1st Timothy 6:20-21, “O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.”
A good example of religious modernism is when we hear so-called "experts" on television or social media teaching that prayer is a good "therapy." No, prayer is not a therapy! When you pray, a literal real God is listening. God is a person, just like you and me, who were created in God's image (Genesis 1:26-27). I do not believe in the "power of prayer," I believe in the power of God!
Modernism Denies A Miracle Working God
Years ago I purchase Cecil B. Demille's 1956 epic movie, 'THE TEN COMMANDMENTS,' starring Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner. Most people, like me, love the scene where God parts the Red Sea. As a child, that miraculous scene captivated me when I saw it on television. The DVD movie is narrated by historian Katherine Orrison, if you choose to turn on the commentary feature. I watched the entire 2:40 hour movie twice. First, I watched it in normal mode; and then I watched it again with the commentary turned on.
I was very disturbed as I listened to Katherine Orrison's horrible lack of faith in a miracle working God. All she does throughout the entire commentary is attempt to provide plausible natural excuses to discredit the miracles of God. This is modernism, which seeks to undermine the power of God! This 1956 movie (The Ten Commandments) was the 8th highest-grossing movie in North America for 2025, adjusted for inflation, amassing a gross revenue of $2,895,000,000. Wow! Sadly, the film's historian Katherine Orrison is a modernist, who has sinfully attributed all the the miracles in Egypt to natural causes, denying God's power.
Katherine Orrison suggests that the waters in Egypt turned red due to a nearby volcanic eruption that spewed colored lava, thus changing the water's color. She then speculates that the contaminated waters drove the frogs and locusts from their natural habitat into the Egyptian's homes, and that the volcanic rocks were toxic and killed wildlife, making the rivers to stink. The fiery hail is also attributed to volcanic activity.
It is tragic that people refuse to accept the Bible as literal. The Bible tells us that the waters in Egypt were turned into literal blood, not just given a red color. The Bible says that God cursed the Egyptians with painful boils all over their bodies, which a volcano did not do. Miss Orrison's lack of faith in a miracle working God is disgraceful in a movie that meant so much to Cecil B. Demille (1881-1959).
Katherine Orrison suggests that the waters in Egypt turned red due to a nearby volcanic eruption that spewed colored lava, thus changing the water's color. She then speculates that the contaminated waters drove the frogs and locusts from their natural habitat into the Egyptian's homes, and that the volcanic rocks were toxic and killed wildlife, making the rivers to stink. The fiery hail is also attributed to volcanic activity.
It is tragic that people refuse to accept the Bible as literal. The Bible tells us that the waters in Egypt were turned into literal blood, not just given a red color. The Bible says that God cursed the Egyptians with painful boils all over their bodies, which a volcano did not do. Miss Orrison's lack of faith in a miracle working God is disgraceful in a movie that meant so much to Cecil B. Demille (1881-1959).
Mr. Demille believed that God could do the IMPOSSIBLE, and the good LORD still does today. Life itself is impossible without God. Look around you and you'll see the impossible. This universe would fall apart in seconds if God stopped doing the impossible. Acts 17:25 says that God giveth to all life and breath.
Our planet Earth is speeding through space around the sun at an astounding 67,100 mph. This speed is equivalent to traveling 18.6 miles per second! You could go from the United States to the Philippines in about 7 minutes. We don't feel it because we are traveling at the same speed, going along for the ride, just as you wouldn't feel the speed of a car speeding at 100 mph if you were a passenger. It is that wonderful 67,100 mph movement of the Earth that prevents our planet from being drawn into the sun by gravity. Only God could have designed our Solar System to be so intricately balanced, orderly and maintained. Only God's omnipotent power holds our Solar System together! Only a fool would dare say that all this just happened.
There is nothing any more evil than deliberately making a movie to deny the Savior, teaching that Jesus' virgin mother Mary was raped by a Roman soldier, blaspheming the Word of God. Paul Verhoeven is going to split Hell wide open the second he dies, and at age 74 (born 1938) he's not too far away from meeting His making. What a fool. These wicked Hollywood producers and directors aren't just making movies, they're indoctrinating society and turning people away from the Lord. Hundreds-of-millions of people are going to see JESUS OF NAZARETH when it comes out, and it will led many people further into despair and doubt. Romans 10:17 says faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.
And likewise, foolishness like this leads people astray as Colossians 2:8 warns, “Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.” The word “spoil” in Colossians 2:8 is the Greek word sulagogeo which means “to lead away as booty, that is, (figuratively) seduce.” Booty is goods or money obtained illegally.
Hence, Satan wants to seduce people away from Jesus Christ through philosophy and vain deceit, through worldly established principles (such as humanism and evolution) and the traditions of men. Notice that the Bible directs us to Jesus Christ. Amen! We learn about Jesus in the Scriptures, which is exactly what Jesus said in John 5:39, “Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.”
I'm sick of hearing about the “therapy” of prayer. My friend, God answers prayer because He exists. Prayer is taught as a therapy because most people don't believe in a living real God who answers prayer, in a personal God who performs miracles. I know my God is real, and He can do anything! My God is so big, so strong and so mighty, there's nothing my God cannot do!
You Can Draw Near To Your Creator
But before you or anyone can draw near to God, you need to be born again. God loves you dear reader. We are all guilty sinners (Romans 3:10-23). That is why God gave humanity the Old Testament law, as a measuring stick by which when compared, we all fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:19-23). God sent His only begotten Son into the world, to die as a criminal on Calvary's cross to pay a debt of sin that He did not owe. Jesus paid our debt!
The Bible says that whereas no human being would ever sacrifice their life for an evil person, Jesus did (Romans 5:6-9). God demonstrated His unconditional love for each and every sinner on Calvary's cross. Please don't allow the corrupt New IFB led by hate preacher Steven Anderson to deceive you into thinking that we should hate unrepentant sinners for whom Christ died, human beings created in the very image of God.
Beware Of Modernism's Dismissal Of God's Truth
Modernists are continually trying to undermine God's Word, looking for ways to attribute divine miracles to natural events. Please don't eat the forbidden fruit! Don't take the bait.
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