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Verse 13: Fear God, keep his commandments ( Exodus 20) for they will never be altered ( Psalms 89:34), have faith in Jesus Christ of Nazareth ( John 3:18)

Keep the commandments of God and Faith of Jesus ( Rev 14:13), for the time is at hand ( Rev 1:3).

WOW, Thank You LORD for Joel and Your Precious WORD and the WARNING to BEWARE!! The TIME is Drawing NEAR... Please STOP and LOOK UP to HEAVEN Above and CALL Upon HIS HOLY NAME "JESUS" and REPENT and Place Your TRUST in JESUS... WHO is THE WAY, THE TRUTH and THE LIFE ( John 14:6 KJV) - GOD BLESS The World ( John 3:16 KJV) - Hope to See Ya in HEAVEN!!

We wont enter the Kingdom of God unless we are born in water and spirit.This verse is more challenging .Accept Him as our personal Lord and Savior and be baptize.
John 3.5

34. For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.

Gene; 1 John 3:12 "Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous." Read again what is here written; "..Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD." Bringing an offering implies coming to give account of one's self; and that account must be centered in Christ's sacrifice.

When Isaiah saw the kingdom coming n 9 v 6 he says unto US a CHILD is born unto US a SON is given,That women in Rev 12 is US th world where that good seed will be sown. Jesus said the FIELD wd be the WORLD where that good seed/WORD wil be PLANTED ,Thats y the prophets saw the WORLD THAT WOMAN (US) IN TRAVAIL AND BIRTH PAINS,Thats y he always refers to himself as the SON OF MAN,OUR FRUIT UNTO GOD.

Eutychus; In support of HD, your ideas about what Born of water means miss the spiritual point of the entire narrative in John 3. The water refers to the "washing of water by the Word." Which is what is meant by being "born from above," cleansed and BORN ANEW. Using natural human thinking is not the way to understand spiritual things; nor does God's word need man's science to prove it.

Eutychus your interpretation of water baptism is extremely unlikely. Within the CONTEXT of John 3, It would be very strange way to describe the natural birth, especially since this usage does not appear elsewhere in Scripture or in ordinary speech. Jesus specifically informed Nicodemus that the new birth was a birth of water and Spirit, not a natural birth or amniotic birth. John 3:3,5

"The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit." Reality tv shows are either 'scripted' or 'unscripted'; Unscripted is 'more real' than scripted. In our spiritual lives, we are either 'scripted' (pre-planned, programmed,) or UNSCRIPTED, "led of the Spirit". John 3:8.

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Man must first be born of water (the amniotic fluid in the womb..for that which is born of the flesh, is flesh), then, of the Spirit..without these two events in life, there is no saving.

"Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" The eternal question, deserving the best answer. Today, we would quote John 3:16. But Jesus takes another position, seen in all three synopotic gospels. He said, "sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me." List it under, "Ways to be saved", and think about it carefully.

I believe that god gave his son to save us from sin and he died on that rugged cross to save us from hell! That's how much he loved us to die for us so why do we not live for him? I love him with all my heart soul body mind and spirit! He's my best friend that never left me when my earthly friends did. He's my everything!

i know the scriptures by heart about god of saying the memory verse of John 3:16 for god so love the world that he gave the sins but not perish

A disciple, everyone is guilty of Christ’s death for,He specifically came to atone for our sins. This idea of placing blame on a particular group is nonsense. It was the Father’s will that He come to shed His blood,for and take our sins upon Himself.....For God so loved the world.....see John 3:16.

John 3:16 For God so loved the world,that WHOSOEVER believes should not PERISH but has everlasting LIFE! There is indeed an ACT of RECEIVING, BELIEVING, TRUSTING, his word. In the beginning was the WORD. GOD created LIFE with HIS WORD.

"For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things." 1 John 3:20 The Lord wants us to walk in love, with a good conscience and a pure heart and faith without hypocrisy. Sin and temptation to sin especially, is deceitful. In the innermost parts of our soul we are confronted with a dreadful crisis every time we are tempted to sin. Do what's right according to God's holy and wise commandment or, pretend like we don't hear, harden the heart, burn the conscience, and dare to do what your flesh is screaming for. You can turn a deaf ear and give Jesus the back and deceive yourself but you will never deceive God! The wicked shall fall by his own wickedness but the integrity of the upright shall preserve him. This whole chapter is about DOING and WALKING, and not just empty talking about being a Christian! When we are of the Truth we will hear Jesus' Voice and that means, as in, being watchful and attentive to obey His Voice and DO whatever He says! If anyone thinks that faith and talk alone without any obligation to DO is enough for us actually BEING saved he better look again!

Stand a man; you wrote: "What sins each of us may or may not be guilty of is irrelevant..." That is completely contrary to all that God teaches and commands us, to REPENT of sins and forsake idols! Jesus has broken the chains that held us under bondage to sin, and gives us the light of life and His Spirit to grow in grace and knowledge of Him. Sin is MOST RELEVANT for it will deceive and destroy!

Dis. All johns disciples had to be rebaptised with the H.G. IN ACTS 17 JESUS DISCIPLES HAD TO SHOW JOHNS DISCIPLES A MORE PERFECT WAY, John himself asked jesus saying I have NEED to be BAPTISED of YOU .John said behold the lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world. not h20.All of the disciples had been water baptised but jesus tells them if i wash thee not you will have no part with me.

Stand a man; if as you say, everyone who doesn't believe in Jesus is evil; what does that make the one who tells the unbeliever or unclean, "Stand by yourself, away from me; for I am holier than thou!" The difference between the one who comes to the light, and those who don't; is that our deeds may be manifest; that we give an honest accounting to God, like Abel; and show God our trust in Christ!

Alex; There is no competition between Baptism and the Cross! Neither Jesus nor any of the Apostles ever told anyone that had been Baptized by John, that they were in danger of forfeiting the benefits of His Redemptive Sufferings! If we are not Baptized into Christ, and into the Father, and into the Spirit; then we are none of His; and in no wise in a condition to be Baptized with fire and Spirit!

Stand a man; I understand very much your enthusiasm; but you will find as you go on with the Lord, that there are some serious and important inconsistencies in your thinking just now. Jesus said to the disciple; those who forsook all and were following Him, and loved Him; If you then BEING EVIL know how to give good things to your children..." If we say we have no sin we deceive ourselves. HONESTY

"That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life." What do we have to do then to "Believe" in Jesus? For many of us when we first get saved, we don't know a thing except that we have to repent of our sins and change our life by following Jesus with all our heart. What if someone's on their death-bed after a lifetime spent running behind other saviours and following other gospels "instead of" Christ and they cry out in torments and horrible fear of death and imminently God's eternal judgment and they cry to Jesus to save them? It's an awful risk to take, to wait till the very end and then in utter desperation hope that there's a God and a Jesus to help! The Lord said that He wouldn't turn anyone away who comes to Him with a good and honest heart and sincere repentance. So we hope for the best but take the precious Promise also as it is a most solemn warning for those who do not take a course in life, but think they can push it to the last minute. God have mercy on us all!

Verse 29: To do righteousness means to believe in Jesus. The Lords commandments are to believe in Him and to Love one another. Once a person does this he is righteous because Jesus cleanses him from all his unrighteousness. "let no man deceive you. he that doeth righteousness (Believes in Jesus) is righteous, even as He is righteous." ( IJohn 3:7)

People who reject Jesus are evil. People who accept Jesus are righteous. What sins each of us may or may not be guilty of is irrelevant. Evil people don't repent of their sins cause they are the real self-righteous hypocrites who don't want to admit they are evil. A righteous person admits he is evil and, therefore, repents and asks Jesus to forgive him and give him everlasting life.

Paul spoke of some that were perishing that was preaching the cross was foolishness, Thats the Water Baptism ppl. They are in essence saying the cross was just foolishness no need for the cross or the blood, Water baptism now saves you If you believe this you are gonna perish,Without the shedding of blood ( the cross ) there is no remission of sins, baptism of the H.G. is not necessary THEY SAY GB

Jesus tells his own disciples that had walked with him for 3.5 yrs and had been water baptised IF i wash thee not you will have NO PART with me which proves that jesus had another baptism in mind Which was baptism of the H.G. RESULTING FROM HIS MOUTH, HIS WORDS ETC,HE BREATHED ON THEM AND THEY RECEIVED THE H.G.At PENTACOST THE H.G. fell on them that heard THE WORD Which was baptism of the H.G. GB

He who believe in Jesus shall not be perish but have EVERLASTING LIFE. I believe you Abba Father that you sent Jesus to us and by his Blood we are pardoned and our sins are forgiven by your grace we are saved teach me Jesus to be born again in Spirit and not in the flesh my Jehova Jireh Shalom amen

Praise the Lord ! Jesus is my savior ! Please save my wife and family too Lord...Amen

Re: Kevin - If you TRULY Believed in Jesus you would "Want" To Obey Him. Jesus Is Not a liar. Jesus says in Mark16:16 He that "Believeth Is Baptized" Shall Be Saved. All who don't believe what Jesus says All who think He is a liar : May have Heard Of Jesus But they Don't Really "Know" Jesus. All who Dont "Know" Jesus: "Will" Hear Jesus say, I Never Knew You. Matt.7:21-23

Ricky, and Disciple, you have understanding. There is one thing required for salvation, as stated in John 3:16. We should dismiss any idea that our actions have any part in our salvation, nothing we do is good enough that it should add to what Jesus did. We cannot "help" Christ to save us, we are capable of believing, and the Word builds up our believing (faith)...Jesus is The Living Word of God.