This is the type of thread that causes divisions and starts flame wars. Just like threads asking if people are King James only. I do understand that and we do need to tread lightly (I certainly didn't) but I think it is very important to stand against any teaching that says a person could be saved by faith + works. Watching47 mentioned hyper dispensationalism and that is the real problem. So do I Arthur and so does Paul in Galatians 1:6-9 stand against any gospel that adds works or not sinning to faith in Christ's finished saving work at Calvary. Isaiah 64:6 “For we are all become as one that is unclean, and all our righteousnesses are as a polluted garment: and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.” Even in the garden, it was God’s work — Genesis 3:21 “And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them.” — this means that <u><b>God took the life </b></u>of an animal, shedding it’s blood, to clothe them. He demonstrated that He had already made the way of salvation that was to come on the cross. The symbol of the serpent (on his belly he will go, he will eat dust …. - this is a form of the lowest position of defeat), is to remind us that satan lost and God already had won. Psalm 93 is a beautiful picture of God being robed in majesty and has been from of old everlasting — He is our Alpha and Omega — the Father has taken care of everything, there is no work that we can do to be accepted by God, not in the beginning, not in the middle, and certainly not in the end, it is always and always will be GOD alone! I am truly thankful for that, because I was born a sinner and Christ died for me. Christ also died for all who trust in the finished work of Calvary, even during the tribulation and millennial reign. What fun that is going to be!!!! :yahoo: Amen, Tammie! It's going to be amazing beyond measure. :good:
