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To: boatbums
what may I ask would be your response if I asked you to explain John 3:16

What is there to explain? "God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son; that whosoever believeth in him, may not perish, but may have life everlasting". We all agree on that; the problem with Protestantism is that they don't believe in 60% of what He said, as they don't believe James 2:24, or John 6:54, given to you as examples in the post you are responding to. That God loves you is a given; do you love Him back?

If you love me, keep my commandments (John 14:15).

5,130 posted on 12/10/2010 5:49:56 PM PST by annalex (http://www.catecheticsonline.com/CatenaAurea.php)
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To: annalex
What is there to explain? "God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son; that whosoever believeth in him, may not perish, but may have life everlasting". We all agree on that

I would like to remind you of the post that this response addressed. In It you said: "But if I ask you to explain, for example, James 2:24, or John 6:54, you will do exactly what I say you do: "by explaining that it does not really say what it does".

So when I asked you to explain John 3:16 you gave your answer of what you think it means yet I know that that is not what your religion really DOES teach. If it did, we would not be having these disagreements about faith alone vs. faith and works for salvation. Do you really believe, as John 3:16 says, that we HAVE eternal life by believing in Jesus Christ? Because I think some additional explaining will have to be done and it will end up being "it doesn't really say what it does". Right?

5,148 posted on 12/11/2010 12:26:42 AM PST by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to him.)
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