Today,
reply is on believing as a sacred operation made in response to
divine revelation, rather than an emotional, intellectual, or mental
event responding to life experiences and worldly occurrences.
Consciousness within created beings and living creatures must
acknowledge and respond to active presence that appears as the
inseparable aspects of divine fullness (we say, the makeup of GOD).
While sinners will begin with ideas and understandings that are
simple and easily understood, eventually they are to take on the
duties and practices of mature Christian adults that are profound
expressions of divine law, eternal purpose, and the sovereign will of
the Creator. The writer at the public forum, “Yahoo! Answers”
Religion and Spirituality who uses the ID “veggiegirl777” (Level
4 with 3,344 points, a member since March 26, 2009) posted the
following:
Why
does Christianity say we have to believe Jesus died for our sins in
order to be saved?
In
the Bible, I have read many parts of it, it only quotes Jesus as
saying you have to believe in him.
THE
GOLDEN ARROW: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but
have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to
condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He
that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is
condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the
only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light
is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light,
because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth
the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be
reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his
deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. (John 3:
16-21, King James Version, KJV)
THE
DOUBLE DAGGER: Offering Yourself To Christ? (12/27/2018);
Discovering The Holy Spirit (12/23/2018); The Water, The Fire
(10/10/2017); Become Like Jesus Christ? (10/27/2016); Belief, Content
And Works? (02/12/2016); By More Than Believing (12/04/2015); Foolish
For Not Believing? (03/22/2013); Science and the Laws of Nature?
(03/23/2013)
“veggiegirl777”,
speaking as mature Christian believers, born-again followers of Jesus
should share the understanding that “belief” in Christ as Lord
and Savior is more than a choice or decision grounded in logic,
carnal reason, and critical thinking. Christians are to accept and
undergo permanent change. The belief spoken of within the holy
writings and the shared doctrine for the church speak to the need for
divine process that is generated and completed through exchanges and
interactions of inseparable aspects of divine fullness. Included are
faith, forbearance, holiness, longsuffering, lovingkindness, oneness without sameness,
personhood, righteousness, wisdom, and wrath against sin. Sinners
who turn to GOD will experience repentance as an operation of the
imparted, indwelling Spirit, who also is a member of the Godhead (we
say, divinity; the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit). Most
developing believers begin their journey returning to the Creator
being grounded in secular knowledge, worldly practices,
and transgressions of divine law (we say, sins). New believers must
acquire sacred knowledge, skill performing sacred practices
(i.e., sacraments such as baptism, marriage, praise, prayer), and
maturity (e.g., accountability, balance, consistency, sobriety,
stability). Once sinners are transformed through baptism to exist as
vessels of divine life essence (we say, breath; spirit;
word), they are to continue using daily routines and lifestyles that
display the influence of active presence and their new
relationship as the offspring of GOD, joint heirs with Jesus Christ,
and the new creation. Consider again the following
that uses language from the Bible:
Colossians
3: 1-17, King James Version (KJV): 1 If ye then be risen with
Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on
the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on
things on the earth. 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with
Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear,
then shall ye also appear with him in glory. 5 Mortify therefore
your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness,
inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is
idolatry: 6 For which things’
sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience: 7 In
the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them. 8 But now
ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy
communication out of your mouth. 9 Lie not one to another, seeing
that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; 10 And have put on
the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of
him that created him: 11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew,
circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor
free: but Christ is all, and in all. 12 Put on therefore, as the
elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness,
humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; 13 Forbearing one
another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against
any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. 14 And above
all these things put on charity, which is the bond of
perfectness. 15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the
which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. 16 Let the
word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and
admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 17 And whatsoever ye
do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus,
giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Even
so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according
to your faith.
Washington,
DC
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