In the very beginning GOD SHOWS US exactly how the TEMPTER works in the words of God. To stay on the narrow path, the first words of the Ministry of Jesus must be heeded.
GOD COMMANDED
Genesis 2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
SATANS REPLY and necessary for every false doctrine and teaching
Yea, hath God said
Today it sounds like 'what He really meant' or 'that isn't what it says' or the like
Confirmed with His first words
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.
GODS WORD PROVES THIS TO BE A FACT. Not that anyone will listen or take it to heart or do anything about it. No, they will just say 'they are called' to a different way AND SO HERE WE ARE.
Isaiah 28:9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
Isaiah 28:10 For precept MUST BE upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
Isaiah 28:11 For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
Isaiah 28:12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
Not a bit different today than the day it was written. A stubborn and stiff necked people they were, just as we are. BUT THEY MADE FUN OF WHAT THE PROPHET HAD TOLD THEM, they mocked it, acted like it didn't matter, went on about their own way,
Isaiah 28:13 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little;
(and the RESULT of such foolishness)
that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
ever read and wonder 'who'?
Matthew 24:40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Isaiah 28:14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 28:15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves
Ever hear of the PRE TRIB RAPTURE THEORY? Remember what they were saying in Judah before they went into captivity of Babylon?
NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TO US. But it did and it will.
Isaiah 28:16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
Isaiah 28:17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
Isaiah 28:18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
Isaiah 28:19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
Isaiah 28:20 For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.
Isaiah 28:21 For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.
Isaiah 28:22 Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.
There is nothing new under the sun, what has been will be....
Reading Gods way, and in Gods order, GOD MOLDS our thoughts, His knowledge and His wisdom are placed PRECEPT ON PRECEPT so when it IS TIME for the "here a little.." the Holy Spirit make sure it is understood.