...'if you want to enter life, keep the commandments'. Oops, you completely forgot this passage.
No, I explained that verse. Your view totally misunderstands it.
It's not believing, but keeping.
I believe what Scripture says about how to have eternal life:
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
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.
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.
So, it's settled. One is saved and has eternal life by believing in the Messiah.
I said this:
"So, why can't you provide any explanation for why He went to the cross, then?"
What did you come up with on why He was driven into the wilderness?
WOW. What a dodge. OK, it's clear that you have no intention to answer my question. And no idea of why Jesus went to the cross.
There was no question about why Jesus went into the wilderness, but the Bible tells us exactly why. He was not driven, as you erroneously claim, but was led by the Spirit, in order to be tempted by Satan.
Again, you know nothing about OT sacrifices. You are trying so hard to include pagan sacrifices on a pagan cross.
It's quite obvious that you know nothing about WHY God instituted sacrifices in the first place.
Why did God have to offer a sacrifice? Is God sinful?
Why the stupid question? Hey 9:22 tells us why there must be the shedding of blood (sacrifice): forgiveness.
It's also quite obvious that you know nothing of propitiation or atonement.
John 6
32 Then Jesus said unto them, verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
33 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
It is the bread of God which gives life, not a sacrifice.
I never said the sacrifice gave life. Why don't you actually read my posts before making such inexcusable errors? The WAY in which Christ gives eternal life is by purchasing it for everyone and giving it to those who believe.
John 6:51
I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
Did you notice, you eat this bread, not sacrifice it.
Those with even average reading skills know that when Jesus said "which I WILL GIVE" refers to His sacrifice on the cross. By dying on the cross.
It is the man who eats this bread who will live forever. He then says -
Was Jesus teaching cannibalism? Or what did He mean by "eating this bread"?
Did you notice you have no life in you, unless you eat His flesh and drink His blood. Have you done this? This is what you must do to have life.
I thought your theology was the same as the Pharisees; keep the commandments.
Why do you say 'obviously'? It doesn't say that at all. He gave the living bread from Heaven, now that is in the Bible. You don't sacrifice bread. I don't know, maybe you do.
Seems you don't know a lot of things.
He gave the Son to bring truth and life into the world, which He did. This truth you can't believe because you are bent on pagan sacrifices.
In what way did God the Father "give the Son"? Why can't you see His giving is a sacrifice?
Why are you so bent of a sacrifice? It doesn't say sacrifice there either.
You wouldn't see it if it was right before your eyes.
He went to the cross, but not as a sacrifice. The Jews wanted to kill Him, and He allowed it.
Please explain WHY He went to the cross. This doesn't explain why.
Where was it prophesied He would die on a cross?
Just read all the gospels and note each time the events of the crucifixion were said to be fulfillment of Scripture.
I said this:
"Don't dodge your responsibility to explain why Jesus went to the cross."
If you don't have eyes to see, I can't help you.
This is just a very cheap dodge, once again.
I'm not denying what He went through. Isaiah 53 again says nothing about a sacrifice. You're struggling now.
But you just can't seem to be able to explain why Jesus went to the cross.
From what you have posted, it seems your view is just that He let people kill Him.