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Some believers have done an excellent job at explaining scriptures away. They’ll see a scripture, in context, and explain how that doesn’t mean what it clearly says. 

For instance, some will see Isaiah 53:5 which says, “by His stripes we are healed” and say this is related to our spirit’s being healed and not our physical bodies. They see how every believer is not physically healed so, they explain how this scripture can’t mean we’re healed in our bodies.

Isaiah 53:5 is referring to being healed in our physical natural bodies. We know this because in Matthew 8:17, Jesus fulfills the prophesy of Isaiah when He heals the physical bodies of a man with leprosy, the servant of the Roman Officer, and Peter’s mother-in-law.

Another example is in 2 Corinthians 8:9 which says, “You know the generous grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty he could make you rich.” Some read this as well as Psalm 112:3 where it says, “wealth and riches are in our house” and explain that this is spiritual wealth and riches. Nothing about either of these verses have to do with spiritual riches. It’s referring to natural riches. 

Just because believers aren’t experiencing what the scriptures says doesn’t mean we need to explain what it clearly means away.

It’s a fact, certain scriptures have been taken out of context, but not everything. Let’s read the scriptures, in context, and not explain it away based on what we’ve naturally seen or experienced. 

2 Timothy 2:15 NLT Work hard so you can present yourself to God and receive his approval. Be a good worker, one who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly explains the word of truth.