" . . . Yea, hath God said?" Genesis 3:1
This is the first question mark in the Bible or in all history. It was asked by the devil, and he has been asking it ever since. His favorite attack is always to cast doubt upon the Word of God. He insinuated that God was very unjust and cruel by denying to His creatures the blessings of the garden. Of course, the Devil "misquoted" the Word of God. He altered it just a little, but that little was fatal. He quoted God as saying, "Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden." God had said nothing of the sort. God had said, "of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat" (Genesis 2:16). This was exactly the opposite of satan's statement. There was only one exception - the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Think of the foolishness of satan's question. If Adam and Eve had been prohibited from eating of EVERY tree, how then could they live? They were not permitted to eat FLESH, only fruit and vegetables (Genesis 2:16).
If satan were correct in his quotation of God's Word, it meant that Adam and Eve were doomed to die of starvation. What a cruel suggestion. What a diabolical twisting of the Word of God. The first attack of satan is to create in man's heart "doubt" concerning the Word of God. Satan is the author of doubt - God is the author of faith. Therefore, doubt is of the devil - faith is of God.
Are you troubled with doubts? Doubts about God, the Bible, and your salvation? You can only find the cure for those doubts in God's Word. God is true - the devil is a liar (John 8:44). Peace of heart and mind depends upon the answer to one question: "Whom do you believe: the devil's lie, or God's Word?" Meet your doubts today by using the weapon of our Saviour Himself. "It is written!" "The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate" (Psalm 34:22).
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