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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: What did Jesus mean in John 5:24? |
Bible Note: Brother Radioman: Thank you for your answer. None of the things you have mentioned have anything to do with a person being born again or born from above. Prayers, cards, decisions, baptisms or spiritual experiences has anything to do with a person establishing a personal relationship with God. Salvation is a work of God. It is he who by his Spirit awakens us to our sinful need of a Savior. It is he who presents to us the Lord Jesus Christ as the only Savior who can and will give us peace with God. It is only when God reveals to us that Christ is indeed the only Savior and that his work and worth is what salvation is anchored upon, that we as lost sinners can rest by faith upon him and be born from above. He creates within us a new heart and gives us new life as he by his Spirit dwells within our heart. As a sinner saved by his grace all that we can do is thank and praise him for his patience with us and for his ever reaching us when we were lost and helpless in our sins. To base our salvation on anything else is sinking sand. It is Christ our died, who paid the price which God demanded for our sin and it is God by his Spirit who brings us to saving faith in Christ. He stands alone for salvation, we are secure, he cannot deny himself. Praise his precious name. The moment we rest or trust in him we have passed from death unto life. This is not progressive, but instantanious the moment we rest in him. All other methods rest on something man can do and yet we know that salvation is not of works lest any should boast. In Christ Robert |