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To: hpeace who wrote (9418)	11/13/1997 10:59:00 PM
From: Ronald P. Margraf Sr.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39621

Hi Steve, I have to agree with you. I use to do the Tack ministry. I find it to be very effective if you use it properly. Ron

To: hpeace who wrote (9418)	12/2/1997 2:05:00 AM
From: Ronald P. Margraf Sr.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39621

Morning Steve, I have also done the tract ministry years ago. Before I went in the service. The only point I was trying to make is that folks quote scripture out of context to fit there point of view when in fact it has nothing to do with the relivence of the situation. To give you an example: I have contractors that quote me the specs. (construction bible) one sentence without reading the rest of the paragraph. They base there claims on not doing it or being paid to do it because of that one sentence. They justify everything that they do or say on that one sentence that pertains to whatever they are doing in that area. Only to find out that when I point out to them that they must read the whole paragraph I own them nothing but in fact they owe me. Scripture is fine to quote as long as it is in context to all that is happening at the moment. One must read the whole chapter to understand what that one sentance means. That is why I get defensive about folks that quote scripture. I qoute scripture to myself and my sons all the time but I always include what lead up to that verse. Not the verse without explaining it. ex. Ask and it shall be give to you. Seek and yea shall find. Knock and the door will be open. Ask it of me through the Father God, ect. ect. ect. Don't cast peal before swines. Most folks quote scripture to reinforce their point not Gods or Jesus's. Folks want to save the world and humanity the way they see it not the way the Holy ones see it. Another example, folks want to quote Psalms as scripture and use it to make a point. Psalms is not scripture but one mans reflections that has been included in the Bible to convey a thought. A relationship, a response/ reaction to something that is happening in his life. But yet folks want to quote it as the gosple. The true gosple can be summed up in the NT in the words that Jesus spoke and the OT that Moses and a few selected wrote down that God spoke to and told them to write down.;-) Now of course this is just my opinion so therefore it is subject to whatever? I do agree with your last sentence. I agree with your preception as far as being directed through the word, whether it be through an impulse or a calculated move but it still doesn't remedy or disqualify it in what I am saying. When one quotes scripture one must be careful. Once one utters those words that are truely scripture it must be in the purest of contexts not a self motivated move to try and prove ones point. I know. I paid the price for making that mistake.;-) Have a good day, Ron