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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: The doctrine of grace does not teach universalism. All men are not "automatically" saved. The doctrine of grace does teach that certain ones will be saved regardless of their own attitudes and responses. The doctrine of grace does teach that salvation is wholly of God and not dependent upon human merit or good works. The doctrine of grace teaches that it is by God's grace alone that anyone is ever saved, that comes by faith alone in Jesus Christ alone. Subsequent good works attest to but do not effect salvation. We are saved unto (to do) good works, but in no wise saved by them. We simply cannot tie good works and salvation together except in the sense that good works follow in the wake of regeneration. Justification and sanctification are not the same things. Through faith we are justified before God by the redemptive work of Christ on the cross. We are thus saved (regenerated). Sanctification is an ongoing process in the believer's life in which he grows more Christ-like through obedience to His commands. This is the place "good works" fits into the scheme -- never salvific; always post-salvific. [I have already cited numerous passages of Scripture on this topic in an earlier post to this thread, so I won't repeat them here.] --Hank |