Hello
I am reminded, from memory of the story in the bible of the man who had leprosy and sort healing from an OT prophet who told him that if he went and dipped himself in the Jordan River, that he would be healed, but refused to follow the prophets instruction as it seemed to simple a thing to do.
The man was required to believe by faith that if he entered the Jordan River that he would be healed. This discussion reminds me of the man with leprosy, in our case sin, that did not believe that the simple act of believing would bring healing to his body simply by stepping into the waters of the River Jordan, and in our case, that we will have our sins covered, if we accept that our sins have been covered by the death of Christ on the Cross.
The man was told by his Israelite servant girl that if he had been told to do something that cause him pain in order to gain his healing that he would have accepted that instruction without question and acted accordingly.
In John 6 Jesus told the crowds that to help to bring in the Kingdom of God, what was required of them was to believe in "Him, Whom He has sent." When the crowd pressed Jesus further, Jesus answered that they had to eat of His Flesh and to drink of His blood, and many rejected this simple step of faith, that if they entered into this act of eating His Flesh and the drinking of His blood, that they would be saved.
This discussion is all about what we believe is required to be saved. Not about what God requires from us to be saved. Faith.
Shalom
