Top Sayings Not Found in Scripture
- Posted on May 21, 2007
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Moderation in all things; Once saved, always saved; Spare the rod, spoil the child; To thine ownself be true; God helps those who help themselves; Money is the root of all evil; Cleanliness is next to godliness; This too shall pass; God works in mysterious ways; The eye is the window to the soul. All sayings that many people actually think are directly from the Bible. But how did we get these sayings? Here are some more concepts: The Three Wisemen; The Sinner's Prayer; Wedding Vows; The Seven Deadly Sins. Need some explanation on how these things developed? I've found the perfect source for you!
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Leonard on Tue, May 22, 2007
When people find out I am a pastor I often hear this phrase… Like the good book says… it is usually followed up by something like the lord helps those… I actually find this opens many doors to talk about real lie with people. Thanks for this fun article.
Randy on Tue, May 22, 2007
How about “prayer changes things” or “let go, let God”?
Jan on Thu, May 24, 2007
Last week an elderly woman advised another woman with this “You know the Bible says that God helps those who help themselves.”
Got to confess it made me laugh a little and then had to tell her that the Bible says nothing of the kind.
dan on Mon, May 28, 2007
What about “God will never give you more than you can handle?” Preached on that one a couple of weeks ago and blew people’s mind that that saying is not in the Bible.
Ray on Tue, May 29, 2007
Dan,
How about making that sermon available? Or telling us what text(s) you used…
It is fun to burst such commonly held bubbles http://www.mondaymorninginsight.com/images/smileys/grin.gif
Thanks
Ray
david sweet on Tue, May 29, 2007
In answer to Ray, I have used 2 Corinthians 1:8-9 God does give us more than we can
handle, so that we will turn to Him and see His power.
Also, Matthew 26:38. Also 2 Corinthians 3:4-5 Also 2 Cor 4:7
I think that saying “God does not give you more than you can handle” is an extrapolation
of 1 Corinthians 10:13 which speaks of temptation being common to all and God providing
an escape.
The saying is not completely wrong on it’s face—since it could imply that—God will provide
for us. But the saying can easily be used to deny the reality of suffering—even suffering that
leads to despair so deep it was like death, like Paul, or suffering that leads to us feeling overwhelmed to the point of death, like Jesus.
Jim on Wed, June 06, 2007
It’s amazing what people think they know about whats in the Bible, when I was a young Christian I thought the saying “Hell hath no furry like a woman scorned “was in the Bible until a friend wisely challenged me to find that verse.
A FEW of these sayings may just be phrases descibing “truths” of certain scriptures, like the words “Rapture” and “Trinity” are not in Scripture, but many believe that those concepts are.
Along with you Leonard, I think that when people do say some of these things it does present an open door to talk about Spiritual things.
I find myself as I study thinking about phrases that I have heard along the way, and as I try to look them up I find they are not there, I wanted to look up the scripture that teaches “dying grace” and well, I learned that its another one of those sayings that we are talking about.
Funny Sayings Collection on Fri, January 09, 2009
Thanks for this funny article.
Cheers,
Shakti from india
Dirty text messages on Wed, March 25, 2009
Thanks for sharing…...
john thomas on Mon, December 14, 2009
what about the saying God will forgive your sins and place them in the sea of forgetfulness and bring them up no more.
Jasmine on Mon, January 31, 2011
That particular saying is not in fact in the Bible word for word but you can find the verses that it is drawn from in Psalm 103.
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