Here's a thought from today's One Year Bible reading:
Acts 10:13 “Then a voice said to him, “Get up, Peter; kill and eat them.”’
This is a rather extreme example, but run with me on this—Without interpreting everything in scripture from a worldview that God is for us and will do us no harm, Peter could have just as easily interpreted this vision to mean he should run downstairs, kill and eat the messengers sent by Cornelius, meaning the Gentiles would have received condemnation instead of salvation.
Sounds crazy until you note how Hitler used scripture to justify slaughtering the Jews and how some sects of Islam use scripture to call for the annihilation of all non-Muslims. All scripture must be understood through the character of Jesus, which creates a worldview of a just, loving God full of grace and mercy who is for us not against us.
What do you think?
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