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1 | What did Jesus mean in John 5:24? | John 5:24 | Robert Nicholson | 63586 | ||
What does Jesus mean? Is he teaching that a Christian should be able to look back to a time when they passed from death unto life? Peace Robert |
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2 | What did Jesus mean in John 5:24? | John 5:24 | Radioman2 | 81625 | ||
"Our salvation is not verified by a past moment." A time of decision doesn't necessarily prove or disprove the existence of saving faith. Regarding John 5:24 you ask: "Is he teaching that a Christian should be able to look back to a time when they passed from death unto life?" 'A Time of Decision 'So often people say things like: "Well, I know I'm a Christian, because I remember when I signed the card," or "I remember when I prayed a prayer," or "I remember when I walked the aisle" or "went forward in church." A person may remember exactly when it happened and where they were when "it" happened, but that doesn't necessarily mean anything. Our salvation is not verified by a past moment. Many people have prayed prayers, gone forward in church services, signed cards, gone into prayer rooms, BEEN BAPTIZED, and joined churches without ever experiencing genuine saving faith.' (Emphasis added) To read more go to: (www.gty.org/IssuesandAnswers/archive/genuinefaith.htm) |
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3 | What did Jesus mean in John 5:24? | John 5:24 | Robert Nicholson | 81626 | ||
Brother Radioman: Thank you for your answer. None of the things you have mentioned have anything to do with a person being born again or born from above. Prayers, cards, decisions, baptisms or spiritual experiences has anything to do with a person establishing a personal relationship with God. Salvation is a work of God. It is he who by his Spirit awakens us to our sinful need of a Savior. It is he who presents to us the Lord Jesus Christ as the only Savior who can and will give us peace with God. It is only when God reveals to us that Christ is indeed the only Savior and that his work and worth is what salvation is anchored upon, that we as lost sinners can rest by faith upon him and be born from above. He creates within us a new heart and gives us new life as he by his Spirit dwells within our heart. As a sinner saved by his grace all that we can do is thank and praise him for his patience with us and for his ever reaching us when we were lost and helpless in our sins. To base our salvation on anything else is sinking sand. It is Christ our died, who paid the price which God demanded for our sin and it is God by his Spirit who brings us to saving faith in Christ. He stands alone for salvation, we are secure, he cannot deny himself. Praise his precious name. The moment we rest or trust in him we have passed from death unto life. This is not progressive, but instantanious the moment we rest in him. All other methods rest on something man can do and yet we know that salvation is not of works lest any should boast. In Christ Robert |
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