Because I believe that what the Lord Jesus said here means exactly what He said:
"Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life" (Jn.5:24).
That is an "unconditional" statement and His meaning could not be more clear.The Jews who lived under the law were saved when they "believed." What He said is either true or it is false. I think that it is true.
Bur you add "conditions" to what He said in His "unconditional" statement in an effort to pervert what He said. You say that we must look at what he said later in the same discourse because that proves that what He said at John 5:24 cannot possibly be true:
"Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation" (Jn.5:28-29).
You use His own words in an effort to pervert what He said at John 5:24. The Lord Jesus said that those who have "done good" will go to the resurrection of life. He doesn't say that those who have " done good works" will go the resuurection of life as you imagine.
You understanding of what the Lord Jesus said in this discourse is so limited that you fail to understand that He told us in this verse exactly what one must do in order to do good:
"Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life" (Jn.5:24).
Do you deny that "believing" is doing good?
Do you think that having eternal life has nothing to do with the resurrection of life? You must not because you are unable to understand that "believing" results in eternal life and the resurrection of life is for those who have received eternal life.
Instead of being capable of understanding these simple things you turn all your efforts in trying to prove that what the Lord Jesus said at John 5:24 is in error.