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Is believing in Jesus enough for salvation according to John 3:16?


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Is believing in Jesus enough for salvation according to John 3:16?

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Yes, we need to believe in Jesus Christ for salvation. We then need to live the life of the born again Christian. 

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5 hours ago, LeeGreenForest said:

Is believing in Jesus enough for salvation according to John 3:16?

YES .

If we believe from the heart and confess HIM with the mouth ,  WE ARE SAVED .

PEROID .

But many who profess Him ,  are mouth only and not heart and their fruits do expose them .

NO man Who is HIS , will omit His sayings and walk in darkness .    

The apostels of Christ and CHRIST HIMSELF do a wonderful job of fully explaining it all .  LEARN IT WELL .   OH and leap up and praise the LORD .

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5 hours ago, LeeGreenForest said:

Is believing in Jesus enough for salvation according to John 3:16?

Yes, Lee. And great additional responses @missmuffet,  @pinacled, and @Willa. Jesus also said this:

John 14:15  If ye love me, keep my commandments. KJV

John 15:14  Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. KJV 

 

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26 minutes ago, Willa said:

Believe means to trust in and rely upon.  It is putting your whole self in His hands.  Believing that He is the Christ/Messiah is believing that He is God in human flesh as was prophesied.  Asking Him to be your Lord and Master is asking to serve Him and be his slave.  All of this is meant when we ask Him to be our Lord and Savior.

YEP .     Let all read this again .  Willa has summed it up well .

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10 hours ago, LeeGreenForest said:

Is believing in Jesus enough for salvation according to John 3:16?

What do you mean by believing in Jesus?

Jesus said if you love him then you will obey his commands.

Well what is your relationship with Jesus? Is he your Lord and Saviour or id he a mystical teacher that one picks and chooses what to listen to?

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17 hours ago, LeeGreenForest said:

Is believing in Jesus enough for salvation according to John 3:16?

YES, if by "belief", you mean, "trust Jesus, not yourself, for salvation".

 

No one disagrees with the gospel’s logic of perfection vs. imperfection:

1)      Ask someone, “Are you, like me, morally imperfect, and you disobey your inner voice?”

2)      After their “Sure!” say “If there’s a Heaven or utopia [long pause] we can’t go! If I hurt your feelings in Heaven or vice versa, it’s not Heaven. How can imperfect people get to Heaven?” People usually respond, “Do you have a solution?”

3)      Say “The solution is a person. The Bible explains that Jesus Christ, being God, innocent and perfect, switched places with us on the cross. He died a horrible death by torture to take our sin, guilt and shame, our imperfection. He then rose from the dead, and as the Bible says, “God loved the world in this way--He gave His Son [I hold one hand up], so whoever trusts Him [I raise my other hand] shall not perish but has eternal life [I fold the fingers of my hands together].” (Trust is clearer than “believe” for John 3:16.) Put another way, “God made Jesus, who was perfect, to be imperfect [I cross my arms over each other] for us, that we who are imperfect might become as perfect as God.”” (2 Corinthians 5:2)

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17 hours ago, Willa said:

Believe means to trust in and rely upon.  It is putting your whole self in His hands.  Believing that He is the Christ/Messiah is believing that He is God in human flesh as was prophesied.  Asking Him to be your Lord and Master is asking to serve Him and be his slave.  All of this is meant when we ask Him to be our Lord and Savior.

The demons believe, and shudder in terror.   They do not trust in nor rely upon God nor can they ever be saved.

James 2:19 - Bible Gateway

https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/James 2:19

BibleGateway. You believe that God is one; you do well [to believe that]. The demons also believe [that], and shudder and bristle [in awe-filled terror—they have seen His wrath]!

James 2:19 You believe that God is one. Good for you! Even ...

https://biblehub.com/james/2-19.htm

You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder. Thou believest that God is one; thou doest well; the demons also believe and tremble. You believe that there is one God; you do well: the demons also believe, and tremble. You believe that there is one God; you do well: the devils also believe, and tremble.

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23 hours ago, LeeGreenForest said:

Is believing in Jesus enough for salvation according to John 3:16?

No,  not in English.  (where "believing" often ONLY MEANS mentally agreeing,  but no repentance, no trust, no obedience).

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