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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 Ocelot, Do you truly believe that you might turn your back on the Lord that redeemed you, and walk away, and doing so, lose your redemption, no longer be a "new creation", no longer be spiritually discerning, so that you could no longer understand the truth of the Bible? That you could, through an act of your will, change your nature from "living spirit", a nature that was given you, not having anything to do with your righteousness of unrighteousness, back to "spiritually dead", as a result of your unrighteousness? That you consider there could come a time that you fell under the allure of sin so completely, and rebeliously, that the Lord would despair of His ability to snap you out of it, to keep you for Himself, even after all those promises? Or is this to you a purely academic question, considering if it is merely "theoretically possible" to become "un-born-again". I wonder if those who tell others that they could lose their salvation believe that it could happen to themselves? I also wonder it those who say one can become "unredeemed" realize the dramatic and widespread implications of what it would mean, and what would be involved, for that to actually happen? Love in Christ, Mark |