Jn 5:24
“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life."
“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life."
Hearing His word includes "repent, for the kingdom of God is near." It is not enough to just "believe in Him" from this verse to have eternal life and to escape judgement; hearing all Jesus said gives the full picture as Paul brings out in the Epistles many times.
1. Repentance implies confessing sin.
2. Confessing means agreeing with God that all are sinners and fall short (effort not enough).
3. Hearing the gospel, His word, brings faith as God gives ( Jn.6:44 ).
4. Believing in Jesus as the Christ and all He did in our place to die that we by faith might live is then the turning point to salvation, with the previous not undone.
5. Life that does not end and forgiveness from just punishment for sin are the results, ones which nobody can take away - not even us.
24 ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ὁ τὸν λόγον μου ἀκούων καὶ πιστεύων τῷ πέμψαντί με ἔχει ζωὴν αἰώνιον, καὶ εἰς κρίσιν οὐκ ἔρχεται, ἀλλὰ μεταβέβηκεν ἐκ τοῦ θανάτου εἰς τὴν ζωήν.
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