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NASB | Acts 2:38 Peter said to them, "Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 2:38 And Peter said to them, "Repent [change your old way of thinking, turn from your sinful ways, accept and follow Jesus as the Messiah] and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ because of the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. |
Subject: Decisional regeneration? |
Bible Note: Greetings Steve, I think you mentioned something that should be elaboration on, if I may? The Bible says that eternal life is a gift, but we can’t just receive eternal life as such. Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. The key to that verse is in the last part, through Jesus Christ our Lord. There are many, many people that would like to have the gift of eternal life, but it, eternal life, by it’s self just can’t be had; it’s contained within the person of Jesus Christ. John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. Emphasis on, the life. John 11:25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: Again, emphasis on the life. John 5:26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; Anyone who has Jesus has eternal life automatically; it’s impossible to have Jesus and not have eternal life. 1 John 5:10-13 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. [11] And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. [12] He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. [13] These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. Are those verses great or what! What a fantastic Saviour we have, CDBJ x |