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NASB | Acts 13:38 "Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 13:38 "So let it be clearly known by you, brothers, that through Him forgiveness of sins is being proclaimed to you; |
Subject: Forgiveness of What? |
Bible Note: Brian, if we could turn back the clock and place ourselves in Paul's time and place, I think it fair to assume that we would find scoffers at the genuineness of Paul's conversion, especially among those who comprised his goon squad whom he led in persecution of Christians. Perhaps there was a group of ancient psychologists and behaviorial scientists who looked askance at his changed life and called it temporary at best, or more likely, simply a fake and a fraud. There are those "experts" today who will tell us that sexual perversion is caused by a defective gene and thus cannot be changed. They will say that those who murder, steal, or lie are not accountable for their deeds because they are merely victims of a corrupt society. There are those who recognize no such reality as sin, no such act as forgiveness, and no such being as a Savior. In our time, the predominant worldview is pragmatism; the answer to our problems is to be found within ourselves; our dream of utopia can be realized only by improving social conditions. God plays little or no part in this scheme. --Hank |