Ever heard a verse used in a way that felt off? In this Faith Fuel episode, learn how context transforms scattered quotes into living truth. You’ll discover simple ways to follow the author’s flow, spot repeated words, and grasp Scripture’s message as one story—not snippets. Slow down, read around the verse, and see how clarity builds courage and confidence in God’s Word.
Grow in God’s Word. Lead boldly.
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Episode Transcript
This is Equip the Next, and you're listening to
Faith Fuel, quick encouragementfor bold living.
Ever hear a verse used in a waythat didn't make sense or sound
right to you?
You don't want to miss this.
(00:46):
I'm gonna get right into itbecause I think that context is
key.
Context is like a safety net.
God's word was written to beunderstood as a whole story, not
as snippets.
You don't go into your favoriteshow in the middle of it, right?
You look at the whole picture.
When you see the bigger picture,his truth comes alive and you
(01:06):
get more clarity, more focus.
At the end of the day, it'simportant that we shut out all
distractions and we focus onGod's word when we have that
alone time, when we have thatstudy time.
That can be hard if you have aheart a lot um a large family or
you're really busy, but try tomake time intentionally to just
(01:28):
read a passage.
I I love to read the epistles,which are the letters in the New
Testament.
They're meant to be read likeyou would read a letter, so
straight through if you're ableto.
(02:00):
I think Bible Hub probably doesthis, I'm not sure, but you can
go and get the verse or the thethe chapter or the book, and you
can remove the numbers of eachverse and the subheadings and
just copy and paste it on apiece of paper and then print it
out and read it like it's aletter.
It really does make adifference.
(02:22):
Remove the footnotes and themaps and just read it.
Context is context is important.
Unfortunately, a lot of people,because of schedules, time,
whatever, they sometimes don'tlook at context and they can
take it out of scripture.
I mean, out of context.
They can take the scripture outof context.
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Maybe they're in a hurry, maybethey're rushing, or maybe they
are up against the wall and havea huge congregation that they
have to appease because peoplewill write them letters and bam
on their door.
You shouldn't be peoplepleasing, but that's just the
reality of it.
And so it's important that you,when you're looking at a passage
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of scripture, you remember andyou remind yourself that context
is key.
When you hear a verse, don't beafraid to look it up for
yourself.
This is what the Bereans did.
They understood, they didn'ttake anybody at face value.
Not to go, you're not looking togo and find fault or to look and
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see, oh, that's wrong.
Let me find, you know, let meprove them wrong.
No, you're learning to getyou're growing in reading to get
clarity for for you tounderstand the word so that you
can understand what God issaying to his people, and then
how you can apply that enough inlight of who God is.
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So I just want to remind youthat context is key.
It's important.
Listen, that's today's faithfuel.
Remember, grow in God's word andlead boldly.
Till next time.
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