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NASB | Genesis 12:1 Now the LORD said to Abram, "Go forth from your country, And from your relatives And from your father's house, To the land which I will show you; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 12:1 Now [in Haran] the LORD had said to Abram, "Go away from your country, And from your relatives And from your father's house, To the land which I will show you; [Heb 11:8-10] |
Subject: what I want to know is it mental consent |
Bible Note: Kalos I only mentioned it because I had the question asked of me, "is it enough to just believe or is there more?". I like you thought the word believe in John 3:16 was different from our word believe. Example if you handed me a hunk of rope rated for 1000 lbs. I could say I believe this will hold me. However I really don't "pistueo" believe until I'm suspended by it. Pistueo the Greek word translated believe really meant far more than our word believe. I was very comfortable with that idea until I was using an interlinear and notices the same word was use in James 2:19. I wondered about this for many days and even asked the question of a few of our good friends on the forum. It wasn’t until I came across the Titus 2:11-15 that I could answer the question. Yes were are saved by grace by believing in Jesus but that saving grace causes a change within us. If that change is not evident in our lives then we have to reevaluate were we in fact believing or ‘pistueo’ believing. EdB |