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1 | What it means to BELIEVE in Jesus Christ | John 3:16 | kalos | 166414 | ||
By grace through faith plus nothing For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. Eph. 2:8-9 (ESV) 'Salvation is conditioned solely on faith in Jesus Christ. Nearly 200 times faith, or belief, is stated as the single condition in the N.T. (John 1:12; Acts 16:31). That faith must be placed in Christ as one's substitute for and Saviour from sin' (p. 1950, Ryrie Study Bible, Moody Press, 1978). John 15:6 (NASB) "If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are burned." Abiding is the result, not the cause, of our salvation. John 15:4-6 Abide in Me. "The word 'abide' means to remain or stay around. The 'remaining' is evidence that salvation has already taken place (1 John 2:19) and not vice versa. The fruit or evidence of salvation is continuance in service to Him and in His teaching (John 8:31; 1 John 2:24; Col 1:23). The abiding believer is the only legitimate believer." (MacArthur Study Bible, Word Publishing, 1997) |
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2 | What it means to BELIEVE in Jesus Christ | John 3:16 | atdcross | 166455 | ||
Hi Kalos, I was not disagreeing with the Biblical concept of salvation by faith. I was only adding to your description of what "faith" is. The subject was "What it means to believe in Jesus." To believe in Jesus means to walk faithfully in God's will. I did not say that works save, although, I will say - in accordance with the scriptures I already cited (cf. ID#166398) - it is the faith that works (not "faith and works"; there is a difference), which saves. |
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