"Did God Really Say?"
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3 "Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil." (Genesis 3:1-5 KJV)
The beginning of the fall of man, the imputing of spiritual death in humanity, and the future dying of humanity from changing God's Word and the consequences of doing this is clearly described by God Himself in His own Word. That is the authority of the Word, and not my naturalistic opinion, my fallen intellect, or my fallen flesh emotions (how I feel about the passage matters nothing to the Truth God speaks.) Satan, deceptive, fallen, and miserable includes man in his fall, for he was once a being who was the most beautiful of a creation himself, in the presence of God himself just like Adam and Eve. Sin or choosing to do what God forbids, always has its price. For Adam and Eve it was spiritual death, expulsion from paradise, and the most horrible of all, an expulsion from the presence of God:
"22 And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life." (Genesis 3:22-24KJV)
Okay Beloved, let's look at some things about what God and His Son the Savior says about the fall of Satan, which helped contribute to the fall of humanity, the deception that hinders a soul from salvation, hinders a Christian from temporal victories in his flesh, which is still fallen, dying, and at war with God, and the precepts of God's Word:
"18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven." (Luke 10:18 KJV) [Written in Greek, as to remove doubt, from those who would scream it only applies to Hebrew people.] Now an Old Testament verse from God: "
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet." (Isaiah 14:12-19 KJV) Here in the first passage Jesus reminds of His authority and deity that He saw what God said and says In Isaiah 14. That fall brought about the fall of humanity, and it was subtle, it was slick, and it was strategic in its inception. So much so, in the same discourse, Eve adds her own twist, words and opinion to what God said and says. Remember this discourse? "Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?" SATAN aka DEVIL aka ENEMY aka ADVERSARY. Get the premise? Pretty simple and scriptural fact! Now Beloved, Eve, she grasps hold of this fallacy and false devilish doctrine, by lust of the eye, and pride of life. Pride like that which is the root of all sin, pride like that the cast Satan from heaven, and according to God, through Isaiah, is the killer that is set against you Christian and has part ownership in humanity's current condition.
For what will happen to the ones who do this, the ones who do exactly what Satan did in the Garden of Eden, a passage in the Law of God by Moses, and a final warning in Revelation: "
2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you." (Deuteronomy 4:2 KJV) Not sacrificial law, nor ceremonial law, Old Testament passages that are relevant today, so relevant Jesus used Old Testament passages to reproof Satan in the Wilderness Temptations. Are we above Christ? NO! A few more WARNINGS for your edification: "
"What it means is that one is not to add their own words to what God gave. Each one is a specific book that was complete that man was not to add or subtract from. The Bible is a collection of all 66 books that are of the Old and New Testament.
Deuteronomy 4:2 “You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take anything from it”(also Deuteronomy 12:32). The reason God is so adamant on this is because “The entirety of Your word is truth” (Psalms 119: 160).
"Add thou not unto His words, lest He reprove thee, and thou be found a liar" Proverbs 30:6.
In our day there is the belief in “progressive revelation” that originates from outside the Word. What right does anyone have to teach what is not in Scripture as if it is Scripture? False teachers do not want to submit to its original intent, so they do not seek what Scripture actually (exegesis) means, instead, they conform it to what they want it to mean (isogesis). They will look to another source as their authority because they are not under God’s authority. This is why Paul admonishes us in 1 Corinthians 4:6: “not to think beyond what is written” (exceed or go past). Why? So pride will not have an opportunity to operate and puff us up. It is pride that makes one participate in false doctrine which makes him spiritually destructive to himself and others who listen to him.
The reason God is so adamant on this is because “The entirety of Your word is truth” (Psalms 119: 160). Proverbs 30:5-6: “Every word of God is pure; he is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.”
If we look at the context it saying “Every word of God.” God is stating for MAN not to add to his words. Adding does not only mean additional words, but can also mean changing them to mean what they do not. When you add new words as equal to Scripture you are really taking away from Scripture.
In the book of Revelation which is prophecy completes the Bible, just as Genesis began the Bible, it states "For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this Book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this Book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the Book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the Book of Life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this Book" Revelation 22:18-19."
http://www.letusreason.org/Biblexp117.htmEither God said it, meant it, meant to say those specific Words, without man changing the Truth to suit his fallen flesh nature which being saved, is still in play, and opposes the Spirit. (See Galatians)
If you claim verses such as John 3:16, Ephesians 2:8-9, and Revelation 22:17 all in the original English language God meant for it to be in to English speaking people, then for those to be logically so in your claiming salvation, then use logically must accept the rest of the Word of God, or your premise is fallacy to base certain verses and discard the rest.
We need look no further than the redefinition of marriage in current society to see a current example for changing the meanings of words. Either you believe the Bible is God's infallible Word, or you are tossed about by every wave of new teaching that arises. Remember, the Lord said, and says His Word will endure forever, not humanities view, feeling, or social morality has any application to Truth, for humanity still lives in flesh bodies, hindered by flesh mind and emotions. This is serious Beloved pray and consider these Truths, this is God's Word, and historical facts of what happened when not adhering to God's original intent of The Word He has spoken, speaks and formed the universe by, the very same Word that became flesh, and DWELT AMONGS US, AND DIED ON THE CROSS, BURIED, AND AROSE. THE GOSPEL! Love in Christ, Jason.
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