Casting the Word into the Fire

As recorded in Jeremiah chapter 36  verses 20 through 23 we see king Jehoiakim hearing the word of the Lord, and not liking what was read to him, he took “scribe’s knife and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the scroll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth” (v.23). Many today are guilty of this very same thing. Not that they physically cut portions of their Bibles pages and burn them, but that they deny what is written, refuse to teach the “whole counsel of God”  (Acts 20:27). Today many are guilty of cutting portions of God’s word out of their teaching and religious practice. Now because this is a sacred text we shouldn’t tamper with it, yet the truth is that vast majorities of honest, caring, loving people tamper with God’s Word all the time.