How do you feel this scripture applies to spouse, parents and children, siblings, etc? Of course aren't supposed to go through life paranoid and not trusting anyone on some "level" so how do you understand or interpret this scripture?
2007-02-27 10:17:50 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Psalms 118:8 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
This scripture does not imply that you shouldn't trust in your spouse, parents, etc. It simply means to seek and trust God first. When you go to your spouse, parents, doctor, therapist or whoever, pray to God first. Pray for guidance, understanding or whatever you need and then when you get that information you are seeking from others hopefully through God things will make sense. Make sense in that they are in line and support the Word of God. Many times man has ulterior motives. That's trusting in God.
2007-02-27 10:26:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is perfect, His word is always true, and His promises are sure. Man is fickle, he almost never keeps his word, and his promises are flimsy. I understand it like this, I trust God more than I do man on any subject or direction in my life. For instance, God says no sex before marriage, man says it's no big deal. But when I look at the many unplanned teenage pregnancies, STD's, and deadly afflictions that come out of mans decision to engage in an unholy act then I believe I'm right to trust God and value His opinion over that of man.
2007-02-27 10:24:15 · answer #2 · answered by drivn2excelchery 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus fulfilled all scripture, there is no authorized scripture after John the Baptist.
The Word of God is not scripture it is the Living Testament of the New Covenant, paid with the sacrifice of the lamb.
Within the New Testament there are 75 Commandment. And the scripture that you are citing has been fulfilled with the New Commandment
Thou shall love the LORD thy God, with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind (and all thy strength)
2007-03-03 14:40:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"God is not a man, that He should lie; neither the son of man, that He should repent: hath He said, and shall He not do it? or hath He spoken, and shall He not make it good?" (Numbers 23:19). In other words, man is fallible and it is likely that we have all told lies to some degree at some point in our lives and also that we have let people down, having given our word.
I trust the relatives you list, but I know that they are all fallible. They forget to do things, or find it inconvenient to do them, and I know that I am fallible too. But I know that they are basically there for me, just as I am there for them, and that I can count on their support, just as they in turn have mine.
I am not a suspicious person by nature, but unfortunately I have to be very wary of quite a number of the people about me. It is the nature of the place where we make our home at the moment. I am not paranoid: it is simply that certain events have led me to be more careful than I have found it necessary to be in the past. This situation too is well documented in the Bible: the Psalms, for instance, have a great deal to say about disloyal, treacherous people who are looking for a chance to lie and betray. Jesus felt the full force of man's treachery. One of his trusted followers betrayed Him for money and all His disciples fled when He was arrested. Recognising the truth of the Scripture I have quoted need not make us paranoid: simply wise in making allowances for human nature and resolved to overcome our own weaknesses.
2007-02-27 10:43:00 · answer #4 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.
A horse is a vain hope for safety;
Neither shall it deliver any by its great strength.
Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him,
On those who hope in His mercy...." Psalm 33:16-18
Listen to all of those people. But - see how their advice lines up with Holy Scripture. If it does not align, go with God.
2007-02-27 10:23:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Psalm 146:3 Do not put your trust in nobles. Nor in the son of earthling man, to who no salvation belongs.
Psalm 146:3 advises us: “Do not put your trust in nobles, nor in the son of earthling man, to whom no salvation belongs.” And at Jeremiah 17:5-7, we read: “Cursed is the able-bodied man who puts his trust in earthling man and actually makes flesh his arm, and whose heart turns away from Jehovah himself.” On the other hand, “blessed is the able-bodied man who puts his trust in Jehovah, and whose confidence Jehovah has become.”
Granted, putting confidence in humans is not always wrong. Those texts are simply making the point that confidence in God is never misplaced, but putting confidence in imperfect humans can at times lead to disaster. For example, people who trust humans to achieve what only God can do—provide salvation and bring full peace with security—are headed for disappointment.—Psalm 46:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:3.
2007-02-27 10:29:49 · answer #6 · answered by Just So 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It means - stop thinking for yourself. The crooks who run the churches will do your thinking for you.
2007-02-27 10:23:50 · answer #7 · answered by Mike J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋