Genesis 1
Godhead involved in creation of worldverses 1-2
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth
and the earth was without form – and void
and darkness was on the face of the deep
And the Spirit of God moved on the face of the waters
First twenty-four hour period of creationverses 3-5
And God said – Let there be light – and there was light
and God saw the light – that it was good
and God divided the light from the darkness
And God called the light – Day
and the darkness HE called Night
And the evening and the morning were the first day
Second twenty-four hour periodverses 6-8
And God said – Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters
and let it divide the waters from the waters
And God made the firmament – and divided the waters which were
under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament
and it was so and God called the firmament Heaven
And the evening and the morning were the second day
Third twenty-four hour periodverses 9-13
And God said – Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together
to one place – and let the dry land appear – and it was so
And God called the dry land Earth
and gathering together of the waters called HE Seas
and God saw that it was good
And God said – Let the earth bring forth grass – the herb yielding seed
and the fruit tree yielding fruit after its kind
whose seed is in itself – upon the earth – and it was so
And the earth brought forth grass – and herb yielding seed after his kind
and the tree yielding fruit – whose seed was in itself
after his kind – and God saw that it was good
And the evening and the morning were the third day
Fourth twenty four hour periodverses 14-19
And God said – Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven
to divide the day from the night – and let them be for
signs – seasons – days – years – and let them be for lights
in the firmament of the heaven to give light
on the earth – and it was so
And God made two great lights – the greater light to rule the day
and the lesser light to rule the night – HE made the stars also
And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light
on the earth – and to rule over the day and over the night
and to divide the light from the darkness
and God saw that it was good
And the evening and the morning were the fourth day
Fifth twenty-four hour periodverses 20-23
And God said – Let the waters bring forth abundantly the
moving creature that has life
and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open
firmament of heaven
And God created great whales – and every living creature that moves
which the waters brought forth abundantly – after their kind
and every winged fowl after his kind
and God saw that it was good
And God blessed them saying – Be fruitful – and multiply
and fill the waters in the seas – and let fowl multiply in the earth
And the evening and the morning were the fifth day
Sixth twenty-four hour periodverses 24-31
And God said – Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind
cattle – creeping thing – beast of the earth after its kind
and it was so
And God made the beast of the earth after his kind – and cattle after their kind
and every thing that creeps upon the earth after his kind
and God saw that it was good
And God said – Let us make man in our image – after our likeness
and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea – fowl of the air
cattle – and over all the earth
and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth
So God created man in HIS OWN image
in the image of God created HE him
male and female created HE them
And God blessed them – and God said to them
Be fruitful – and multiply – and replenish the earth – and subdue it
and have dominion over the fish of the sea – fowl of the air
and the every living thing that moves upon the earth
And God said
BEHOLD – I have given you every herb bearing seed
which is on the face of all the earth – and every tree
in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed
to you it shall be for meat [food]
And to every beast of the earth – and to every fowl of the air
and to everything that creeps upon the earth
wherein there is life – I have given every green herb
for meat [food] – and it was so
And God saw everything that HE had made – and – BEHOLD
it was very good
And the evening and the morning were the sixth day
COMMENTARY:
DAILY SPIRITUAL BREAKFAST: Young Believers
: 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. (430 “God” [elohiym] means gods, Almighty with article, judge or mighty)
DEVOTION: The creation of the world is explained in the Word of God. Our world is teaching that our world just evolved from a big bang. That gases came together to form life. They teach that we all evolved from a one cell creature to a perfect human being. The world is millions of years old. It would have taken that long for us to evolve into our present state. They even teach that we are continuing to evolve into something better. Many believe that they don’t need God. They think HE is a crutch that only weak people need.
Presently in America and other countries they are trying to outlaw the preaching of the Word of God. They don’t want the Bible taught as it teachings that life is important, even in a little child in the womb. They don’t want to be taught that there is something called “sin” in the Bible. It is just an alternate lifestyle. They are teaching that marriage is not important.
However, God created the world, in six twenty-four hour, periods. HE created one woman and one man to be married for life. HE created the world to glorify HIM. In this first chapter of the Bible God is giving Moses a revelation as to what happened at the beginning of the world.
The problem is that many people who claim Christ are looking for a way to connect science and the Bible. They have come up with the Gap Theory that between Genesis 1: 1 and Genesis 1: 2 there is a gap of millions of years when the devil was in control of the world and dinosaurs roamed the earth. Then God recreated the world. There is another theory out there that one day in the LORD’S world is as a thousand years. So the first day was a thousand years and so on. Both of these theories don’t match what the Word of God teaches.
It seems that our world is young. It seems that God created the dinosaurs to roam the earth with man. It seems that we can either believe the Bible or not believe the account of creation that is found in Genesis. If we doubt God’s Word at the beginning what will we think about today. God is either telling the truth throughout Scripture, or HE is not.
This word we associate with Creator or Sovereignty. It is plural to show that all the persons of the Godhead are involved in creation. Here we see God creating the world in six twenty-four hour, days. There are three main names for God used in the Old Testament: Elohim – which is found in our Bibles as “God.”; Jehovah – which is found in our Bibles as “LORD or GOD”; Adonai – which is found in our Bibles as “Lord.” Each of these names manifests a different characteristic of God. Elohim gives us the idea of Creator. Jehovah gives us the idea of a Personal God who loves us. Adonai gives us the idea of Master or Owner. There are many combinations of these three names that give us other characteristics of HIM.
Once we realize that HE existed before the beginning of the world, we can understand that HE had a plan made before the beginning of the world and HE is working HIS plan. Do you believe that God is still in control, even TODAY? HE is. Trust HIM.
CHALLENGE: We need to remember that HE is able to do anything. Count on HIM daily. Our hope is built on HIS Word being true. All three persons of the Godhead were involved in the creation of the world. The word “us” is used to inform us of this FACT. Spread the Word!!!!
DAILY SPIRITUAL LUNCH: Transitional Believers
: 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness HE called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. (6153 “evening” [ereb] means sunset, night, eventide, twilight, dusk, or sundown)
DEVOTION: One of the questions regarding the creation of the world is the length of time it took to begin creation to the end. Some think that it took millions of years to mature man into what he is today. They have museums that teach that man began as a one celled being and developed over time into something larger and into a monkey and then into his present form.
The Bible has a different accounting of creation. Each day of creation has this phrase after it: “and the evening and morning were.” This gives us a time frame very different from what those who believe evolution teach in our public schools and manifest in the Natural Science museum in Washington, D.C.
Our secular society teaches against creation by a Holy God. They do everything in their power to train children to not believe God created in six literal days. However, we have a Creation Museum outside of Cincinnati, Ohio that teaches the truth in creation that is found in the Bible. ICR also has a magazine that every family should have in their home to be read by their children. It is called “Acts and Facts.”
Those who are followers of Jesus Christ should be students of creation. I believe that God created the world in six twenty-four hour periods under twenty thousand years ago. There have been many scientist that have tried to prove this idea wrong but there is enough evidence to say that it is right.
We either have to believe in the creator God of the Bible or not. Those who do not believe that God created the world are saying that the Bible is wrong and therefore not worth believing.
Jesus claimed that there were only twelve hours in a day. HE was involved in the creation of man in this chapter. All three persons of the Godhead or Trinity were involved as we read “let us make man in our image.”
CHALLENGE: Too many individuals who claim to be Christians want to compromise what the Bible states to be true. Don’t be one of them.
: 21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moved, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind; and God saw that it was good. (4327 “kind” [miyn] means type, a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality, species, or class)
DEVOTION: One of the teachings of evolution is that a one celled being moved to a two cell being and then it grew into a multi-celled being until from the sea came land animals who grew into walking animals until they evolved into humans.
The Bible states that every animal produced animals of the same sort each time. A fish produced another fish after its kind. A bird produced another bird after its kind. All the offspring of any animal looked the same as the animal that produced it. No evolution of one animal into another animal.
Is creation important to a believer? The answer is YES!! If the Bible is not accurate in what it states in Genesis chapter one, why should we believe the rest? Either the Godhead created the world as is taught throughout the Bible or they did not. Belief in the whole Bible is important.
When we understand WHO God is then we can worship HIM properly. HE is the one who planned the world before it was created and then HE created it. HE is the one who provided a sacrifice acceptable to HIM and then HE sent HIS Son to die for our sins.
CHALLENGE: Our understanding of God starts in this chapter!!!
DAILY SPIRITUAL SUPPER: Mature Believers
: 27 So God created man in HIS OWN image, in the image of God created he him, male and female created HE them. (6754 “image” [tselem] means statue, figure, replica, likeness, the visual appearance of something or someone, a shadow, model or drawing)
DEVOTION: I don’t completely understand the concept of us being in the “image of God.” We are given the responsibility of ruling this earth. We are to have dominion over all the animals. HE made a distinction between male and female to show our different roles in life as each person of the Godhead had different roles in the plan of God.
Also, many teach that we have a personality with a mind, will, emotions, and freedom. We are made up of body, soul and spirit. This makes us different from the animals that have no soul or spirit.
We are the only image bearers that are part of creation. We represent God on this earth. We were created in HIS image to manifest HIS character to each other. We are personal beings.
Our relationships to each other are important to God. HE gives the example of a relationship between the Godhead working together throughout THEIR eternal plan for mankind. They are ONE God working together in three persons.
Christ manifested God in the flesh. We are to be doing the same in our world. Do people see a personality that cares enough to die for another individual?
Moody’s handbook states that man has a personality, is a spiritual being, and has a moral nature.
These three characteristics, are, in every human being and can represent our being in the image of God.
CHALLENGE: Study this concept in the Word of God and good Biblical theologies to help you understand just how you are in the “image of God.” If you are too young to study these books then ask your parents to help you through this concept.
: 31 And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. (2896 “good” [towb] means 1 good, pleasant, agreeable. 1a pleasant, agreeable (to the senses). 1b pleasant (to the higher nature). 1c good, excellent (of its kind). 1d good, rich, valuable in estimation. 1e good, appropriate, becoming. 1f better (comparative). 1g glad, happy, prosperous (of man’s sensuous nature). 1h good understanding (of man’s intellectual nature). 1i good, kind, benign. 1j good, right (ethical). 2 a good thing, benefit, welfare. 2a welfare, prosperity, happiness. 2b good things (collective). 2c good, benefit. 2d moral good. 3 welfare, benefit, good things. 3a welfare, prosperity, happiness. 3b good things (collective). 3c bounty. [Strong, J. (1995). Enhanced Strong’s Lexicon. Woodside Bible Fellowship].)
DEVOTION: After saying that after each of the six days of creation were good in Genesis 1, we find the creation of man, and the concluding benediction that all things God had created were very good. This means both that they were exactly according to the purpose that they were created for, as well as that they were morally virtuous and submissive to God’s plan for His created universe. In both of these senses, man was created in God’s image, and prior to the Fall only knew about what was good in God’s eyes.
Can you imagine what it must have been like to be Adam and Eve walking through a perfectly good garden? Only God knew what it meant to be good, and everything else fell short of this perfection. God’s intention was for man to live in a world which was not marred with evil.
God still desires only what is good for mankind. Sometimes we wish we could substitute what we think is better than what God offers us for what God actually gives us. Yet, we forget that He is completely good and that His only desire for us is good.
CHALLENGE: Are you willing to submit to a perfectly good God who has already determined what is best for you? Start this year by committing yourself to only what is good. (MW)
DISCIPLINES OF THE FAITH:
BODY
Chastity (Purity in living)
Fasting (Time alone with LORD without eating or drinking)
Sacrifice (Giving up something we want to serve the LORD)
Submission (Willing to listen to others and LORD)
Solitude (Going to a quiet place without anyone)
SOUL
Fellowship (Gathering together around the Word of God)
Frugality (wise use of resources)
Journalizing (Writing down what you have learned from the LORD)
Study and Meditation (Thinking through your study in the Word)
Secrecy (Doing your good deeds without others knowing but God)
SPIRIT
Celebration (Gathering around a special occasion to worship LORD)
Confession (Tell the LORD we are sorry for our sins on a daily basis)
Prayer (Conversation with God on a personal level)
Silence (Letting the LORD deal with some problems and needs)
Worship (Time to praise the LORD alone or in a group)
DOCTRINES OF THE FAITH:
Scripture (66 inerrant books of the Bible)
God the Father (First person of the Godhead)
God (Elohim)verses 1, 12, 14, 16-18, 20-22, 24-29, 31
Creatorverses 1, 3, 26
Heaven
Earth
Light
Divided light from darkness
Darkness = night
Evening and morning of first dayverses 3-5
Second dayverses 6-8
Firmament divided from waters
Firmament called heaven
Third dayverses 9-13
Dry land appeared: Earth
Gathered waters: Seas
Earth bring forth grass, herbs, fruit trees
Fourth dayverses 14-19
Divide night from day
Signs
Seasons
Days and years
Lights – Greater light to rule day
Lesser light to rule the night
Stars: set in the firmament of the heavens
Fifth dayverses 20-23
Moving creatures
Fowls to fly above
Great whales and fish
Sixth dayverses 24-31
Living things on earth
Make man in OUR image
Man have dominion over all creatures
Fish, fowl and cattle
Human male and female
Blessed them
Be fruitful and multiply
Have dominion
God saw what he had made: very good
God the Son (Second person of the Godhead –God/man, Messiah)
Creatorverse 26
God the Holy Spirit (Third person of the Godhead – our comforter)
Spiritverse 2
Spirit of Godverse 2
Moved on the face of watersverse 2
Creatorverse 26
Trinity (Three persons of the Godhead who are co-equal = ONE God)
Usverse 26
OUR imageverses 26, 27
OUR likenessverse 26
Image of Godverse 27
Angels (Created before the foundation of the world – Good and Evil)
Man (Created on the sixth twenty-four hour period of creation)
Beginningverse 1
Earth was without form and voidverse 2
Earth was darkverse 2
Created on sixth day: Male and Femaleverses 26-27
image of God
dominion over creation
fruitful and multiply
subdue earth
meat of herbs and fruit of trees
Sin (Missing the mark set by God on man and angels)
Salvation (Provided by Christ’s death on the cross for our sins)
Israel (Old Testament people of God)
Church (New Testament people of God)
Last Things (Future Events)
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QUOTES regarding passage
1:29, 30 food for you … for food. Prior to the curse (3:14–19), both mankind and beasts were vegetarians. (MacArthur, J. F., Jr. (2006). The MacArthur study Bible: New American Standard Bible. (Ge 1:29). Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers.)
The First Dispensation: Innocency. Man was created in innocency, placed in a perfect environment, subjected to an absolutely simple test, and warned of the consequence of disobedience. The woman fell through pride; the man, deliberately (1 Tim. 2:14). God restored His sinning creatures, but the dispensation of innocency ended in the judgment of the Expulsion (Gen. 3:24). See, for the other dispensations: Conscience (Gen. 3:23); Human Government (Gen. 8:20); Promise (Gen. 12:1); Law (Ex. 19:8); Grace (John 1:17); Kingdom (Eph. 1:10).
The Edenic Covenant, the first of the eight great covenants of Scripture which condition life and salvation, and about which all Scripture crystallizes, has seven elements. The man and woman in Eden were responsible:
(1) To replenish the earth with a new order—man; (2) to subdue the earth to human uses; (3) to have dominion over the animal creation; (4) to eat herbs and fruits; (5) to till and keep the garden; (6) to abstain from eating of the tree of knowledge of good and evil; (7) the penalty—death. See, for the other seven covenants: Adamic (Gen. 3:15); Noahic (Gen. 9:1); Abrahamic (Gen. 15:18); Mosaic (Ex. 19:25); Palestinian (Deut. 30:3); Davidic (2 Sam. 7:16); New (Heb. 8:8). (Scofield, C. I. (Ed.). (1917). The Scofield Reference Bible: The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments (pp. 5–6). New York; London; Toronto; Melbourne; Bombay: Oxford University Press.)
Ver. 29. And God said, &c.] That is, to Adam and Eve, whom he had made in his image and likeness, and to whom he had given the dominion of the earth and sea, and all things in them: behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth; every herb or plant which had a seed in it, by which it sowed itself again; or being taken off, might be sown by man, even every one that was wholesome, healthful, and nourishing, without any exception; whatever grew in any part of the earth, be it where it would: and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; all but the tree of knowledge, of good and evil, afterwards excepted; and both these take in all kind of vegetables, all herbs, plants, roots, even corn, wheat, barley, pease, beans, &c. and the various fruits of all sorts of trees, but that before mentioned: to you it shall be for meat: which is generally thought to be the food of the antediluvians, it not being proper, at least very soon, to kill any of the animals, until they were multiplied and increased, lest their species should be destroyed; though here is no prohibition of eating flesh; nor is it said that this only should be for meat, which is before mentioned; and by the early employment of some in keeping sheep, and by the sacrifice of creatures immediately after the fall, part of which used to be eaten by the offerers; and by the distinction of clean and unclean creatures before the flood, it looks probable that flesh might be eaten: and Bocharto refers this clause to what goes before in the preceding verse, as well as to what is in this, and takes the sense to be, that the fishes of the sea, and fowls of the air, and every living creature man had dominion over, as well as herbs and fruits, were given him for his food: but the Jews are of opinion, that the first man might not eat flesh, but it was granted to the sons of Noah. (Gill, J. (1810). An Exposition of the Old Testament (Vol. 1, p. 11). London: Mathews and Leigh.)
Thus God created Adam. Then God crowned Adam (1:28–31). He crowned him in three ways; first by bestowing upon him a posterity—“Be fruitful and multiply” (1:28a). From Adam and Eve the whole human race was to spring. Adam is consistently seen in the Bible as the federal head of the human race. The doctrine of evolution, by striking at the story of Adam and Eve, launches a critical attack upon the Word of God at a strategic point. Cut Genesis 1 from the Bible and you must also tear out Romans 5. God sums the whole human race up in Adam and traces all the sin and sorrow in the world back to him. If there were no Adam, then the Bible is false, Romans 5 is built on myth, and we have no salvation. If there were no Adam, Jesus was mistaken (Matthew 19:4–6), in which case He was not the Son of God, the Bible is based on myth, and we have no salvation. God begins with Adam and declares that the human race sprang from him.
God crowned Adam with a position (1:28b) giving him dominion over the fish of the sea, over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing. Every scientific and technological advance, every feat of engineering, every new scrap of knowledge about the nature and function of the universe is an outworking of that dominion. Despite the impairment of man’s potential by the Fall, man has nevertheless been a mover of mountains, a builder of dams, a digger of mines, a conqueror of the planet. He has subdued the earth.
The writer of Hebrews had an interesting comment on that aspect of man’s dominion. He said concerning man, “Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands. Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet.… But now we see not yet all things put under him. But we see Jesus …” (Hebrews 2:7–9). Adam, of course, surrendered his sovereignty to Satan. But when Jesus came, as the Last Adam, He manifested that absolute sovereignty over nature that God had intended Adam to display.
Finally, God crowned Adam with a possession (1:29–31). He gave him paradise to enjoy. It is impossible for us to imagine what the world must have been like in the dawn of time when, pristine and unspoiled, it sprang from the hand of God. Each day must have been a day of exciting discovery for Adam. What marvelous new sounds and scents and sensations he must have experienced every day as he explored the vast, wide world that had been entrusted to him to develop and rule.
The narrative ends with the statement that the work of creation was “very good.” The phrase is repeated again and again in the chapter. The next chapter records God’s statement: “It is not good …” and goes on to describe the creation of woman as the crowning act of creation. (Phillips, J. (2009). Exploring Genesis: An Expository Commentary (Ge 1:26–31). Kregel Publications; WORDsearch Corp.)
FROM MY READING:
(Remember the only author that I totally agree with is the HOLY SPIRIT in the inerrant WORD OF GOD called THE BIBLE! All other I try to gleam what I can to help me grow in the LORD!!)
Yet, in His love and grace, He molded the first man “in His image,” referring to man’s personality—mind, will, emotions, freedom—rather than his physical appearance. (See Eph. 4:24; Col. 3:10.) Man was given the place of dominion over the earth, the highest position in Creation. (Wiersbe, W. W. (1993). Wiersbe’s Expository Outlines on the Old Testament (Ge 1:1). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.)
IMPOSSIBLE PEOPLE by Os Guinness IVP Press
The new atheists, for example are like the communists earlier, they are implacably opposed to the Christian faith and make no bones about their opposition to the Christian faith and their exclusion of Christians. (In the much quoted words of the Harvard geneticist Richard Lewontin, “We cannot allow a Divind foot in the door”) “No faith wanted here,” they say in effect, separating out people of faith as Nazi guards did certain Jews on their arrival at Aushwitz-Birkenau. (p. 64)
Either the Christian church must prevail over these modern seductions and distortions of the world of modernity, or the church must succumb to an abject worldliness and be exposed for both its cultural weakness and its failure to be faithful to its Lord. (p. 66)
Unique among the gods believed in throughout history, the Lord is transcendent, so what he says is truth, binding truth, because it addresses us as authority .(p.66)
The follower of Jesus is therefore a person under authority, living before the transcendent majesty of God and unashamed to be so. (p. 67)
Even God is reduced to consumer choice, and when truth is taken out of the equation, sticking to one choice is no longer a matter of intellectual conviction but a sign of timidity as well as folly. (p. 68)
Truth, goodness and authority are irrelevant to the central act oand the main event” you are the sovereign chooser, and you ae free to exercise your sovereign right to choose and choose and choose again in whatever way you like – until all choices seem the same and each one shrivels into insignificance. (p. 68)
Freedom of choice has become autonomous and a matter of entitlement, whereas freedom of conscience was never free. (p. 69)
Choice at the expense of the content of the choice elevates the sovereign chooser and devalues the content of the choice and reduces it to a preference. (p. 69)
This date, June 6, 2020, marks the 76th anniversary of D-Day. The world will never forget the events of that day in 1944 when American military forces landed on the beaches of Normandy to liberate Nazi-occupied France. All combined, 156,000 troops were deployed, utilizing 6,900 ships and landing craft, 36,000 vehicles, and 11,600 planes.
Freedom and tyranny hung in the balance for millions of people worldwide during that battle, and the outcome was anything but certain. An Allied defeat could have prolonged World War II indefinitely, and might even have changed its eventual outcome. Incredible bravery and unimaginable sacrifices were witnessed that day which forever changed the course of modern history.
Please join us today in prayer as we honor these heroes of yesteryear who contributed to the freedom we cherish today.
1 Kings 6
Solomon oversees the temple construction, making it a work of art glorifying God.
INSIGHT
The temple that Solomon builds for the Lord is spectacular. The stonework is magnificent; the tapestry work is glorious; and nearly everything inside is overlaid with gold.
Why such opulence? Because the temple is to be a physical representation of the beauty and glory of God. One is supposed to be able to look at the temple and be reminded of the beauty of God. It is not beauty for beauty’s sake, but for the glory of the God of beauty.
(Quiet Walk)
Doctrines of Devils
“Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils.” (1 Timothy 4:1)
In chapter one of his first epistle to Timothy, Paul warned about false teachers and heresies in the church of his day, evidently particularly implicating the agnostics and their false skepticism and low moral standards. In our text for today and throughout chapter four, he warns of false teachers “in the latter times,” i.e., in our day and in our churches.
Paul had received an explicit (i.e., “express”) teaching from the Holy Spirit. There was nothing vague about it. The false teachers would, among other things, be “forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats” (v. 3), with other false teachings implied throughout the chapter. What does this teach us about those who today forbid their leaders, both men and women, to marry? Or those who insist upon certain dietary regimes for spiritual reasons?
These “doctrines” will cause some to “depart from the faith.” Evidently, some who consider themselves Christians and yet have incomplete discernment will fall into the trap of “seducing spirits,” espousing the “doctrines of devils.” The Greek word translated “depart” is apostesontai, which means “to fall away” from an original position, in this case “the faith.” The teachers will typically be hypocrites, “speaking lies,” having “their conscience seared” (v. 2). “If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed” (Galatians 1:9).
In this time of great apostasy, we desperately need to know the biblical doctrine concerning devils (or Satan and his demonic henchmen), for their influence has nearly captured American education and culture. We must be on guard against, and teach others to be on guard against, “doctrines of devils.”
(JDM, The Institute for Creation Research)
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