And who preaches that?
Actually, I would say that a much more dangerous teaching is one which states that in order to be saved you must continue to keep the Mosaic laws. What that says is that Jesus statement on the cross that "it is finished" was a lie.
Did not Jesus die for all your sins? What can you do besides claiming the blood of Jesus over your sins that will save you? Does living a good life free from the outward manifestations of sin save you? Does it keep you saved? Or are you saved wholly and totally by the saving grace of Jesus?
Are you, if you believe in Christ, capable of committing a sin that Jesus did not die for?
I believe that a belief in the Trinity and the PHYSICAL ressurection of Christ is also essential for salvation.
Some church like Dougs substitute historic Christian teachings for the Jewish law..
Saving faith must be in the right thing!
And who preaches that? :-)
I would say that letting Christ live in us and through us is ceding our will to God. Christ did not and will not sin. He never broke any biblcal law, in fact he created them. The only laws he ever broke were the laws of men.
Faith in God means having the faith to LET him live in and through us. It means yielding to his power and will and letting him change and convert us.
Simple "belief" is addressed in scripture:
Jam 2:18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
Jam 2:19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
In other words, WORKS is the proof of faith. It means that we are letting God work in us.
A refusal to follow scripture and obey God is simply a denial of his lordship over us.