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Westminster Larger Catechism 113 explains this as a sin against the third commandment which forbids “any way perverting the word, or any part of it.” Perverting the Scriptures “enables” a man to reject more of the Word and to live more loosely. Those teachers who twist the Scriptures lead others to
By misquoting a text or ignoring vital words, by disregarding the context or the analogy of faith or the clearer passages which speak on the same subject, the Scripture twister perverts the Word of God. Violence is done to the divine oracles out of hatred for the truth in order to serve the lie. The
The Word of the Judge of all the earth set aside by a potsherd of the earth whenever he deems it convenient! But God is not mocked. He needs only a worm to prove this. (Joel 1:4). One of our own former ministers went so far as to defend heresies in the church. He thought he had Scripture grounds for
In various ways they attempt to deceive the Church into forsaking the right path — that triple alliance of the devil, the world, and the sin which still remains in the Church. Corruption is always sneaking in. The danger of the falsification of the truth, of the profaning of the sacraments, of the w
So one certain sign of the churchs ripening for final judgment is her pulpits deceitful and wicked denial of Scriptures infallibility as well as of its authority. Today the Devil adds mischief to evil not by keeping Scripture from men, but by printing such a bewildering variety of translations, so c
It is deadly. The creature man is not allowed to believe what he wants concerning the Being of God, the eternal decrees, the death of Christ, the pilgrim calling, or any other matter touched on by divine revelation. If a man perverts that Word, he must be called into account and brought to repentanc
To avoid destruction, he must defeat God by defeating the cause of God. And he seeks to do that by leading the church astray. To that end, he uses every channel of communication for the purpose of temptation. He delights in every technical advance that makes his temptation more powerful and effecti
Paul says this also to the Galatians in Gal. 5:9. In his commentary on this text, John Calvin says, "I refer this to doctrine, not to men. It warns them how mischievous is the corruption of doctrine, so that they may not overlook it (as is common) as something of little or no danger. Satan goes to w
its confessions, doctrines which are contrary to the Word of God. And we do not need more proof for THAT, do we? And you do not believe, do you, that one or a group can tamper with the Word in some seemingly insignificant manner and not thereby affect THE CHRIST Himself, Who IS that Word?
Previous article in this series: September 1, 2011, p. 467. Previous article in this series: September 1, 2011, p. 467. Already in the Garden of Eden, the devil was at work attacking the word that God had revealed. The Creator had said that there was one specific tree of which Adam was not to eat.