There's a Crack in Your Armor Perry Stone

others, the Word of God must be properly interpreted, clearly spoken, and taught with the same care as man flashing a sharp sword in a crowd of people. MISHANDLING THE SCRIPTURES You would never ask an untrained solder to join a frontline battle, or a student driver to drive in a NASCAR race, or a ministry novice to present a theological discourse at a seminary. Yet men and women continually misquote, misuse, and abuse others by mishandling the Scriptures. Here are a few examples. U SING S CRIPTURE OUT OF CONTEXT When scriptures are taken out of their context, meaning out of the historical or contextual setting in which they were written, then a person can become confused and think the Bible is contradicting itself. For example, several years ago I saw a photograph that was taken in the Greenbush Cemetery near Lafayette, Indiana. Near the granite grave maker was the tombstone of a Christian soldier who had died in a war. The marker had the image of the Good Shepherd, Christ, on it and was facing toward the east, which is the direction of a traditional Christian burial, since Matthew 24:27 states that the coming of the Lord is as lightning coming from the east. Near this marker was an older marker with these words inscribed: