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NASB | 1 John 5:13 ¶ These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 John 5:13 ¶ These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God [which represents all that Jesus Christ is and does], so that you will know [with settled and absolute knowledge] that you [already] have eternal life. |
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Bible Note: John, I did read the whole post and did not comment on the rest because I had no issue with it. I just felt that the the particular passage of Acts which you cited was not complete in its proper context with the following two verses. I see that particlar verse quoted out of context so many times in the baptismal wars that it always jumps out at me. I just feel that faith, hope and charity (works in Christ), which are the theological virtues are like the Trinity, inseparable and of one substance so to speak, and that it is also unwise to separate the hearing of the Gospel, belief and our response from one another when the full context does not do that. It is then that often faith is without works in christ and is dead. But you may very well be correct in your analysis of Ligtman's situation: that he may be focusing first on his works, rather than on God's work, upon which he should focus in hopeful assurance that God will bring completion the work He has begun in him. By the way, sometimes the means and the evidence are one and the same. The murder weapon can be the means and evidence of a murder. Christ's passion, death and reurreection was the means and the evidence of our salvation. That is why I do not have a problem with sacraments being means and evidence since Christ is at work in them. The same goes for works in Christ, since it is Christ working in us. Perhaps I was splitting hairs. Please accept my apology. Emmaus |