Into Texting?

[602 words] The word “text” has taken on a different meaning in this generation. In light of our familiarity with texting, we should be able to relate to a few lessons about the most important text message that has ever been sent. Context. A text of Scripture must be understood in its context. The verses that come before it and the verses that follow it usually shape its meaning. The text of Ecclesiastes 9:5 reads, “The dead know not anything.” But the next verse explains this statement: the dead do not know anything about what is happening “under the sun.” Also, we should read a text in light of the setting of the book in which is found: “I had six faithful friends, Who taught me all I knew. Their names were when, where, and how, What, why, and who.” Many times we learn much about a text just by…