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Christ the risen Saviour, not potential Saviour !

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Silverhair

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Yeah, he would be saved if he believed on the Lord Jesus Christ. But what did he believe about the Lord Jesus Christ, that he didnt save anyone ?

What did he believe, the gospel.

What was the jailers question BF? "what must I do to be saved?"
What was Paul's answer BF? "Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved"
You are either unable to comprehend the text or you are willfully blind to it.
 

Brightfame52

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Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved"
If he would believe it means God God caused him to by His Spirit, and it meant he had been ordained to eternal life, chosen Acts 13:48

48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed

This message made the Gentiles glad, and they praised what they had heard about the Lord. Everyone who had been chosen for eternal life then put their faith in the Lord. CEV
 

Silverhair

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Im looking for that verse which says Jesus death didn't save anyone. I have been reading scripture for 50yrs plus and haven't come across it, have you ?

So since the scriptures do not say man can fly by flapping his arms then we should all be able to fly, correct.

What do you think this verse means BF
1Co 15:17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.
 

Silverhair

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If he would believe it means God God caused him to by His Spirit, and it meant he had been ordained to eternal life, chosen Acts 13:48

48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed

This message made the Gentiles glad, and they praised what they had heard about the Lord. Everyone who had been chosen for eternal life then put their faith in the Lord. CEV

For someone that claims to have studied the bible for 50 yrs, you do seem to have problems understanding context.

Act 13:46 Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
Act 13:47 For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
Act 13:48 When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.

The gentiles had heard Paul's gospel message, those that accepted it and trusted in the one spoken of took that direction for eternal life, and believed. Act_13:26-52 is showing the contrast between the resistant Jews and the willing Gentiles and should be read in a way that places the responsibility for believing on the people, that the people positioned themselves either for eternal life by accepting the truth or for eternal death by rejecting it.
 

Silverhair

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If the jailor believes, it was the work of God in him Jn 6:29

29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

BF you are just getting desperate now and you shows when you do not even bother to look at context.
Joh 6:28 Then they inquired, “What must we do to perform the works of God?”
Joh 6:29 Jesus replied, “The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.”

The Jews asked what they must do. You are reading your calvinism into the text again.
 

Brightfame52

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BF you are just getting desperate now and you shows when you do not even bother to look at context.
Joh 6:28 Then they inquired, “What must we do to perform the works of God?”
Joh 6:29 Jesus replied, “The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.”
Believing is a work of God the Spirit in us causing us to believe in Jesus
 
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