beloved57
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Jn 3:18
He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Most people think that verse is teaching or saying that if one doesn't believe on the name of Christ that it results in them being condemned for it, condemned for unbelief. However thats not true, what it does say and mean is that unbelief/not believing on the name of Christ is the consequence of being already condemned. That is they are condemned by Gods Law for their sins since Christ wasn't their surety, and that being the case, they're never given the gift of Faith via the new birth, which Faith receives the Gospel testimony that Christ died for them, and took their condemnation upon Himself as their surety ! So unbelief is a symptom of being condemned by God for your sins. Believing on the name of Christ is a evidence that one wasn't condemned by God, because of Christ ! Rom 8:33-34
33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.
34Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Most people think that verse is teaching or saying that if one doesn't believe on the name of Christ that it results in them being condemned for it, condemned for unbelief. However thats not true, what it does say and mean is that unbelief/not believing on the name of Christ is the consequence of being already condemned. That is they are condemned by Gods Law for their sins since Christ wasn't their surety, and that being the case, they're never given the gift of Faith via the new birth, which Faith receives the Gospel testimony that Christ died for them, and took their condemnation upon Himself as their surety ! So unbelief is a symptom of being condemned by God for your sins. Believing on the name of Christ is a evidence that one wasn't condemned by God, because of Christ ! Rom 8:33-34
33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.
34Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.