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Rev. Earl Jackson
 
There is a massive and intense dichotomy between Grace and Legalism in the New Testament.  The two are in direct antithesis to each other,  yet,  for some strange reason, and in some weird way,  they are wedded together in many so called Bible-believing and Reformed churches all across America.  Of course, there is no contradiction in the Bible.  Churches that preach and teach salvation by Grace,  (if they have such contradictions in themselves, that they would at the same time teach and preach sanctification by works),  derive their contradictions not from the Bible,  but from traditions and teachings of men. 

New Covenant theology is intent on teaching that Grace is Grace 100% of the time, and that at no point does salvation, or any part of salvation,  leave the hands of God, and get transferred to the hands of men.  God leaves nothing so important to the capricious will and mind of mere men.   Grace says that we are totally unfit and unable to save ourselves, or to  contribute anything at all to our salvation.  The Cross of Christ,  is God's great monument to the great centrality of Grace,  which ensures that we should not even try to add anything to the work of Christ!   Christ did what He did to save us, which was everything;  because we can do nothing to save ourselves.   To add anything to the Cross,  is to strip the Savior of His Infinite Worth,  and it is to diminish His once-for-all-time sacrifice.   It is finished,  means exactly that.  Done.  Fini.  The End.  

I just put an important article on the site which emphasizes  these realities,  and will clarify our thinking on legalism vs grace.  Please add it to your downloads, and save it in your theological folder.  This is good stuff,  which we all need to be reminded of often.

To read this new article. CLICK HERE
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As you know I make no apologies about being a Baptist.  I am proud of the Baptist heritage, and I see the many unique Baptist distinctives as being, in fact, Biblical distinctives.  History does not lie, and the truth is, that Baptist suffered intense persecution and death because of Bible beliefs that we considered to be of utmost importance.   Many people today think that the only difference between Baptist's and Presbyterians is our beliefs about Baptism.  That is a gross misrepresentation.  So many of our beliefs are diametrically opposed to that of "Covenant Theology Infant Sprinkling Sacramental-ism",  that time almost forbids any sort of quick comparison.  Suffice it to say, that Presbyterians did not drown Baptist's to death just over our differences regarding Baptism.  They recognized clearly the threat of our Biblical Theological System to their Confessional modified form of Roman Catholicism.  I don't mean to be harsh,  but Baptist died at the hands of  Presbyterians, because our Bible based doctrines condemned their half-truths derived from John Calvin.   John Calvin did a great service to the world in bringing much needed light from the Bible in a time of great spiritual darkness, but his dependency upon Augustinian Catholicism brought too much Catholic baggage along with the reformation.  I just put a new post on the Doctrine page about one area of distinctive Baptist doctrine,  which the Presby's reject, because of their close intertwining with the baptism doctrines of Romans 6.  If you think there is no difference between Baptist's and Presbyterians,  you need to read this article.   CLICK HERE
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