{"id":169,"date":"2020-09-13T11:42:22","date_gmt":"2020-09-13T11:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.easybible.net\/?p=169"},"modified":"2023-12-10T20:55:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T20:55:58","slug":"out-of-context","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.easybible.net\/?p=169","title":{"rendered":"Out of context?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This posting popped up my Facebook feed this morning:<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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“Do not fear, for I am with you.” Isaiah 41:10.<\/div>\n
Presumably, it is an encouragement for Christians not to fear anything because God is with us.<\/div>\n
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This is the context: Isaiah 41:8-13<\/div>\n
8. But you, Israel, are My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham, My friend;<\/div>\n
9.\u00a0whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called you from its sides. And I said to you, You are My servant; I have chosen you, and not cast you away.<\/div>\n
10. Do not fear; for I am with you; <\/strong>be not dismayed; for I am your God. I will make you strong; yes, I will help you; yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of My righteousness.<\/div>\n
11. Behold, all those who were angered against you shall be ashamed and confounded; they shall be as nothing. And those who fight with you shall perish.<\/div>\n
12. You shall seek them, and shall not find them; men warring against you shall be as nothing, and as ceasing.<\/div>\n
13. For I, Jehovah your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, Do not fear; I will help you.<\/div>\n
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Is it valid to pluck the eight quoted words from the middle of these verses spoken to Israel and apply them to Christians today?<\/div>\n
I don’t think so.<\/div>\n
Any views?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This posting popped up my Facebook feed this morning: “Do not fear, for I am with you.” Isaiah 41:10. Presumably, it is an encouragement for Christians not to fear anything because God is with us. This is the context: Isaiah 41:8-13 8. But you, Israel, are My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed … <\/p>\n

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