Sentences with phrase «for eternal life does»

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?

For eternal life does not mean the endless prolongation of a conscious self but a life of such quality that, having no further concern for self - interest, can transcend death and rise to a fresh mode of manifestation in the lives of men who follow.

Not exact matches

Live, because deciding for or against it was obviously relevant and important; forced, because one either accepted Christianity or refused it — there was no getting out of the decision; and momentous, because, on the chance that God does exist, the decision would have eternal ramifications.

Well if you're not serving Jesus then you're working for the devil who cares for no one, but there's still time for you to serve the lord and shun the devil, give your life to Christ my friend and receive eternal life don't be blinded by Satan and say that Jesus is not real, he is real and you know he «s real, deep down inside you know he exists, and the bible proves it know matter how you try to deny it.

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.

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!

Isaiah 25:8 — Jesus has done this for the believer through eternal life.

Christians believe that a mortal person has an immortal soul, and that this immortal soul can be provided with a resurrected, «sanctified» (which effectively means purified, unblemished, and apparently lacking genitalia) body... the term Eternal Life tends to be used to describe the idea that a «True Believer» in Christ (a term open to many, many interpretations) will have their immortal soul implanted in that resurrected body and they will get to live for all time with Christ, apparently singing a lot and doing very little else.

7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: (Romans 2:7) shows immortality and eternal life.

For those who don't see it as a free gift look at it this way: - You work hard and you get paid — it's not always easy but the reward is financial security You live with and for God and you get eternal happiness — life isn't easy but the reward is breathtakiFor those who don't see it as a free gift look at it this way: - You work hard and you get paid — it's not always easy but the reward is financial security You live with and for God and you get eternal happiness — life isn't easy but the reward is breathtakifor God and you get eternal happiness — life isn't easy but the reward is breathtaking.

For the life of me, I don't understand this need to be eternal children, calling on «daddy» for help whenever life gets haFor the life of me, I don't understand this need to be eternal children, calling on «daddy» for help whenever life gets hafor help whenever life gets hard.

But wait, this is an all - loving and merciful god, who will do anything / everything for you including blissful eternal life in heaven.

I have bad news for you then, we do live as eternal spirits, the reason for our life and our destiny can be found in Spiritism.

Perhaps god doesn't like a bunch of mindless sheeple, and lets in only people who think for themselves and live honest and compassionate lives because they think it's a good idea, not because they fear eternal punishment.

We do not know the eternal life for which we hope, says Benedict.

What we call demons may harass one who follows Jesus and trusts in him for eternal life, but those evil entities, including what we call Satan, do not dwell in that person.

You need to be a man or a woman of God's will, you need to do God's will, which is to believe in Jesus for eternal life.

To believe in Jesus for your salvation and to have a part in His everlasting Kingdom where sin, death, sorrow, pain, despair, oppression do not exist, and in this life have a moral code that includes loving everyone though not participating in sin and have that hope of eternal life.

That is something to worry about — that there are people who can't imagine living for the common good and who feel they must believe in eternal punishment else they will do things that they think we all should fear.

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.

But those who take that statement as a sufficient declaration of the condition for appropriating eternal life (such as those affiliated with the GES) surely do not believe that this alone is the gospel!

Do you have a particular group of person in mind, or could you give some examples of who believe that the gospel is only «believe in Jesus for eternal life»?

Paul is telling them in verse 7» To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life».

First, as sinful, unregenerate human beings, people can do nothing good for God, nothing to earn or merit eternal life, and nothing which might put them in God's good graces.

In other words, whatever the denial of 2 Timothy 2:12 is, it is not taking eternal life from someone who already has it, for this would amount to God denying Himself, which He can not do.

Once you have received the baptism of the Spirit, which all Christians do at the moment they believe in Jesus for eternal life, there is no reversing or undoing it.

And therefore they are sadly not granted eternal life because they have not believed in Jesus for what he has done for them personally.

Ro 2 6 He will render to each one according to his works: 7 to those who by patience in well - doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; 8 but for those who are self - seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury.

But if a person truly did believe in Jesus Christ alone for eternal life, and later fell away, I believe they still have eternal life, and God is actively working to restore such a person into fellowship with Him and other believers.

I do think that God gives eternal life to anyone and everyone who simply and only believes in Jesus for it.

I do think that belief in the deity of Jesus is a necessary «pre-condition» to believing in Jesus for eternal life.

The death of Christ is of no value to you if you don't believe in Jesus for eternal life.

There is nothing here about believing in Jesus for eternal life, and you do not get eternal life by believing that God can clothe and feed someone.

If you come from eternal life, how do you settle for anything less than eternal life?

Following on the idea that faith is meritorious, and therefore impossible for an unregenerate person to do, Calvinists nevertheless recognize that there are scores of passages all over the New Testament which call unbelievers to believe in Jesus for eternal life.

When you invite a person to believe in Jesus for eternal life, it is unlikely they will do so unless they know some other gospel truths as well.

They hear a pastor, professor, teacher, blogger, or evangelist say that to receive eternal life, all you need to do is believe in Jesus for it, and the objector says, «That's not true!

After all, there are many who believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus, but don't believe in Him for eternal life.

The answer to that question is the answer to this question: «Did Peter and the other apostles believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus when they beleived in Him for 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.

I don't disagree (if I am understanding you correctly), but we must make sure we understand the difference between how to receive eternal life (believe in Jesus Christ alone for it), and the logical and theological foundations for that truth (deity of Jesus, death and resurrection of Jesus, sinfulness of humanity, etc., etc., etc.).

So, right here, in Scripture, we have examples of people who did not believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus, but who did have eternal life because they believed in Jesus for it.

In the Hebrew - Christian tradition the presupposition is that the universe does contain satisfaction for man's highest desires, that those who hunger and thirst after righteousness are blessed and shall be filled, that there is living bread and water for the spirit, not, in a negative peace of renounced desire but in the positive achievement of triumphant personality, both here and in an eternal kingdom of souls.

Do not labor for the bread that spoils but for the bread that endures to eternal life.

If they believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross for the sins of all mankind, and if they believe that three days after his death, Jesus Christ rose from the dead and if they believe all of these things, but don't believe in Jesus for eternal life, that person is not saved.

Is God's Final Judgment one of «eternal» hell for mankind who didn't repent while here on earth... despite the fact that Jesus said, «It is finished»... and Jesus «wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth»... and Jesus is «our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, and especially of those who believe.»

Here then is where we arrive at the point: Just as God calls people to respond to His Word with obedience and righteousness through the exercise of their choices (non-meritorious though they might be) and fully expects them to be able to do so, in the same way, God calls people to believe in Jesus for eternal life, and fully expects them to be able to do so (cf. John 3:16; 5:24; 6:47).

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:

Remember that when Jesus walked this earth during His three years of ministry, there were many people who followed Him, but did not believe in Him for eternal life.

It doesn't matter how good or bad we've been — if we simply believe in Jesus for eternal life, we receive it.