"He That Believeth On The Son Hath Everlasting Life"
John 3:36
Salvation
and eternal life is promised to faith in Christ, nothing else. In fact, any
sinner who trusts Christ already "hath everlasting life." If he did
not already have life he could not believe. Faith in Christ is not the cause of
spiritual life, but the fruit and evidence of it. It is the fruit of God the
Holy Spirit, produced in the heart by regenerating grace (Gal.
If you believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
you have everlasting life. Faith is the commandment of God. Faith is the matter
of first concern. You must believe. You must trust Christ. If you do,
everything else will fall into place. But as long as you set up any condition
that must be met by you before you can believe and be saved, you are attempting
to save yourself. And God will not allow that. He will not allow you to mix
your works with his grace.
THE CONVICTION OF SIN does not produce
faith. Holy Spirit conviction is the fruit of faith (Zech.
If you would be saved, you must quit
trying to work up conviction, repentance, knowledge, or love enough to make you
qualified to believe and simply trust Christ as a sinner with nothing to offer
God.
Don Fortner