So what your saying is nobody has to hear and obey and follow Him, but He will give them eternal life anyway?
Why do you seem to go out of your way to appear so dense?
I've shown many times all the verses that say exactly HOW a person comes to HAVE (means possess) eternal life, all of which it appears you love to ignore, reject, etc.
But for those who actually are interested in HOW to have eternal life (be saved), this list is for them. It's not for those, like you, who aren't interested in truth, but your own opinions and agenda.
Salvation:
Mark 16:16 " He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned.
Luke 8:12 "Those beside the road are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they will not believe and be saved.
Acts 4:12 "And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved."
Acts 11:14 and he will speak words to you by which you will be saved, you and all your household.'
Acts 16:31 They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household."
Rom 10:9, 10 9 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; 10 for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.
Rom 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
1 Cor 1:21 - For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
Eph 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
2 Tim 3:15 and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
1 Peter 1:5 who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
1 Peter 1:9 obtaining as the outcome of your faith the salvation of your souls.
2 Thess 2:13 But we should always give thanks to God for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.
Eternal Life:
John 3:15-16 15 so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life. 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.
John 3:36 "He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."
John 5:24 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
John 6:40 "For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day."
John 6:47 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has eternal life.
Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord
1 Tim 1:16 Yet for this reason I found mercy, so that in me as the foremost, Jesus Christ might demonstrate His perfect patience as an example for those who would believe in Him for eternal life.
Gal 3:22 But the Scripture has shut up everyone under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
1 John 5:13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.
What about these scriptures?
Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. 1 John 3:15
It's really funny how you take cherry picked verses and FORCE a literal meaning, yet with the very plainly and clear verses on eternal life, you ignore them, or try to shift the subject by making a phony issue about the word "and".
But for those who actually might be interested in how to understand v.15, we need to start at v.14 - We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death.
John was NOT saying that he or anyone else has passed from death to life because of loving the brethren. The list above proves that one has passed from death to life on the sole basis of believing in Jesus Christ. Instead, he uses the word "know" to declare that he and his fellow apostles experience their passage from death to life through loving their Christian brothers.
The implication is that the passage from death to life, which occurs at the point of salvation (John 5:24, another verse that you refuse to acknowledge or accept), can be experientially known and appreciated through Christian love.
So, v.15 is a contrast; now John addresses the believer who does NOT love his fellow believer or believers.
There is no way a believer who fails to love his brother can have the immediate, experiental knowledge of life John has just spoken about. Therefore, such a person dwells (abides) in death.
Here's the point: If love is an experience of "life", then hatred of one's Christian brother is an experience of "death". Since the first chapter of 1 John establishes the principle and importance of FELLOWSHIP, a concept that you have consistently rejected, I do not expect this explanation will be acceptable to you. But I'm not writing this for you, but for those who may be following this thread and really want the truth.
There is no reasonable objection to the concept of a Christian "abiding in death" in the sense that he has lost touch with the experience of God's life, which is eternal life.
But your failure to recognize the various ways the word "death" is used in the Bible will prevent you from understanding any of this.
So your saying we can hate our brother and we still have eternal life?
Stupid question. Because Jesus said those He gives eternal life shall never, no, not ever, perish. But you still refuse to believe what Jesus said.
So are you saying we don’t have to continue in the teachings of Christ, but we will still have God?
No, I'm explaining what the verses mean, which are totally foreign to you.
