The Requirement Stated in Scripture, for Receiving Eternal Life

[Guido]

Through the reading of the scriptures it is evident, that in no place therein is there any mention of the action it behooves us to do for reception of everlasting life, except to believe, apart from works, in the promise Christ made to give everlasting life to the one who believes in Him for it. There is not a mention of salvation through Lordship, nor through faith in any other message, nor through faith in any name besides Christ, in the Bible. For the gospel of John, the only book which is written to the unregenerate, clearly signifies what a person must do to receive eternal life, the persuasion of the promise given by Christ, with assurance of eternal life in the believing person, which is the essence of saving faith. Neither obedience, nor repentance, nor confessing that Christ is Lord, nor trusting in His finished redemptive work, nor calling on the name of the Lord, are given as requirements of what a person must do, but believing Christ and His promise. These all are mentioned in scripture, absent the statement that the doing of them procures a person eternal life, but the latter with clarity throughout the Gospel of John.

 

[MrW]

Would you say that if a person has received eternal life through Christ that there would be a change in their lifestyle?

Do you believe repentance has anything to do with salvation at all?

I know a person who makes porn movies for money, but professes salvation. Does that make sense?

What about 1st Corinthians 6:9–11?

 

[Craigbythesea]

Through the reading of the scriptures it is evident, that in no place therein is there any mention of the action it behooves us to do for reception of everlasting life, except to believe, apart from works, in the promise Christ made to give everlasting life to the one who believes in Him for it. There is not a mention of salvation through Lordship, nor through faith in any other message, nor through faith in any name besides Christ, in the Bible. For the gospel of John, the only book which is written to the unregenerate, clearly signifies what a person must do to receive eternal life, the persuasion of the promise given by Christ, with assurance of eternal life in the believing person, which is the essence of saving faith. Neither obedience, nor repentance, nor confessing that Christ is Lord, nor trusting in His finished redemptive work, nor calling on the name of the Lord, are given as requirements of what a person must do, but believing Christ and His promise. These all are mentioned in scripture, absent the statement that the doing of them procures a person eternal life, but the latter with clarity throughout the Gospel of John.

May I suggest that you read the Gospel of John for yourself rather than believing a Sunday school teacher who has apparently never read it? May I also suggest that you read the synoptic gospels where there is not so much as a hint of receiving everlasting life by faith but only by works?

 

[Silverhair]

Through the reading of the scriptures it is evident, that in no place therein is there any mention of the action it behooves us to do for reception of everlasting life, except to believe, apart from works, in the promise Christ made to give everlasting life to the one who believes in Him for it. There is not a mention of salvation through Lordship, nor through faith in any other message, nor through faith in any name besides Christ, in the Bible. For the gospel of John, the only book which is written to the unregenerate, clearly signifies what a person must do to receive eternal life, the persuasion of the promise given by Christ, with assurance of eternal life in the believing person, which is the essence of saving faith. Neither obedience, nor repentance, nor confessing that Christ is Lord, nor trusting in His finished redemptive work, nor calling on the name of the Lord, are given as requirements of what a person must do, but believing Christ and His promise. These all are mentioned in scripture, absent the statement that the doing of them procures a person eternal life, but the latter with clarity throughout the Gospel of John.

@Guido it is clear that you have missed much of what the bible is telling us. You have said that faith in Christ is the only requirement but think through what you are saying.

What do you think we are being told in the rest of the NT. Yes they may be writing to those that are now saved but they are reminding them of what they did. They repented, they called out to the Lord, they confessed their sinfulness. You want to isolate faith from the reality of salvation. All the things that you say are not necessary are part and parcel of salvation.

You cannot pick and choose what you like and discard the rest as then it is not the bible you believe but yourself.