I do think that
God gives eternal life to anyone and everyone who simply and only believes in Jesus for it.
There are many who believe they have eternal life, but may not in fact have this free gift of God, because they do not understand what how
God gives eternal life to us.
God gives eternal life to anyone who places faith in Christ.
The Gospel of John is an evangelistic book, which is why John does tell us a lot about what happened in Christ's first year of ministry, and why John tells us almost 100 times in his gospel that
God gives eternal life to anyone who simply believes in Jesus Christ for it.
In other words, though God may order the events which allows a person to hear the message of the Gospel, and while
God gives eternal life and confers the status of sonship to those who do believe, God does not force anyone to believe or restrict others from doing so.
We all know that the Bible teaches that
God gives eternal life to anyone who simply and only believes in Jesus Christ for it (John 3:16; 5:24; 6:47; etc).
Many refer to the fourth Gospel as «The Gospel of Belief» for it explains over and over
that God gives eternal life to anyone who believes in Jesus for it (cf. John 3:16; 5:24; 6:47).
The simple offer of eternal life in the Gospel is that
God gives eternal life to anyone who simply believes in Jesus Christ for it.
Understanding that God loves you infinitely and completely no matter what you have done in the past or what you do in the future, whether you change or not, this is equivalent to understanding that
God gives you eternal life freely by His grace.
According to Calvinism,
God gives eternal life to those whom He chooses to give it.
Which message is more dangerous: «
God gives eternal life to anyone who simply believes in Jesus for it» OR «
God gives eternal life to those who turn from sin, obey God, and live a life of ongoing good works»?
When you believe God's Word, specifically when you believe what it says about Jesus, that
God gives eternal life to everyone who believes in Jesus for it, like Abram, you are declared righteousness by God.
We not only announce the promise of the Gospel, that
God gives eternal life to anyone who believes in Jesus for it, but we also present whatever supporting evidence is needed to help people accept and believe that Gospel promise.
We may not gain eternal life by works but
God gives eternal life to those who do good.
It is one of the greatest tragedies of church history that millions of people can believe hundreds and maybe even thousands of gospel truths, but not believe the one truth which is found at the very heart of the gospel, which is that
God gives eternal life to anybody and everybody who simply and only believes in Jesus Christ for it.
Not exact matches
And in the end you, who do nt believe in
God, stand before a very real
God to
give an account for your
eternal life... One thing about media is that media mostly announces the bad things that go on in the world, barely the positives.
It is common knowledge that it is a guarantee of the bible that Christ will
give you the proof of the down payment or proof that He adopts you as a child of
God and bound for heaven and
eternal life.
Here is my belief: Courtesy of Biblos.com (John 3:16 - 21) 16 «For
God so loved the world that he
gave his one and only Son, f that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have
eternal life.
That would be your fault not
Gods as you have been
given the gift of
life eternal.
Indeed, I tend to play melodies that regard show the hugeness of
God, His open arms to all mankind, his love without any conditions, the
giving of
eternal life to anyone that calls upon him, and his willingness to tolerate all forms of religion... even my own.
Have those misconceptions about the Law
given to the Jews clearly explained and find out why
God allows suffering and where the idea of a hellfire really came from and what the truth is that leads to
eternal life.
Is there a step of faith in believing that Jesus is the Son of
God and that He came and died for a sinner like me and that He rose again to prove that He is
God and that He defeated Satan, sin and death and has
given eternal life to all who believe in Him?
The New Testament verse is held up by Christians around the globe because it neatly summarizes some key points of Christianity: «For
God so loved the world that he
gave his one and only son, that whosoever believes in him would not perish but have
eternal life.»
God gave us
life on this earth to have
eternal life in heaven.
Finally, read the commentary of the Apostle John on the discussion between Jesus and Niccodemus, «For
God so loved the world, that He
gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should never perrish, but have
eternal life,» and then you will see and understand what
God's love looks like.
Yet, Heidegger is even less congenial to Christian theology than Kant, for in an important sense Christianity is anthropocentric: «
God so loved the world that He
gave His only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have
eternal life.»
So
god gives a soul grace to gain
eternal life — great.
The Word of
God: 16 For
God so loved the world that he
gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have
eternal life.
God loves you and wants to
give you
eternal life.
It says that
God gives each and every soul sufficient grace to gain
eternal life.
A
God who could make good children as easily as bad, yet preferred to make bad ones; who could have made every one of them happy, yet never made a single happy one; who made them prize their bitter
life, yet stingily cut it short; who
gave his angels
eternal happiness unearned, yet required his other children to earn it; who
gave his angels painless
lives, yet cursed his other children with biting miseries and maladies of mind and body; who mouths justice, and invented hell - mouths mercy, and invented hell - mouths Golden Rules and forgiveness multiplied by seventy times seven, and invented hell; who mouths morals to other people, and has none himself; who frowns upon crimes, yet commits them all; who created man without invitation, then tries to shuffle the responsibility for man's acts upon man, instead of honorably placing it where it belongs, upon himself; and finally, with altogether divine obtuseness, invites his poor abused slave to worship him!
For the unshakeable truth of all of history is that «
God so loved the world, that he
gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have
eternal life.»
Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have
eternal life... there is none other way nor name
given under heaven whereby man can be saved in the kingdom of
God.»
God is love, and He
gives the gift of
eternal life for free to anyone, atheist, murderer, rapist, et al., who asks for it with a repentant heart.
I would say that the angels never had
eternal life, and that
eternal life, once
given, can not be removed, not even by
God.
In the future
eternal Kingdom of heaven, every person will be able to fulfill their true potential, and
live according to their
God -
given purpose.
God promises to
give eternal life to everyone who simply believes in Jesus Christ for it.
God is the only one that can
give eternal life and this
life is
given through His Son who is the person of Jesus Christ by way of the Blood that Jesus shed on Calvary's Cross.
Our
lives are so short compared to the age of the universe, we need an
eternal purpose to
give our
lives meaning... So, the only way I see to do that is to serve the purpose of something
eternal, namely
God.
That is, every single person is destined for hell, and
God chooses to rescue some of them and
give them
eternal life.
Jeremy in theory
eternal life i believe can not be discarded once
given there are two choices to enter into
Gods kingdom or to reject
God and be thrown into the lake of fire.The same consequences are in effect now when we choose
God we choose
life when we choose sin we suffer the consequences of death to our body soul and spirit.But the choice is always ours.brentnz
God says everywhere in Scripture, «If you believe in Jesus for
eternal life, I will
give it to you.»
Craig that was exactly my understanding however if we believe that in that traditional sense a person could lose there
eternal life by there actions by not walking in the Lord which i do nt think is right as
eternal life is a free gift from
God not based on works.Jeremys definition is that we are saved by faith in Jesus Christ to
eternal life.I believe the term salvation has the meaning to be saved not necesarily to
eternal life but saved from ourselves Christ
gives us the power to be transformed into his likeness or to be Christ like.In the
eternal picture our actions determine how we are rewarded from
God although its not the motivation of the reward but because we love the Lord.regards brent
I believe that in the future
eternal Kingdom, every person will be able to fulfill their true potential, and
live according to their
God -
given purpose, so they can be the person
God made them to be.
That said, I do believe that we can trust in
God's promises (to forgive us, love us, and
give us
eternal life with Himself).
That title was
given to us the moment we believed, the day we took our
God at His Word and accepted the gift of
eternal life He offered to us.
So if people are totally depraved (see the link list below) so that they can not even believe in Jesus for
eternal life or respond positively to
God in any way, then
God must unilaterally
give eternal life to certain people.
Since all of our sins were yet future to
God when Jesus died on the cross, He is not surprised by any sin we commit, nor does He ever regret
giving us
eternal life and therefore take it back.
The Servant of
God Pope John Paul II wrote a letter to the priests of the world, starting with a passage from St. John: «For
God so loved the world that he
gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have
eternal life.»
We can not remove sin from this world but we can be moved by the love
God gave us, in his only begotten Son, to share this love, which is
eternal, forgiving, and powerful, so powerful that it can not be removed by, even, the taking of
life — for no sooner do you take the
life of such young ones away that, in the next moment, they are with Christ.