Continual belief/faith is necessary for continual salvation/eternal life
The original Greek manuscripts reveal the verb tenses …
“… whoever believes [present tense: continues to believe] in Him
may have [present tense: may continue to have] eternal life.
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son,
that whoever believes [present tense: continues to believe]
in Him should not perish but have [present tense: continue to have]
eternal life.” (John 3:15-16)
BACs must endure in the faith to receive eternal life
● Colossians 1:22-23
“He has reconciled in the body of His flesh through death,
to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight —
IF indeed you continue in the faith … and are not moved away
from the hope of the gospel”
● 1 Corinthians 15:1-2
“It is this Good News (the gospel) that saves you,
IF you continue to believe the message I told you”
● Hebrews 2:3
“So what makes us think we can escape (from disobedience),
IF we ignore this great salvation”
● 2 Timothy 2:12
“IF we endure, we shall also reign with Him.”
● Hebrews 3:12-14 “Make sure that …
none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened against God.
For IF we are faithful to the end, we will share in all that belongs to Christ.”
● Revelation 2:10
“But IF you remain faithful even when facing death,
I will give you the crown of (eternal) life”
Because of the above verses, this also refer to salvation:
● Matthew 10:22, Matthew 24:13, Mark 13:13
“But the one who endures to the end (of his/her life) will be saved.”
From The Holman Christian Standard Bible
“Repent (metanoeo) and believe (pisteou) may be understood as opposite sides of the same coin.
Repent means to turn from one’s allegiance to sin and unbelief, whereas believe means
to place one’s trust in Christ. Thus, when one is mentioned the other is implied. …
John never used the words repent, repentance, or faith to describe the way people are saved.
Instead, he used believe since this term included all of these ideas.”
Just what does this single word “believe” really mean?
Dr. Lester Sumrall (the world-famous evangelist) decided he really needed
to research this … and his conclusion was that it must include obedience!
True saving belief = enduring deep faith, trust, repentance, obedience
● “But if we confess (repent) our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us
our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness (unrighteousness).” (1 John 1:9)
● “My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin.
But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate who pleads our case before
the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the one who is truly righteous.” (1 John 2:1)
Quiz questions -- Romans 6 insists we have choices
Shall I be a slave of sin which leads to eternal death?
Shall I be a slave of obedience which leads to righteousness?
Shall I be a slave of righteousness which leads to holiness?
Quiz answers -- these are available
1 page of verses on: obedience is necessary for salvation.
1 page of verses on: righteousness is necessary for salvation.
The original Greek manuscripts reveal the verb tenses …
“… whoever believes [present tense: continues to believe] in Him
may have [present tense: may continue to have] eternal life.
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son,
that whoever believes [present tense: continues to believe]
in Him should not perish but have [present tense: continue to have]
eternal life.” (John 3:15-16)
BACs must endure in the faith to receive eternal life
● Colossians 1:22-23
“He has reconciled in the body of His flesh through death,
to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight —
IF indeed you continue in the faith … and are not moved away
from the hope of the gospel”
● 1 Corinthians 15:1-2
“It is this Good News (the gospel) that saves you,
IF you continue to believe the message I told you”
● Hebrews 2:3
“So what makes us think we can escape (from disobedience),
IF we ignore this great salvation”
● 2 Timothy 2:12
“IF we endure, we shall also reign with Him.”
● Hebrews 3:12-14 “Make sure that …
none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened against God.
For IF we are faithful to the end, we will share in all that belongs to Christ.”
● Revelation 2:10
“But IF you remain faithful even when facing death,
I will give you the crown of (eternal) life”
Because of the above verses, this also refer to salvation:
● Matthew 10:22, Matthew 24:13, Mark 13:13
“But the one who endures to the end (of his/her life) will be saved.”
From The Holman Christian Standard Bible
“Repent (metanoeo) and believe (pisteou) may be understood as opposite sides of the same coin.
Repent means to turn from one’s allegiance to sin and unbelief, whereas believe means
to place one’s trust in Christ. Thus, when one is mentioned the other is implied. …
John never used the words repent, repentance, or faith to describe the way people are saved.
Instead, he used believe since this term included all of these ideas.”
Just what does this single word “believe” really mean?
Dr. Lester Sumrall (the world-famous evangelist) decided he really needed
to research this … and his conclusion was that it must include obedience!
True saving belief = enduring deep faith, trust, repentance, obedience
● “But if we confess (repent) our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us
our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness (unrighteousness).” (1 John 1:9)
● “My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin.
But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate who pleads our case before
the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the one who is truly righteous.” (1 John 2:1)
Quiz questions -- Romans 6 insists we have choices
Shall I be a slave of sin which leads to eternal death?
Shall I be a slave of obedience which leads to righteousness?
Shall I be a slave of righteousness which leads to holiness?
Quiz answers -- these are available
1 page of verses on: obedience is necessary for salvation.
1 page of verses on: righteousness is necessary for salvation.
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