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Psalm 56   New American Standard Bible (NASB)

For the choir director; according to Jonath elem rehokim. A Mikhtam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

Be gracious to me, O God, for man has trampled upon me;
Fighting all day long he oppresses me.
My foes have trampled upon me all day long,
For they are many who fight proudly against me.
When I am afraid,
I will put my trust in You.
In God, whose word I praise,
In God I have put my trust;
I shall not be afraid.
What can mere man do to me?
All day long they distort my words;
All their thoughts are against me for evil.
They attack, they lurk,
They watch my steps,
As they have waited to take my life.
Because of wickedness, cast them forth,
In anger put down the peoples, O God!

You have taken account of my wanderings;
Put my tears in Your bottle.
Are they not in Your book?
Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call;
This I know, that God is for me.
In God, whose word I praise,
In the Lord, whose word I praise,
In God I have put my trust, I shall not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
Your vows are binding upon me, O God;
I will render thank offerings to You.
For You have delivered my soul from death,
Indeed my feet from stumbling,
So that I may walk before God
In the light of the living.

Psalm 91   New American Standard Bible (NASB)

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
Will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress,
My God, in whom I trust!”
For it is He who delivers you from the snare of the trapper
And from the deadly pestilence.
He will cover you with His pinions,
And under His wings you may seek refuge;
His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark.

You will not be afraid of the terror by night,
Or of the arrow that flies by day;
Of the pestilence that stalks in darkness,
Or of the destruction that lays waste at noon.
A thousand may fall at your side
And ten thousand at your right hand,
But it shall not approach you.
You will only look on with your eyes
And see the recompense of the wicked.
For you have made the Lord, my refuge,
Even the Most High, your dwelling place.
No evil will befall you,
Nor will any plague come near your tent.

For He will give His angels charge concerning you,
To guard you in all your ways.
They will bear you up in their hands,
That you do not strike your foot against a stone.
You will tread upon the lion and cobra,
The young lion and the serpent you will trample down.

“Because he has loved Me, therefore I will deliver him;
I will set him securely on high, because he has known My name.
“He will call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will rescue him and honor him.
“With a long life I will satisfy him
And let him see My salvation.”

^“1 O Lord, oppose those who oppose me.
    Fight those who fight against me.
² Put on your armor, and take up your shield.
    Prepare for battle, and come to my aid.
³ Lift up your spear and javelin
    against those who pursue me.
Let me hear you say,
    “I will give you victory!”
⁴ Bring shame and disgrace on those trying to kill me;
    turn them back and humiliate those who want to harm me.
⁵ Blow them away like chaff in the wind—
    a wind sent by the angel of the Lord.
⁶ Make their path dark and slippery,
    with the angel of the Lord pursuing them.
⁷ I did them no wrong, but they laid a trap for me.
    I did them no wrong, but they dug a pit to catch me.
⁸ So let sudden ruin come upon them!
    Let them be caught in the trap they set for me!
    Let them be destroyed in the pit they dug for me.” – Psalm 35:1-8 NLT

Myth #1:  Everyone who calls himself / herself a Christian, wears a cross necklace, prays “religiously”, and does good works is a true born-again Christian.

This is not true. Many people who call themselves “Christians” are actually not Christians. Instead they are following a satanic counterfeit (false gospel) and are following “another Jesus” (not the Jesus that the Holy Bible talks about).

Any person that claims that you have to do something else such as being baptized or doing sacraments in addition to being saved, is a false teacher (2 Peter 2:1-3).

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’ — Matthew 7:21-23 (NASB)

Myth #2:  Christianity is about trying to be perfect.

Actually Christianity is about doing our best to be like Jesus Christ (1 John 2:6), realizing that we will never be perfect until we are in Heaven (2 Corinthians 5:1-6).

Myth #3:  Someone can lose their salvation in Christ Jesus.

The Bible is clear. You cannot lose your salvation.

“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.” — John 10:27-28 (NASB)

“For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” — Romans 8:38-39 (NASB)

Myth #4:  Christians cannot trust the Bible’s account of creation, because today’s authoritative scientists says that the earth and universe is billions of years old.

There is no evidence for evolution (evolutionary molecules-to-man,  evolutionary natural selection, etc.).

People have heard of the evolutionary concept of natural selection. Creationists, for the most part, agree with this concept in the sense that animals can be killed off. Here is an example: Two moths are in a forest. One moth is white the other is black. If the birds in the area can see the white moth more easily, then the white moth will most likely not survive, hence killing off the white moth in the forest. However, the evolutionists will take this a step further and say that animals evolve into other types of animals. This is not true.

There is no supporting evidence of any evolutionary natural selection that has occurred, is occurring, or will occur. Nothing has been observed to show that, for example, a cat can eventually evolve into a cat-bird with wings. Dogs give birth to dogs. Cats give birth to cats. Cats do not come from dogs, and dogs do not come from cats. Each animal has a variety in the gene pool for that particular animal, but nothing new is added to the gene pool.

Remember what the Bible says about people who contradict God’s Word:

“Of course not! Even if everyone else is a liar, God is true. As the Scriptures say about him,

“You will be proved right in what you say,
and you will win your case in court.” – Romans 3:4 NLT

Myth #5:  “Turning from your sins” is apart of obtaining salvation.

The Bible never mentions about “turning from your sins” – trying to stop sinning – as a part of being saved. The Bible says:

“If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” – Romans 10:9 NLT

Nowhere in that verse says or implies “turning from your sins to be saved”. In other words, you do not have to try to forsake your sins as a part of being saved. That is not Biblical. Unfortunately people who believe this way are not true born-again believers and are bound for Hell.

However if by “turning from your sins” you mean repentance (a change of mind), then that is correct.

Please take note, I am not saying that once you become a true born-again believer, you can just keep on sinning and say to yourself “I can now do anything I want, since I will go to Heaven anyway!”. That is not what I mean. I just want to be clear.

Historical Science:  Non-repeatable, non-observational, non-testable   (e.g., the origin of the universe — Yes, the origin of the universe is historical science because no human was alive to observe it happening, nor could anyone repeat what happened even *if* they did observe it!)

Observational Science:  Is repeatable, is observable, is testable   (e.g., the study of medicine or the study of mechanics — You can actually observe things happening (e.g. mechanics), test and verify your findings.)

Read more about historical and observational science here:  https://answersingenesis.org/what-is-science/deceitful-terms-historical-and-observational-science/