It does not mean to be delivered or saved from hell and
given eternal life unless the context indicates that this is the meaning.
Understanding that God loves you infinitely and completely no matter what you have done in the past or what you do in the future, whether you change or not, this is equivalent to understanding that
God gives you eternal life freely by His grace.
t its most fundamental level, Christianity requires a belief that an all - knowing, all - powerful, immortal being created the entire Universe and its billions of galaxies 13,720,000,000 years ago (the age of the Universe) sat back and waited 10,000,000,000 years for the Earth to form, then waited another 3,720,000,000 years for human beings to gradually evolve, then, at some
point gave them eternal life and sent its son to Earth to talk about sheep and goats in the Middle East.
I believe that we are finite creatures only
given eternal life through the breath of God, meaning eternal life is only ours as it is given to us.
Also in this talk there is ambiguity about whether
faith gives eternal life irrespective of later sin, an example of Nicky Gumbel's finessing of controversial issues.
So if people are totally depraved (see the link list below) so that they can not even believe in Jesus for eternal life or respond positively to God in any way, then God must
unilaterally give eternal life to certain people.
But for those that is to difficult to leave everything, jesus
also gives eternal life for those that simply BELIEVE in him.
In the context, Noah and his family were «saved through water» (3:20), which does not mean that the
ark gave them eternal life, but that they did not drown in the flood and were delivered from the wickedness and rebellious ways of the people who lived at the time of the flood.
At its most fundamental level, Christianity requires a belief that an all - knowing, all - powerful, immortal being created the entire Universe and its billions of galaxies 13,700,000,000 years ago (the age of the Universe) sat back and waited 10,000,000,000 years for the Earth to form, then waited another 3,700,000,000 years for h.omo sapiens to gradually evolve, then, at some
point gave them eternal life and sent its son to Earth to talk about sheep and goats in the Middle East.
In this Gospel, different metaphors are used to describe the person of Christ: living water, life giving water; living bread, bread
which gives eternal life; light of the world, light of life; good shepherd, shepherd who gives his life for the sheep.
Matthew — my take (can't speak for Jeremy)-- because of the death, butial, abd resurrection of Jesus, every barrier between nan and God has been removed but one, and that is belief in Jesus as the one
who gives eternal life (john 3:18).
Yes, when people in the church remind you that Christ loves to raise people from the dead and
give them eternal life with Himself... it's just awful.
Is there a step of faith in believing that Jesus is the Son of God and that He came and died for a sinner like me and that He rose again to prove that He is God and that He defeated Satan, sin and death and has
given eternal life to all who believe in Him?
Jesus saves them form all dangers ultimately and
give them eternal life.
On the Last Day he will raise me and all the dead, and
give eternal life to me and all believers in Christ.
He will give you till your last breath to humble yourself before him and ask him to
give you eternal life.
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).
Well, it's his death that
gives us eternal life.
God loves you and wants to
give you eternal life.