is gone all is lost.
I don’t know when this Twitter hashtag was started, but it’s been revived for the clash with Indiana Armies of Intolerance, who say they want to defend religious freedom, but we all know what they really want, right? It’s obvious. Let’s rally to drive them all out of business in the name of freedom and respect.
Last year, people were talking #ThingsJesusNeverSaid with images like these. I just shared #11.
Clearly a tag like this cuts both ways. Jesus didn’t say many things, and everyone has put words into his mouth, but those who disrespect him may have done this more than anyone.
Jesus never said, “Put my name on something fun. Draw people to the Christian brand, and I will be honored.”
He didn’t say, “Watch yourself. If you get out of line, the Father will hammer you.”
Or this, “Stop thinking about my teaching. Just believe what I say.”
Feel free to add to the list.
“Go, and sin with pride.”
“I have come that they may have self-esteem and have it abundantly.”
The false teaching I’ve been hearing more and more lately is “God will not give you more than you can handle.”
It is close to the promise that He won’t allow you to be tempted beyond your strength, but with the temptation will provide a way of escape. But what I see in the Bible more often than not is supporting evidence for “When I am weak, then He is strong.” If I can handle it, I don’t need God. But when it gets to be more than I can handle I learn to call out to Him, obey His commandments and trust in Him.
That’s a good point, Greybeard. I’ve heard that line in my Sunday School class recently, but I think the speakers meant it the right way. It’s hard to say because the distinction is slight. They mean, don’t worry, God will not crush you with this trial, but even that could be interpreted as slipping by on your own strength.
Where I see it most is in attempting to comfort the grieving. People mean well, but the end result is either the burden of condemnation when people are overwhelmed with problems, because since God won’t give them more than they can handle they shouldn’t feel overwhelmed, right? Or else it results in destruction of faith, which is where most false teaching leads. People trust in the lie, but when it is proved false, they grow bitter against God for not fulfilling the promise which He never made in the first place.