THE FALLACY OF CONSENSUS by steve finnell
The concept that if the majority believe something to be true it must be factual is the fallacy of consensus.
Most people either believe that salvation is not found through Jesus Christ or that Jesus is simply one of many ways to heaven. Some believe that Jesus, God, and heaven do not exist. The fallacies of consensus.
There are seven billion people in the world today and only two point two billion even claim to be Christians.
There is only one way of salvation and that is through faith in Jesus Christ.
Luke 13:23-24 Then one said to Him, "Lord are there few who are saved.?" And He said to them, 24 "Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able. (NKJV)
Universal salvation is a fallacy of consensus.
Matthew 7:13-14 "Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14 "Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it. (NKJV)
Universal salvation is a fallacy of consensus.
John 10:7-10 .....9 "I am the door. If anyone enters by Me , he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture......(NKJV)
To believe there is more than one door to salvation is the fallacy of consensus.
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. (NKJV)
To assert that because a majority of men believe that there are multiple ways to the Father is the fallacy of consensus.
Acts 4:10-12 ...that the name of Jesus Christ...12 Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."(NKJV)
To claim that most will be saved because many men believe that there are various names by which men might be saved is a fallacy of consensus.
God does not rule by consensus.
Mark 16:16 "He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. (NKJV)
A fallacy of consensus is that Jesus did not mean men had to be baptized in water to be saved.
Matthew 16:16-18 .....17 Jesus answered....18 "And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. (NKJV)
A fallacy of consensus is that Jesus said "I will build the Roman Catholic Church."
Psalm 139:13-14 For You have formed my inward parts; You have covered me in my mother's womb. 14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well.(NKJV)
A fallacy of consensus is that David was born guilty of the sin of Adam and only had sinful desires because he inherited a sinful nature from Adam.
Job 1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil. (NKJV)
A fallacy of consensus contends that Job was born a dirty little sinner because of the original sin of Adam and only had evil desires.
Acts 10:1-2 There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment, 2 a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, who gave alms generously to the people, and prayed to God always.
A fallacy of consensus is that the gentile named Cornelius was born guilty of original sin, could not seek God, and only had evil desires.
Romans 4:15 because the law brings about wrath; for where there is no law there is no transgression.(NKJV)
To assert that being born is a transgression of the law; therefore all men are born sinners is a fallacy of consensus.
1 John 3:4 Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. (NKJV)
To assert that babies commit sin by being born or are guilty of sin as infants is a fallacy of consensus. Sin is committed, it is not inherited.
The fallacy of consensus is that because the majority agrees on a doctrine that it is God's word.
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. (NKJV)
To assert that because a majority of men believe that there are multiple ways to the Father is the fallacy of consensus.
Acts 4:10-12 ...that the name of Jesus Christ...12 Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."(NKJV)
To claim that most will be saved because many men believe that there are various names by which men might be saved is a fallacy of consensus.
God does not rule by consensus.
Mark 16:16 "He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. (NKJV)
A fallacy of consensus is that Jesus did not mean men had to be baptized in water to be saved.
Matthew 16:16-18 .....17 Jesus answered....18 "And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. (NKJV)
A fallacy of consensus is that Jesus said "I will build the Roman Catholic Church."
Psalm 139:13-14 For You have formed my inward parts; You have covered me in my mother's womb. 14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well.(NKJV)
A fallacy of consensus is that David was born guilty of the sin of Adam and only had sinful desires because he inherited a sinful nature from Adam.
Job 1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil. (NKJV)
A fallacy of consensus contends that Job was born a dirty little sinner because of the original sin of Adam and only had evil desires.
Acts 10:1-2 There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment, 2 a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, who gave alms generously to the people, and prayed to God always.
A fallacy of consensus is that the gentile named Cornelius was born guilty of original sin, could not seek God, and only had evil desires.
Romans 4:15 because the law brings about wrath; for where there is no law there is no transgression.(NKJV)
To assert that being born is a transgression of the law; therefore all men are born sinners is a fallacy of consensus.
1 John 3:4 Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. (NKJV)
To assert that babies commit sin by being born or are guilty of sin as infants is a fallacy of consensus. Sin is committed, it is not inherited.
The fallacy of consensus is that because the majority agrees on a doctrine that it is God's word.
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