When truth is mixed with lies

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...

The serpent came to Eve and presented a very twisted statement.
 
Genesis 3
 

1 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?



2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees 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.

(Eve added to that which God said.  God did not say, "Neither shall ye touch it.")
 
The following is what God commanded to Adam:
 
Genesis 2
 
15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.



16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:



17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
When a person adds to the Word of God, he weakens that Word of God.  Because that person who does this knows he added something and therefore it becomes difficult for that person to believe the actual Word from God because he knows only part of what he said is actually the Word from God.
 
We must be very careful in handling the Word of God.
 
If we have the Word of God in writing, we must return to that which God said and be certain of that which God actually said, and we must look at the Word many times.
 
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Genesis 3

 
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.
(People want to be "as gods", being wise in their own eyes.)  
 
Those who are really godly know they can do nothing of themselves, as Jesus said of Himself in John 5:30.  
 
Jesus said:  I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear (from God), I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent ME.
 
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Genesis 3
 
6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
 

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Proverbs 3
 
5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.



6 In all thy ways acknowledge HIM, and HE shall direct thy paths.



7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
 

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The apostle Paul describes antichrist as follows:
 
II Thessalonians 2:4   Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

 
This is what they were teaching us at Word of Faith when I attended this church.  (1977-1982)
 
We were being taught to be "as god" ... looking for scripture to justify what we wanted and claiming that scripture daily until we got that which we wanted.  We were even being taught that we could take "authority" over the devil and stop things such as hail from damaging our house.  And we were supposed to be able to stop the devil from bringing illness to us and to those in our family by taking "authority" as believers over the devil.
 
Many people want to be as gods, controlling everything as God does.
 
This is not trusting in God or turning in prayer to God but rather trying to be god.
 
And we were never told to seek the will of God at Word of Faith church.  We were supposed to know the will of God and look for scripture, basically to justify that which we desired for ourselves.
 
This is exactly how Paul described antichrist in II Thessalonians 2:4.
 
(Word of Faith is not the only antichrist church but just one of many churches of the apostasy.  For many churches fall away from portions of scripture and set up doctrines opposite from those doctrines of the Holy Bible.)
 
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John 5   (Jesus says)
 

39 (Ye) Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of ME.



40 And ye will not come to ME, that ye might have life.

 

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The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Truth.
 
The Holy Spirit who is in us will unravel the lies and set our doctrines straight again.
 
There is much deception in today's church, in the teachings and doctrines.
 
II Timothy 3
 
14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of WHOM thou hast learned them;
(God teaches us by HIS Spirit.)



15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.



16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:



17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
 

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