Bible Study?

I read on a facebook page that the church that these people attend had bible studies.

That used to mean that people brought their bibles, opened them up and someone who put a lot of time and effort into study of the passage, taught on it.
The people then went home and studied the passage for themselves to see if the scriptures backed up what was taught.

Today, for the postmodern church, a bible study means that they found an author that they agreed with who wrote a book on a passage from the bible that says what they want other people to know and believe.

2 Timothy 3:16 and 17 says the following...

16 All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness,
17 so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

If I write a book about the bible the only thing that is guaranteed to be inspired by God are the bible verses that I quote.

Study a book and it can change your life.
Study the bible and it will change your heart...

And from the way that the postmodern church is going, we will have a "nicer" world, (which I think is a good thing) but we will have millions of nice people in the church who don't know Jesus and don't know a single word that He said!

Kind of like "money is the root of all evil".
Guess what?
It's not in the bible.

I don't agree with what the post modern church is doing, like I don't agree with gay marriage.

But no where in the bible does it tell me that
1. You don't have the right to do it.
2. I have the right to stop you.

Don't rely on postmodern pastors to tell you the truth.
Why?
They don't know the truth themselves.

Believe me, if Jesus walked into a postmodern church today, they would tell him to shut up, wear nicer clothes, cut his hair and trim his beard.

What to Do? part 2

James 1:1 James, a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad: Greetings.

2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials,

3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.

4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.

7 For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;

8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

Let me ask you,

Is our brother James the only one who was called to be a bondservant?

As a Christian, are you called to be a bondservant?

What is a bondservant?

Simply put, a bondservant is one who has willingly given up their own freedoms to serve the needs and desires of someone else.

James, a bondservant…

Sounds cool and authoritive doesn’t it?

Put your name in there and call yourself a bondservant of Jesus Christ.

Really, write it down.

Put it on paper.

Look at it.

Doesn’t feel right does it?

I mean, we fall so short.

We feel so inadequate and unable.

Any true Christian man, or woman of God for that matter, knows that if Jesus went by His feelings, any chance for our redemption would have ended in the Garden of Gethsemane .

I know that things are not as simple as I sometimes make them, but Jesus put aside His rights just to serve you.

Ya, you who wrote down that you are a bondservant of Jesus Christ.

You just can’t match up to the sacrifice.

And guess what?

That’s exactly what every born again believer has to come to the knowledge of.

You aren’t Jesus.

Never were, never will be.

You will never do as good a job as He did.

You will never be as faithful as He is.

You will never match up or compare.

I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT MY OBEDIENCE TO GOD WOULD BE MOTIVATED BY MY LOVE FOR GOD.

AND I FOUND OUT THAT IT DOESN’T WORK.

MY LOVE IS SELFISH,

MY LOVE IS WORLDLY,

MY LOVE IS BASED ON MY SITUATION.

MY LOVE, IS

UNSTABLE.

But what, as a man, can I do?

I can be a bondservant.

I can be an even better bondservant by just being available.

No special talent or gift.

No special training or equipment.

Just a willingness to serve.

Bob, a bondservant of God and of the LORD Jesus Christ!

I am what He made me,

and not the inadequate,

untrained poor excuse for a Christian

that I sometimes feel that I am.

Imagine if Jesus has that same attitude!

James, our older brother in the faith then says…

2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials,

THAT WORD, TRIALS,

IS ACTUALLY TEMPTATIONS.

James is telling us something really, really important here.

NOT ONLY WILL TRIALS AND TEMPTATIONS COME,

BUT WE WILL FALL INTO THEM…

Part of being a stable man is to be a man who knows that from time to time the devil, or maybe just your own flesh, is gonna have a trap set for you and you are going to spring that trap on yourself.

It’s a fact of life.

It’s also a major trick used by the devil to get us men to give up our leadership role.

We think that we need to portray this image of infallibility.

 That my friend, is not being stable.

I am gonna stop for now, but we really need to decide right now, 

before we go any further in this first chapter of James, 

if we are thinking, speaking and acting like a bond servant of Jesus.

Truth is, I already am what God has called me to be.

1Cor 7:22  For he who is called by the Lord as a slave is the Lord's freedman. Likewise he who is called as a free man is Christ's slave.

23  You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.

24  Brothers, each person should remain with God in whatever situation he was called.
Remember Jesus in the Garden?

I am so thankful that Jesus remained with God in whatever situation He was called...

What to do? part 1

It is the quality of being free from change.

It is consistency in character and purpose.

It is being steadfast, reliable, and dependable.

THE WORD IS STABILITY.

 

BEING STABLE IS ALSO BEING RELIABLE.

What can YOU rely on?

THAT TODAY in the US alone,

532 KIDS UNDER 18 AND 4,250 ADULTS IN THE US

WILL BE CONVICTED OF A DRUG CRIME.

What can YOU rely on?

That today in the US alone,

63,300,000 people will be either murdered, robbed, raped or assaulted.

What can YOU rely on?

That today in the US alone,

3,700 babies will be aborted.

(That would only take 23 days to wipe out the entire population of High Point.)

And 126,000 BABIES world wide.

THESE ABORTION STATISTICS ARE BAD ENOUGH BUT GRAB THESE STATISTICS…

IN THE US…

OUT OF 3,700 BABIES MURDERED TODAY,

1,384 OF THEM WERE ABORTED BY WOMEN OF THE PROTESTANT FAITH.

1,158 OF THEM WERE ABORTED BY WOMEN OF THE CATHOLIC FAITH.

48 OF THEM WERE ABORTED BY WOMEN OF THE JEWISH FAITH.

877 OF THEM WERE ABORTED BY WOMEN OF NO FAITH AT ALL.

AND HERE IS THE KICKER…

666 BABIES WERE ABORTED BY WOMEN WHO CLAIMED TO BE…

OF THE BORN AGAIN/EVANGELICAL FAITH.

DOESN’T THAT NUMBER, 666 STUN YOU?

ARENT YOU OVERWHELMED BY THE FEELING OF DEMONIC ACTIVITY?

ROMANS 8:1 SAYS…

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

FIRST OF ALL

WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMMENSITY OF GODS TOLERANCE,

LOVE

AND ABILITY TO FORGIVE SUCH A SINFUL PEOPLE.

SECOND,

OUR WORLD IS IN BAD SHAPE.

OUR WORLD IS DESTINED TO END UP IN A FACE TO FACE BATTLE WITH THE KING OF KINGS.

THIRD,

WALKING IN THE FLESH WILL ONLY END UP IN DEATH.

 WALKING IN THE SPIRIT,

AND THATS WALKING WITH CHRIST JESUS,

WILL RESULT IN NO CONDEMNATION.

THAT’S NONE, ZERO, ZIP, ZILCH.

NO CONDEMNATION IS A FREEDOM GIVEN TO US BY THE BLOOD SACRIFICE OF JESUS ON THE CROSS.

NO CONDEMNATION IS THE RESULT OF OUR FAITH IN CHRIST AND HIS DEATH TO SIN AND RESURRECTION TO NEW LIFE.

GOD HAS GIVEN THE RESPONSIBILTY OF THIS WORLD TO THE MEN IN THIS WORLD AND WE, JUST LIKE ADAM, GIVE IT RIGHT OVER TO THE DEVIL.

MEN  DON’T WANT THE RESPONSIBILITY.

MEN WANT SEX,

BUT WE DON’T WANT THE RESPONSIBILITY.

MEN WANT MONEY,

BUT WE DON’T WANT THE RESPONSIBILITY.

MEN WANT SIGNIFICANCE,

BUT WE DON’T WANT THE RESPONSIBILITY.

WE WANT TO BE RESPECTED,

BUT WE DO IT THROUGH FEAR AND INTIMIDATION.

GENESIS 2:7 TELLS US… And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

MEN,

YOU HAVE THE BREATH OF GOD HIMSELF WITHIN YOU.

+

IT IS WHAT GAVE YOU LIFE.

NOW WHAT DOES YOUR BREATH DO TO THE PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE?

ARE YOU BREATHING LIFE OR DEATH?

ARE YOUR WORDS CONVICTING BECAUSE THEY ARE WORDS OF LOVE?

ARE YOUR WORDS RESPECTED BECAUSE THEY ARE PROVEN BY YOUR SERVICE TO OTHERS?

DO YOUR WORDS HAVE WEIGHT BECAUSE YOU ARE HONEST, RELIABLE, AND TRUSTWORTHY?

ARE YOU A STABLE MAN?

STABLE…

ARE YOU  free from change?

ARE YOU consistent in character and purpose?

 ARE YOU steadfast, reliable, and dependable?

MEN,

YOU WERE BORN A KING.

YOU WERE BORN TO RULE.

THAT IS YOUR GOD APPOINTED ROLE IN THIS WORLD.

Wow…

Some pretty sad statistics don’t you think?

Sounds kind of hopeless doesn’t it?

So why go from these sick statistics to men being stable?

Well, find out on the next blog!

Hint: New Testament book, 1^st chapter, Epistle.

The Author of Love

God is the author of love,
Jesus His gift from above,
the Spirit to draw us all near,
in God there is no fear.

When God's hand is heavy upon you,
when your soul is filled with despare,
when your sin, has found you out,
God's forgiveness is there.

God is the author of love,
Jesus His gift from above,
the Spirit to draw us all near,
in God there is no fear.

Let all those who trust in the Lord rejoice,
for lovingkindness will surround them,
be glad in the Lord, you Righteous ones,
shout for joy you upright in heart.

God is the author of love,
Jesus His gift from above,
the Spirit to draw us all near,
in God there is no fear.

I believe in Jesus

In the morning light,
I bring my soul to Him.
Offering, all that I'll do today.

Though He knows my hearts desire,
my love is proved by fire,
to make me, even more, to be like Him.

I believe in Jesus,
I believe in Jesus,
I believe that Jesus Christ is God.

Well, as my day goes on,
I find myself, falling down,
Being distracted, by false image's of light.

You know, it looked so good to me,
Satan's false reality.
Bringing death to all who buy it,
Oh dear Lord, help me deny it.

If there is anything for sure,
it's that the love of God is pure,
and you'd never be the same,
if He would touch you.

And if you'd look down deep inside,
past your foolishness and pride,
you'd find we all, have a need to be loved.
Don't you want to be loved?

I believe in Jesus,
I believe in Jesus,
I believe, the Son of God loves me.
and that He died to free me,
Jesus died to free me,
and nothing will ever enslave my heart again.

Does it really matter "how" you go?

bullet in.

brains out.

Heaven.

That doesn't sound so bad now does it?

Fear...

Fear

According to the NASB, the first mention of “fear” appears in Genesis 9. It reads as follows…

Genesis 9:1 AND God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.

2 The fear of you and the terror of you will be on every beast of the earth and on every bird of the sky; with everything that creeps on the ground, and all the fish of the sea, into your hand they are given.

That’s a pretty good thing for us isn’t it?

I mean the whole idea that lions and tigers and bears (oh my)

are actually afraid and terrified of us.

Sure, a lot of animals call kill and eat us rather easily if we venture into their territories unprotected. But most often, unless they are being attacked, protecting themselves or their younguns, or really, really hungry, they prefer to leave us alone.

They even run and hide from us!

Why?

Because they fear us.

Fear is reverence…

It’s the same word we use when we say “fear God.”

Why did God put the fear of man in animals?

I think for one basic reason.

God said that we can eat them.

Good reason to avoid someone like that if you are an animal.

If I could make a rather odd point here, non domesticated animals would rather run and hide from humans in the same way that Adam and Eve ran and hid from God…

Maybe they just didn’t know what God was going to do with them when He found them.

An Abiding Wrath

EXCLUSIVE: 

Belonging to a particular individual or group and to no other;  

not shared:

Is Christianity exclusive?

John 3:36 reads...

He who believes in the Son

(to think to be true, to be persuaded of, to place confidence in,

to commit your trust to) 

has eternal life;

(never to cease, everlasting, that which has always been and always will be)

NASB but he who does not obey/KJV not believe the Son

(meaning to refuse belief and obedience-does not comply.
NIV uses “rejects”) 

will not see life,

(vitality, animate-boldness and courage,

the absolute fullness of life, both essential and ethical, which belongs to God.)

but the wrath of God

(anger exhibited in punishment)

abides on him.

(to remain and wait for)

 

That was Jesus speaking!

 WE NEED TO GRASP WHAT JESUS IS SAYING HERE.

Jesus didn’t say that if you don’t believe in Him then God is going to stand by and wait until you change your mind.

Jesus did say that if you reject Him as the Savior, not only will you be excluded from eternal life with God, you will also have to deal with God’s wrath…

Think about it.

This is more than just an idle threat.

This is more than just getting a spanking.

This is more than just getting yelled at or talked down to.

This is a promise that if you reject Jesus, then you will face Gods wrath.

There’s a slight problem.

When was the last time you felt God’s wrath?

When was the last time that you saw God’s wrath?

When was the last time you heard of God’s wrath?

When was the last time you even thought of Gods wrath?

How do you tell someone about Gods wrath when you have never experienced it, nor will you as a believer, ever experience Gods wrath yourself?

How do you teach someone about God’s wrath when you never hear teachings about Gods wrath?

How do you demonstrate a part of God that most modern day Christians deny even exists?

How do you treasure a characteristic of Almighty God (His wrath) when the whole world, except for the Muslims, sees wrath, not as justice, but as an evil, undesirable, lower level personality trait?

Think about it.

If you are a fundamentalist Christian, you believe in the biblical account of Noah, the world wide flood and the Ark.

Interesting thing is that flooding the world is not something that God did in wrath. 

The flood demonstrates Gods judgment and Gods power over nature, but it does not demonstrate Gods wrath…

Genesis 6:5 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

6 The LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. 
(the Lord repented and was injured and affronted in His heart)

7 The LORD said, I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them. 
(for I am pained and will be comforted by an action)

8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD. 
(FAVOR: Grace and acceptance)

What is God’s wrath?

God’s wrath is…

Anger,

Agitation

and violent emotion.

This is bad enough but this wrath is promised punishment for not accepting Gods free gift of salvation.

Promised punishment?

Yup.

Look at the verse…

John 3:36

but the wrath of God (anger exhibited in punishment)  
abides on him. (to remain and wait for)

Let me emphasize that God’s wrath already abides with those who reject Jesus as Savior.

This is a far more serious thing than wearing the scarlet letter!

Abide is to remain and to wait for, to continue to be present.

“The wrath of God abides on him” means that Gods wrath is already present with those who reject Jesus…

See, you can take that scarlet letter off and move to a place where no one knows you or your past.

But with God, you are either already marked with the Holy Spirit unto salvation, or you are already marked with Gods impending wrath.

The difference between them is Gods mark never fades nor fails. 

Most of all, Gods mark is never forgotten.

You are owed something.

Heaven or Hell.

And that’s a promise.

Digging up dirt.

I have some thoughts...

I have been gone from that church for over a year now and I am realizing that I am still stuck there.
What got my goat?
That churches Christianity.
I am confused by it.

All those studies on godly character written by well meaning authors.
Finding out that Noah suffered from depression.
Weekly meetings with a pastor there.
Being told that I am like Terrel Owens, yet I was cooperating and submitting to every single requirement.
Right down to cutting my hair and trimming my beard.
Just asking simple questions and then being accused of being a fundamentalist.

And that church reaches out to the community.
Not with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, but with chainsaws and fun and amusement.
But I was told that I talk to much.

I struggle.
Every stinking day I struggle.
But don't say anything about it.
You don't want them to know and they don't want to hear it anyway.

 So whats my problem?

 Does that church represent Jesus?
They might, but not to me.

Did I really hear from God?
If not what was I trying to prove by staying where I was not wanted?

I guess I am the problem.
Maybe I will just stay in my garage and let the real Christians change the world for the better.

Good luck with that one.

Fools and Favor

Hebrews 3:15 while it is said, TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS, AS WHEN THEY PROVOKED ME.

What does it man to “hear” Gods voice?

The “hear” means to “listen”.

In order to hear God,

in order to listen to God,

we need to “tune in” to God.

Just like you would adjust the dial on your radio to hear your favorite radio station, we need to tune our dials to Gods frequency.

Why? Because...

God is always speaking...

God is always calling...

God is always searching...

Psalm 53:1 THE fool has said in his heart, There is no God, They are corrupt, and have committed abominable injustice; There is no one who does good.

2 God has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men To see if there is anyone who understands, Who seeks after God.

3 Every one of them has turned aside; together they have become corrupt; There is no one who does good, not even one.

Those above 3 verses, do you agree with them?

Look at verse 1.

THE fool has said in his heart, There is no God,

How do you know if someone is a fool?

First and foremost, there is no GOD in the heart of a fool.

So how serious is this offense to God?

Well, in order to find out, we need to dig deeper into the word of God.

The first mention of the word “heart” in the bible is found in Genesis 6

(I know, for you postmodernist the following did not happen)

Check out when and what God says.

Genesis 6:5 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Fools? I think so, and this is our heritage.

Because of sin, foolishness is what we are all born into.

So, the whole world stands not only guilty, but also condemned.

6 The LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

7 The LORD said, I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them.

That word “sorry” in the Hebrew actually means “grieved”.

It means to be in pain in the heart.

So much so that Gods desire was to “blot” out man.

What does that mean? To “blot out?”

It means to destroy, to exterminate.

Like when you can't stand the ants in your house anymore so you call the exterminator to wipe out the whole colony.

8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.

What did Noah find?

Favor.

Before the ark, did Noah do anything to earn Gods favor?

Was Noah considered to be a part of those whos hearts were continually bent towards evil?

Or was Noah different from the rest of the world?

It is my belief that Noah's heart was indeed corrupted by sin.

But was Noah a fool?

Yes, he was.

Then what was it about Noah that God would save Him from the flood?

That word favor actually means “grace.”

Noah found grace with God.

Check out the first mention of the word grace, not favor in the bible.

Ezra 9:8 But now for a brief moment grace has been shown from the LORD our God, to leave us an escaped remnant and to give us a peg in His holy place, that our God may enlighten our eyes and grant us a little reviving in our bondage.

Doesn't that sound familiar?

Isn't this what God did for Noah?

I think so, and this is what God is doing for you as you struggle to live and think and act like Jesus.

In Jesus we find grace.

In Jesus we find a remnant.

In Jesus we find His holy place.

In Jesus we find enlightenment.

In Jesus we find revival, even in our bondage to our flesh.

So who is the fool?

The fool are those people who are outside of Gods grace because there is no Jesus in their heart.

And yet, even to today, God keeps calling.

God keeps on broadcasting His message of love and forgiveness, His grace and peace and restoration....

But who will listen to Him?

Who will tune into God, by turning their ear towards God?

Ephesians 1:13 In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation -- having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise,

14 who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God's own possession, to the praise of His glory.

Before belief is the act of YOU hearing God calling you...

Romans 10:17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

Our problems begin the moment we stop tuning into God.

I DON'T GET IT?

The original question was,

Did God create Adam EXACTLY as Genesis 2:7 tells us He did?
7 Then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

There are pastors, preaching and teaching Gods word from the pulpit, who DO NOT believe this passage happened as stated in Genesis.

And for those of them who do not believe, how can they claim to believe what you have been reading about this particular verse in this blog?

I myself was told by a pastor that God created man through a process of evolution.

I was astounded.

The other pastors and elders didn't think that this was a problem.

Continuing, this pastor explains that “In the Beginning” (Genesis 1:1) does not mean a specific “point in time”, but rather a “period of time” that could have taken place over thousands or millions of years. As a result, he says that “man” eventually evolved to the place when God breathed into them and they became “man.”

This raises some questions.

This “man like being”,

did God breathe into just one single male?

Did God breathe into one specific male and one specific female?

Did God breathe into a bunch of “man like beings” including males and females and then say that you guys are now man and have my spirit within you?

Who or what were these men like beings?

How do they explain John 1:1-3?

1 IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

2 He was in the beginning with God.

3 All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.

Do postmodernist interpret John 1:1-3 the same way as Genesis 1:1?

Wouldn't they have to?

Doesn't their hermeneutics have to say that God evolved?

What these people are doing is twisting the scriptures to answers questions that science will back up.

These people can't operate on a simple faith, they need science to tell them that it is ok to believe a verse in the bible because the information is already accredited to science and not to God.

And if science doesn't back it up, then they can not say that a verse is true or reliable.

Now, some of you may be thinking that God can do whatever He wants, whenever He wants, however He wants, with whoever He wants.

I used to agree with that.

The real answer is NO, God cannot do whatever He wants.

For instance, God cannot lie.

Titus 1:2 in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago,

The opposite of the word “lie” used here is TRUTH.

In other words, God is incapable of lying.

As a matter of fact, God can only tell the truth.

God cannot die.

God cannot ever, ever, ever be wrong.

God cannot accept you into Heaven upon any merit other than you being washed clean by the blood of the sacrificial lamb, whom the bible tells us is Jesus the Christ.

Acts 4:12 And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.

Ok, so now you are thinking that maybe God is telling the truth, but for 2,000 years we have misunderstood the meaning and interpretation of the creation story?

Wow, um, well, ah, ya…

But back to Genesis 2.

In my ignorance and uneducatedness (new word) I actually believe that God did exactly what He inspired the writers of Genesis to put down on paper. Or maybe in the evolutionist case, God inspired a “type of human man” to chisel into a rock. HEY! Isn’t that what Moses did?

Gosh, there’s the evolutionist proof! Ha ha ha.

Anyway, I really believe Genesis 2:7 is true. Literally.

I also believe that Genesis 2:21-24 is also literally true.

I believe that John 1:1-3 is true. Literally.

Is the Bible totally literal?

No, it is not.

The bible is literal and figurative.

When Jesus said that I am the bread of life, He did not mean that He is bread.

Jesus also did not say that Roman Catholics should eat His body and drink His LITERAL blood.

A wafer is still a wafer no matter what you pray over it.

However, verses like Genesis 1:1 and John 1:1-3 are literal.

Also not true as stated?

Genesis 2:21 So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place.

22 The LORD God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.

23 The man said, This is now bone of my bones, And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man.

24 For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.

Now, imagine with me if the aforementioned scriptures are NOT true…

This would mean that there are no special qualities or differences between males and females, well, except for the obvious.

Then again, how would you “Christian” evolutionist explain this away?

Maybe you were raised by godless, militant feminist?

If verses 22 through 24 are not literally true, then the whole Christian marriage ceremony becomes a lie and a sham.

Now there is an upside to the passages NOT being true...

Excluding verses like 22, 23 and 24, may explain why some men will have sex with practically anything that breathes.

It most certainly can explain mans attraction to pornography and it can be used as an excuse for infidelity, multiple sex partners and even homosexuality.

Genesis is literal and true.

The creation story of the world is literal and true.

6 literal 24 hour days.

The creation of Adam and Eve is literal and true.

Dirt and rib.

The first marriage ceremony is literal and true.

Male and female.

If you do not agree with the God inspired scriptures as stated in the Book of Genesis, then what else in the bible don’t you believe and what else in the scriptures is open to your own flawed, based on science interpretation?