Does Jesus have authority in your life to direct everything in your life ?

Or

Does your life also include thinking and practice from other ideas than the Bible ?

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Do you find yourself defending your beliefs, to say they can fit in the Bible ?

Do you need disclaimers to get around Jesus’ claims and teaching, to defend and maintain your life and lifestyle ?

Are you inclined to say, “God, Jesus, didn’t really mean for us to apply His words literally, today, to my life.”?

In other words, “Did God really say ?”
You may be comforted to know that is a quote from the Bible.
Hmmm.
Yes, in the third chapter of Genesis—should set the record straight about taking God’s words too literally.

You can get a lot of mileage, getting around a lot of uncomfortable Bible stuff, by adding new, logical, loving interpretations to make ‘christianity’ compatible with current enlightenment.

The timing is just right for this perfect theological storm to take over like a tsunami.

B U T . . .

Questioning what God said is necessary to developing your own belief, your own theology, your own God.

Now, that helpful line about not taking God’s words too seriously, “Did God really say?”, is followed with the most comfortable, most modern thinking of today [just 6000 years old], “You will be like God.”—translation, “You can be your own god.”—“You can make your own god.”—just like the real estate sign, “Will Build To Suit.”

The devil stealthily puts a sign over your life, your heart, “Will Build To Suit.”

And it worked immediately, beautifully the very first time, and ever since, especially in today’s advanced, enlightened, intellectual climate (in reality, the darkest, deceived, demonic, ‘angel of light’, masterpiece deception).

“But evil men and seducers shall grow worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.”

Shall we say, “Nothing new under the sun.” ? (also in the Bible)
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Now, in context:
“This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, uncontrolled, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
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Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
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Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
But evil men and seducers shall grow worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.”

This article triggered by Frank Turek’s program on afr.net today, 1-11-25, with Melissa Dauerty and her book, HAPPY LIES (strongly recommended).
Also on this topic, Natasha Crane’s book, FAITHFULLY DIFFERENT !