Most People Are Their Own God

Genesis 3:4-6, “And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.”

Many people create their own gods or idols, but these are not the true and living God. The inspired Holy Bible emphasizes that the true and living God is the Creator of the universe, and anything made by humans cannot be considered divine. Jeremiah 10:10, “But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.”

In our text passage from Genesis 3:4-6, we find Eve being seduced by the serpent (Satan according to Revelation 20:2). The Devil subtly deceived Eve, lying to her. The serpent had told her that God said she couldn't eat from any of the trees (verse 1). God never said that! If you look back to Genesis 2:16-17, God told Adam that they COULD eat from all the trees except the 'Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil' in the midst of the Garden of Eden.

I am continually frustrated by people who insist upon being their own god. Did you know that the word “heresy” simply means “an opinion.” Any opinion that contradicts the truth of God's inspired Word is heresy! There is no controversy if you believe the Holy Bible!

I will go to seed preaching against Christian woman (especially pastor's wives) who wear pants in public. It is sinful and shameful ladies! But if you want to be your own god to do your own thing, like Eve foolishly did, then you just continue defying God by putting on men's clothing and the attire of an harlot (Proverbs 7:10). but you'll answer to the Lord for it in eternity (Romans 14:10-12). PAYDAY SOMEDAY!

I hear much hateful criticism against fundamentalist Baptist preachers, such as myself. Perhaps the most hated of all is Pastor Steven Anderson. But whereas most people see a hate-preacher, I see a Bible preacher of righteousness and truth who hates sin and evil. To be quite honest, I think he is wrong to hate the sinner along with the sin, but I'd ten thousand times rather stand with a guy like Brother Anderson, who STANDS; than to join this weak-kneed, spineless, hell-spawned, church-playing, bib-wearing, spoiled-rotten generation of namby-pamby brats who affirm all manner of wickedness! I'm going to stand with the guy who's standing, not sit idle with the crowd who do nothing but criticize the Bible preacher!!!

I love what Pastor Jack Hyles said, “I'd rather see a guy with wild fire than no fire.”

When people criticize the Bible preacher, you had better make sure that you have grounds to base your accusations upon, because God is watching. I said GOD IS WATCHING! Whom do you think the Lord is more displeased with—the Bible preacher who hates sin so much that he hates the sinner too; or the pacifist pastor who affirms sexual immorality in his congregation, so that he never preaches against sin? Although both extremes are wrong, I say that God is more displeased with the latter, not the former.

I humbly believe biblically that we should never accept the sin with the sinner, nor reject the sinner with the sin. I think in part this is what the Scripture means in Jude 1:22, “And of some have compassion, making a difference.” The Bible is not saying that we should coddle sinners nor tolerate their wickedness; but rather, still show forth God's unconditional love even while opposing their evil deeds. The best way to do this is to continually keep the door of repentance open for them to come to Christ by faith to be converted. Remember, the Apostle Paul said that without love our faith and preaching become ineffective (1st Corinthians 13:1-3).

Adam Brought Sin And Death Into The World

When Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating the forbidden fruit, they were now guilty. They had now lost their innocence. They were now aware of the reality of sin, and along with that reality came the consequence of become their own gods. Not “God” in the sense of being equal with their Creator; but rather, being “gods” in the sense of being to choose for themselves between good and evil, and being responsible from then forth for their own decisions. This is why the world is such a massive mess today. What saith the Scripture? ...

Romans 5:12-14, “ Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.”

The phrase "death reigned from Adam to Moses" means that even though someone may not have committed the same sin that Adam did, they were still condemned with Adam because all men have sinned. This is why even though you may not commit murder, adultery, idolatry or drunkenness, you are still guilty because of other sins that you do commit (e.g., covetousness, envy, prayerlessness, gossip, idleness, indifference, et cetera). If any man denies that he has sinned, he is accusing God of being a liar, because the Word of God declares that ALL HAVE SINNED (Romans 3:10-23; 1st John 1:10).

In other words, all humanity is adversely affected by sin and its consequences, which sin brings death, regardless of one's individual actions. Even the least sinner must still die and answer to God, because all have sinned. Ecclesiastes 7:20, “For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.” Adam’s disobedience in the Garden of Eden brought sin and death into the world. Whereas sin entered through one man, Adam, and its impact is still felt universally; contrariwise, one man, Jesus, died on a cross for the sins of all mankind, so that salvation is offered to all humanity through faith in Jesus Christ. 2nd Corinthians 5:21, “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”

Death is the consequence of Adam’s sin. It doesn't matter if no one committed the same act of disobedience as did Adam, people still died before the Mosaic Law was given to mankind. The Apostle Paul is simply saying that death—the deserved consequence for sinning—is a universal experience, even for the people who lived before the law was given to Moses at Mount Sinai (Exodus 20). 

In other words, we live in a fallen world because of sin, regardless of God's law. Our human conscience convicts us of sin, evidenced by when Cain hid from God after murdering his brother Abel. When Adam sinned, he did so as ambassador of the human race, and opened the floodgate of sin and death upon the world. That is exactly why there is so much chaos, uncertainty, worry, confusion, suffering, pain and evil still in the world today. Even so, come, Lord Jesus!

Jesus Brought Righteousness And Life Into The World

John 1:4-5, “In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.” This is a quote from Isaiah 9:2, “The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.”

Titus 2:11 teaches that God's saving grace has appeared unto ALL MEN. Titus 2:11, “For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men.” No one will ever be able to point a finger at God the Father someday and justly accuse Him of not giving everyone an opportunity to be saved through faith in His only begotten Son, the Christ. My heart grieves when I am reminded of lost sinners such as Ozzy Osbourne (1948-2025), David Bowie (1947-2016) and Malcolm Young (1953-2017). I dare say any of these wicked men went to Heaven. Granted, no one truly knows where someone goes in the afterlife, except the hosts of Heaven and Hell, and that soul. Apart from the new birth through faith in Jesus Christ, there is no hope.

Don't Be Your Own God

When I hear wicked sinners slandering, attacking and criticizing the fundamentalist Bible preacher, I know that they are elevating themselves to the same plane as God; not because the Bible preacher is God, but because he is preaching from God's inspired Word. God is an authoritative God. The Holy Bible is an authoritative Book. The man who walks closely with the Lord and preaches the Holy Bible accurately, that is, with doctrinal soundness, preaches with authority. I can preach hard upon the AUTHORITY of the inspired Holy Scripture.

“The world will go to Hell unless somebody is authoritative!” —Pastor Jack Hyles, “I Shall Not Be Moved”

This is why multitudes of wicked people hate, slander and criticize Dr. Jack Hyles (even 24 years after he graduated to Heaven). Brother Hyles preached the authoritative Word of God with authority, and he was hated by sinners for it. Hebrews 12:3, “For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.” This Bible verse speaks about Jesus who was hated by the sinful world (John 7:7). The fundamentalist Baptist Bible preacher who preaches THE TRUTH with authority is going to be hated by the sinful world (John 15:10; Galatians 4:16). God pity the preacher that the world don't hate! The world hated Jesus. The world hated Paul. All of Jesus' apostles were martyred, except John who was exiled to the isle of Patmos and left for dead.

2nd Timothy 3:12-14, “Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them.”

Let's just lay the axe to the root, idolatrous people who have become their own god despise and hate the Bible preacher who tells them THE TRUTH. I'm talking about the ungodly pastors today who use, sell and promote the Devil's corrupt Bible revisions. I can tell you with utter certainty that ALL of the modern English Bible revisions have been corrupted by Satan. They all attack the Godhead and Jesus' deity.

Yet, when a fundamentalist Bible preacher comes out against the Devil's modern perversions of God's Word, the Devil's neo-evangelical crowd attack us. I'm talking about the ungodly neo-evangelical crowd at Bob Jones University. I'm talking about the ungodly neo-evangelical crowd at Pensacola Christian College. I'm talking about the ungodly neo-evangelical crowd at Southern Baptist Theological University. I'm talking about the ungodly neo-evangelical crowd at Southwestern Baptist Theological University. I'm talking about the ungodly neo-evangelical crowd at Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary. These are all wicked preacher's cemeteries! I am convinced that all Bible colleges do today is neuter the pastors of tomorrow. God deliver us from these deadbeat neo-evangelical pastors today, who have become their own god, doing things their way instead of the Lord's way!

Wicked neo-evangelicals today have their own false bibles, their own false plan of salvation, their own lame Contemporary Christian Music, and their own moral standards—all contradicting the inspired Word of God. Effectively they have become their own god.

Judges 21:25, “In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.” Carefully notice that every man wanted to do what was right. The Bible doesn't say they did wrong. It says that they did “right.” The problem is that they wanted to decide what is good or evil instead of God. That is what's wrong with our ungodly U.S. Supreme Court, who ruled in 1973 that a child in the womb is not a human life.

Those wicked Supreme Court judges ruled in favor of legalizing murder! They deemed it legally “right” to murder children. Do you see, they wanted to do the right thing, but they took it upon themselves to redefine what a human being is to justify the evil of murder. They decided that murdering a human life in the womb is the right thing to do. Judges 21:25, “In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.” This is how humans operate.

Proverbs 3:5-6, “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” The only reason why millions of wicked sinners oppose the fiery fundamentalist Bible preacher is because THEY are choosing for themselves what is right, instead of following the inspired Word of God. Let God be true but every man a liar.