We need to understand God’s word (the bible) and not take his word out of context.

<p>We all have heard the song What the World Needs Now Is Love…Sweet Love what we really need now is Jesus our Lord and savior…If we let Jesus back into our world our nation the Love will come naturally need Jesus now more than even. Just look around at what is happening in our world today.</p> <p style="text-align:center;">We need to understand God’s word (the bible) and not take his word out of context. </p> <p> </p> <p>Why is it important to study the Bible in context? What is wrong with taking verses out of context?" we must understand the true meaning of his word we need to dig deeper into Gods word ask for wisdom and understanding: Constant progress is a part of human experience – we never know everything.  how ever It is important to study Bible passages and stories within their context. Taking verses out of context leads to all kinds of error and misunderstanding. Understanding context begins with four principles: literal meaning (what it says), historical setting (the events of the story, to whom is it addressed, and how it was understood at that time), grammar (the immediate sentence and paragraph within which a word or phrase is found) and synthesis (comparing it with other parts of Scripture for a fuller meaning). Context is crucial to biblical exegesis in that it is one of its most important fundamentals. After we account for the literal, historical, and grammatical nature of a passage, we must then focus on the outline and structure of the book, then the chapter, then the paragraph. All these things refer to "context." To illustrate, it is like looking at Google Maps and zooming in on one house.</p> <p>Taking phrases and verses out of context always leads to misunderstanding. For instance, taking the phrase "God is love" (1 John 4:7-16) out of its context, we might come away thinking that our God always loves everything and everyone with a gushing, romantic love. But in its literal and grammatical context, “love” here refers to agape love, the essence of which is sacrifice for the benefit of