Featured Challenging statements about the atonement

1. Born Again.
2. Not Born Again.
3. Indwelt by the Holy Spirit.
4. Not indwelt by the Holy Spirit.
5. No additional sacrifice required.
6. Additional sacrifice required.
7. Sins forgiven and forgotten.
8. Sins only covered but not forgiven.

Yeah. I see what you mean. All the same. Rolleyes

 

I am disproving your above stated thesis "Dispensationalism never results in more than one plan of salvation."

 

I'm sorry you were not able to understand it. Just tell me what part confused you and I will try to explain it to you.

 

There is only one gospel which saves. 1 Corinthians 15:3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.

Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

If not saved by He who is preached in the Gospel of Jesus Christ and Him Crucified then there is no hope of salvation.

 

C. I. Scofield, was one of the leading popularizers of dispensationalism. Scofield made this statement: “As a dispensation, grace begins with the death and resurrection of Christ. The point of testing is no longer legal obedience as the condition of salvation, but acceptance or rejection of Christ, with good works as a fruit of salvation." (Note on John 1:18, Scofield Reference Bible, Oxford University Press, 1909)

Lewis Sperry Chafer, a leading early dispensationalist, says that the dispensation of Law was a forsaking of a previous dispensation of grace, a reversal in the progress of the dispensations. “When the Law was proposed, the children of Israel deliberately forsook their position under the grace of God which had been their relationship to God until that day, and placed themselves under the law."

Chafer went on to say, "The essential elements of a grace administration – faith as the sole basis of acceptance with God, unmerited acceptance through a perfect standing in Christ, the present possession of eternal life, an absolute security from all condemnation, and the enabling power of the indwelling Spirit are not found in the kingdom administration. On the other hand, it is declared to be the fulfilling of ‘the law and the prophets’, and is seen to be an extension of the Mosaic Law into realms of meritorious obligation." (Dispensationalism p.416).

William Evans (Outline Studys of the Bible, p. 34) says:

"This is sometimes called the Age of the Church, or the Church period. The characteristic of this age is that salvation is no longer by legal obedience, but by the personal acceptance of the finished work of Jesus Christ, who by his meritorious ministry has procured for us a righteousness of God’."

The original “plan of salvation” was pure WORKS (Gen. 2:16-17), and in the Millennium the last plan of salvation is again pure WORKS (Rev. 22:14), contrary to every immature, milksop, Baptist baby in your town or city. Genesis 3:22 corrects the kiddies. (Ruckman, Peter. Ruckman’s Bible References: Personal Notes on Salient Verses in the Bible, p. 7)

In the Old Testament, you find salvation before the Law by grace through faith and under the Law by faith and works… (Ruckman, Peter. Body, Soul, and Spirit. 1986, 1997, p. 12)

If the Lord comes and you remain behind, then start working like a madman to get to heaven, because you’re going to have to. You have entered a period of time called “The Great Tribulation,” and the plan of salvation in the Tribulation is faith in Jesus Christ plus your own good works. (Ruckman, Peter. Millions Disappear. 1989, p. 23)
Before the Rapture, you could have been saved by grace through faith plus nothing (Ephesians 2:8-9), but one minute after the Rapture took place you must get out the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule and start learning them, because you’re going to be judged by them (Matthew 25:31-46). (Ruckman, Peter. Millions Disappear. 1989, p. 23)
It will take faith in Christ’s shed blood, plus works—exactly as in the OT it took faith in shed blood and works. (Ruckman, Peter. Millions Disappear. 1989, p. 26)

Just look at some of the posting right here on the Baptist Board regarding the salvation of the Old Testament Saints and you will see all sorts of differences between OT and NT salvation.

 

So VanGemeren disagrees with Scofield, Chafer, Evans, (and I won't even include Ruckman. Everybody with an IQ greater than his hat size disagrees with Ruckman ).

Well, that's a start. But the fact remains that Scofield, Chafer, and Evans all seem to think the OT saints were saved differently than NT saints.