Sentences with phrase «eternal life so»

All evidence of grace and eternal life so we say.

The truth, however, is that while the gospel does tell us how to have eternal life so that we can go to heaven when we die (I call this «The Target Truth» in The Gospel According to Scripture), this truth is relatively small compared to the large number and wide variety of gospel truths contained within the Scriptures.

Thanks Jeremy in my mind i am thinking saved to eternal life by faith salvation is not a good word as it has multiple meanings and not necessarily saved to eternal life so thanks for correcting appreciate it.brentnz

Jesus wanted people then (and now) to believe in Him for eternal life so that they did not die in their sins.

Because although most Christians think «saved» means «get forgiveness of sins and receive eternal life so you can escape hell and go to heaven when you die» (or something like that), the truth is that the vast majority (99 % or more) of the times the word «saved» is used in the Bible, it has almost nothing to do with such an idea.

In Scripture, the word «save» (saved, salvation, Savior, etc) almost never means «gain eternal life so you can go to heaven when you die.»

Not exact matches

Bad leaders live in an eternal state of chaos — you don't know what they are thinking (due to their lack of communication) and you don't know the plan (because they are so disorganized).

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.

In so doing, he has appeased His Holiness, Justice, and Wrath; He has conquered the enemy that we brought into the world by our rebellion, which is death itself, by rising from the dead and living and reigning as victorious King and Savior; and He has reconciled those who believe in Him to Himself that they may live life eternal with Him at the consummation of all perfection, for perfection will be restored as He has promised!

You sheep believe anything that you are told so long as it is consistent with your eternal life belief.

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.»

He goes on to say that just as sin came into the world through Adam, so has eternal life come into the world through Christ.

You might want to start there, since no other god was brutually beaten and crucified on your behalf, so that you may have eternal life.

If eternal life is the main reason you've accepted Christ into your life, then, as so many others have, you have missed the point of Christianity.

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.

It costs my dignity to believe in fairy tales created so that the elite can control the masses by promises of «heaven» and «eternal life».

But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, 21 so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

@HawaiiGuest «Eternal torture and all - loving are mutually exclusive concepts» @Chad «not so at all, God allows us to live with the consequences of our decision.

But those who got to know Jesus Christ and believed in his name will be saved because Jesus Christ been innocent paid with his life on the Cross for all your sins so that all who believe in Jesus Christ will not perish and have eternal life with the Father in heaven.

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.»

Some people will never believe in eternal life, because it seems so uncertain compared to things like «millennium goals.»

So god gives a soul grace to gain eternal life — great.

Christian, far - right, conservatives are damned to eternal «no - fun» for fun on earth; when they get to heaven for following their obsessive «no - fun, living by misconstrued, so - called gospel agenda they'll cultivate new customers cultivating protein by worms and other parasites preparing the living earth for new life!

@STLBroker: As opposed to the theists who think they know the entire universe was created just so they would have somewhere to stand while an all powerful being gazes lovingly at them then grants them eternal life?

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.

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.»

I do believe in eternal security, so I would say that although we are citizens of the Kingdom of God through faith in Jesus, we can still live according to some of the rules (and consequences) of the Kingdom of Darkness.

These verses, though quite popular as texts about how to receive eternal life by grace alone through faith alone, are actually about what God has done to rescue us from the condition described in Ephesians 2:1 - 3, so that we can become what is described in Ephesians 2:11 - 22.

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 Goso 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 GoSo, the only way I see to do that is to serve the purpose of something eternal, namely God.

Jeremy it just hit me like a bolt of lightning i am so excited about this thought that salvation has nothing to do with eternal life but is speaking of losing the ability to be an overcomer in Christ.Having been there as a carnal christian i always believed in Jesus but i felt i did nt have the power to live a christian life so i felt like a hippocrite i was still subject to sin and sinful desires.So in that sense i had never received salvation because i had never been an overcomer in the first place.So i can see how a christian could lose there salvation having once walked by faith but that does nt effect there eternal life in Christ.Just so others know i am now walking by faith and am an overcomer i know what it is like to experience the power of the holy spirit and to not be overcome by my old nature that is what Jesus wants us all to experience rather than being a victim of the enemy.Whether we are an overcomer or not does nt effect our eternal life.brentnz

think about it... GOD SO LOVED YOU THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY SON THAT IF YOU BELIEVE IN HIM (JESUS) YOU WILL HAVE ETERNAL LIFE.

20 Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, 21 so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

First and foremost in the thinking of these Next Christians is the rediscovery that the gospel is not just about evangelism so people can receive eternal life and go to heaven when they die (cf. pp. 66, 192).

John's baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins was the Jewish baptism of repentance which I wrote a few posts about, and which has nothing to do with receiving eternal life, and everything to do with the repentance of Israel as a nation so that she can be restored to her rightful place among the nations as God promised in Scripture.

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.

So you see Keith you are special created for a purpose in this stage of transit test life... as true life is the eternal life that which comes after death on resurrection and Judgment day... God Bless

Due to the fact that it is understood to be referring to eternal life and going to heaven when we die, numerous texts are misinterpreted and misapplied so that what should be understood as a passage that encourages and instructs us on how to live our lives so that we can experience God's life now becomes a passage on how to live our lives so that we can prove that we will have eternal life in the future.

First, the person may stop resisting, and submit to what the Holy Spirit is saying, and so, having understood that they are a sinner and in need of salvation because judgment is coming, they will believe in Jesus Christ for eternal life.

And so how thankful we can be that He never, not once in all of Scripture, tells us that in order to receive eternal life, we have to promise Him certain things or a certain level of obedience.

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 peoplSo 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 peoplso 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.

So you believe that we must work and earn our way into God's family, that eternal life is by faith plus works?

So don't let anyone tell you that faith is not enough when it comes to receiving eternal life.

So based on this idea about being able to give up the gift of eternal life if we want to, is there a Scripture reference for that?

They never believed, and so do not receive the benefits of eternal life.

So our heavenly Father would very much like for us to be saved and, therefore, has ordained for us, not eternal fire but heaven and eternal life.

To consider why this is so, let us go back to the very beginning, the institution of the Eucharist... Approximately two thousand years ago, Jesus had a roller - coaster Holy Week ride, which ultimately saw Him, through God's power, famously defeat sin and death, thereby providing us with the possibility of eternal life.

Eternal life is a gift and must remain so.

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 are sinners and can never work ourselves into the perfect righteousness that God requires, and so God sent Jesus to live and die and rise again, so that whoever believes in Him might have eternal life (John 3:16; 5; 24; 6:47; Rom 4:4 - 5; Eph 2:8 - 9, etc..)

Since the gospel is about way more than just receiving eternal life but is also about how God's people are to live their lives in this world, then the goal of living out the gospel is not primarily to rescue people from hell so they can go to heaven when they die.