Same enemy - Same tactics

One thing that God kept impressing on me while I heard different speakers at the Answers in Genesis Apologetics Conference was that Satan is still using the same line of attack that he used against Eve in the garden - "Did God really say....?"

Today we may not hear "Did God really say that you can't eat the fruit?"

However we will hear it dealing with the issues of our day, those we're familiar with:
Did God really say Jesus is the ONLY way to heaven (as opposed to one of the paths)?
Did God really say that He is the creator (as opposed to evolution - did He really speak things into existence, is carbon dating wrong, what about all those "experts")?
Did God really say wives to submit to their husbands (as opposed to "I am woman, hear me roar!")?
Did God really say homosexuality is a sin (as opposed to a predisposed genetic disposition that should be protected as a civil right)?
Did God really say children are a blessing and a reward (as opposed to a drain on our bank and patience accounts)?

Yes, our enemy still uses that question, "Did God really say?" as a line of attack.
We must be grounded on the authority of His Word. Yes, He really did say. (That's one reason we must study and know God's Word - so that we'll recognize when something is in line with it and when something isn't. When we have a question, God's Word should be the place we go for Truth.)

The underlying issue we often deal with is whose authority do we trust - God's or man's? Whose wisdom will we rely on and base our decisions and our life on - God's or man's? (This mentioned often at the conference and at the Creation Museum; it is so true. It's a foundational issue affecting how we view everything. Who's the most important authority? God or man?)

God's Word is infallible. (Man's is quite fallible.) God is trustworthy. (Man is not.) God is the King of kings (1 Tim. 6:15), the great I Am (Exodus 3:14), the author of life (Acts 3:15), the Alpha and Omega (Rev. 1:8), the beginning and end. He's everything - and so far beyond our comprehension.

When things don't make sense to our finite minds, we must trust Him. He is Wisdom. We must choose to trust Him and live our lives according to His Word. We really do have to train ourselves to recognize it when we're facing a "Did God really say?" attack. He did say and He is our fortress that we can run to during attack.

"He who fears the Lord has a secure fortress,
and for his children it will be a refuge."
Proverbs 14:26

"But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,
whose confidence is in him."
Jeremiah 17:7