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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. |
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Bible Note: Hi Sam, Praise God! Welcome to the kingdom! That is an excellent question- and a deep one:-) I don't have a lot of time right now, but here's a couple thoughts. You might want to read, re-read and ponder on Romans, chapters 5 and 6. Note particularly, Romans 6:10-11: "For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus." Christ died for sins ONCE for all! He's not going back to the cross again. According to Romans 5:8 "But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us" So, if you're only forgiven of the sins you commit up the point of conversion, Christ's sacrifice, by default- was not sufficient! You would be then responsible for obtaining YOUR forgiveness- a theological absurdity! ( Again, Eph. 2:8-9) Ask yourself, how many of my sins were future to the cross? Note the absolute truth in Col. 2:13: "When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions," (Note Eph. 4:32, Col. 2:13, 3:13.) The sin issue between God and us has been dealt with- in it's entirety- on the cross! That's why Christ exclaimed "It is finished". That's GOOD NEWS! Keep in touch, brother. If we can be of further help, let us know. Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |