Context Clues
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Title:
Context Clues ------------------------------------- Date: 3/10/2000
Keywords:
"faith" "friends" "prayer" "strength"
Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand
strong in the face of sexual temptation.
Passage: Matthew 18:19-20*
19. "Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about
anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven.
20. For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with
them"
Questions
1. Given verse 20, what does verse 19 mean?
2. How can we use this truth to overcome the temptation of
pornography?
Practical help
Beloved of theologians and elementary-school students, context can
make or break interpretations of the written word.
Take Matthew 18:19-20. We often hear verse 19. We often hear verse
20. We rarely hear them together.
Nineteen encourages faith to move mountains. Twenty urges strength
in numbers. The context adds up to a powerful formula for overcoming temptation: prayer +
support = strength.
Put the lesson to work for you today. Petition God's help in your
struggle against pornography ... with a little help from your friends.
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1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. All rights reserved.