The problem with your use of the Greek is the word for eternal is used
for eternal life also.
Art. 7 of the Decree on the Missions says in so many words that God can give in ways known to himself the grace of faith and thus the hope and love necessary
for eternal life also to those whom the actual message of the gospel has not reached.
Not exact matches
It
also seems quite hard to swallow that a person could spend his or her
life helping the poor, counseling the down and out, building homes
for Habitat
for Humanity, giving millions to charitable causes, assisting those with disabilities and mental health issues, and without a sincere acceptance of Jesus Christ as Savior, be doomed to
eternal condemnation and suffering, no getting out early
for good behavior.
And just as there are certainties we have learned from nature, such as the laws of science, gravity, and thermodynamics, there are
also certainties we can learn from Scripture, such as the holiness of God, our own sinfulness, and our need to believe in Jesus
for eternal life.
An extended quote from Robert Wilkin provides further insight into why some believe in Jesus and others do not, and
also what God is doing to help all people believe in Jesus
for eternal life:
«We will, indeed, attempt to provide
for those in physical need, but we will
also point people to the crucified and risen Lord Jesus... To all who wish to hear we will share the hope of
eternal life and the forgiveness of sins through repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.»
What is decisive
for the Church and hence
also for us Catholics is the ancient teaching, because it is fundamentally ever - new,
for it is what decides our
life, our salvation, our
eternal future and our situation before the judgment seat of God.
5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; 6 Who will render to every man according to his deeds: 7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek
for glory and honour and immortality,
eternal life: 8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, 9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and
also of the Gentile; Romans 2:1 - 9 (KJV)
Yes, believe in Jesus
for eternal life, but
also, kiss your wife, hug your kids, laugh, go fishing.
Following this, the course
also looks as numerous texts from the Gospel of John in which Jesus promises
eternal life to those who believe in Him
for it (cf. John 1:12 - 13; 3:14 - 16; 5:24; 6:35 - 40; 10:27 - 30; 11:25 - 26).
Some Calvinists (though not all) hold to reprobation — which is the belief that God not only decided whom He would choose
for eternal life, but
also chose whom He would send to
eternal damnation — while others flatly deny it.
Just as Israel, as God's elect nation, was elected to serve God in a specific task, but this does not mean that every individual Israelite was regenerate, so
also, election elsewhere in Scripture has nothing to do with whether or not someone has
eternal life, but has everything to do with what role God wants them to serve in His plans and purposes
for the world.
Also thank you
for the revelation about Romans 10:9 which talks about the salvation over the power of sin rather than
eternal life.
Jack you cant sell what you do nt have satan already had us under his control through our sinful nature once we give our
lives to Christ we are Christs and then are protected from the enemy he
also empowers us so we walk according to our new nature so we wont be influenced by satan.That is why we must be born again.You need to be saved by believing in Jesus Christ that he was the son of God and died
for our sin then you wont be worried about what you think you have done or might do once you believe in him there is no doubt that you are forgiven and saved through the blood of Jesus.jOHN 3:16 say that if we believe in Jesus Christ Gods son we shall have
eternal life.brentnz
Yes i know two counsellors i told one of them about this and i want to know why Jesus Christ without any mercy sends that person to hell forever to suffer and never ever forgives them even though they didn't commit any thing like murder and that
also forever you can forgive that person went in minutes of that sin with in a snap of a finger then only why that sin why not give him another
life in Earth after forgiving and punishing him
for the rest of his sin it is said that god and Jesus Is very merciful then why he is giving such a
life sentence that is much more worse than
eternal nothingness and why doesn't he punish Satun with
eternal nothingness because i think most of the sins in Earth are committed because of him only?
Is it possible and after reading about it i kept on thinking «i will sell to my soul
for 20 carats get out shut up i will never ever sell my soul to you oh god please help me and this is continuing
for a few days i am afraid that i have sold my sold to the devil have i please help and still i think god's way of allowing others to hate him us much worse even you know and can easily think think about much better punishments like rebirth after being punished
for all the sins in
life and i am feeling put on the sin of those who committed the unforgiviable sin (the early 0th century priests) imagine them burning in hell fire till now
for 2000 years hopelessly screaming to god
for help i can't belive the mercy of god are they forgiven even though commiting this sin keans going to hell
for entinity thank you and congralutions i think the 7 year tribulation periodvis over in 18th century the great commect shooting and in 19th century the sun became dark
for a day and moon was not visible on the earth but now satun has the domination over me those who don't belive in jesus crist i used to belive in him but now after knowing a lot in science it is getting harharder to belive in him even though i know that he exsists and i only belived in him not that he died
for me in the cross and
also not
for eternal life and i still sin as much as i used to before but only a little reduced and i didn't accept satan as my master but what can i do because those who knowingly sin a lot and don't belive in jesus christ has to accept satan as their master because he only teaches us that even though he is evil he gives us complete freedom but thr followers of jesus and god only have freedom because they can sin only with in a limit and no more but recive their reward after their
life in heaven but the followers of satun have to go to hell butbi don't want to go to hell and be ruled by the cruel tryant but still why didn't god destroy satun long way before and i think it was
also Adam and eve's fault
also they could have blamed satan and could have
also get their punishment reduced but they didn't and today we are seeing the result
HE
also says «
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is
eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.»
But precisely
for this reason all Christians do not only receive a complete and supposedly concrete natural law which is communicated to them by the official representatives of the Church, they
also find out
for them - selves the actual requirements of public
life, so that all may have as much freedom as possible, a freedom that can act with God in view and thus create that personal finality which receives God himself as its
eternal meaning.
When we place faith in Christ
for eternal life, doesn't this
also make us God's children?»
But here again the point has been made by the Orthodox themselves that the hunger
for meaning and
eternal life is not merely «over and beyond» but
also «within and through» the anguished longing
for humanity.
But it is
also true that if you are a Christian, if you have believed in Jesus
for eternal life, you are rich beyond your wildest imagination.
Boyd
also reveals a basic misunderstanding of other key ideas as well, such as the term «salvation,» the requirements
for eternal life, and the concepts of great faith, small faith, etc..
It appears
also as a nationalism in which man is taught to
live and die
for his own race or country as the ultimate worthful reality, and which requires the promotion of national power and glory at the expense of other nations as well as of the individuals with their own direct relation to the
eternal.
Just as every person who believes in Jesus
for eternal life is transferred from the
living under the power of darkness and brought into the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (Col 1:13), so
also we who have been so delivered are to take the Kingdom of Heaven with us into the dark and hellish places on earth, so that those who are entrapped and enslaved can
also be rescued and delivered.
And this comes, not just by believing in Jesus
for eternal life — which is emphasized all over in the Gospel of John — but
also by believing that Jesus is the Christ, that is, that He is King, Ruler, Master, Lord, and Savior.
While he emphasizes over and over how a person can believe in Jesus
for eternal life, John
also knows that God wants much more
for us than to just believe in Jesus.
John wants Christians to have all of the
life that Jesus has
for us, not just
eternal life, but
also the full experience of
eternal life in Jesus Christ.
John wants people to believe in Jesus not just
for eternal life, but
also for every other aspect of
life as well.
So I believe that if we really understand God's love
for us, we will have
also understood that He gives us
eternal life freely through Jesus Christ.
For example, instead of everlasting
life, you could
also use the words
eternal life, the righteousness of God, or justification.
Also in the case of my grandmother who has passed, her Jesus she believed in isn't the biblical Jesus, God incarnate so even if she believed in the Mormon jesus and that alone
for eternal life does that save her?
W., Romans 6:23
also says, «
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is
eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.»
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.
Rom 2.2:8... [
eternal life by perseverance in good works,
for instance, is rejected
also.]
It is not only a reasonable hypothesis to say that «
eternal object» and «nexus of successive occasions» refer to the pattern of behavioral definiteness sustained by subordinate «
living persons» and the regnant society: it is
also one of the few hypotheses available
for avoiding the «Fallacy of Misplaced Concreteness» by not making the entire nexus the locus of subjectively immediate feelings (WEP 183).
Also I think that whatever did that must be God I think that there is an afterlife because if whatever made this wanted to make it they would have made a place
for eternal life.
5 But in accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up
for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, 6 who «will render to each one according to his deeds»: [a] 7
eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek
for glory, honor, and immortality; 8 but to those who are self - seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness — indignation and wrath, 9 tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and
also of the Greek; 10 but glory, honor, and peace to everyone who works what is good, to the Jew first and
also to the Greek.
Noting that John the Baptist often called Jewish people to repent and be baptized
for the remission of sins, some evangelists today
also call people to repent of their sins, believe in Jesus and be baptized in order to receive
eternal life.
Also, if I tell a person «you CAN NOT be saved by believing in the Mormon «Jesus» but you must believe in a Jesus who is God and Man, and that His death was the only payment
for your sins, and that He was raised from the death so that He is a
living Savior who offers you
eternal life by Him in Him alone» — and if they receive / believe exactly what I tell them — assuming, as it sounds, you believe I am teaching a false gospel — do you believe the person would be saved?
That I, with body and soul, both in
life and death, am not my own, but belong unto my faithful Savior Jesus Christ; who with His precious blood has fully satisfied
for all my sins, and delivered me from all the power of the devil; and so preserves me that without the will of my heavenly Father not a hair can fall from my head; yea, that all things must be subservient to my salvation, wherefore by His Holy Spirit He
also assures me of
eternal life, and makes me heartily willing and ready, henceforth, to
live unto Him.
Soon Caroline happens upon a bunch of mutilated baby dolls and mirrors (see
also: Walter Salles's similar - in - so - many - other - ways - too Dark Water), learns the story of how an old black servant couple (Mama Cecille (Jeryl Prescott) and Papa Justify (Ronald McCall)-RRB- were lynched and set on fire
for teaching their white master's children the dark arts, and then discovers that Papa Justify, before his untimely immolation, had figured out the secret to
eternal life by «borrowing» years from other people.
I saw that
ETERNAL LIFE was recommended by Geraldine Brooks, whose work I love and whose titles might
also be good
for the club, such as PEOPLE OF THE BOOK, CALEB»S CROSSING and MARCH.
Also E. B. White was a man of great humility; it is a privilege to
live,
for part of the year, a quarter of a mile from his grave, and to contribute to his
eternal renown by remembering certain lines he wrote,
for example these:
Sri Lanka is
also home to 8 UNESCO Heritage sites and 200 km north of Colombo is the
living monument of Anuradphura, known as the
Eternal Sacred City and the centre of Theravada Buddhism
for centuries.
Through faith in Christ
for remission of our sins and with the gift of the Holy Spirit, we are transformed into the image of God on this earth so that we might
also be partakers of the divine nature and
eternal life, thereby escaping the
eternal punishment of the second death.