A sheep in wolf's clothing.
And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
(Acts 5:38-39) KJV
Many Christians want to share the good news and their joy of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ but they’re afraid to because, they feel, they don’t know the Bible well enough and wouldn’t know what to say.
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And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
(Acts 5:38-39) KJV
We’ll find out if Matty’s Paradigm is a positive result in a predictive testable hypothesis for the existence of God that we get from Gamaliel’s counsel in the book of Acts. If it’s of God, then it’ll succeed.
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But if God is behind it, you cannot stop it anyway, unless you want to fight against God. The council members agreed with what he said,
(Acts 5:39) CEV
We (that’s me and the Holy spirit) propose that Matty’s Paradigm is proof of God. We’re not rich by worldly standards, or famous, but let’s consider a few things: where do we stand and how is this a predictive, testable hypothesis for God?
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And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
(Acts 9:1) KJV
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Just read.
The threat of imminent death was very real. This is why the Angel of the Lord let them out of prison.
Gamaliel was well regarded as a scholar of the law.
Acts 22:1-5
Paul studied under Gamaliel. He uses the name to give himself authenticity when confronting the Jews in Jerusalem.
Gamaliel was clearly tender towards the Holy Spirit. He had not hardened his heart against the new Christianity and he was prepared to wait and see what would happen.
Gamaliel’s wisdom had apparently been instilled into Paul, and when he looked at the situation objectively he realized that …
And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
( Acts 9:5 )
Gamaliel clearly has a Godly perspective on what Peter has been saying.
Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
( Proverbs 1:23-25 )
Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that. But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil. Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
( James 4:13-17 )
Proverbs 1:1-7
Fight against God?
Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space; And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men. For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought. After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed. And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
(Acts 5:34-39) KJV
I’m celebrating a lot of things, not just coming to the end of another month of the “Why Did God Create Creation?” epic year-long blog. We only have September and October to go. I am also celebrating the accomplishments to date of the year 2018, which began with me finding myself out of work, courtesy of the kind folk at Wake Forest University.
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And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
(Acts 5:38-39) KJV
Today we (that’s me and the Holy spirit) are going to review some different forms of evidence for the existence of God with emphasis on one in particular: Gamaliel’s Counsel, Hypothesis 12.
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