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1 | believing and being born again? | John 3:16 | julcol87 | 227909 | ||
Hello to all I need help with understanding something about a couple scriptures in John. It says in John 3:16 "whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life." For example my grandma is a Catholic, and if all she would need to do is believe in Jesus to have eternal life, what about being born again? John 3:3 says "unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God." So what if she believes, but is not born again? Can someone explain to me how that works..? Thanks to all Julia |
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2 | believing and being born again? | John 3:16 | biblicalman | 227927 | ||
To be 'born again' or more preferably to be 'born from above' refers to the work of the Holy Spirit producing spiritual life within. It is not sufficient to have a vague intellectual belief about Jesus (compare John 2.23-25). The belief that is required for this to happen is 'belief into Christ', that is a genuine personal response to Christ, calling on Him to act as our Saviour. As we genuinely believe His promises to be our Saviour as a consequence of His work on the cross, and call on Him to work in our lives and make us into what He wants us to be, we come within the sphere of His salvation. He makes us into new creatures (2 Corinthians 5.17). We are born again of imperishable seed through the living and abiding word of God (1 Peter 1.23). | ||||||
3 | relationship with Christ | John 3:16 | julcol87 | 228192 | ||
Biblicalman, I know that there is a difference between a person who simply says they believe in Christ and a person who believes in Christ and has a changed life. Say my grandma does have a personal response to Christ, but continues being a Catholic, being that Catholics are wrong in some of their beliefs and practices, does that matter? I know no religion or church is going to save you, but Christ alone. So if she continues to be a catholic, but does have a personal relationship with Christ, will she be saved? |
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4 | relationship with Christ | John 3:16 | biblicalman | 228193 | ||
The simple answer is that if she has a personal faith in Christ for salvation, and is hearing His voice and following Him, then yes she will be saved. Christ never fails anyone who truly puts their trust in Him. It certainly matters that Roman Catholics (we are all catholics for it means the universal church of which the Roman church is a branch)are wrong in some of their beliefs. And it would be good if those were sorted out. But it does not effect the salvation of someone who truly believes in Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord (Romans 10.9) for their whole salvation |
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