Timothy Tow preaches about the continuous deception of Satan since the Fall of Adam and Eve, emphasizing how Satan spreads lies against the Truth through false teachings and attacks on the Word of God. He highlights historical instances where Satan distorted beliefs about Christ's nature, salvation by faith alone, and the work of the Holy Spirit. Tow exposes the deceitful work of individuals like Westcott and Hort, who revised the Bible to undermine its authenticity and fundamental doctrines, urging believers to discern and reject such false teachings.

Text: Jn 8:44-47 John 8:44 is Jesus' commentary on the Temptation and the Fall. God told Adam and Eve not to eat the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil on pain of death. Satan came along and tempted Eve to eat it. He lied to Eve by first saying "Yea," like a clever salesman to please the client, and then questioned it, "Hath God?" To question God is a subtle tactic of putting a doubt. See the hooded shape of the question mark?! Then the kill, No! The lie has found its mark. Eve succumbs, gives the fruit to Adam. Their sin came into the world through Satan's lie, and death by the Transgression. Satan is a Liar for there is no Truth in him. Indeed he is the Father of Lies. That is what Jesus meant when He told the Pharisees, "Ye are of your father the devil and the lusts of your father ye will do." By rejecting our Lord, "ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins" (Jn 8:24 ). What do you say of Christ? I had a friend who heard Dr John Sung with me. He joined the Preaching Bands like me. Years later I met him and I brought up the good old times. When I referred to our Lord, he denied Him to be the Son of God. He said Jesus was only a prophet, a man, and not God. I was shocked. Today he lives the life of a recluse, sad and rejected. But we who believe in Him shall not perish but have life everlasting. We live a happy vibrant life. Since the Fall of Adam and Eve, Satan has not ceased his mischievous work. Even at the founding of the infant church, he came to destroy it. Hence our Lord's warning of false Christs and false prophets. The Apostle John warns of false spirits and the spirit of Antichrist. From John's day to the present Satan has not ceased to spread lies against the Truth. Throughout church history Satan has not only attacked the spoken and written Word of God which is the Bible but also attacked God's Son, the Living Word of God. In the 4th century Satan attacked the Person of Christ that He is not fully God, being created and not begotten. In the 16th century Satan attacked the work of Christ, saying we are saved by faith plus works, but the Bible says "the just shall live by faith," period. In the 20th century, he tries to falsify the Holy Spirit. The slaying by the Holy Spirit of Benny Hinn is a counterfeit work of the Holy Spirit. From the 19th century to the new millennium Satan has attacked and is continuing to undermine the spoken and written Word of God. Satan transformed himself into two angels of light, Westcott and Hort. They were Greek scholars who worked their way up in the Church of England to revise the Received Text on which the King James Bible is based. They did this on the strength of two so-called oldest manuscripts, Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus dated from the 4th century. They cut out the portion of Jesus pardoning the woman taken in adultery, the last 12 verses of Mark and the Johannine Comma I Jn 5:7,8 on the doctrine of the Holy Trinity. They further deleted 10,000 words of the whole Bible which amounts to 8 chapters of I and II Peter. Satan made a frontal attack on God's Written Word. With the revision of the Bible, they put out a new translation called the Revised Version of 1881. The new revised Bible was still selling in 1935 when I bought a copy. But after that it went out of print. It has died a cancerous death for over half a century, whereas the KJB translated in 1611 is still a best seller. Jesus' verdict on W&H's defunct Revised Version is, "Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire" (Mt 7:19 ). Since the publishing of the RSV (Revised Standard Version) in 1952 to this day over 100 new versions based on Westcott and Hort have invaded the market. The NIV (New International Version) now dominates the scene and many churches that used KJB have switched to NIV, including several B-P Churches. But there is a rising movement to expose the wiles of the NIV that is based on Westcott & Hort. Remember, how much Westcott & Hort have scissored out of the Bible. The Church has been hoodwinked by W&H through their scholarship until the recent exposure of their true colours. For they are crooks who deny every fundamental doctrine of the Bible. They deny the Virgin Birth of Christ, His Blood and Resurrection. They spurn the doctrine of the preservation of the Bible and its inerrancy and infallibility. They were secret worshippers of Mary and they ran a Ghost Club, being necromancers themselves. With unclean hands and impure hearts how could they intrude into the holy office of revising God's Word? Now that their evil character is brought to light the truth of their masquerading as angels of light is out. Satan's attack on both the Living and Written Word of God is thoroughly exposed. Dearly beloved, if you are using an NIV Bible you should discard it for the time tested KJB. If your Church is using the NIV you should tell your pastor about the evils of NIV. If he persists to use it in the Church, you should get out and join a Church that uses the KJB. "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" (Jn 8:32 ). "For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth" (II Cor 13:8). And beware always the Father of lies who is also a murderer.