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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 does the word"believe"involve |
Bible Note: Lionstrong, "Unless you're saying that the Bible teaches that we are saved by believing and good works" I'm not. Merely that saving faith will be accompanied by good works, which play no part in meriting our salvation but they go towards evidencing the reality of the salvation God has already worked in us. "We can never know if we have 'complete confidence'" I think we can have complete confidence, this is the doctrine of assurance. "the Lord does not require complete confidence." Amen. I'll say amen at least within the context of our discussion. I affirm that assurance of salvation and salvation are two different things. "The gift of believing, even if it is the size of a mustard seed is sufficient for salvation" Amen again. It is not dependent on the greatness of our faith but the object of our faith, Jesus Christ. "We should not be content with a little faith, however. We should continually grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Christ Jesus." Amen and amen! The heart of my post is what you state you are willing to accept: that scriptural faith involves trust upon the work of Christ and not merely acceptance of the doctrines of the work of Christ. The rest of my post was merely to inform you that "easy believism" is actually something else which I doubt you mean to ascribe to and not an insult thrown at the great pillar of "Faith Alone." In Christ, Beja |