Decided to stop and answer some of you lingering objections ahmed. You often cite the contradicting accounts of created light in Genesis, the tempting of Christ and Paul's contradicting conversion accounts.
Hope this helps:
Creation of light in Genesis: On day 1 God created the heavens and the earth. He then said, “let there be light” on day one and in doing so he established day from night. This notion lends itself to the scientific theory of angular momentum in that when the earth was formed it was created by a spinning mass of gases and material that maintains the same spinning momentum today that it did during creation. The earth spins on its axis facing towards and away from the sun during a 24-hour period distinquishing day and night respectively. The gravitational pull of the sun causes the earth to rotate around it while the angular momentum from creation caused the earth to spin on its axis. That said, the earth and sun (part of the heavens) were both created on day one, but the “let there be light” comment indicates the first penetration or appearance or visibility of the sun’s light through earth’s recently formed atmosphere (firmament) that was initially full of spinning debris and gas (clouding the view of the heavens). Then on day 4 the earth was continuing to be formed and shaped and the atmosphere (firmament) further cleared. Remember, the heavens and earth were created on day one, but the “let there be” phrase does not indicate further creation….it indicates the greater visibility of light emitted from previously created heavenly bodies through earth’s atmosphere. Although, Genesis 1:16 indicates that God “made two great lights” and thereinlies some confusion. The English word “made” comes from the Hebrew “asah” which can be translated “had made” (a past tense reference). Given that, the two great lights referenced were already made on day one with the creation of the “heavens and earth”. The light producing celestial bodies on day four (that were created on day one) were more visible through earth’s clearing atmosphere on day four as the earth was continuing to be formed.
Jesus’ temptation: The first idea we must acknowledge is that God (who is one) limited his Sonship essence/personhood into that of a man in Jesus Christ who was born by the Holy Spirit and lived as a sinless, mortal man on Earth. Christ’s plan on earth was to live and die as the perfect, sinless sacrifice for all of us. He was fully a human man with all the limitations therein, but he drew strength, guidance and power from his Fatherly essence/personhood in heaven. That said, he prayed, worked, hungered, thirsted and was even tempted by Satan as any man on Earth, but make no mistake he was no ordinary man. Satan sought to tempt the man Jesus Christ, but was does it mean to tempt? It means he tested the temporarily limited God-man Jesus Christ in hopes that Christ would fall prey to the temptation and sin, but Christ defended himself with nothing but the word by referencing the old testament scripture indicating that you “do not test the Lord your God” thereby defending himself and affirming the reality of who he was to Satan…..he is God. Satan left shortly thereafter and the man Jesus Christ who has affirmed that he was God was them tended to and comforted by the angels because he was still a mortal man at that point.
Yes, Christ did forgive some sins without his shedblood on the cross, but those acts were special displays of his mercy and grace. The reality is Christ died for us, shed his blood for us so that we may in turn desire to choose him as our Lord and Savior. He wants us to recognize our own faults, repent of our sins, acknowledge him as God, Lord and Savior, be indwelt by the Holy Spirit and live our lives according to his divine will for our lives. If Christ simply forgave us with no effort on our parts what hope is there that we would be truly repentant and seek his will for our lives thereafter? A “get outta jail free” card doesn’t help us move towards a true changing of our minds about sin…that’s why it’s so important that we acknowledge Christ’s act on calvary’s cross and what that means for the remainder of our earthly life and all of eternity.
Paul’s conflicting accounts in Acts: First off, we need to understand that Paul did not write the book of Acts which details the separate accounts of his encounter with Christ on the road to Damascus. Paul’s companion and physician Luke wrote the book of Acts. That said, any confusing language is attributable to Luke not Paul; regardless, the “contradicting accounts” are easily reconcilable if an explanation of the source language (Greek) is provided. That said, the primary contradiction often referred to is the notion of both “hearing the voice” and “not hearing the voice” in two separate accounts. The reconciliation comes in understanding the use of the Greek word “akouo” which means “hearing”. When the voice was heard the genitive case of “akouo” is used which means they heard a sound. When the voice was not heard it refers to accusative case of “akouo” which means that the voice was heard but not understood. Theology has often cited that Luke was very accurate and specific in the use of language so the alternative use of the Greek translated “akouo” reconciles the initial contradiction into definite non-contradiction.