We think that things are so different now than they were in the “Bible days” that there’s no way God could have meant what He said then for now. Society has definitely evolved; but, people are still people doing human things and making human errors, and sin is still sin. The Bible talks about God’s word being everlasting. If we truly believe in God, then shouldn’t we take this as truth also?

Three reasons (scriptures) why the Bible is not outdated (notice the absolute terms used in these scriptures):

1. God’s word is for eternity. 1 Peter 1:23-25 says the word of God liveth and abideth forever, the word of the Lord endureth forever.

2. God doesn’t change, people change. Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8). “For I the Lord do not change…” (Malachi 3:6)

3. God doesn’t lie. God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?(Numbers 23:19) And, as Psalm 33:11 puts it, “But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations.” 

God relates to everything we have done, are doing and will do. He knew where we, as a people, were heading before we got there and He created His word to stand firm through our changes. Because the unpopular thing has become popular doesn’t make it right or because the relevant is no longer relevant (to the masses), that doesn’t actually make it irrelevant. Sometimes we like to justify our actions because… who wants to be told they are living a lie? Saying the Bible is outdated is like a pass to justify certain things we know are sin, but don’t want to acknowledge because then, that makes us wrong in our ways.

There is plenty of scripture that is not understood, misunderstood, misinterpreted and has been taken out of context. This doesn’t mean we should decry the Bible. Tough truth y’all, it’s time to go deeper. For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart (Hebrews 4:12).

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