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NASB | John 17:3 "This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 17:3 "Now this is eternal life: that they may know You, the only true [supreme and sovereign] God, and [in the same manner know] Jesus [as the] Christ whom You have sent. |
Bible Question: So, what do we need to "know [about] God" to avoid the penalty and be saved? |
Bible Answer: Odaat John 3:16-19 For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. What we need to know about God to avoid the penalty is; First Jesus is God. Second whoever believes in Jesus will be granted eternal life. Third whoever does not believe in Jesus has been judged already. But there is more. Peter the apostle was preaching to the Jews about who Jesus was; that He was God and that God ordained for Him to be crucufied by the Jews, and that Jesus, unlike King David arose from the dead to be seated next to God in heaven. Then the Jews repented and asked what must we do to be saved? Acts 2:38Peter siad to them, Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgivness of your sins; and you will recieve the gift of the Holy Spirit. Four repent of your sins. Five be baptized into the body of Christ. There is more. Romans 10:9, 10 That if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. Six make the fact that you believe Jesus is God a confession out loud that you do because confession results in salvation. This is not meant to be a list, a chronological list, of how to get saved, because the belief and confession of Jesus as God, Lord can be all at once, and because confession should come before baptism. peacebestill |