Christians have this concept; Adam was created, fallen because of Eve trusting the serpent's lies, some stories in the middle, Jesus came to the world, crucified and gave us salvation for God so loved the world!
This is the concept which assures us not to read Bible again. We think we have known the truth enough. Maybe we go for Bible study, prayer meeting, CF and church every week. We may read some daily devotionals like Daily Bread and Our Daily Journey. We sing praise to God every day. We pray in the morning and at night.
However, we just couldn't find the mood to dust off the Bible in the bookshelf.
Which mean you are in truly danger!
Before I elucidate further, let me explain about my first sentence up there first.
If I asked why did man had eaten the forbidden fruit, many would be able to answer. It was the woman, Eve that had been cheated.
If the question turns out to be, how did serpent cheat her?
You would have forgotten or not knowing because the answer is in a book that covered with dust!
Genesis 3:2-4, The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden. but God did say, 'You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die."
"You will not surely die," the serpent said to the woman.
Did you see the word I have blacken?
This is the serpent's trick and this ancient trick since the first human been cheated, was used and is being used until today.
Their main strategy is to create a confused situation. WILL NOT SURELY situation.
[You will not surely die for drinking.]
[Come on, just give a try, you will not surely die for taking drugs.]
[Just do it, God will not surely know.]
[Do be afraid, God will not surely dislike what you do.]
And when you try to turn to God by realizing that you are wrong, they will say,
[God will not surely forgive you, you are dirty!]
[You will not surely have Father's forgiveness, you have committed such great sin!]
[You will not surely get saved, you are such a sinner!!]
But when Lord Jesus Christ was tempted while He became a man on Earth,
the devil said to Him, 'If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.'
Jesus answered, 'It is written: Man does not live on bread alone.'---Luke 4:3-4
If you are aware of it, Jesus had been answering all these lies with words from the Scripture.
This is why reading Bible is important because it tells you what is Truth and when you stepped into this world to face all kinds of temptations, Truth popped up in your mind to remind you!
When you are depressed by some conditions, Truth popped up in your mind to strengthen you!
When lies come in your mind, Truth popped up in your mind to destroy them!
Ephesians 6:10-17 tells us about the full armor of God that we have to put on to stand against the devil's scheme.
One of the armor is the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
If you didn't read the word of God everyday, it is as if a warrior who has forgotten to take his sword when he steps into a battle field. How could you fight?
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