JoshT - welcome back.<br><br>You say that persevering is a 'condition'.....not a work.<br><br>No...you are mistaken.<br><br>Persevering is the same as being obedient (til the end even) ....and obedience is an active (and passive also when we refrain from sin) response to God's law....i.e., WORK! <br><br>No?<br><br>So, your system is works based.<br><br>