Rapture Fever

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DISPENSATIONALISM VS.
SANCTIFICATION
What cloth it profit, m~ brethren, though a man sa~ he bath faith,
and huve not work-s? can faith save him? If a brother or titer be nahed,
and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depati in
peace, be ye warnwd and jilled; notwithstanding ye give them not those
things which are needfil to the body; what cloth it projt? Even so faith,
if it bath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say, Thou
hat faith, and I have works: shew me th~ faith wtihout thy works, and
I mull shew thee my faith by my works. Thou belimest that there is one
God; thou doest well: the devils also beliae, and trembh Uames 2:14-
19).
John MacArthur, Jr., is one of the major figures in the dispensational
world. He has a large church in southern California.
His father started it, but he has expanded it. He is a popular
speaker. He is also an author. When he speaks, a lot of
people listen. When he writes, a lot of people read.
His book, The Gospel According to Jesus (Zondervan Academie
Books, 1988) was one of 1988’s best-selling hardback Christian
books. It presented the case for Lordship salvation: the necessity
of publicly accepting Jesus as Lord and then obeying Him,
rather than a one-time verbal profession of faith in Jesus as
Savior, followed by libertinism. The book created an immediate