If we were not responsible, God would not be just in
giving eternal life only to a few and sending the rest away into eternal separation from Him.
Not exact matches
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.
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.»
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.»
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.»
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.
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.
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»?
But then, through time and prayer and Bible study, he came to the conclusion that
eternal life is freely
given to all who simply and
only believe in Jesus Christ for it.
I do think that God
gives eternal life to anyone and everyone who simply and
only believes in Jesus for it.
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.
Not
only was he not
given the clear message about how to receive
eternal life, he was also
given a false message.
John 3:16 - «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.»
Jesus says in John 10:10 that he came not
only to
give us
eternal life, but also the abundant
life.
Compare the Johannine text: «God so loved the world, that he
gave his
only - begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
eternal life» (John 3:16).
16 «For God so loved the world, that He
gave His
only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have
eternal life.
Only with the development which led to the concept of
eternal life did another dimension come to be
given to the judgment of God.
The good news, the Gospel, is that while God is holy and we are sinners, and sin deserves punishment, God, out of His great love for us, sent His one and
only Son, Jesus Christ to die in our place for our sin so that anyone who wants
eternal life in heaven with God can simply believe in Jesus Christ for it and it will be
given to them.
16For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even]
gave up His
only begotten -LRB-[a] unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have
eternal (everlasting)
life.
Only the latter course will lead us to the «message of
eternal life»
given us by «the Holy One of God.»
But
only God can
give eternal life.
The Bible says, «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»
The
only one that die for humanity and rose from the dead to
give us
eternal life and that is in Him because His is ALIVE.
However, although their being is rooted in God's apprehension of them, and
only through mediation do they enter into our
life and thought, Whitehead
gives eternal objects a role as final causes somewhat alien to Santayana.
These images and actions are but visible, embodied signs of an invisible promise — «God so loved the world that he
gave his
only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have
eternal life.»
It is probably the core, most quintessential Christian belief, that is encapsulated in John 3:16, «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.»
The Bible pretty clearly indicates that
eternal life is an absolutely free gift of God which He
gives to anyone and everyone who simply and
only believes in Jesus Christ for it (cf. John 3:16; 5:24; 6:47, etc.).
How precious must man be in the eyes of the Creator, if he «gained so great a Redeemer», and if God «
gave his
only Son in order that man «should not perish buthave
eternal life».»
Though all are drawn,
eternal life is
given only to those who believe.
«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.
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
Only believing in Jesus
gives you
eternal life.
Believing in Jesus Christ is the
only thing that
gives us
eternal life.
Because Tebow's reference is in The Gospel of John, not «The First Letter of John»: ««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 so loved the world, He
gave his
only begotten son so whoever believes in Him will have
eternal life»
«God so loved the world, He
gave his
only begotten son so whoever believes in him shall have
eternal life».
But if the Trinity be understood in a purely economic sense, so that the distinctions correspond
only to aspects of God manifested in His activities of creation, revelation, inspiration or the like, then there are no
eternal relations of self -
giving within the divine
life of Absolute Actuality.
One could add various Scriptures in reply to the Calvinist interpretations, e.g.: For God loved the world in this way: He
gave His One and
Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have
eternal life.
Following Bonhoeffer's exposition of the Sermon on the Mount, he
gives an exposition of Matthew 9:35 - 10:42.39 Short vignettes are drawn of the harvest (the people are without a shepherd, without relief, deliverance, and forgiveness) for which one must pray for laborers; the call of the apostles (who are
given power stronger than Satan's and are bound together
only by their choice and call); the work (fulfilling their commission to preach, traveling as messengers of the King,
living in «royal poverty,» warning men of the urgency of the times); the suffering of the messengers (as Jesus was persecuted so the messengers will be, but they are forewarned; because Christ will return the disciples are not to fear man, or to be gullible in thinking that «there is good in every man «40); the decision (man's
eternal destiny is determined by his decision on earth for the devil or for Christ); and the fruit (the disciples are fellow workers having as their goal the «salvation of the Church»).41
For God so loved the world that He
gave His
only begotten son that ALL who believed in Him should not perish would have
eternal life.
16 For God loved the world so much that he
gave his
only Son [a] so that anyone who believes in him shall not perish but have
eternal life.
«God so loved the world that he
gave his
only begotten son and whoever believes in him shall have
eternal life».
For God so loved the world that he
gave his
only son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have
eternal life.
In other words, the truest indication of the Father's «love» for the world must be that He abandoned His
only begotten Son at the Cross to
give eternal life to whoever believes in Him (John 3:16).
God so loved the world that he
gave his
only son that whosoever believed in him should not perish but have
eternal life.