DID GOD ACTUALLY SAY? THE ANCIENT LIE AND THE MODERN CHURCH.
Did God Actually Say? The Ancient Lie And The Modern Church. by Sam Lyra Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” — Genesis 3:1 From the very beginning of human history, one of Satan’s most effective weapons has been casting doubt upon God’s Word. This simple disbelief inevitably leads us to distrust the very God of the Word Himself. In the Garden of Eden, during the first temptation, notice the serpent’s shrewd tactic: “Did God actually say?” Satan, the prince of this world, along with his worldly forces, has throughout history subtly planted seeds of doubt in human hearts about the veracity of Scripture . THE SAME LIE IN THE WILDERNESS Even Jesus was not spared these attacks, though He overcame them all! The comparison between Jesus and Adam is striking: Jesus was tempted on a scale far greater than ...