I tell people to believe in Jesus for eternal life, and if they believe in Him, then
they have eternal life because of what He has done for them, not because of what they do for Him.
We have eternal life because we trust in Jesus for it (john 6:47).
But how many Jews and Muslims
have eternal life because they believe that God is One?
Jesus alone made it possible for me to
have eternal life because He alone is righteous, and He alone took the full punishment for my sins so that I could enter into God's presence.
We have eternal life because HE promises it.
While you wait, remember God's many promises in Scripture, that He loves you and will never leave you nor forsake you, and that
you have eternal life because you have believed in Jesus for it.
Are you saying the woman I talked to does not
have eternal life because she believed in some «philosophical Jesus»?
You can't see the book (it's just a symbol anyway), but you can know
you have eternal life because you believe the promises of Jesus that He gives eternal life to those who believe in Him for it!
Assurance of salvation is the sure knowledge that
I have eternal life because Jesus guarantees it to everyone who simply believes in Him for it.
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.
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.
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 is very fabric of
life essance which by way we are
eternal creatures on this earth
because life we
have unbroken chain dating back to eve an adam
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.
But that shouldn't frighten us as Christians,
because Jesus
has promised that He will give
eternal life to all those who put their faith in Him (John 10:28).
If we
have the Bible, but not Christ, we will surely miss the point
because eternal life does not spring from Scripture (Jn 5:39 - 40), instead, the Life Himself must be known (Jn 17:3) in order to gain knowledge and wisdom (Col 2:2 - 3) as it should
life does not spring from Scripture (Jn 5:39 - 40), instead, the
Life Himself must be known (Jn 17:3) in order to gain knowledge and wisdom (Col 2:2 - 3) as it should
Life Himself must be known (Jn 17:3) in order to gain knowledge and wisdom (Col 2:2 - 3) as it should be.
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
While that is not desirable, which is worse: to occasionally fall into sin ourselves, knowing that such sin is covered by the grace of the cross, OR telling the whole world that although we
've been rescued from sin and death and the devil, they can just go to hell
because all we care about is our own
eternal life?
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
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.
That new YOU
has inherited
eternal live because it is part of God himself — IT IS L
live because it is part of God himself — IT IS
LIVELIVE.
Sure, we can assume that they believe that if people believe in Jesus for
eternal life that those people will get it, but the demons themselves can not believe in Jesus for
eternal life,
because eternal life has not been offered to them by Jesus.
Including the word «abiding» however, says that someone who
has eternal life might actually murder someone, but if they do, it is not
because they
have (or don't
have)
eternal life, but simply
because they are not acting according to the
eternal life that they
have from God.
And therefore they are sadly not granted
eternal life because they
have not believed in Jesus for what he
has done for them personally.
You see, the relationship I
have with Jesus Christ I only
have because I believed in Jesus for
eternal life.
As Jesus told the Scribes and Pharisees, «You study the Scriptures diligently
because you think that in them you
have eternal life.
In fact it
would be a greater blessing from the Christian perspective
because I
would then get to inherit
eternal life and be with my Savior, whom I long to see.
In other words, when you hate others, it is not the
eternal life you
have from God that is leading you to do so, but is instead
because you are following the principle of death which comes from this world.
It happened
because those first Christians met a young rabbi who promised that, should they believe in him, each of them
would become «a spring of water welling up to
eternal life» [John 4.14].
In the end, Paul's message in the first half of his letter to the Romans points to one single truth:
Because God
has done everything necessary as far as our
eternal life is concerned, there is absolutely nothing we (or anyone or anything else) can do to lose our
eternal life once we
have it.
Mankind was seperated from GOD
because of ADAM and that is why we can only
have eternal life thru JESUS CHRIST.
John 5:39 — 40, NET: «You study the scriptures thoroughly
because you think in them you possess
eternal life, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me, but you are not willing to come to me so that you may
have life.»
The basis of your belief system appears to be that, you will go to a place of
eternal fire and torture, unless you accept that 2000 years ago god sent a piece of himself to Earth in human form (Jesus) knowing in advance that this Jesus
would live, be crucified, died, then come alive again, then ascend to heaven to rejoin himself, and that this was the only way that humans could be cleansed of the evil that is inherent in them
because a rib woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat an apple.
It can leave many people thinking that they are going to heaven
because they
have «prayed a prayer» yet never understood that
eternal life is received by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone.
If we trade the promise of
eternal life for pleasures of this world, there is no more sacrifice for us
because to come back into the covenant again one
would have to crucify the Son of God again.
But when it comes back, just try to remember what you KNOW to be true from Scripture, that Jesus loves you, forgives you, died for you, and will never let you go
because you
have eternal life through Him.
Men even dare to think that
because their spiritual
lives are the offspring of the
Eternal Spirit, they are of essential importance in his eyes and
have, therefore, illimitable possibilities and a glorious destiny.
And I ended up rejecting it,
because I think that the emphasis on the law completely misses the point of the law and misrepresents the good news message of Jesus that anyone and everyone can
have eternal life simply and only by believing in Jesus for it.
Jesus criticized the Pharisees for doing this when he said, «you search the scriptures
because you think that in them you
have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me» (John 5:39).
«If you believe that there's a heaven and hell and people could be going to hell — or not getting
eternal life or whatever — and you think that, well, it's not really worth telling them this
because it
would make it socially awkward... How much do you
have to hate somebody not to proselytize?
Finally,
because of all this, the Christian proclamation
has as its end - product the bringing to the hearers an awareness of the reality of newness of
life — what in the Fourth Gospel is called «
eternal life» and «abundant
life», what St. Paul is getting at when he speaks of «
life in Christ» as possessing a particular and specific quality of giving - and - receiving in love, in divine Love which is then reflected and enacted in human loving, with its association with justice and righteousness and deliverance from loveless existence.
Unlike the Christian god that wouldn't ever change his mind or doctrine... except for cursing the world for eating an apple... except for telling Abraham to sacrifice his son, but then stopping him... and except for killing nearly all
life on Earth and then
because of the guilt says I'll never to do that ever again - in exactly that way... and except for deciding that 2 of himself (Father and Spirit) weren't enough any more, and creating / fathering / spiriting as Son... and except for forgiving all sin, when «In the beginning» he
had cursed the universe for the eating of an apple, by
having his creation torture and kill his only begotten Son... and except for
having to repeat himself about the unchanging
eternal rules, to Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Saul / Paul, Mohammed, Joseph Smith, Bahá «u «lláh, David Koresh, and a whole host of others... and except for... and except for...
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.
No,
because the end justify s the means and you
have already made up your mind that you are right about Jesus and there can be no other truth, and it's never about learning more about different people and cultures and religions, it's about making sure anyone who is different knows you are a Christian which is the only sensible way to
live and anyone who is not like you is either converted, attacked, pitied or dismissed as a fool who awaits
eternal damnation.
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
You search the Scriptures
because you think that in them you
have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me; and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may
have 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.
Because our hope is in God and what He accomplished through Jesus Christ, we can know we
have eternal life.
I don't see any emphasis on soul sleep being the right answer — merely on a desire for us not to mourn those who
have gone on before us,
because we
have hope in their
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