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I have read this three times...it gets right to the heart of it exactly!
I am gonna have to quote you on this..
I am gonna have to quote you on this..
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John 5:24 has to be understood in the light of the whole context of scripture:
24 “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life." - John 5:24
"24 As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father. 25 And this is what he promised us—eternal life." - 1 John 2:24-25
"1Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain." - 1 Corinthians 15:1-2
So we can see from the whole context of scripture that the promise of eternal life in John 5:24 is, first of all, for believers , and for believers who continue to believe in the gospel they first heard and were saved by, not for ex-believers in whom the gospel they heard in the beginning does not remain.
It's tragic, but all those people you have met in your hospice work that had stopped believing because of life's trials and heartaches did not go to be with Jesus when they died. That's a very harsh reality and I'm even hesitant to be so blunt, but it's the Bible truth.
24 “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life." - John 5:24
"24 As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father. 25 And this is what he promised us—eternal life." - 1 John 2:24-25
"1Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain." - 1 Corinthians 15:1-2
So we can see from the whole context of scripture that the promise of eternal life in John 5:24 is, first of all, for believers , and for believers who continue to believe in the gospel they first heard and were saved by, not for ex-believers in whom the gospel they heard in the beginning does not remain.
It's tragic, but all those people you have met in your hospice work that had stopped believing because of life's trials and heartaches did not go to be with Jesus when they died. That's a very harsh reality and I'm even hesitant to be so blunt, but it's the Bible truth.
You and @EleventhHour still have not explained why the Bible tells us to do what you say we shouldn't do because that would be us trying to earn our own salvation and devaluing the work of Christ:
"stand firm in the faith - 1 Corinthians 16:13
"building yourselves up in your most holy faith" - Jude 1:20
"holding on to faith" - 1 Timothy 1:19
"hold firmly to the faith we profess" - Hebrews 4:14
"Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess" - Hebrews 10:23
"And now, dear children, continue in him" - 1 John 2:28
"As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you." - 1 John 2:24
Should we listen to you and ignore these scriptures, or should we do what the Bible says?
"stand firm in the faith - 1 Corinthians 16:13
"building yourselves up in your most holy faith" - Jude 1:20
"holding on to faith" - 1 Timothy 1:19
"hold firmly to the faith we profess" - Hebrews 4:14
"Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess" - Hebrews 10:23
"And now, dear children, continue in him" - 1 John 2:28
"As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you." - 1 John 2:24
Should we listen to you and ignore these scriptures, or should we do what the Bible says?
Judge, do you understand we’re looking
i appreciate your concern but you’re looking at it from a place where grace doesn’t exist. I believe through written Scripture that God’s grace does exist for such people.
John 5:24 has to be understood in the light of the whole context of scripture:
24 “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life." - John 5:24
"24 As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father. 25 And this is what he promised us—eternal life." - 1 John 2:24-25
"1Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain." - 1 Corinthians 15:1-2
So we can see from the whole context of scripture that the promise of eternal life in John 5:24 is, first of all, for believers , and for believers who continue to believe in the gospel they first heard and were saved by, not for ex-believers in whom the gospel they heard in the beginning does not remain.
It's tragic, but all those people you have met in your hospice work that had stopped believing because of life's trials and heartaches did not go to be with Jesus when they died. That's a very harsh reality and I'm even hesitant to be so blunt, but it's the Bible truth.
24 “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life." - John 5:24
"24 As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father. 25 And this is what he promised us—eternal life." - 1 John 2:24-25
"1Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain." - 1 Corinthians 15:1-2
So we can see from the whole context of scripture that the promise of eternal life in John 5:24 is, first of all, for believers , and for believers who continue to believe in the gospel they first heard and were saved by, not for ex-believers in whom the gospel they heard in the beginning does not remain.
It's tragic, but all those people you have met in your hospice work that had stopped believing because of life's trials and heartaches did not go to be with Jesus when they died. That's a very harsh reality and I'm even hesitant to be so blunt, but it's the Bible truth.
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"24 As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father. 25 And this is what he promised us—eternal life." - 1 John 2:24-25
"2 ...you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain." - 1 Corinthians 15:2
You don't get to be saved and have eternal life unless you keep what you heard in you. But you insist you can cast it off in unbelief and you are still saved. Plain scripture says you are wrong.
"2 ...you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain." - 1 Corinthians 15:2
You don't get to be saved and have eternal life unless you keep what you heard in you. But you insist you can cast it off in unbelief and you are still saved. Plain scripture says you are wrong.
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