Have You Ever Become Misquoted

Have you ever been misquoted, or misrepresented in any way? Maybe you said something and someone relayed what you said but they said it wrong and you got into trouble for saying something? Or have anyone ever misconstrued your actions to mean something you never meant it to be?
I think we have all been there; we’ve all been misrepresented, misquoted or misunderstood in some way, at some time in our life.
Can you remember how frustrating that was? Would you agree that the misrepresentation cost you a promotion, a friendship, financial advancement, a reputation?
Let’s turn the tables, how often have someone’s reputation preceded them and you made a judgement based on what you have heard, or you avoided a certain service provider based on their reputation, we make crucial decisions based on how things or people are presented to us. No wonder king Solomon the wisest man ever to live on earth said that a good reputation is worth more than gold.
For centuries God and the good news of his Son has been misrepresented to the world, at the cost of multitudes falling …show more content…
However when you look at a baby, you will find that before a baby can walk they first need to crawl, and before they crawl they normally just lie there. In the same way Christianity does not begin with activity (walking); it begins with resting (lying)… Most people think they have to perform for God before He accepts them, they think they must walk before they can rest in him, however, as Watchman Nee puts it, “ our natural reason says, If we do not walk, how can we ever reach the goal? What can we attain without effort? How can we get anywhere if we do not move? But Christianity is a funny business! If at the outset we try to do anything, we get nothing; if we seek to attain something, we miss everything. For Christianity does not begin with a big DO, but with a big