Satan deceived EVE, “The serpent was more clever than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. The serpent said to the woman, “DID GOD REALLY SAY, ‘You must NOT EAT the fruit of ANY TREE THAT IS IN THE GARDEN‘?” (Genesis 3:1) NO! This is what God said, “You CAN EAT the fruit of ANY TREE that is in the garden. But you MUST NOT EAT THE FRUIT OF THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL. If you do, you can be sure that YOU WILL DIE.” (Genesis 2:16-17) Then Satan said, “YOU WILL NOT SURELY DIE.” (Genesis 3:4)
What Satan is telling people today is “its ok to forsake your assembling together, it’s NOT REALLY GOD’S WORD you will hear!” July 6th, 2022, Gallup poll found that FEWER AMERICANS than ever believe the Bible is THE LITERAL WORD OF GOD: A record-low 20% of Americans now say the Bible is the literal word of God, down from 24% the last time the question was asked in 2017, and half of what it was at its high points in 1980 and 1984. Meanwhile, a NEW HIGH of 29% say the Bible is a collection of “fables, legends, history and moral precepts recorded by man.” This marks the first time significantly more Americans have viewed the Bible as NOT DIVINELY INSPIRED than as the literal word of God.
That’s what MAN SAYS, but, this is what GOD SAYS is “…the WORD OF GOD is LIVING and POWERFUL, and SHARPER than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” (Hebrews 4:12) God also said, “ALL SCRIPTURE IS GOD–BREATHED and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” (2 Timothy 3:16-17)
One more important verse, “…we will never stop thanking God for this: that when we preached to you, you didn’t think of the words we spoke as being just our own, but you accepted what we said as THE VERY WORD OF GOD—which, OF COURSE, IT WAS—and IT CHANGED YOUR LIVES when you believed it.” (1 Thessalonians 2:13) “…take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, WHICH IS THE WORD OF GOD…” (Ephesians 6:17)
THE BIBLE STILL IS AND WILL ALWAYS BE THE WORD OF GOD…
Your personal Pastor -Bill Stockham