Bible Question: Atdcross: Thank you for responding. With your statement, how does John 3:16 fit in? Would you give some Scripture to prove your statements |
Bible Answer: As I stated in another note, repentance is assumed in John 3:16, cf. vs.20-21. Note also v.36. It first says, "Whoever believes...has eternal life"; however, the converse is not, "Whoever disbelieves" but "Whoever disobeys" (TEV). It is interesting to note that the contrast is made not between "believing" and "not believing" (as one might assume in veiw of v.16) but between "believing" and "disobedience", which, as I understand it, assumes the necessary activity of repentance for faith in the former and being unrepentant through "disobedience" in the latter, resulting in the divine displeasure (to put it mildly). |