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==The rains falls on the just and the unjust== | ==The rains falls on the just and the unjust== | ||
Scripture must be taken in context. | Scripture must be taken in context. There is a well known saying in biblical interpretation that "A text without a context becomes a pretext for a proof-text.”<ref>D. A. Carson, “Editorial: Take up Your Cross and Follow Me,” Themelios 37, no. 1 (2012): 2. </ref> | ||
Matthew 5 43-48 states: | Matthew 5:43-48 states: | ||
:''“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your | :''“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. <ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Mt 5:43–48.</ref> | ||
Is this passage speaking about how God sends his Holy Spirit on people? No! | |||
It is talking about God's goodness to all as we read in Psalms 145:9: | |||
:''The LORD is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made.<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Ps 145:9.</ref> | |||
We also see this reflected in the counterpart to Matthew 5:45 in Luke 6: | |||
:''But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, '''because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked'''. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. <ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Lk 6:35–36.</ref> | |||
Matthew 5:43-48 is teaching us that we should love our enemies just as God does. William Branham has taken Matthew 5:45 out of context as a proof text. But when you read it in context, it does not mean what he wants it to mean. | |||
=Quotes of William Branham= | =Quotes of William Branham= | ||