THE CONSEQUENCES OF DENYING INSPIRATION

By Gary Ray Branscome

The satanic attack on Scripture has taken its toll on many churches, especially those with a history of affirming some passages of Scripture while explaining away others. As a result, practicing Christians make up a far smaller portion of our population than they previously did, and many who pass themselves off as Christian scholars do not feel bound to regard anything the Bible says as sacred.

One very visible aspect of that departure from Scripture is the world’s denial of the first chapters of Genesis – God’s record of creation, and the age of the earth. And, because that denial is forcefully advanced many are taken in by it. Nevertheless, the words, “He who is of God hears God’s words… you do not hear them, because you are not of God,” tell us that those who reject what the Bible says about creation are not of God (John 8:47).

What Christians who have bought into the lie of evolution and millions of years fail to realize, is that by rejecting what the Bible says about God creating all things in six days, they are rejecting the God who made everything “In six days,” and replacing Him with a god of their own fabrication – a god who used evolution (Exodus 20:11). In short, they change “the truth of God into a lie,” (Romans 1:25). As a result, those churches that reject the Genesis record, eventually slide down the slippery slope of rejecting the truth of Christ’s virgin birth, His atoning sacrifice, and His resurrection while going on to condone all sorts of satanic behavior (immorality, abortion, homosexuality and even the farce of homosexual “marriage”). To all of the so called Christians who have gone that route, God says, “They commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one repents of his wickedness: all of them are like Sodom in my sight, and the people of the city like Gomorrah” (Jeremiah 23:14).

The words, “This is a trustworthy statement, worthy of complete acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners,” tell us that the very reason Christ came into the world was to save sinners (1Timothy 1:15). However, those who reject the Bible’s record of creation and the fall have no reason to believe the Bible when it says, “By one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned,” and, therefore, have no reason to believe the Bible when it says, “As through the sin of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so through the righteousness of one the free gift abounds to all men bringing justification and life” (Romans 5:12 and 18). In short, rejecting what the Bible says about creation and the fall undermines the Gospel.

The words, “Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God,” the words, “Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the Word of God,” and the words, “He chose to give us life through the Word of Truth,” all tell us that those who reject God’s Word cut themselves off from God’s “gift” of faith and eternal life (Romans 10:17, 1Peter 1:23, James 1:18).

The words, “If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you,” tell us that those who reject God’s Word forfeit Christ’s promise of answered prayer (John 15:7). And, the words, “Truly, truly, I tell you, if a man keeps My word, he will never see death,” tell us that those who reject God’s Word forfeit the promise of never seeing death (John 8:51).

The words, “You have the words of eternal life,” tell us that God’s words are the source of eternal life (John 6:68). The words, “Sanctify them through your truth: your Word is truth,” tell us that we are sanctified through the Word of God (John 17:17). The words, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God, and keep it,” tell us that God’s Word is a source of blessing (Luke 11:28). And, the words, “Truly, truly, I tell you, He who hears my word, and believes on Him who sent me, has everlasting life, and will not come into condemnation; but has passed from death to life,” give all who trust in God’s Word His own promise that we “will not come into condemnation” (John 5:24).

Lastly, those who reject God’s word, reject, “The wisdom that is from above,” the wisdom, “God ordained before the world to our glory,” the wisdom, “Which none of the rulers of this world knew, for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory,” the wisdom of which it is said, “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor has it entered into the heart of man, the things that God has prepared for those who love Him” (James 3:17, 1Corinthians 2:7-9). And, the future of all who reject those blessings of God’s Word is described in the words, “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God” (Hebrews 10:31).