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NASB | John 3:16 ¶ "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. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 3:16 ¶ "For God so [greatly] loved and dearly prized the world, that He [even] gave His [One and] only begotten Son, so that whoever believes and trusts in Him [as Savior] shall not perish, but have eternal life. |
Subject: What about John 14:15? |
Bible Note: I was asking about John 14:15 with regard to the initial question "What should a person do to please God so that God will allow that person's soul to go to heaven (have eternal life) as opposed to sending that soul to hell (eternal death)?". That is, if a person doesn't love Jesus, it seems reasonable to me that God would not allow that person's soul to go to heaven, or have eternal life, enter into life, inherit eternal life, etc. Let me explain what I'm talking about also by the scriptures: The Word is Jesus and Jesus was God according to the scripture in John 1:1-17. And Jesus therefore is one with God by this scripture: For there are three that bear record in heaven, THE FATHER, THE WORD, AND THE HOLY GHOST: AND THESE THREE ARE ONE. (1 John 5:7) So, if Jesus and God are one, when God said something, Jesus said it, and when Jesus said something, God said it. This is also stated in this scripture: Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? THE WORDS THAT I SPEAK UNTO YOU I SPEAK NOT OF MYSELF: BUT THE FATHER THAT DWELLETH IN ME, HE DOETH THE WORKS. (John 14:10) So, if Jesus says “keep my commandments”, as in John 14:15 (among others), then “my” refers to God’s commandments, which are also Jesus’ commandments, and Jesus’ commandments, which are also God’s commandments, because Jesus is one with God. Now, in John 14:15, Jesus/God gives us a command in a logic statement, and God cannot lie, that “IF” a person loves Jesus/God, to keep Jesus’/God’s commandments. Logically, if someone does NOT keep the commandments, then they do not love Jesus/God. Now I am no brain surgeon, but I have trouble believing that if someone does not love God’s only begotten Son that God sent out of love toward the world, to save or redeem the world, and that person being one of the ones in the world, that God would allow that person’s soul to go to heaven (or have eternal life). Hope that helps to clear up what I was asking about. |