A Sad State of Affairs

It is a sad state of affairs when Christians attack other believers over an issue concerning which we should be in agreement – the complete and utter truthfulness of the Bible. Satan knows that, if we fight each other, we will be distracted from resisting our real enemy, who continues to work in the background, using our infighting to further discredit us in the eyes of the world. Jesus warned us:

...“Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and a house divided against a house falls. Luke 11:17 (NKJV)

The church will not fall, but we are being hindered.

One of the devil’s greatest con jobs in the last 500 years has been the introduction and almost complete acceptance of the anti-biblical heliocentric theory, which depends to a great measure upon NASA’s ability to deceive us with their computer generated graphics and green screen productions.

This satanic deception was introduced at approximately the same time as the Protestant Reformation was turning people back to the authority of God’s Word. It was a counterattack that elevated what is called science above the authority of the Bible.

Despite the fact that the reformers resisted this lie, it did not take very long for the idea to gain traction in the West. Mankind generally prefers Satan’s hidden knowledge over the authority of the Bible.

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The devil knows how to play a “long game.” He knows that, as he repeats his lies over generations, they will soon be regarded as truth. In short order, Sola Scriptura became Sola Scientia. We have betrayed our Reformation heritage.

Today, I am sad to say, many Christians only accept those passages of Scripture as being literally true if they agree with human logic and the proclamations of science, thereby elevating the authority of science and reason above God’s Word, which is exactly what Satan wants.

sadNow the theory of heliocentrism is regarded as an unassailable fact. It has deceived Christians into believing that Genesis Chapter One must be reinterpreted to “fit the data,” instead of demanding that the Word of God be our highest arbiter of truth.

The devil has succeeded in convincing even us Christians once again to doubt the truthfulness of God’s Word. We find the pursuit of hidden (occult) knowledge that contradicts the Bible, which was provided by hermeticists such as Copernicus and Newton, so enthralling that we cannot seem to resist.

I wrote an article on the occult origins of modern astrophysics, which you can access by clicking on this link.

The early protestant reformers encountered deadly persecution from the established Roman Catholic Church for resisting their false doctrines and anti-biblical traditions.

The more “religious” we are, the more likely we are to become enemies of the truth and the authority of God’s Word, when our traditions and security are threatened.

sadToday, ironically, but according to pattern, anyone who seeks to reform our understanding of the heavens and earth by bringing it into alignment with the testimony of Scripture often will be attacked by other Christians who defend heliocentrism as if it were God’s revealed truth. The devil doesn’t need to round up a bunch of atheists to do his dirty work. Sadly, it is done by those of us who think we are defending the integrity of our gospel witness, not understanding that attacking Genesis undermines the integrity of the entire Bible in the eyes of a watching world.

It is one thing to refuse to believe in the literal truthfulness of Genesis, but it is a sad state of affairs when Christians attack or ridicule those who do believe.

And yet that is where we often find ourselves today.

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Pete Beck III ministered as a pastor and Bible teacher in Burlington for over 35 years. He is married to Martha, with whom he has four children, ten beautiful grandchildren, and five amazing great grandchildren. He ministers in his local church as a Bible teacher and counselor. He has written several books, including two that are available on Amazon - Seeing God's Smile and Promise of the Father - as well as a wide variety of Bible-related articles.

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