eg said:
wow so Jesus did not give nicodemus the complete story and left us hanging. Poor man.
Thank God we have people like paul that confirms what Jesus said to nicodemus and do not have to worry about false teachers trying to add works to the gospel of faith.
In Fact Jesus did. He told the sameritan woman. All we had to do was ask in faiht and he would give us livers of living water which continue to flow to eternal life.
He told the crowd in John 6, all we have to do is have faith in him, and we will never hunger, or thirst. never die. Live forever, Have eternal life. and be assured that we WILL be raised by him, and not delivered to him.
so he told all these people what they had to do and in doing so would never die, but have eternal life. and we should listen to you by saying he did not tell them all the "whole" story..
How convenient of a justification process you've stated, eg.
But, no thanks, thank God that His way of getting to Heaven is not based on something so simple as mere belief in the cross but , as Paul mentioned, 'I've run the race.'
Sure, grace all over yourself and spill that on people all day long like you have been doing for who knows how long--falsely--on c.c., as for me I will ENDure, through hope and prayer in His leading (my following), for my crown of life, and, it is all in Christ, the cross, the resurrection, and, the Spirit leading me altogether, and, a fear of the Lord, too, that I will follow.
I will take the Truth over you , don't you think that's a much wiser thing to do
Maybe best to get on your horse, sts, and, read Romans front to back then 1 Cor. so you can begin to get a a hearty taste of the meat that you ARE missing with your simple milk gospel that is NOT what Paul was sent by God to do.
Believing in the name of Jesus AND believing in the Spirit of God (Holy Spirit) equals 'justification' as you falsely throw it around differently than that, read 1 Cor. 6, if you have any doubts to the Truth just said, SURPRISE, right before your very eyes .