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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. |
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Bible Note: Dear brother: "cut off what" ? V.21 I believe that Paul is teaching that Israel nationally has been cut off, "their eyes have been dimmed" and at that time God was bringing the gospel to the Gentile nations. However, Paul is warning the Gentiles that they cannot take for granted the blessing which is theirs and if they take a position of pride and unbelief that they too will be cut off. Do we not see this today in nations that forget or turn against God? In Romans 3 we see that as individual whether Jew or Gentile we are all under sin. We know that Christ died for the ungodly Romans 5 which takes in all individuals. The gospel message is to the whosoever will (John 3;14 to 16) and lost guilty sinners can be born again by resting in the work that Christ has accomplished on the cross. It is the work and worth of Christ which secures our eternal redemption. In James we look at the principle of works being the fruit which should come from a Christian if they have been changed from within by the Spirit of God. If we profess to be saved and show no fruit of the Spirit in our lives, we can not justify our claim outwardly to others. Nevertheless, it is not our works which accompany salvation that secures our standing before God, that is only accomplished by Christ who paid the debt in full. When we trust Christ it is God who does the work within our hearts, it is not a self-improvement thing, but rather a complete new creature in Christ which brings us into a relationship with God as sons or children. We were born by the Spirit of God into this family. God Bless Robert |