Sentences with phrase «reception of eternal life»
The significance of that reputation for the reception of eternal life is that Jesus, as the Christ in the Johannine sense, is the Guarantor of eternal life to the believer in Him for it.
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As a secondary point, anybody other than a GES follower will recognize the word «life» in Acts 11:18, which recounts this same incident, refers to the Gentiles» reception of eternal life.
No amount of good works before, during, or after the reception of eternal life can help you earn, prove, or keep your eternal life.
Most Calvinists understand the word to be in the passive voice, and translate it as such so it appears that people who believe in Acts 13:48 are totally passive in their reception of eternal life: They were ordained by God to believe, and so they did believe.
The critical point to remember is that neither the reception of eternal life, nor the declaration of righteousness actually makes one righteous in all their thoughts, actions, and behaviors.
Not exact matches
It may be best to think of justification as being «in right standing» with God whereas eternal life is the actual reception of God's life in us.
Only believing in Jesus, the One who did it all for us, results in the reception of the gift of eternal life.
For spiritual communion is by no means merely an act of longing for the reception of the Lord under the sacramental signs; much deeper, and more properly, it is the act of prayer of a living and understanding faith, by which it enters into living communication and communion with Christ, the eternal and living Truth.