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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: Brad K Thanks for the reply. Now I am a little more confused. I agree with what you said, it is what I have read also and what Pastor tells me. But md1234 wrote in the note following yours, "He will forgive you for the things you do." I thought He had already forgiven all of my sins, past present and future, because all of my sins were in the future when Christ died on the cross. Is this just a matter of definitions of words or does md1234 know something I don't. I am also a bit confused over the "forgiveness" and "repentance" definitions. Would simple definition of "forgiveness" be what GOD has performed in our spirit, to "reconcile" us to HIM? I reference all the verses you have quoted. Is "repentance" what we are doing to bring the physical body into submission, and I want to do so because I have Christ in me now? Galatians 2:20 Does "reconcile" mean what the book Pastor gave me means? It says that GOD planned all of this so we could be brought back into good standing with HIM because we were in bad standing because of sin. And we couldn't do it because none of us could live up to the Old Testament, so Christ (GOD in the flesh) came to do it for us. This kind of matches what 2 Corinthians 5:19 says and the reason for Christ dying on the cross. Do I have the general idea behind this? I also read that repentance is "a change of mind that bears the fruit of a changed life." Do you see anything in the bible that would contradict this? Thanks, Sam |