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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, I'll try to say that in different ways. What are you banking on to cause you to be spared in the day of judgement? What are you relying on? Hoping upon? Counting on? I do think there is a place for a weak faith. In other words, I would not cast doubt upon the faith of a man that said to me, "I do not know with certainty my fate, but my only hope for acceptance is in Christ Jesus." I would try to use the promises of scripture to move the man from such a small faith unto a firm assurance of his stake in Christ, but I do not require certain assurance. I require our hope to be exclusively in Christ Jesus and his attoning work, I do not requre that trust to be mighty enough to banish all fearful thoughts. "Nothing in my hands I bring, only to the cross I cling." Let that be our hope for the day of judgement and we will do well. So in other words, I do not mean complete assurance by the word "trust." I simply mean that we understand the doctrines of the work of Christ for the proper purpose. We believe the attoning work of Christ, and we through faith take it as our hope for that fearful day of judgement. That I believe is faith. I hope some part of this helped to clarify. In Christ, Beja |