2. The Bible Needs To Change To Fit Society
Myths About The Bible
The Bible Needs To Change To Fit Society 2

3. Society’s Attitude Why should a 2000 year old book govern us today?
The Bible is not
a book of laws
Original understanding of the Constitution is unknowable
The Constitution must change as society changes
There is no reason to allow the dead to govern the living
The Constitution is not a law
The Constitution is whatever the Judge says it is
The Bible is whatever a
person makes of it
No one can really
understand the Bible
The Bible must change as society changes

4. An Actual Case In the Garden of Eden
What God said (Gen. 2:16-17)
Eve knew this (Gen. 3:2-3)
The serpent (devil) convinced Eve to doubt what she knew & do otherwise (Gen. 3:1, 4)
This business of changing the word of God is not new. It is as old as the Garden of Eden. It is also one of the devices of Satan (2 Cor. 2:11)

5. Examining The Attitude
No one can really understand the Bible
There are things that we can know (Jn. 8:32; 1 Jn. 5:13)
Suffice to say that the Bible can be understood (Jn. 20:30-31; Rom. 10:17; Eph. 3:3-4)

6. The Bible must change as society changes
Problem is that this makes man the master
If the word changes, what about God?
Does God change as society changes?
Misunderstands the thrust of the Bible
The Bible is not a tool of society
The Bible is intended to save souls (Lk. 19:10)
No such changes are indicated
God does not change (Mal. 3:6)
The Word is final (Matt. 24:35; Jude 3)
Souls do not change though society & morals change (James 1:21)

7. Why should a 2000 year old book govern us today?
Why should the seasons or the day remain the same? (see Gen. 8:22)
Some things keep their power (Matt. 24:35)
The Bible is not a book of laws
What is it then?
It has commands to obey, that sounds like law (Matt. 28:20)

8. The Bible is whatever a person makes of it
May a person decide that 35 MPH means 65 MPH? May I decide Stop means Go?
Why have any warnings then? (Gal. 1:6-9)

9. God’s Word, As It Is, Is Sufficient
Whole counsel of God had been declared (Acts 20:27)
We have all that pertain to life and godliness (2 Peter 1:3)
The faith has been revealed once for all (Jude 3)
The Scriptures will make one complete (2 Tim. 3:16-17)
There is no hint of any addition, subtraction, change or modification anywhere