The Minimalists Attacking Moses Are Minimalized

The typical response is, "Oh my God!" If traveling down the highway and a driver sees a horrific accident taking place, the typical response is, "Oh my God!" If a terrible tragedy such as an earthquake, a hurricane, or a tsunami strikes the earth, many people’s thoughts, at least for a short time, turn to God and the condition of their souls, especially if they are personally participating. Romans 12:3 states that every man has been dealt a measure of faith.

Jesus speaks of faith and compares it to a grain of mustard seed in Matthew 17:20:

And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

Again concerning the mustard seed, He compares it to the Kingdom of God in Mark 4:30-32:

30 And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?

31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:

32 But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.

Luke 17:6:

And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.

We’ve all been dealt a portion of faith, but it’s how we regard that faith and the attention we give it that makes the difference. If we plant that seed in "a good and honest heart," if we dig around it, and water it, and remove all encroaching weeds and pests, that seed will grow into a huge tree bearing much fruit and supplying support for all those who seek faith’s comforts.

An old man was walking down the road with two large dogs, each on their respective leashes—one black dog and one white. A passerby asked the old man which one would win in a fight. He responded, "The one to which I say ‘sic ’em’ the most."

Have you believed upon the Lord Jesus Christ? Have you been born again? Are you ready to plant that seed of faith and watch it grow? Would you like today to be the best day of your life and tomorrow to be better? If you have answered yes, today is your day of salvation. Today is your day to enter into the miracle that is greater than the creation of the universe itself. Click onto "Further With Jesus" for childlike instructions and immediate entry into the Kingdom of God. NOW FOR TODAY’S SUBJECT.

GOD SAID, Hebrews 1:1-2:

1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

GOD SAID, II Peter 1:20-21:

20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

GOD SAID, II Timothy 3:16-17:

16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

MAN SAID: The Bible is not made up of inerrant words authored by God, but is an archaic, outdated book written by mere men and laden with old, hand-me-down tales.

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If the Scriptures are spoken, the Scriptures are challenged, and this has been the case, as far as man is concerned, since the beginning. When the history of mankind began in the Garden of Eden, Satan stood to challenge the Word of God. Unfortunately for us, our mother and father chose Satan’s lead. For over 6,000 years, Satan has paraded before the sons of men his brightest and most eloquent carnal minds to challenge the accuracy and supernatural source of the Bible. But in every instance they have failed. No discovery of truth of any kind has ever controverted Holy Writ, and that situation will not change tomorrow.

Note: Satan didn’t challenge the existence of God. He challenged the correctness of His Word. Satan added one word, "hath," and a question mark to bring about the sorry state of the world today. Remove Satan’s added word and question mark, and the deadly passage that reads, "Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?" would then read, "Yea, God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden." (Genesis 3:1) Satan did not challenge the existence of God. He challenged the correctness of His Word.

To succeed, the father of deception must cast doubt in the hearts of men. He knows that when there is doubt, the mountain won’t move. Your Christianity won’t work. Mark 11:23:

For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

The sowers of doubt have taken attack positions on every side. Many times they begin by challenging the authorship of the Word of God, assigning it to mere men, when the Bible declares it was authored by God and recorded by holy men. World forbid that there exists a book of solutions authored by the First Voice!

The first five books of the Bible, known as the Pentateuch, or by Jewish canons as the Torah, were authored by God and written by Moses. Moses did not record hand-me-down accounts of creation, the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve and the fall, or hand-me-down accounts of Noah and the flood, or Joseph with his coat of many colors. He recorded the firsthand, eyewitness account of the Creator Himself. It should be no surprise that Satan began his attack in Genesis 1:1.

In 1983, a book was written by Pastor Robert Boyd, which I believe is now out of print, but is available in the Library of Congress (catalog card number 82083782). The following excerpt concerns the book of Genesis:

Since it is difficult for them to disprove what they don’t believe, a good example of their subtle attack is to say that the accepted writers of the Bible did not write the portions attributed to them and they have concluded that the first Book of the Bible (Genesis) is the work of more than one author, basing their conclusion on what they said were many repetitious statements as well as certain contradictions in the text. One "contradiction" cited is found in what they say are two different accounts of creation in chapters one and two. One "inconsistency" they cite is the use of two different words for Supreme Deity—Jahweh and Elohim. From these names, these "scholars" called two of the authors of Genesis "J" and "E" and also attributed remaining sections of this Book to a "priestly" writer designated "P". The theory of multiple authorship is widely taught in liberal seminaries and has been labeled the "Documentary Hypothesis."

A bit of scientific news came to light in 1982. A team of researchers in Israel’s Institute of Technology has concluded, after feeding the over 20,000-word Book of Genesis into a computer for analysis, that there were not several authors, but a single author! The team said it found the "J" and "E" narratives difficult to distinguish linguistically. They found no evidence that there were separate authors. It was also found that the two separate accounts of creation (Genesis 1 and 2) were linguistically identical. Interesting, isn’t it, to find that in our computer/scientific age that such a device goes along with the fundamentalists in their belief that Genesis has but one author, whom we believe was none other than Moses, who was inspired by the Holy Spirit! [End of quote]

The Scriptures declare that God’s Word is true and righteous altogether—a place to build a life. The challengers will continue to challenge and they will continue to fail over and over again.

GOD SAID, Hebrews 1:1-2:

1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

GOD SAID, II Peter 1:20-21:

20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

GOD SAID, II Timothy 3:16-17:

16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

MAN SAID: The Bible is not made up of inerrant words authored by God, but is an archaic, outdated book written by mere men and laden with old, hand-me-down tales.

Now you have THE RECORD.




References:

Authorized King James Version

Boyd, R., Scientific Facts in the Bible, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 82083782, 1983, pp4-5

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