God wants us to be good thinkers! (continued)

• Consider the dangers of not using logic (continued)

  • YouTube: “Why are some saved, and not others?”

    • Universal grace – II Peter 3:9

    • Grace alone – Ephesians 2:8-9

    • Hell – Matthew 8:12

    • Romans 9:20; 11:33

    • Is there really no answer? No, the answer is that man has a choice in the matter. Some act in such a way that they will not be saved.

Equivocation (“bait-and-switch”)

• What is it?

  • “When someone shifts from one meaning of a word to another within an argument, he or she has committed the fallacy of equivocation.”

  • A person may change a word’s meaning on purpose to make a point or to be humorous.

    • Abbott and Costello’s “Who’s on first?” comedy routine.

  • II Corinthians 5:21

• Spiritual importance

  • The word “evolution”

    • This is a common fallacy used to persuade people to believe in evolution. “Evolution can mean ‘change’ in a general sense, but it can also refer to the idea that organisms share a common ancestor…”

    • It helps to clarify our language. Micro-evolution (such as breeding dogs for certain traits) is true. Macro-evolution (the theory that all life evolved over millions of years from a common ancestor) has certainly not been proven true.

  • The word “baptism”

    • “I’ve been baptized, so I’m saved, because I Peter 3:21 says ‘baptism now saves you.’”

    • Which baptism are you talking about?

      • Matthew 3:11

      • Mark 10:38-39

      • Acts 1:5; 19:3

      • Romans 6:3; I Corinthians 10:2

      • Ephesians 4:4 – As far as salvation goes, there is only one baptism.

  • Greek Bible words

    • Romans 12:1 – “service of worship”

    • Some use this verse to show that all of life is worship.

    • Matthew 2:11; 14:33; 28:9, 17; John 9:38; 12:20; Acts 8:27; 24:11; Hebrews 11:21; Revelation 19:10 – uses of the word prokuneo (to make obeisance, do reverence)

    • Another example: various meanings of the word for church (ekklesia) – Acts 19:32; 7:38