I'm seeing much assault on our holy word, the Bible, of late. I'd like to set the record straight as far as I understand it. This article covers two major deceptions you have to deal with in this day and age, and not just these two particular subjects but for every aspect of your own life you will find deceit creeping in trying to pull you away from God. One issue is 'creation and how long it took'; the other is 'can we believe the Bible as the truly inspired word of God'? Perhaps I should have done separate articles but both answers are IN the Bible so I'm going with the flow as the Spirit leads me. Both of the misleading views of modern society weigh heavily on my heart, for if you believe in evolution and that the world/universe is millions/billions of years old, then you call God a liar. If you believe that mankind's corruptness supercedes God holiness, and if you believe it's impossible for Him to get His written word down to us intact today, then you are deceived. I'm sorry if that hurts, the truth often does. If you can bear up though, please continue to read, but be advised that I will be using the Bible (KJV) for my defense against these fallacies!

        Starting with creation, our world and in fact our universe as well as all living creatures, were created in 6 days (Gen 1:1-31), as recorded by the Bible. Heaven and earth (Gen 1:1-2) were created BEFORE the sun, moon & stars (Gen 1:14-18), I have already written an article in defense of this. The world (planet earth) was formless and void, it was all water until the waters were separated into the waters above (clouds/myst) and the waters below, which were gathered together and called seas (Gen 1:6-10). The world is not *millions or billions of years old* that's just hogwash! Deception. No matter what modern science espounds, may I suggest you believe God's word above all!? 1Cr 3:19 "For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness."

        Even if we could put the slant on it as read in 2Pe 3:8 "But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day [is] with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.", that still means the earth is only about 12,000 years old tops (6 days x 1,000 years each = 6,000 + 6,000 years since the end of the last created day = 12,000 years). But even to believe this theory is to doubt that God who is all powerful, all knowing, omniscient, can create what He said He did in the time He said He did it. I choose to believe the world is no more than approximately 6,000 years old. If I'm wrong, God will let me know when we meet in heaven ... amen!?

        Those of you that claim to be Christians give some serious thought to what you believe regarding the first book of the Bible (Genesis) for if you don't believe it's true that God can and did make all things in six days and rested on the seventh, then what is the foundation of your faith? God is GOD. As the saying goes, "If God said it, I believe it, nuff said!" ... does that apply to you? God made the heavens and the earth and all other things including all life therein, and then after each day's work was ended God Himself said "it is good". What are you doubting if not the very word of God? Are you so narrow-minded that you think God couldn't possibly make our planet in one day? What kind of limited god do you serve? My God can and did make not only the earth but also heaven ... in ONE DAY, He was busy for all six days ... and on the seventh day He rested from all His works ... simple!

        Let me tell you WHO does not want you to believe God ... satan, the devil, that serpent of old who deceived Eve. How did he deceive her? Look it up in your Bible! He starts out with a question, putting doubt into her mind as to what God said, Gen 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?" <<< a question, the seed of doubt!

        She verifies that is indeed what the Lord said, Gen 3:2-3 "And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 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."

        He counters with a blantant lie, he contradicts God, and deepens the deception, Gen 3:4-5 "And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 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." We DID die, for in that day we chose death over life, we chose eternal separation from God! The deception worked as we see next ...

        Gen 3:6-7 "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. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they [were] naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons." Have you ever really pondered this? The eyes of both of them were *opened* and they knew they were naked ... verses what? What did they previously have to compare to to be other than naked?

        Thankfully God knew we would choose wrong (satan himself had set that example already) and before the foundations of the earth He had it planned that He would send His Son, Jesus the Christ, to defeat eternal death (separation from God) and redeem us to Himself. The devil tried these same deceptive tactics on Jesus during His 40 days in the wilderness, that was a 40 day fast as well. His temptations occured when He was weak and hungry and yet He mastered them all by quoting what? THE HOLY SCRIPTURES! Have you ever tried a 40 day fast? We're weak in our normal state, I can't imagine this scenerio, I can almost be sure I'd of cracked on the first temptation! Here's the questions & temptations satan posed, and our Lord's answers ...

        Mat 4:1-3 "Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread." <<< The question, attempting to plant a seed of doubt in Jesus as to His divinity, followed by temptation to use His Godly powers. The devil did a similar questioning-statement to Eve and she failed right off the bat! Jesus answers ...

        The devil continues his assault against Jesus, Mat 4:5-6 "Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in [their] hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dashthy foot against a stone." It's important to note here that satan actually left out part of a sentence! The full passage should be this: Psa 91:11-12 "For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in [their] hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone." The part he *left behind* (out) was: "to keep thee in all thy ways." See, the devil knows the Bible, but apparently he chose to leave this important part of the scripture out! He again starts with a question, attempting to make Jesus doubt His divinity, followed by a temptation, backed up with incorrectly quoted scripture. Our Lord replies ...