Hi Mike,
It seems to me that good works follow God giving you faith and belief and when you’re following him and focused on him… he gives you desire to listen to his commands and to do them… works not necessary for salvation.. I guess I see it like; do you wanna get a ‘D’ or an ‘A’..
D is still passing but A is outstanding.
Thanks for the reply… I appreciate it ALOT.
J____

Hi J____,
You are exactly right about the benefits of obeying Christ’s sayings. Sure, all men will be saved, but all men will not be in the first resurrection.
I had two Concordant brothers actually ask me, “Why do you make such a big deal out of being in the first resurrection? Aren’t we all going to be saved?”
That is the direct result of that terrible doctrine of two administrations, coupled with a completely false doctrine concerning the function of grace in the life of the believer. If I tell you that the Pope’s doctrine of eternal hell fire is wrong, surely you would not assume that I am annoyed with the Pope. So it is when I contend with the Concordant doctrines of two administrations and its sister doctrine of greasy grace, which ‘Martin Zender’ teaches. We are commanded to expose and reject false doctrines and not even allow them into our spiritual houses:

2Jn 1:9  Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
2Jn 1:10  If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into [ your] house, neither bid him God speed:
2Jn 1:11  For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

None of the verses I quote to you have any affect on those who are up on their Concordant doctrine, simply because they are written by Jewish apostles to and for Jews only, and God has simply blinded their eyes and ‘Martin’s’ eyes to every word Paul utters declaring that there is but one spirit one baptism, one faith and one gospel. They simply cannot see what God has blinded them from seeing, so why would any of us be annoyed with each other when “He works all things after the counsel of His own will.
But for those who have been given eyes to see and ears to hear, this is what even Paul teaches:

Rom 2:28  For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither [ is that] circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
Rom 2:29  But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

Then in Ephesians two, right after telling is that we are saved by grace through faith of Christ and that our righteous lives are now Christ living His life in us, Paul goes on to reaffirm that the doctrine of two administrations is a lie:

Eph 2:11  Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
Eph 2:12  That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
Eph 2:13  But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
Eph 2:14  For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
Eph 2:15  Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, [ even] the law of commandments [ contained] in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, [ so] making peace;
Eph 2:16  And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

“Of both one,” is anathema to Mr. A. E. Knoch and all who subscribe to his two administrations doctrine. The whole orthodox Christian world actually believes that ‘he IS a Jew which is one outwardly,’ and they all teach that Jews are still “God’s chosen people.” To these folks the lake of fire has nothing to do with the salvation of mankind, and it certainly has nothing to do with the salvation of physical Israel, and God has again blinded the eyes of the whole world to these straightforward verses of His Word. When will physical Israel be saved?

Rom 11:25  For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

 When is “the fulness of the Gentiles?

Eze 16:52  Thou [ physical Israel] also, which hast judged thy sisters [ Sodom and Samaria], bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.
Eze 16:53  When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them:
Eze 16:54  That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.
Eze 16:55  When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.

So much for the false doctrine which teaches that physical Jews will reign this earth during the millennium. When will Israel be redeemed? When the fulness of the Gentiles, when Sodom and Samaria, are “brought back to their former estate.” There is not one verse of God’s word to contradict these verses of God’s Word.
The damnable doctrine of two administrations sees no need for judgment in a lake of fire. Mr. Knock and ‘Martin’ actually teach that the fire of that lake is physical and cannot see fire as a symbol of judgment.
I hope this helps you to see just how true your analogy of an ‘A’ and a ‘D’ is. Here is how Paul felt about that difference:

Php 3:14  I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Php 3:15  Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and i f in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.

Your brother in Christ,
Mike