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WinBySurrender said:
But I didn't see where there is a command to accept Jesus.
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When God called me to salvation, I asked Christ to accept me. Who am I to even try to accept a being of his stature ?
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Romans 10: 9 That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
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I guess wasn't clear in my response to 98. No, you're right, it doesn't say that there. I does answer one of the questions in your OP, but it definitely doesn't say that.
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WinBySurrender said:
Actually, it doesn't answer any question I asked. It does say that we do receive Him, but does nor say that we are commanded to do so.
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I notice John 1:12 was quoted back up in Post #2, I think it was. I've asked about this verse on a number of forums and so far have not received a satisfactory answer. Maybe someone here can explain it in a such a way that the light will come on in my mind.
John 1:2 says, But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.
Now the way I read that verse we don't become children of God because we believe -- we receive the right to become children of God because we believe. Am I reading that correctly? And if so how do we exercise that right to become the children of God? Apparently we don't exercise that right by believing because we don't have the right until we believe.
I'm not trying to proselytize or change anyone's mind. I'm just asking a question.
John 1:2 says, But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.
Now the way I read that verse we don't become children of God because we believe -- we receive the right to become children of God because we believe. Am I reading that correctly? And if so how do we exercise that right to become the children of God? Apparently we don't exercise that right by believing because we don't have the right until we believe.
I'm not trying to proselytize or change anyone's mind. I'm just asking a question.
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