This is the age old question that all ask just before they fall.
Did God really say ______________?
He couldn't have meant ______________?
This is our wishful thinking trying to turn what God said into what we want Him to have said. This is the wide road that leads to destruction.
“Where the Scriptures speak, we speak;
where the Scriptures are silent, we are silent.”
Read the Bible and find out what it says. If it speaks on an issue, then it is settled. The truth does not change based on circumstances, culture, or what year it is. The truth is the truth. God is truth and God does not change.
"Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life;...'" John 14:6
"Into Your hand I entrust my spirit; You have redeemed me, Lord, God of truth." Psalm 31:5
“God is not a man, that He would lie…” Numbers 23:19
“…in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised…” Titus 1:2
“…it is impossible for God to lie…” Hebrews 6:18
“For I, the LORD, do not change…” Malachi 3:6