Communication?? and words A-Z (part 2)

I'm just selecting words at random, that come to mind. I don't have the time here to go in depth on each word.

But these words have no meaning anymore to Christians and if you think God is ok with an unrepentant homosexual in your church,then you are prove that words have lost there meaning.

Keep in mind here, the   main reason, when it comes to the church, that words lose there meaning is simply :


John 5:39
You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me,


Random words from A to Z that have been changed to accommodate a seeker friendly atmosphere in the visible church.

- Anointing - this word should thrill the believer but instead, confuses many. Some think this is outside there conversion to Christ and I suppose if believers think they are missing something someone else has , and they are constantly asked if they want this, this will keep them coming back week after week , till they get.. what they already have. Also might wanna look up Who the Anointed One is btw.
-blessings - use caution when this word is taught from Old Testament verses and the curses fail to get mentioned. Passages that are descriptive are not always prescriptive. But that's not how churches present it. Scripture always has ONE interpretation and it will ALWAYS be Jesus ,but  there are many applications . Best to use caution when reading.
-curses - these never get read, unless a church wants the hearer to sense guilt. Now if that guilt is understood that it's God we've offended, ok but the gospel better be close behind but many times that's a sub point. Besides,  If these curses  were read correctly,  the believer  would become wise to us no longer being under them.
-deeds - this word gets confused with works, and is separated from rewards. No wonder we don't get it.
-discern - if the one discerning has never read the Bible in context, what standard are they using to discern? Many discern by what they heard or how they feel about certain things or how they were raised.
-eternity -  because of our limited view of how we see 'time', this idea gets lost. Because we view life thru the grid of what we do or don't do, thoughts come to mind as to what we will do forever and ever. These days,  we now think waiting in a checkout line can be an eternity, well. Clearly , you can see the problem.
-experiences - this word is gone. It's connection with God and Biblical passages has made regular daily life, you know, what we call "the daily grind" less in value. But God created humanity & nature that rolls on a cycle that (to us) seems monotonous. So we seek "experience " to spice up things thereby confusing the word. You can bet , in Christian circles, you will be asked if you've "experienced" God and you'd better have an experience to tell
-faith - severely abused word. Whose faith is it and who is faith in and how did we attain it?  We read Bible stories as personal faith stories so is it any wonder we don't know whose faith it is and where it came from.
-grace - because we make the Bible about us, it's understandable that the only way many churches can explain this is to say "grace is something we GET that we don't deserve, but Grace is so much more. This is how many concepts of the Bible get presented. They are presented to us by ways of appealing to our selfish nature. We ask ourselves "what do I GET out of all of this" and the preacher is glad to tell you.
-Gospel - I recently heard someone say that the gospel is wrapped in power. Talk about putting the cart before the horse. Please note : this gospel is for the believer. The sinner wants nothing to do with this. The church growth movement has gotten this backwards!
-hell - we think this is a place God's sends people too but it's actually a place God rescues us from. Just because we don't like the sentence we were born under doesn't make this any less true. See how getting things backwards changes the perspective. That's what happens when context becomes irrelevant.
-inspired - because we don't understand God's nature, we can't understand how God inspired men to write His Word. We're so stuck on ourselves, we think everything's ours.
Israel - a severely abused word. It's best not to change it.
-joy - I love that song "the joy of myself is my strength"  Wait, that's not right. Whose joy is it? We don't get it because it's not contingent upon our circumstances. Often  times , joy gets confused with being happy, which we can control being happy.
-kingdom - take this word out of context and we have a mess on our hands. Some think WE are gonna bring this in? It can only get worse from there.
-love - volumes could be written on the abuse of this word. Whether someone has read God's Word or not, we think we know what love is, but we can't even comprehend John 3:16.
-marriage - as God's first institution set up along with its constant theme throughout scripture, it's best to keep this where it belongs.  IMO, marriage second only to the Gospel in my thinking. If you want to understand the Bible in context, look at a healthy marriage, Christian or not, and consider what makes it healthy or look at a poor marriage and consider what might restore it.
-Noah - if you don't know who Enoch was, or Methuselah was, or if you don't understand the culture then how could you spot how this is type and shadow of Jesus , right down to the pitch used to seal the Ark.
-opinions - yours or mine don't matter, concerning this Bible. When any preacher says "I think this means..."  look out. Also have caution when any preacher starts by saying "the Lord told me to say this..."  Think about this. Lets say you might object to this? Does that mean you are objecting to the Lord? Best to use caution.
Prayer & Praise - since it's 'words' I'm claiming to be devalued, that would directly affect these. I heard someone say, "prayer is an attitude" and I like that. Praise can be that too. If our walk with God is like a relationship, then prayer /praise equals, when couples hold hands.
Quickly - God's "quickly" and my "quickly" are not the same thing. God said He's coming back quickly. How can that be, if a person is looking for Him? That "quickly" is only if your not look. Unfortunately this is the same person who doesn't understand patience.
Rapture -  now here's an abused word. It's almost as if we think, how dare God call out a a people of His own. It's almost worth keeping this word as is if only to avoid the direction it takes when removing it  concerning Bible's interpretation.
-Saved - this just might be the number one abused word. The world makes fun of it and the church abuses it  by all inclusiveness context. The visible church has gotten to the point where WE do everything, from getting saved to having faith. It's a wonder we need God at all.
Tithe -if you think your under this law , you've missed it, big time.
Tolerance - we love it, God hates it, gee , no potential for problems there :-/
Unity - the unity the visible church speaks of requires the tolerance God hates, which favors a one world religion for a one world govt. The message of the cross is divisive & offensive so uniting this with other religions won't work.
Version - there's as many versions of the Bible as there are models of vehicles to drive and just like vehicles, we pick the one we want. Besides liking your favorite version, what do you know about it? There's also versions for different categories. That's not good. Why? Because we get our word "category" from the term 'accuser' and satan is the accuser of the saints. He accuses us by getting us to categorize our sins. He's happy we have various Bible's for various groups. If your church regularly uses the "message" paraphrase, your being Deceived.
-worship - when this word is connected to feelings, there can be some problems. We even categorize worship,  based on OUR preference.
X?  Yoke * not a word we use a lot but it's not always a bad thing. God's yoke is easy.
-Zechariah -  a good book to read along side Revelation. If you attend a church that would read this book in context, with "you" not as its subject, you have a good church.

So there's my, off the top of my head, list.
I may not speak as eloquently as others so I did some research on how words have lost there meaning.
There was too much to include. But this is important, as indicated
from a review of the book - Speaking christianese/Marcus Borg - quote :

When Christians forget what their words mean, they forget what their faith means. (CNN )

So I'll end this post with an answer from gotquestions.org (a favorite site of mine) which shares, why this is so important.

http://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-confusion.html

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