THE PLAIN TRUTH OF
GOD’S
WORD
From time to time I deal with
Christians who try to read the myth of evolution into Scripture. Then,
when I quote
Exodus 20:11, “For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea,
and
everything that is in them,” their first reaction is to say, “Well
there are
different opinions as to what that means”. Think carefully about what
they are
saying because Satan is playing a trick on them. They think that they
are
explaining God’s Word, but what they are really doing is replacing
God’s Word
with man’s word. God said, “In six days the LORD made…etc.” and they
replace it
with man’s word which says something else. However, when I try to point
this
out to them they seem unable to comprehend what I am saying. In their
mind they
cannot distinguish between what the Bible says and what they think.
Therefore, let me explain it this way.
God wants us to teach what He says
in His Word, not what we think! In short, the entire doctrinal content
of
Scripture, everything God wants us to believe and teach, is clearly and
explicitly stated in Scripture. When God says that He created the world
“in six
days”, that is what He wants us to believe and teach. When he tells us
that
each of those days had an “evening” and “morning” that is exactly what
He wants
us to believe and teach. And, when He tells us that, “a man is
justified by faith
without the deeds of the law,” that is exactly what He wants us to
believe and
teach (Rom.