WARNING & BEWARE of "Textual Criticism"
" Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?" —Genesis 3:1 [KJV] It is the grand masterpiece of that wisdom which is earthly, sensual, devilish, to call in question the truth of God's word ; to insinuate a doubt about it. But here appears more modesty even in Satan, than in some of his servants; for he only puts a query upon it, whereas they absolutely deny and ridicule the truths of Jehovah. In the same way that the old serpent attacked and prevailed against the innocence of our first parents, he still attempts to destroy the comforts and oppose the holiness of God's children by artful suggestions against the truth of God's word. If he can but raise a doubt in our minds concerning what the Lord hath spoken, he strikes at the very foundation of our faith, hope, love, and obedience. As he abode not in the truth, he is a restless implacable enemy to the truth, and to every soul who embraces the truth as in Jesus. Really, one finds Satan l...