I need to make a correction my reference to this passage:
Gen 3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of ANY tree in the garden’?” 2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, 3 but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’” (Bold and all caps, my emphasis)
I need to correct myself. There’s something that I missed in using the quote “Hath God said?” to counter those who reject clear Scripture (for example passages about not women teaching men or creation in six literal days), and I often would say “Yes He did”. In fact I was wrong, or imprecise. God has indeed spoken on the topic—that was my point—but the Serpent asked if God said “don’t eat from ANY tree in the garden” to which the answer is NO, that’s not what God said.
Here's what God said:
Gen 2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “You MAY SURELY eat of EVERY tree of the garden, 17 BUT of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall NOT eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” (bold, all caps, my emphasis)
God's word is precise and I need to be too. I just wanted to correct myself on this.
May anyone who reads God's Word stay faithful to it and its precision and its power.
