You ever hear This? .....”Who is he that OVERCOMES ( Endures until the End) , but He that Believes that Jesus is the Son Of God?”
Ain’t no doubt about it—- we must “ endure” , we must “ overcome”.....
(Endure definition is -
to continue in the same state)
Somewhat disagree with your way of expression.
Yes, agree. He who OVERCOMES, endures to the end.
The Overcoming and Enduring, IS effected BY and Through Gods Works. Not something a man has accomplished or must KEEP doing.
It's a DONE deal, already Accomplished and Kept, by Gods Power.
For example:
Matt 10:
[
22] And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but
he that endureth to the end
shall be saved.
* A man WHO has been MADE Converted, IS ALREADY SAVED. "IS" ALREADY a "NEW CREATURE".
He is not, by his own power, "enduring" to the end, still "hoping he SHALL be Saved.
* Considering, the NT was FIRST and Primarily a teaching TO the Jews and Lost Tribes. Seeking out the Tribes who had been taught for centuries ABOUT GOD, those who KEPT their belief IN GOD, KEPT their Mosaic Laws, and those who wandered off into Gentiles ways and gods.
* Considering, While Jesus', the Christ Messiah of God, arrived ON Earth, FULFILLED the LAW...the LAW was not Destroyed.
* Considering, Jews, Tribesmen... HAD an OPTION.
** ACCEPT Jesus, as their Christ Messiah...
(And BECOME SAVED NOW, while alive in their flesh)
OR;
** CONTINUE under their Law, hope "by their own power", they could ENDURE, keep their Faith, UNTIL their end (physical DEATH), and BECOME SAVED at their Physical Death (as it had always been the historical course for all Tribesmen UNDER the Law).
** Gentiles were never Under the Law of Moses. OT and NT (once written), gives Gentiles a plethora of Gods Knowledge, and mans historical Experiences and Outcomes, at the expense of historical men, that WE can learn and observe from their experiences and outcomes, and USE that historical knowledge to OUR advantage, FOR the most Beneficial exercising our Freewill of Choices, and expectation of outcomes.
** A man having chosen to be MADE Whole, by the Power of God...
IS Already MADE WHOLE, MADE soul SAVED, MADE spiritually QUICKENED, HAS OVERCOME, IS IN Peace and Comfort.
** His enduring to the END (of his physical life),
IS already accomplished, BY the Indwelling Power of God.
(Meaning there is NO EFFORT on the part of that man TO endure to the end, in hopes of becoming MADE saved.)
It's already accomplished IN a man, IN Christ.
Glory to God,
Taken