There's another reason Dan.. I've been seeing it coming for more than a few years and that is... the attack on Gods word.. Here's an interesting piece.. Called Disarming the Saints..
Disarming the Saints: The Bible as Defective Weaponry
©2008 Brandon Staggs
In Ephesians 6, the Bible calls itself "the sword of the Spirit." Believers are told to take "the whole armour of God" so that we "may be able to withstand in the evil day." Scripture is hereby likened to a weapon, and we are therefore expected to wield it. 2 Corinthians 10:4 makes it clear that we as followers of Christ are in a state of warfare. As believers, we are furnished by God with a variety of armaments with which to fight our battles. Since God has given us the ultimate offensive weapon, his word, it is to be used, not ignored or shunned.
Further, it is imperative that the believer
trust his weaponry. No soldier wishes to go to battle with defective or unreliable armaments, and in the case of we saints, our God has not demanded of us that we fight battles with tools in a state of disrepair.
Knowing this, Satan has fought his side of the battle in part by attacking God's word itself, and by convincing believers that they can not, and should not, rely upon it.
The Power of Scripture for the Believer
Jeremiah 23:29 Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
In 2 Corinthians 10:5, we read that we are to actively resist "every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God" and that we are to bring "into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ." How are we to do this, though? How do we take our thoughts captive and maintain obedience? The Bible tells us:
Hebrews 4:12 For the
word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow,
and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
It is through God's word that our thoughts are discerened. It is also knowledge of Scripture that prevents error:
Matthew 22:29 Jesus answered and said unto them,
Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
Scripture is our source of knowledge of doctrine and righteousness; our means of reproof and correction:
2 Timothy 3:16-17 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
Many Christians believe that they will stay away from error simply through prayer and influence of the Holy Spirit. And yet in denying the power of God's word, and refusing to rely on it, they reject the very means God has given them to avoid error. Is it any wonder that the Lord said:
Matthew 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
The Power of Scripture Against Satan
We see the power of Scripture in the temptation of Jesus Christ by Satan:
Matthew 4:1-11 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be
tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered and said,
It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. Jesus said unto him,
It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan:
for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
Three times Satan tempted the Lord, and three times the Creator of the universe (John 1:3), who had the power to simply strike Satan out of all existence,
answered: it is written. Let this sink in. Consider that your God in the flesh, while being tempted by the Devil himself, used the
sword of the spirit as his rebuke! If Scripture is the weapon of choice for Christ, how dare
anyone who claims to follow Christ assume a greater weapon is at our disposal.
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