Application of Logic

Your assignment is to post a logical discussion of the consequences of a given belief. You will choose from 1 of the two statements given below. This is similar to the "if...then" statements you have been studying in the text except that this will be longer than part of a sentence. Start by writing out the statement you choose then the rest of your post should be about the consequences of not believing the biblical concept that you have chosen.

• Option 1: If a person does not believe that all people, both male and female, are personally created by God in His image, then...
• Option 2: If a person does not believe that the Bible is the Word of God personally delivered by God to all of humanity, then...

The first line of your post must tell which of the 2 statements you have chosen for your thread.

NOTE 1:  A consequence is an effect that follows as the natural result of a cause.  In this case, the cause is a belief.

For example.  A person believes that they can fly like Superman just by willing it.  One consequence might be that they break both legs when they jump of the roof of a house.  A discussion about flying would not be about a consequence of this belief.

NOTE 2:  In some ways it might seem like a logical consequence that people who not believe these thing are not saved.  While there certainly are consequences to not believing these truths, not being saved is not one of them.  The bible plainly teaches that faith in Christ is the only requirement for salvation. 

The Scriptures definitely teach that all Scripture is inspired by God and that all people everywhere are made in His image.  So, we should believe these things and if we don't believe them, then we will certainly be led astray in a variety of areas.  However, please read the following 4 verses about what is required for salvation.

John 1:12 New King James Version (NKJV)

12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:

John 3:16 New King James Version (NKJV)

16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

Romans 10:8-9 New King James Version (NKJV)

8 But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart"[a] (that is, the word of faith which we preach): 9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

Believing and confessing in Jesus and His name are all that is required.  There is nothing about believing every word of Scripture or about believing or understanding anything about the divine inspiration of the Scriptures in any of these verses. When our logic comes into conflict with clear statements of scripture, it is the Bible that is right.