Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
(Matthew 13:52) KJV
We said when we began this process that we would to take a strictly deductive approach to learning what the Bible is trying to teach us. We made a point of saying that we have to be prepared to accept what we may deduce.
Deductive reasoning, also deductive logic, logical deduction or, informally, “top-down” logic, is the process of reasoning from one or more statements (premises) to reach a logically certain conclusion. It differs from inductive reasoning or abductive reasoning.
– Deductive Reasoning, definition (Wikipedia)
Deduction is a logical development of cause and effect which starts from a premise. In our case the premise is God can’t lie. From that starting point we have to deduce how to account for all empirical observation and physical evidence. If God can’t lie and he took something from Adam which was like a beam in the wall of a temple which allowed biological compatibility with the woman then it has to be a chromosome. That is a logically certain conclusion.
Salvation
- Call upon the name of Jesus Christ,
- believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead,
- confess your sin.
