{"id":1637,"date":"2010-03-19T17:26:10","date_gmt":"2010-03-20T01:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/2010\/03\/19\/peddling-the-word\/"},"modified":"2010-03-19T17:26:10","modified_gmt":"2010-03-20T01:26:10","slug":"peddling-the-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/2010\/03\/19\/peddling-the-word\/","title":{"rendered":"peddling the word"},"content":{"rendered":"
In a message Wednesday night, the preacher referred to this passage:<\/p>\n
\nNAU 2 Corinthians 2:17 For we are not like many, peddling the word of God, but as from sincerity, but as from God, we speak in Christ in the sight of God.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\u201cPeddling the word\u201d \u2013 the KJV puts it \u2018corrupt the word\u2019, but the idea is more that of dishonest peddlers who try to swindle their customers.<\/p>\n
The NET Bible notes explain the word this way:<\/p>\n
\nThe participle \u2026 refers to those engaged in retail business, but with the negative connotations of deceptiveness and greed – "to peddle for profit," "to huckster"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
We\u2019ve all met with fellows like this before, haven\u2019t we? (If you haven\u2019t yet, you will.)<\/p>\n
Our preacher last night illustrated this kind of peddler this way: He\u2019s like a man selling apples. He has some good ones, some so-so ones, and some \u2018past due\u2019. How does he display his wares? Does he put the best ones on the bottom of his basket, the so-so ones next and the \u2018past due\u2019 ones on the top?<\/p>\n
No! Of course not. The best are put on top and the \u2018past due\u2019 ones are hidden on the inside.<\/p>\n
Then came this application, not quoted exactly verbatim, but close:<\/p>\n