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Then I don't have to believe at all. If what you said here is true, everyone is saved and the universalists are right.Any conditions strapped to the gospel make it law/works instead of grace.
Isn't Jesus merely telling them how their relationship with him works?
“Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.” (1 John 3:9–10)No I’m pretty sure He’s warning them by telling them to remain in Him and produce fruit otherwise they will be removed from the vine and cast away into the fire.
No, if you believe, it is the result of God already saving you in the New Birth. Faith is the evidence.Then I don't have to believe at all. If what you said here is true, everyone is saved and the universalists are right.
Who is he warning in this passage? He's telling them how salvation works.John 15:1-10 Why does Jesus warn His 11 faithful apostles to remain in Him if they have been chosen by God and cannot turn away from Him?
Which is why we are told over and over again to believe. Riiiiight.No, if you believe, it is the result of God already saving you in the New Birth. Faith is the evidence.
Believing is the first step in repentance, but you must be born again to repent. Flesh cannot stop being flesh.Which is why we are told over and over again to believe. Riiiiight.
…28Then they inquired, “What must we do to perform the works of God?” 29Jesus replied, “The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.”
No, if you believe, it is the result of God already saving you in the New Birth. Faith is the evidence.
Believing is the first step in repentance, but you
must be born again to repent. Flesh cannot stop being flesh.
Why did Jesus tell the man with the withered hand to stretch it forth?So, which is it? And why is Jesus telling unsaved Jews to believe if they can't?
Jesus is directing their faith into a more precise fit. Faith remains a fruit of salvation (the Holy Spirit).Which is why we are told over and over again to believe. Riiiiight.
…28Then they inquired, “What must we do to perform the works of God?” 29Jesus replied, “The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.”
Any conditions strapped to the gospel make it law/works instead of grace.
Keep reading:Who is he warning in this passage? He's telling them how salvation works.
Grace = unmerited favor. Free will = merited favor = works.And right there is where you take a wrong turn.
Who is he warning in this passage? He's telling them how salvation works.
Grace = unmerited favor. Free will = merited favor = works.
Believing is the first step in repentance, but you must be born again to repent. Flesh cannot stop being flesh.
Believing is the first step in repentance, but you must be born again to repent. Flesh cannot stop being flesh.
The flesh cannot repent. It is what it is. Only after the new birth do we have an option for repentance into holiness.Being born again is repentance. Both are referring to becoming a new Godly creation.
Faith is a fruit of the Holy Spirit. Don't confuse it with the Charismatic Gifts the Apostles received at Pentecost.Huh?
"If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you forever, even the Spirit of Truth whom the world cannot receive, because it sees Him not, neither knows Him; but you know Him for He dwells with you and shall be in you." (John 14:15-17)
"Verily I say to you, except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, He cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven. That which is born of the flesh is flesh and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto you: you must be born again."
Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." (Acts 2:37-8)
So are you saying that you can be born again without receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit which is only given later after you repent and are baptized?
And if so, do you think the Holy Spirit jumped the gun in Acts 10:43-44?
"To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word." (Acts 10:43-44)
"And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house." (Acts 16:30-32)
Why did Paul
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