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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: Why do i need to love god? |
Bible Note: Hello Inquisitor, Allow me to address a couple or your points:-) 1. Rev. 2:10 cannot be taken in isolation. It's not a salvation passage and is contained in a prophetic book. You cannot ignore context and develop an entire theology based on this one verse! What does the rest of scripture teach in regards to salvation? 2. We need to excercise caution when postulating hypotheticals! We have David- a man after God's own heart- who had Uriah killed and committed adultery with Bathsheba (2 Sam. 11-12). Yet, the Lord had specifically told him, "My mercy shall not depart from him..." (2 Sam. 7:15) Obviously, David repented as his cry in Ps. 51 details. I have no doubt of David's eternal destiny. Aside from this, I see few- if any- professed Christians going around killing people! Do you? Let me stress this point: salvation is by grace through faith, not based on any activity or lifestyle (Eph. 2:8-10) We confuse this by (adding) the requirement of living a holy life to prove the reality of salvation! Now, please do not hear what I'm not saying. Let me qualify that statement by summary quotes from Dr. James Raiford: "No one who is familiar with the Word of God would deny the fact that God designs and desires His people to live holy, righteously, and godly after personal salvation. What God requires for obtaining eternal life differs greatly from what he requires for living a godly life. The presence of good works can give evidence of the reality of genuine regeneration but the lack of such good works does not necessarily prove that there is a false salvation". "Never is salvation, the receiving of God's gift of eternal life , attached to some requirement for being holy or living a holy life. One cannot live for the Lord unless he possesses salvation. Regeneration is the gift of eternal life, as opposed to sanctification which is a process of spiritual living" [The Camouflaged Church/James B Raiford/2009] Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |