Daily Devotional for Saturday May 19, 2007

Exchanging the Truth for a Lie

(2 Peter 2:1-3, 1 John 2:21, Titus 1:14, 2 Timothy 4:4, Romans 1:25, John 17:17)

LAST DECEMBER, "THE DA VINCI CODE" MOVIE WAS RELEASED ON DVD. Due to > the > incredible popularity of the book, despite the protests and boycotts of > Christian groups, the movie did HUGE box office numbers around the world. > Here is why. People who live their lives in rebellion to God and the > Truth > of His Word are always looking for something to justify their rejection of > God, the Bible, and Jesus Christ. Blasphemous fictional garbage like "The > Da Vinci Code" gives them the false sense of security they yearn for to > continue living in rebellion to the Truth. > > The problem with books and movies like "The Da Vinci Code" is that it > causes > the faithful to doubt and is leading people's eternal souls into > everlasting > damnation. The lies proffered in works of fiction like this book and > movie > cause those who know the Lord but are Biblically illiterate to doubt the > truth of the Gospel. Sadly, those who have rejected the Lord, will die in > their sin having been emboldened in their rejection of God's love and the > hope of Christ by the lies told in blasphemous works like these. > > Back in November of 2003, before anyone in the Christian community figured > out how to ride the coat tails of the success of this fictional garbage by > creating anti-Da Vinci code books and tapes, I exposed ( for free) this > blasphemous work of fiction and armed the Liveprayer family with all they > needed to refute those who ignorantly believed the stories proffered by > author Dan Brown. Below is that Devotional for you to read again and > pass > on to everyone you know. In the end, there is really only one thing you > need to know about "The Da Vinci Code"....it is fiction! It is no > different > than Harry Potter or Alice in Wonderland! IT IS FICTION! > > > "They exchanged the truth of God for a lie..." (Romans 1:25) > > ( Daily Devotional from November 5, 2003 ) > > Exchanging the truth for a lie. One of the hottest books out today is a > book called, "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown. Due to the controversy > surrounding this book, I bought it over the weekend and read it. Let me > point out what is probably the most important fact of all about this book. > It is not found in the pages of the book, but on the cover. In big gold > letters on the cover is the name of the book, and next to it, in very > small > white letters are two words, A NOVEL! Before we go any further, please > understand that this book is A NOVEL, it is FICTION. IT IS NOT HISTORICAL > FACT!!! > > The problem with this book, and the reason I am dealing with it today, is > because of its controversial content regarding the truth of the Bible and > the life of Jesus Christ. The author, Dan Brown, does not hold any > theological degrees, and he was an English teacher before he began writing > books. There is no information available about his personal theological > beliefs, and repeated calls to his office asking that question were never > returned. > > In this FICTIONAL work, the author has Emperor Constantine as the one who > decided on the content of the Bible for purely political reasons. In this > FICTIONAL work, the author has Jesus married to Mary Magdalene and they > have > a child. > > Now, let's deal with FACTS, NOT FICTION. The FACT is, Constantine had > nothing to do with the content of the Bible. By 300 B.C. at the latest, > all > of the Old Testament books had been written, collected, revered, and > recognized as official, canonical books. Many believe that the prophet > Ezra > led the first recognition counsel. During the Third Council of Carthage, > held in 397 A.D. the 27 books of the New Testament were declared > canonical. > It must be understood that the Bible is NOT an authorized collection of > books, but rather a collection of authorized books. The 27 New Testament > books were not inspired because the Carthage Council proclaimed them to > be, > but rather the Council proclaimed them to be such because they were > already > inspired! There are MANY great books on the inspiration and inerrancy of > the Bible at your local Christian bookstore, and I suggest that ALL > Christians make the time to read such books so you never doubt that the > Bible is exactly what it claims of itself, GOD'S INSPIRED, INERRANT > WORD!!! > > Another FACT is, Jesus was NEVER MARRIED! Mary Magdalene was NOT His > wife. > They did NOT have a child together. The really sad thing is that I even > have to expose such blasphemy. As I have shared with you, the largest > percentage of two full generations in this nation do not go to church and > are NOT Christians, this is NOT A CHRISTIAN NATION! That is why a book > like > this is so dangerous. People who read it, who are Biblically illiterate, > think this work of FICTION is actually fact! > > (Note: The reason Jesus was never married and never had children is > simple. > Jesus only had one mission in this life and that was to die. Not to get > married, not to father children, but to die as the one-time perfect > sacrifice for the sins of the world. Those who proffer he was married, > had > children, do so in sheer ignorance and a total lack of understanding of > Christ's mission in life.) > > Even worse, you have the major television networks that are taking this > work > of FICTION and proffering its contents as possible historical fact! This > is > not only journalistic malpractice, it can only be a conscious and > orchestrated attack on the truth of God's Word by people that do not hold > the Bible to be true. The ABC Special on this issue Monday night was not > only blasphemous and an abomination to God, but a tool satan will use to > take people of no faith and make them believe the lie to be the truth. No > doubt all the other broadcast networks will pick up on this topic and also > proffer the content of this work of FICTION as fact, and the general > public > will hear it enough times from enough different sources to believe the lie > to be the truth. > > This is the very reason I am so passionate about the television program I > do > 5 nights a week and why I do it on COMMERCIAL television networks. This > is > why I am working daily on expanding the program into new markets. THERE > NEEDS TO BE A WITNESS FOR THE TRUTH OF GOD'S WORD ON SECULAR TELEVISION TO > AT LEAST EXPOSE THE LIES OF THIS WORLD FOR WHAT THEY ARE! > > I love you and care about you so much. I have told you often that for the > person who rejects God, who has rejected Christ in their life, and who > live > in rebellion to the truth of God's Word, they MUST reject the Bible since > it > is the very book that condemns them. Taking a book of FICTION like "The > Da > Vinci Code," and proffering that fictional story as historical fact is > exactly the kind of thing a non-believer will do to try and discredit > God's > Word and thus justify their rejection of its truth. Of course, the > mainstream media is only too happy to participate in this process of > taking > the lie, and making people accept it as the truth. > > I will pray for you today. If you do not understand yet that there is a > major battle going on, WAKE UP! The Bible clearly tells us that our > battle > is not of flesh and blood, but a spiritual one. It is "against > principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this > world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." The people of God, > who > possess the only real truth there is, must become bolder to take that > truth > to this lost and hurting world we live in. We must speak out! We cannot, > and we MUST NOT sit back and watch the enemy exchange the Truth for a > lie!!!