Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth My word, and believeth on Him that sent ME, hath Everlasting Life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto LIFE. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe MY WORDS? How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on HIM whom He hath sent. And Jesus said unto them, I am the Bread of Life: he that cometh to *ME* shall never hunger; and he that believeth on *ME* shall never thirst. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on *ME* hath Everlasting Life. And we believe and are SURE that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God. And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved. Until you have Received Christ Jesus inwardly by Faith in His Precious Blood, your heart is NOT RIGHT in the Sight of God.
The RIGHTEOUSNESS of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. For they being ignorant of God’s RIGHTEOUSNESS, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the RIGHTEOUSNESS of God. For Christ is the end of the law for RIGHTEOUSNESS to every one that believeth. That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised *HIM* from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto RIGHTEOUSNESS; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Dost thou believe on the Son of God?
What is Believing anyway? Believing (Saving Faith) simply consists of Two things:
FIRST: Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. There must be your acknowledgement of the testimony/record of God concerning his Son, The Lord Jesus Christ. God tells you in the Scriptures, that His Son actually put on human flesh, that He came into the world to save sinners, and bear witness unto the Truth. After having spent His entire life in perfect obedience and spotless holiness, JESUS offered up Himself without spot to God the Father on the CROSS as the Atonement for human sin, the JUST for the unjust, that He might bring us to God. Upon the Cross, JESUS bore our sins, He suffered for our sins, He became Sin, He died for our sins as the Lamb of God, and FINISHED the Atonement for the sins of the whole world. JESUS was then buried, and rose again from the dead the third day, according to the Scriptures. Now Whosoever Believeth in JESUS shall not perish but have Everlasting Life. If you would be saved from the wrath to come, you must acknowledge this testimony which God gave to us in the Scriptures concerning His dear Son. Simply BE NOTHING, and RECEIVE CHRIST JESUS into thine heart.
SECOND: Having received the testimony of Jesus Christ, the next thing is to CONFIDE in Christ Himself by RECEIVING HIM by Faith into thine heart, Believe in thine heart that God raised JESUS from the dead; Send out your personal distress call to JESUS, Call upon JESUS' name to be saved, Cry out to God for Mercy, and your Soul will be eternally rescued. Here is the very essence of saving Faith: Come to Christ personally, and rest your Soul entirely upon His Blood Atonement and Perfect Righteousness for all your Eternal Salvation. Repent toward God and have Faith toward the Lord Jesus Christ: Have done, once and for all, with all your reliance upon your thoughts, ways, feelings, and doings. Simply/sincerely Receive Jesus Christ as a Lost Sinner, and trust Only in what He has done/FINISHED to give you His Free Salvation. Simply trusting upon Christ alone is the Saving Faith which delivers your Soul from condemnation, and redeems your Soul from destruction. Faith in His BLOOD reconciles your Soul to God. Trust Christ's Blood Atonement to cleanse you, Trust Christ's Righteousness to cover you, Trust Christ's Power to save you, Trust Christ's Heart to love you forever. Simply BE STILL and Know that JESUS IS GOD, and let the Spirit of Christ implant His Precious Faith/Divine Nature inside your heart via His Divine Power. The same Divine Power from God that raised JESUS from the dead must give your dead Soul Eternal Life. (Ephesians 2:1; John 5:24; Romans 5:11).
Religion is do's and don'ts by man;
ATONEMENT/REDEMPTION is FINISHED & DONE by THE LAMB OF GOD.
Religion is from man;
SALVATION is a FREE GIFT from THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
Religion is temporal;
SALVATION is ETERNAL.
Religion is from beneath;
REGENERATION is from the Spirit of God, from above.
