Kevin:
Act 1:25 That he may take
part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression
fell, that he might go to his own
place.
Caroline:
A room in the mansion of our
Lord?
I agree with JD in that sometimes people say
things in the heat of the moment that might not be all that well thought out.
One example is Stephen in Acts 7:4 when he said Abraham left Haran after his
father's death. In Genesis, his father was still alive when Abraham left.
Perhaps Stephen mis-remembered a minor detail. Perhaps someone taught him
wrong. But give the guy a break, he was about to be stoned!
Does it really matter? No! if it's about a
relationship with our Triune God, who are real, alive, persons. Why did God
inspire Luke to write it that way? It's so easily checkable. Because our faith
is in Him, the living God who speaks. Because Jesus is the truth, the way and
the life.
Close your eyes...a Torrance reference is coming
up. Torrance wrote a book explaining carefully that some thing are symbols and
signs that point to the real thing. They are not the real thing. They help us
find and understand the real thing. A map shows us the city in a way we can
understand but it is not the city. The bible, which I love and study, is not
the Word. The Word (logos) is the Second Person of the Trinity, Christ Jesus.
