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NASB | Acts 1:3 To these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 1:3 To these [men] He also showed Himself alive after His suffering [in Gethsemane and on the cross], by [a series of] many infallible proofs and unquestionable demonstrations, appearing to them over a period of forty days and talking to them about the things concerning the kingdom of God. |
Subject: What was infused? |
Bible Note: Hi, Tim; It’s been a while. I'd like to address a couple of points in your replies to Doug. 1. You commented here that "most who argue that a day is not a day then go on to say that Adam wasn't Adam either". This is a classic straw man argument, not at all worthy of you. It is very common in these kinds of discussions. It often shows up as "if you assume Genesis 1-2 is not literally true then there's no reason to assume that the gospels are literally true". Or "belief in 'theistic' evolution leads to belief in godless Darwinian evolution". This argument always addresses some potential consequence of the assertion, not the assertion itself. I, for one, believe that "day" does not necessarily mean a literal 24-hour day and I believe that Adam and Eve were the result of special attention by God the Creator that set them apart from all other creatures on Earth. 2. Wise Christians have always accommodated their understanding of Scripture to the revelations of science. The church's pathetic response to Galileo's discoveries is the prime example of failure to do so. But let me say most emphatically that faithful Christians do not accommodate the spiritual truths - i.e. everything related to Jesus, his person, his work, and the necessity of it - to science. These truths can never be contradicted by honest science (see below) because they are beyond what honest science can address. 3. Modern science is indeed deceitful. The validity of science rests solely on the integrity of its deductive logic (reasoning upward and inferring large principles from small observations). Many modern scientists have discredited their own work by reasoning deductively - they start with an assumption that there is no God and reason downward from there. Many "creation" scientists do the same thing – they reason deductively from a particular interpretation of the Bible. They may be faithful believers and good theologians but they do bad science. Being a good scientist and being a good Christian are not mutually exclusive. Good scientists can be faithful believers. Their faith allows them to approach their work inductively, knowing that eventually every truthful path will lead to God. There is no need to discredit the science by starting out deductively. 4. Evolution does not provide an alternative explanation for creation. Atheistic scientists hate the Big Bang model because it opens the door to something they cannot tolerate – a first cause. Stephen Hawking himself has tried to discredit this aspect of his own work. But we old-earth Christians know who the first cause is – God the Father Almighty. Hope you’re enjoying this lovely Hoosier spring. Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |