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1 | If I love do I have eternal life? | Rom 3:28 | kalos | 2466 | ||
Love is one of the evidences of genuine saving faith. Love is a natural result of being saved. Notice love is the RESULT, not the CAUSE, of salvation. "Salvation is conditioned solely on faith in Jesus Christ. Nearly 200 times faith, or belief, is stated as the single condition in the NT [for salvation]" (p. 1882, Ryrie Study Bible, Moody Press, 1976, 1978) . . . This is not meant to negate such Scriptures as 1 John 4:7-8 and related passages. To love God and to love one's neighbor as himself are the greatest COMMANDMENTS. Note that Jesus said if we loved him we would keep his commandments. A true statement -- no doubt about it! But notice, we are not saved by keeping his commandments. See Rom 3:28; Eph 2:8-9, etc. Instead we are saved BY grace THROUGH faith PLUS nothing. Or, we are saved by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. To espouse any other way of salvation is to preach "another gospel" and "another Jesus." Also, if you look up the words in any English dictionary, I believe you will find that the words eternal and everlasting both mean THE SAME THING. |
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2 | If I love do I have eternal life? | Rom 3:28 | bobmoy | 2549 | ||
I agree that faith is the single condition for eternal and everlasting life. The issue is faith in what. Faith in Jesus Christ? Faith in God? Faith in the Holy Spirit? Faith in The Trinity? Faith in a Higher Power? John 3:16 would seem to say Faith in Jesus Christ, the son of God. John 5:24 would seem to say Faith in God, the father of Jesus Christ. I did my own Bible study about the words "eternal life" and "everlasting life." The King James Version used "everlasting life" as the words following John 3:16 and John 5:24. The KJ Version used "eternal life" when Jesus told the lawyer to love God, his neighbor and himself and when Jesus told the rich young ruler to keep the commandments. In my Bible study, I found a suggestion that stated that both "eternal life" and "everlasting life" referred to time. Eternal life referred to the Greek belief that there is only timelessness after we die our physical death and that normal linear time of hours, minutes and seconds no longer exist. On the other hand, everlasting life is the on going experience of time as we know it. Using this explanation, it is my opinion that "everlasting life" is based on knowing by faith that Jesus Christ is the son of God because both God and Jesus tell us that He is the Son of God. "Eternal Life" is based on knowing by faith that God exists and that all of us are forgiven if we ask for forgiveness and if we forgive others. It is my opinion that those of us who "know" that Jesus is the son of God do not have to wait for the end of the age to meet Jesus at the Judgment seat. The other people who do not know that Jesus is the son of God must wait to see Jesus until the end of the age. In both cases, every knee shall bow and every tougue still must confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. Any thoughts? Have a terrific Thursday. | ||||||
3 | If I love do I have eternal life? | Rom 3:28 | kalos | 2572 | ||
QUESTION: You ask: "I agree that faith is the single condition for eternal and everlasting life. The issue is faith in what?" . . . ANSWER: Faith in Jesus Christ. Faith in Jesus Christ. I wasn't aware that 'faith in what' was the issue. "Salvation is conditioned solely on FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST. Nearly 200 times faith, or belief, is stated as the single condition in the NT [for salvation]" (p. 1882, Ryrie Study Bible, Moody Press, 1976, 1978) |
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4 | If I love do I have eternal life? | Rom 3:28 | bobmoy | 2715 | ||
John 5:24 says faith in God. Jesus says faith in God. Jesus came to help us find faith in God. One way of having faith in God is to have faith in Jesus Christ. Another way to have faith in God is to live like Jesus. Revelation 19 tells us to Have faith in God because Jesus Christ is the spirit of prophesy. Have a Super Saturday. | ||||||
5 | If I love do I have eternal life? | Rom 3:28 | kalos | 2725 | ||
Jesus Christ is God. The Father is God. The Holy Spirit is God. (Jesus is not the Father. The Father is not the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is not Christ. etc, etc, etc) In your answer, you're surely not saying that sometimes the Bible says to have faith in one God, the Father, and other times it says to have faith in another God, Jesus Christ. Are you? Do you believe in God? You do well, the angels believe in God and tremble. | ||||||
6 | If I love do I have eternal life? | Rom 3:28 | bobmoy | 2786 | ||
This is exactly what Jesus said. Jesus said I an the Father are one. In John 5:24, Jesus tells me that if I believe in God and if I hear his message about loving others as He loved me, I will have eternal life. Likewise, in John 3:16, Jesus tells us that we need only to believe in Him and we have eternal life. But we also know that faith without works is dead. I must also love. If I do not love, I am nothing. If I love, I am something. Have a Super Sunday? | ||||||
7 | If I love do I have eternal life? | Rom 3:28 | kalos | 2788 | ||
Well put, bobmoy. Thanks for your reply. Yes, have a good Sunday. You too, sir. --JVH0212 | ||||||