A gift from God

The Bible really is a gift from God, His inspired word is the most printed and read book in history. We have been given the scriptures to guide us, see future events, and most of all it has provided us a chance of everlasting life; if we put faith into the Son of God and repent from our sins.

If we’ve been given such an amazing gift from the Creator of the universe, then most would ask why is the Bible not studied daily by everyone and is not found in every home on earth. Just why does it receive so much criticism and neglect?

To answer that question, we can look to a scripture that describes what Satan does when attempting to corrupt our minds, and influence our sinful desires; distracting us from the word of God; we are warned of this: 1st Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.

Satan does not want us reading the word of the true living God, but wants us to worship him and his false gods. It’s interesting to learn of the illustrated comparison between Satan and the behavior of a large predatory cat. When hungry and wanting to feed, a lion will wander around roaring very loudly to flush out its prey. The animals that it hunts and feeds on will often panic and flee when hearing these terrifying roars, when doing so they are exactly where the lion wants them, out of their hiding place and into danger. This is what Satan does to us, he roars to drive us out into the open, away from the shelter God can offer.

The ‘roars’ from Satan are not literal, rather they are temptations that he places in front of us, to weaken us spiritually, and take us away from God. When we are out in the open we are away from the protection the Bible can offer us spiritually, and in many cases, physically. Satan moves in to hunt those who are weak, and just like the lion, he relies on those weaknesses as they make it much easier for him to hunt and capture his prey.

By not reading the Bible daily, a person will actually become less nourished, in the spiritual sense. And just as a lack of physical food will make someone physically weak, the reduced intake of spiritual food will weaken them, opening up temptations, making it easier for Satan to attack.

There are lots of scriptures that expose Satan and his plans. And there are some scriptures that tell us how to protect ourselves against his crafty acts and machinations. Ephesians Chapter 10, Verses 10-18 tells us to put on our suit of spiritual armor. We have to wear the full suit of armor, or else Satan will see an opening and use that to get to us. It’s no good for a fire fighter to enter a building that’s burning with flames in high temperatures with danger all around if he’s using just the water hose. He needs everything to protect him from the danger, partial or incomplete safety clothing and equipment is too risky when in such an environment; just one exposed area of the body could prove fatal. A firefighter will often be in radio contact too, just like we can be in contact to God through prayer.

We are told: James 4:7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Daily reading of the scriptures, with prayer and repentance from our sins, will help us to avoid what the Bible describes as ‘flaming arrows’ from Satan: Ephesians 6:16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.

We are told by God to read the Bible daily, it builds our faith and spiritual strength; in fact God tells us to read the scriptures in an undertone day and night. Joshua 1:8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

Another reason for the rejection of God and His word comes down to the current times. Jesus foretold that on account of His name people will hate Christians, and what the Bible teaches: Matthew 10:22 And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved. Satan has perverted world views, and in more recent history many areas of the former ways of understanding moral compass directions (especially when compared to Bible principles), have almost completely deviated off track. Bad is now often viewed as good, sick as healthy, abnormal is commonly now accepted as normal; this is how Satan likes to operate; he is perverted in every way possible. Our entire world is under the influence of Satan, it’s not a system that God designed and created for us, it’s very far away from what Adam and Eve would have known and experienced before they sinned.

One of the biggest cons that Satan has used to take people away from God and His word is no doubt the idea of evolution. To have convinced so many people that we are all here by chance is his best trick to date. Not having the idea of a God, a loving Creator, leaves a person without accountability. If you believe we are here on earth for just the average lifespan, and to fill it with temporary enjoyment, live and then die, and there’s nothing more, then why worry about what some fairy story from the bronze age says. Surely some old book of myths about a ‘sky daddy’ or mythical being who magically created a universe and all life is a joke, right? Wrong!

The evolution plan is what Satan wants you to believe, and it’s easy to see why so many have fallen for his idea that claims accidental and pure chance, over billions of years, is what caused life to appear from nowhere. There are some very clever arguments for evolution, and plenty of highly intelligent people work for most of their lives studying the various ideas of evolutionary science.

But what does the Bible say about these ones who promote evolution as a fact? Romans Chapter 1, Verse 22 reads: Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. But just before this verse, Romans points out in Chapter 1, Verse 20 For from the creation of the world the invisible things of Him are clearly seen, being understood through the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse.

When you study life, the amazing science and mathematical intelligence behind just one single cell, or a strand of DNA, there is no way that any of it could have come about by chance, not over millions of years, in fact not over any amount of time.

The fact that the word of God has survived until now, and will last forever (Read Isaiah Chapter 40, Verse 8) surely says that it was means that God wants it to be here for us to study and enjoy. Without the word of God, all we have is what Satan offers, a world with temporary life evolving from nothing more than ‘primordial soup’ (AKA prebiotic soup) 3.7 to 4.0 Billions years ago. Nothing could be further from the truth.

The Bible remains a constant source of knowledge, wisdom, justice and love; the Word of God remains forever. No matter how many scientists and secular ‘experts’ promote their views to disprove what the Bible says, the word of God destroys these ideas when studied.

Take a look at our creation video series, on this site, to understand more about why evolution is an absurd idea.

If you’d like to know more about studying the Bible, feel welcome to make contact: mark@truthministry.co.uk