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    "Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that you believe on him whom he has sent." John 6:29

    Here, then, is the main labor of faith, to believe in Jesus Christ so as to obtain pardon, peace, and deliverance. Many a poor soul is laboring hard at this work, yet with a deep and increasing conviction that it is a work which he cannot perform except by the immediate power of God. So powerful an antagonist is unbelief, that, with all his attempts, he feels that he cannot subdue it, nor raise up one grain of that true faith whereby Christ is experimentally brought into the heart. But this very struggle plainly shows that there is life within, a work of God on his soul; for, from the movements of his grace, and the opposition of his carnal mind to them, all this conflict proceeds. When, then, in due time, the blessed Spirit brings Christ near to his eyes and heart, reveals him within, takes of his atoning blood, and sprinkles it on his conscience, brings forth his righteousness and puts it upon him, and sheds abroad the love of God, then he raises up that special faith in the Lord Jesus, whereby the soul hangs, and if I may use the expression, hooks itself upon his Person, as God-man, upon his blood as cleansing from all sin, upon his righteousness as perfectly justifying, upon his grace as super-abounding over all the aboundings of evil, and upon his dying love as a balmy cordial against all the woes and sorrows by which it is distressed. This is believing in the Son of God; believing in Jesus Christ to the salvation of the soul.

    - excerpt from J.C. Philpot's Through Baca's Vale, October 18
     
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    The OP presents unbiblical nonsense.

    False teachers use vague and ambiguous translation choices to pour false doctrinaire into the text. Work of God could mean (1) Word God does, or (2) Word God requires people to do.

    In this passage, people ask what they, the people need to do, and Jesus answers with what they need to do, which is to put their trust and devotion in Christ Jesus, the Lamb of God sent by God the Father.
     
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    The OP presents unbiblical nonsense.

    False teachers use vague and ambiguous translation choices to pour false doctrinaire into the text. Work of God could mean (1) Word God does, or (2) Word God requires people to do.

    In this passage, people ask what they, the people need to do, and Jesus answers with what they need to do, which is to put their trust and devotion in Christ Jesus, the Lamb of God sent by God the Father.

    AMPC
    Jesus replied, This is the work (service) that God asks of you: that you believe in the One Whom He has sent [that you cleave to, trust, rely on, and have faith in His Messenger].

    CEB
    Jesus replied, “This is what God requires, that you believe in him whom God sent.”

    ERV
    Jesus answered, “The work God wants you to do is this: to believe in the one he sent.”

    GNT
    Jesus answered, “What God wants you to do is to believe in the one he sent.”

    NET
    Jesus replied, “This is the deed God requires—to believe in the one whom he sent.”

    NLT
    Jesus told them, “This is the only work God wants from you: Believe in the one he has sent.”​
     
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    The OP presents unbiblical nonsense.

    False teachers use vague and ambiguous translation choices to pour false doctrinaire into the text. Work of God could mean (1) Word God does, or (2) Word God requires people to do.

    In this passage, people ask what they, the people need to do, and Jesus answers with what they need to do, which is to put their trust and devotion in Christ Jesus, the Lamb of God sent by God the Father.

    AMPC
    Jesus replied, This is the work (service) that God asks of you: that you believe in the One Whom He has sent [that you cleave to, trust, rely on, and have faith in His Messenger].

    CEB
    Jesus replied, “This is what God requires, that you believe in him whom God sent.”

    ERV
    Jesus answered, “The work God wants you to do is this: to believe in the one he sent.”

    GNT
    Jesus answered, “What God wants you to do is to believe in the one he sent.”

    NET
    Jesus replied, “This is the deed God requires—to believe in the one whom he sent.”

    NLT
    Jesus told them, “This is the only work God wants from you: Believe in the one he has sent.”



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    ]The OP presents unbiblical nonsense.

    False teachers use vague and ambiguous translation choices to pour false doctrinaire into the text. Work of God could mean (1) Word God does, or (2) Word God requires people to do.

    In this passage, people ask what they, the people need to do, and Jesus answers with what they need to do, which is to put their trust and devotion in Christ Jesus, the Lamb of God sent by God the Father.

    AMPC
    Jesus replied, This is the work (service) that God asks of you: that you believe in the One Whom He has sent [that you cleave to, trust, rely on, and have faith in His Messenger].

    CEB
    Jesus replied, “This is what God requires, that you believe in him whom God sent.”

    ERV
    Jesus answered, “The work God wants you to do is this: to believe in the one he sent.”

    GNT
    Jesus answered, “What God wants you to do is to believe in the one he sent.”

    NET
    Jesus replied, “This is the deed God requires—to believe in the one whom he sent.”

    NLT
    Jesus told them, “This is the only work God wants from you: Believe in the one he has sent.”



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    The OP presents unbiblical nonsense.

    False teachers use vague and ambiguous translation choices to pour false doctrinaire into the text. Work of God could mean (1) Word God does, or (2) Word God requires people to do.

    In this passage, people ask what they, the people need to do, and Jesus answers with what they need to do, which is to put their trust and devotion in Christ Jesus, the Lamb of God sent by God the Father.

    AMPC
    Jesus replied, This is the work (service) that God asks of you: that you believe in the One Whom He has sent [that you cleave to, trust, rely on, and have faith in His Messenger].

    CEB
    Jesus replied, “This is what God requires, that you believe in him whom God sent.”

    ERV
    Jesus answered, “The work God wants you to do is this: to believe in the one he sent.”

    GNT
    Jesus answered, “What God wants you to do is to believe in the one he sent.”

    NET
    Jesus replied, “This is the deed God requires—to believe in the one whom he sent.”

    NLT
    Jesus told them, “This is the only work God wants from you: Believe in the one he has sent.”



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    God sacrificially loved fallen humanity in this way, He gave His uniquely divine Son so that anyone believing into Him will not perish but have everlasting life.
     
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    ]The OP presents unbiblical nonsense.

    False teachers use vague and ambiguous translation choices to pour false doctrinaire into the text. Work of God could mean (1) Word God does, or (2) Word God requires people to do.

    In this passage, people ask what they, the people need to do, and Jesus answers with what they need to do, which is to put their trust and devotion in Christ Jesus, the Lamb of God sent by God the Father.

    AMPC
    Jesus replied, This is the work (service) that God asks of you: that you believe in the One Whom He has sent [that you cleave to, trust, rely on, and have faith in His Messenger].

    CEB
    Jesus replied, “This is what God requires, that you believe in him whom God sent.”

    ERV
    Jesus answered, “The work God wants you to do is this: to believe in the one he sent.”

    GNT
    Jesus answered, “What God wants you to do is to believe in the one he sent.”

    NET
    Jesus replied, “This is the deed God requires—to believe in the one whom he sent.”

    NLT
    Jesus told them, “This is the only work God wants from you: Believe in the one he has sent.”



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    The OP presents unbiblical nonsense.
     
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    God sacrificially loved fallen humanity in this way, He gave His uniquely divine Son so that anyone believing into Him will not perish but have everlasting life.

    Fallen humanity is required by God to believe into Him. John 3:16 does not say
    "God sacrificially loved fallen humanity in this way, He gave His uniquely divine Son so that He could compel belief in Him, so that those compelled will not perish but have everlasting life.
     
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    John 20:31
    but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that by believing you may have life in His name.

    Note this verse makes no sense if understood as "so that you may be compelled to believe, and that by being compelled to belief, you may have life in His name!!!
     
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    John 12:11
    because on account of him many of the Jews were going away and were believing in Jesus.

    John 12:37
    But though He had performed so many signs in their sight, they still were not believing in Him.
     
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    Acts of the Apostles 11:17
    “Therefore, if God gave them the same gift as He also gave to us after believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God's way?”
     
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