Meanings Changing

Charity – today, most often means a handout – before, love

Gay – today, means homosexual – before, joyful

Grace – today, means freedom – before, a gift

Amazing – today, means special – before, was a huge WOW

God – today, means love – before, fearsome

Truth – today, being mine – before, universal

Perfect – today, what is agreed to – before, without flaw

Hero – today, doing one’s duty – before, risking one’s life

Government – today, god or father – before, a servant

Love – today, permission/rights – before, sacrifice

Marriage – today, is any combo – before, two of opposite genders under vows

Bully – today, someone who challenges – before, one who hurt others for fun

Racist – today, to disagree with one of color – before, to hate another color

Abstinence – today, means limited – before, none/no 

Awesome – today, means very good – before, almost unbelievable 
(Since everything today is awesome – soon nothing is!)

Church – today, a means to please God – before, a place to hear God

Vows – today, means until otherwise – before, an unconditional commitment

Boneless Chicken Wings – today, is breast meat – before, was chicken wings
(Did you catch the guy fussing about this before the Lincoln city council?)

Buffalo wings – today, is a food – before, a joke as buffaloes don’t have wings

Don’t Trust this Dictionary – by Mary Jackson, excerpt, World News Group, 09/18/2020

This month, Merriam-Webster, which describes itself as “America’s leading and most-trusted provider of language information,” updated its definitions for the words “male” and “female”…

…In its “biggest update ever,” Dictionary.com …announced it will replace references to homosexuality with the word “gay.” The website said it wanted to characterize same-sex relationships as “a normal way of being” instead of a pathology or mental illness.

…Trujillo said words and their meanings hold power to influence society. A culture that forgets the truths of Scripture—that God made man and women distinctly, in his image—only produces “mayhem and confusion,” she said. “I have always taken the responsibility seriously to raise a standard for children.”

II Corinthians 1:18, But as God is faithful, our word to you was not Yes and No.

As God’s word is precise, Paul was not saying “yes” and meaning “no.”  Yes meant, Yes! 

When God says “only” or “not perish” or “everlasting” (3:16), the meaning matters – a lot!