BURNING THE STRAW-MAN OF WORKS RIGHTEOUSNESS (8)
Scripture: Galatians 3:6-14
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Burning the Straw-man of Works Righteousness (8)
Series: Galatians
Robert Dawson
Galatians 3: 6-14
One of the logical fallacies you run across in courses on philosophy, logic and debate is the straw man fallacy. It seeks to create ambiguity surrounding an issue. Rather than dealing with your opponent's true position, you build an argument that resembles but does not accurately represent it and then you begin tearing it apart. Everyone thinks you are doing a masterful job deconstructing their argument/belief and embarrassing them when in truth you have not even touched the issue at hand but skirted around it. (Politicians are very good at this).
This is what the Judaizers had done in their ongoing debate with Paul over the nature of salvation and what part the law plays in the salvation process. Their argument, the one they were spreading, was based on a faulty premise, one that was nothing more than a distortion of Scripture based on a...
- Mischaracterization of Abraham (Abrahamic Covenant)
- Mischaracterization of Moses (Mosaic Covenant)
- Mischaracterization of Jesus Christ and His Work on the cross (New Covenant)
Paul, in chapter 3, is going to put a match to these strawmen and rebuild with the truth. Over the next couple of weeks as we follow Paul's argument, we will discover...
- The role of faith in salvation
- The inability of the law to bring salvation
- The sufficiency of Christ in salvation
While we can separate Paul's argument into these points and examine them individually, we should be aware they are all interconnected. As we follow the flow of Paul's rebuttal and presentation of the truth, I hope we will see the relationship that exists between them and how each of them plays a role in our salvation.
Paul takes us back into OT and Jewish history to uncover the false premises that propped up their fake Gospel. These heretical teachers were big on Moses and bullish on the law, an issue that Paul will address later in this c ...
Series: Galatians
Robert Dawson
Galatians 3: 6-14
One of the logical fallacies you run across in courses on philosophy, logic and debate is the straw man fallacy. It seeks to create ambiguity surrounding an issue. Rather than dealing with your opponent's true position, you build an argument that resembles but does not accurately represent it and then you begin tearing it apart. Everyone thinks you are doing a masterful job deconstructing their argument/belief and embarrassing them when in truth you have not even touched the issue at hand but skirted around it. (Politicians are very good at this).
This is what the Judaizers had done in their ongoing debate with Paul over the nature of salvation and what part the law plays in the salvation process. Their argument, the one they were spreading, was based on a faulty premise, one that was nothing more than a distortion of Scripture based on a...
- Mischaracterization of Abraham (Abrahamic Covenant)
- Mischaracterization of Moses (Mosaic Covenant)
- Mischaracterization of Jesus Christ and His Work on the cross (New Covenant)
Paul, in chapter 3, is going to put a match to these strawmen and rebuild with the truth. Over the next couple of weeks as we follow Paul's argument, we will discover...
- The role of faith in salvation
- The inability of the law to bring salvation
- The sufficiency of Christ in salvation
While we can separate Paul's argument into these points and examine them individually, we should be aware they are all interconnected. As we follow the flow of Paul's rebuttal and presentation of the truth, I hope we will see the relationship that exists between them and how each of them plays a role in our salvation.
Paul takes us back into OT and Jewish history to uncover the false premises that propped up their fake Gospel. These heretical teachers were big on Moses and bullish on the law, an issue that Paul will address later in this c ...
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