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Cultists insist that the word "obey" indicates that "the gospel" includes
commands to do works. But the gospel is defined as the death for sins,
burial, and resurrection of Jesus in 1 Corinthians 15. Those are facts, not
commands. However, they are facts so profound that they have a life of

their own that implores hearers to believe them. (John 12:32 "And I, if I be
lifted up from the earth [on the cross], will draw all men unto me.") So
to believe the gospel is to obey the gospel.

Romans 10:16-17 "But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias
saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? So then faith cometh by
hearing, and hearing by the word of God."

"WRONGLY DIVIDING"

The verses used most often by those who teach works salvation or losing
salvation are usually best explained dispensationally. For example, many
things Jesus said about works and discipleship are taken out of context by
those who don't realize that the Law was still in effect until Jesus' death. 8

Hebrews 9:16 "For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be
the death of the testator."

[Footnote 8: Some say that the law ended at John the Baptist's ministry
because Luke 16:16a says "The law and the prophets were until John...,"
but that is defined to mean "the law was for prophecy until John" in Matthew
11:13 which says "For all the prophets and the law prophesied until
John."]

Jesus' earthly ministry (and most of the book of Acts for that matter) was in
a time of flux where dispensations overlapped. And Jesus also spoke of
dispensations that (as it turned out) are nowhere close to the time He walked
the earth, e.g. The Great Tribulation and the Millennial Reign.

One verse commonly cited is Matthew 24:13 "But he that shall endure

unto the end, the same shall be saved." Read the entire chapter, and the
context is plainly the Great Tribulation. Likewise, some verses in the book
of Hebrews (written to HEBREWS) can only apply during the Great