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NASB | John 5:24 ¶ "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 5:24 ¶ "I assure you and most solemnly say to you, the person who hears My word [the one who heeds My message], and believes and trusts in Him who sent Me, has (possesses now) eternal life [that is, eternal life actually begins--the believer is transformed], and does not come into judgment and condemnation, but has passed [over] from death into life. |
Subject: Saved vs. Works (John 5:24 and 5:28-29) |
Bible Note: Faith comes first to abraham not works, works is an output of a save person and not we are save because of our works. If you notice why faith comes first to abraham, if we study the life of abraham, he have faith that He will have a son inspite of age. If you remember sarah doesn't believed that she can give birth because of her age but abraham did he have faith in God that he will have a son because it is God who promise him that he will have a child. Ro 4:19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb: He done to sacrifice his son not to be sanctified by his works but he done it because he love God and he had faith in God, He love God more than anything else more than his only son. As Christ said: Mt 10:37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. Works is not to sanctified us but an output of being a Christians. If we said that we have faith, and accompanied by works of course you are right because if faith has no good output is questionable faith. But works cannot save you,If works is a point system to save us good works can be done by anyone to compensate his wrong doing. For example if I am rich, I can help many charity then continue my bad habit such as stealing, having many woman. Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Eph 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. Eph 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. God bless, Johnny |