Derick,

I agree with you that salvation has always been by faith through grace
and that the OT saints were saved in the same manner as we are today. 
Yet, where do you see Scriptural evidence of Adam's faith?

Eve, I believe, expressed faith in God's promise in Gen 3:15 when she
said at the birth of Cain "I have gotten a man with the help of the
LORD." (Gen 4:1)  Of course she was woefully incorrect that Cain was
God's promised redeemer, yet she expressed faith that God would send a
redeemer through her offspring.  I think this faith is also why Eve is
mentioned in 2 Ti
2:13-15.

However, I see no evidence that Adam ever repented of his rebellion
and so I am not at all sure that he is with the Lord now.  In the NT,
Adam is held up as the role model for sin and rebellion (Rom , 1 Cor
15) and nowhere (that I know of) is it mentioned that he repented.

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Grace and peace,
Kevin Sigafoos
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For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be
glory forever. Amen. (Rom 11:36)


On 3/1/06, Derick Dickens <Derick@...> wrote:
> Adam is saved, in my opinion.  Remember, it is by faith through grace we
> are saved.  All people are saved through the redeeming work of Jesus
> Christ, thus the realization of the salvation occurred at the cross.
>
> One of the reasons I have a problem with Dispensationalism is that some
> often say:
>
> 1.  That the blood of goats actually did suffice for the redemption of
> man.
> 2.  That people were saved another way in the Old Testament than they
> are saved today.
>
> I am not saying that everything is exact, but that it was by the person
> and work of Jesus that all are saved.
>
> Derick
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