Me too.

It's amazing how many can fail to see God's sovereignty in things like this. Some claim that God reacted by using local customs, traditions and social norms by writing Scripture as a sort of deterrent or evidence against what was currently present. What is neglected is the fact that all of these were present BECAUSE God is sovereign, not in spite of it. He set the stage. He worked in all these men to will and to do, according to His own good pleasure. Why was the Abrahamic covenant presented as it was? Because God had established it as a norm already. Why are there similar creation accounts? Why are there similar flood accounts? First of all, because it really happened. Second of all, because it helps men to discern the truth from the lie. All accounts other than the biblical record point to man or some not-god. Only Scripture reveals the true character of the Creator in all accounts, even when His name is not mentioned.
This same goes for the suffering servant. The idea was not new. Prophets had filled the role time and time again. Isaiah pointed to the coming Christ and the salvation He would bring. The truth of God's promise to Eve became perverted in many cultures over a period of time, as did the creation, flood and other truths found in Scripture. Satan's lies counterfeit God's truth time and time again. But God's Word stood true. In it we find the only infallible source of truth. And to question this on any level is to rip the foundation of the sacrifice of God's only Son and worship on the altar of vain philosophies and pseudosciences, thus trampling the blood of Jesus Christ under foot.

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For the Glory of our King,
Joe Johnson
Slave of Christ, husband, father, Preacherboy at Cornerstone Community Church, Escanaba, MI. and TMS graduate. Personal website - SoundLife.org

I do not know, and I do not say, that a person cannot believe in Revelation and in evolution, too, for a man may believe that which is infinitely wise and also that which is only asinine. ~ CHS