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This quote is highly misleading without its context.
This quote is highly misleading without its context.
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." (John 3:16, NKJV)
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." (John 3:16, NKJV)
Is it saying that one intellectual action, for example believing that Jesus died for one's sins, is enough to gain eternal life?
Is it saying that one intellectual action, for example believing that Jesus died for one's sins, is enough to gain eternal life?
Reading just a few sentences on, we see that this text is not saying that "sinners are justified by faith", the usual twisting of John 3:16.
Reading just a few sentences on, we see that this text is not saying that "sinners are justified by faith", the usual twisting of John 3:16.
On the contrary, the text makes clear that with Jesus there is a division between "everyone practicing evil" and "he who does the truth" whose deeds "have been done in God".
On the contrary, the text makes clear that with Jesus there is a division between "everyone practicing evil" and "he who does the truth" whose deeds "have been done in God".
“And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God." (John 3:19-21, NKJV)
“And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God." (John 3:19-21, NKJV)
Reading on in John's Gospel, this is confirmed....
Reading on in John's Gospel, this is confirmed....
"As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. " (John 15:9-10, NKJV)
"As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. " (John 15:9-10, NKJV)
"This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. You are My friends if you do whatever I command you." (John 15:12-13, NKJV)
"This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. You are My friends if you do whatever I command you." (John 15:12-13, NKJV)
The mistake to avoid is misunderstanding what the Holy Bible means with "believing in Jesus".
The mistake to avoid is misunderstanding what the Holy Bible means with "believing in Jesus".
Christ Jesus points this mistake out with excellent clarity.
Christ Jesus points this mistake out with excellent clarity.
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’” (Matt. 7:21-23, NKJV)
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’” (Matt. 7:21-23, NKJV)
“But why do you call me ‘Lord! Lord!’ and not do what I say? Everyone coming to me, hearing my words, and doing them—I will show you whom that one is like. He is like a person house-building a house, who dug and made deep and placed a foundation on the rock. And a flood having come, the river beat against that house, and had not power to shake it, for it was founded on the rock. But the one having heard and not doing, is like a person house-building a house on the earth, without a foundation, against which the river beat, and immediately it collapsed, and the ruin of that house became great.” (Luke 6:46-49, CFB)
“But why do you call me ‘Lord! Lord!’ and not do what I say? Everyone coming to me, hearing my words, and doing them—I will show you whom that one is like. He is like a person house-building a house, who dug and made deep and placed a foundation on the rock. And a flood having come, the river beat against that house, and had not power to shake it, for it was founded on the rock. But the one having heard and not doing, is like a person house-building a house on the earth, without a foundation, against which the river beat, and immediately it collapsed, and the ruin of that house became great.” (Luke 6:46-49, CFB)
NKJV: Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
CFB: Scripture quoted from the Christ Family Bible. Copyright © 2017 by J.J. Thomas. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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