Boy I’m sure glad you and Thieme came along to set things straight! What a bunch of grimey little idiots the rest of the world is! From now on I’m going to listen to you guys; you know everything!
Just focusing on what Christ provided on the Cross. It did set the rest of the world on the right path, through grace.
BTW, instead of listening to us, we all have somebody much better to follow, namely God Himself. God the Holy Spirit now indwells every believer and makes a fellowship with God available to every human.
You are correct,...we all are grimey little people (but generally not idiots, as the idiots are not held accountable for their inability to comprehend) prior to becoming believers through faith in Christ. Part of that griminess, is the baggage we bring along with us, as be slowly learn Bible doctrine and how to remain in fellowship with God, through faith in Christ.
God’s brilliant Plan allows us to be condemned before we are saved. We are saved only by His grace, not by our works, thereby removing arrogance from the eternal state.
Psa_130:3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
RB Thieme named his son, what else ?, RB Thieme Jr., and he inherited his dad's pastorate. Hmmm ...