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Jesus is the way,
the truth, and the life
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PROBABILITY CALCULATIONS
Discussing with
people,
they often have strong objections against the Christian faith. Mainly such
things as the theory of evolution, the faults of the church and evilness in the
world are points that they take out as trying to tell them about the Gospel of
Jesus and the heavenly kingdom of God. They usually reject all speech of eternal
life with the previous kinds of thoughts, which seem to be reasonable. Likewise,
these people may regard as senseless everything connected with the Christian
faith and spiritual life. It is foolish of them, as Paul wrote in his letter to
the Corinthians when speaking about ”the man without the Spirit”:
- (1 Cor 2:14) The
man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of
God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because
they are spiritually discerned.
We should still familiarize us
with the spiritual. If God and the eternal life are true, is it not important
that we choose right? Jesus said in his time, “If anyone chooses to do God’s
will, he will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on
my own” (John 7:17), and that is why we too can surely reach certainty if we
only sincerely seek for the truth. We have to be like the Jews of Berea, who
wanted to see if what Paul said was true. How many of us are ready to inquire
into matters:
- (Acts
17:10-12) As soon as it was night, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to
Berea. On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue.
11. Now the
Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received
the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to
see if what Paul said was true.
12. Many of the
Jews believed, as did also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek men.
In any case, we are now going
to study these issues that are in some way connected with the heavenly life
(the subjects are 1. creation, 2. the meaning of our actions, judgment, and
damnation, 3. eternal life and 4. Jesus – His character and significance in
salvation). The purpose is that everyone could stop to think how true and
probable these things are. Their probability can be for example 0% (untrue),
100% (true) or something between 1–99%. Based on these, everyone can draw their
own conclusions.
Probability
How probable and accurate are the following?
1.
CREATION
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Probability
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God has created
everything
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Mark 13:9 because
those will be days of distress unequalled from the beginning, when God
created the world, until now-and never to be equalled again.
- (Isa 66:1,2) This is what the LORD says: “Heaven
is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Where is the house you will
build for me? Where will my resting place be?
2. Has not my hand made all these things, and
so they came into being?” declares the LORD. “This is the one I
esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles at my word.
Rev 4:11 “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to
receive glory and honour and power, for you created all things,
and by your will they were created and have their being.”
Rev 10:5,6 Then the angel I had seen standing on the
sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven.
6.
And he swore by him who lives for ever and ever, who created the
heavens and all that is in them, the earth and all that is in it, and the sea
and all that is in it, and said, “There will be no more delay!
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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God will create
a new Heaven and a new Earth
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Isa 65:17 “Behold,
I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not
be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
2 Peter 3:13
But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven
and a new earth, the home of righteousness.
Rev
21:1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first
heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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2.
SIGNIFICANCE of OUR actIONS, JUDGMENT
and damnation
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The hypocrites
have received their reward in full already in this world
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Matt 6:1,2 “Be careful not to do your ‘acts of
righteousness’ before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no
reward from your Father in heaven.
2.
“So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the
hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honoured by men. I
tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full.
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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Who exalts
himself will be humbled
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Luke 18:13,14 “But the tax collector stood at
a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and
said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’
14.
“I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified
before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who
humbles himself will be exalted.”
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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It is important
to forgive
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Matt 6:14,15 For if you forgive men when they sin
against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
15.
But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive
your sins.
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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Words matter
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Matt 12:36
But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every
careless word they have spoken.
37.
For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be
condemned.”
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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Actions which
affect other people matter
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Luke 17:1,2
Jesus said to his disciples: “Things that cause people to sin are bound
to come, but woe to that person through whom they come.
2. It would
be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied round his
neck than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.
Jam
3:1 Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you
know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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We are given
according to what we have done
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Rom 2:6,11
God “will give to each person according to what he has done”.
11. For God
does not show favouritism.
Col 3:25
Anyone who does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there is no
favouritism.
2 Cor 5:10
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each
one may receive what is due to him for the things done while in the body,
whether good or bad.
Rev
20:12,13 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and
books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The
dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books.
13.
The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the
dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what he
had done.
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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Our soul is
valuable
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Matt
16:26 What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet
forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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The road that
leads to destruction is broad
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Matt 7:13,“Enter through the narrow gate. For
wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and
many enter through it.
14.
But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few
find it.
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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Hell exists
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Matt
8:11,12 I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will
take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom
of heaven.
12. But the
subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where
there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Matt 13:42
They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and
gnashing of teeth.
Mark 16:16
Whoever believes and is baptised will be saved, but whoever does not believe
will be condemned.
2 Cor 4:3
And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.
Rev
20:12-15 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and
books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The
dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books.
13. The sea
gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that
were in them, and each person was judged according to what he had done.
14. Then
death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the
second death.
15.
If anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was
thrown into the lake of fire.
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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Damnation is
eternal and has originally been prepared for the Devil and his angels
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Matt 25:41,46
“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed,
into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
46. “Then
they will go away to eternal punishment, but the
righteous to eternal life.”
2 Thess 1:9
They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out
from the presence of the Lord and from the majesty of his power
Rev
20:10 And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into
the lake of burning sulphur, where the beast and the false prophet had
been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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God loves
people and does not want anyone to go to Hell
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1 Tim 2:3,4 This is good, and pleases God our
Saviour,
4.
who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.
John
3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only
Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal
life.
Luke 15:3-7 Then Jesus told them this parable:
4.
“Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not
leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep
until he finds it?
5.
And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders
6.
and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbours together and says,
‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’
7. I tell you that in the same way there will
be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over
ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.
Eze
18:23,32 Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the
Sovereign LORD. Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and
live?
32.
For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign LORD.
Repent and live!
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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3.
ETERNAL LIFE
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It is worth
while to store up treasures in Heaven
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Matt 6:19-21 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures
on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
20. But store up for yourselves treasures in
heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not
break in and steal.
21.
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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Who loses his
life for Jesus will find it
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Matt 16:25
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his
life for me will find it.
Luke 17:32,33
Remember Lot’s wife!
33.
Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will
preserve it.
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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Our names can
be in the Book of Life
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Rev 3:5 He who
overcomes will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out
his name from the book of life, but will acknowledge his name before
my Father and his angels.
Rev 20:12
And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were
opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The
dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books.
Luke
10:20 However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice
that your names are written in heaven.”
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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It is possible
to have an eternal life
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John 6:27
Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal
life, which the Son of Man will give you. On him God the Father has placed
his seal of approval.”
Tit 1:2 a
faith and knowledge resting on the hope of eternal life, which
God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time,
1 John 2:25
And this is what he promised us-even eternal life.
2 Cor 5:1 Now
we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building
from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
2 Peter
1:11 and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom
of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
2 Thess 2:16 May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and
God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal
encouragement and good hope,
Luke
1:31-33 You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give
him the name Jesus.
32. He will be great and will be called the Son of
the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,
33.
and he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever; his kingdom will
never end.”
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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4. THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF JESUS
a) His
eternal being
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He did not
commit sins
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John 8:46 Can
any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why
don’t you believe me?
Hebr 4:15 For
we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathise with our weaknesses,
but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are-yet was without
sin.
Hebr 7:26
Such a high priest meets our need-one who is holy, blameless, pure, set
apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens.
1 Peter
2:22 “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his
mouth.”
1
John 3:5 But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And
in him is no sin.
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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He did His
Father’s will
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John 4:34
“My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish
his work.
John 6:38 For
I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of
him who sent me.
John 8:28-30
So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know
that I am the one I claim to be and that I do nothing on my own but speak
just what the Father has taught me.
29. The
one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always
do what pleases him.”
30. Even as he spoke, many put their faith in
him.
John
17:4 I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave
me to do.
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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He is the light
of the world
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John 1:4-9 In him was life, and that life was the
light of men.
5. The light shines in the darkness,
but the darkness has not understood it.
6. There came a man who was sent from God; his name
was John.
7. He came as a witness to testify concerning that light,
so that through him all men might believe.
8. He himself was not the light; he came only as a
witness to the light.
9. The
true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world.
John 8:12
When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the
world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have
the light of life.”
John 9:5 While
I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
John
12:46 I have come into the world as a light, so that no-one who believes in
me should stay in darkness.
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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He is the good
shepherd
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John 10:11 “I
am the good shepherd.
Matt 22:16
They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said,
“we know you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of God in
accordance with the truth. You aren’t swayed by men, because you pay no
attention to who they are.
John
1:14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his
glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of
grace and truth.
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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He promised to
give rest and peace
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Matt 11:28-30 “Come to me, all you who are weary and
burdened, and I will give you rest.
29. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for
I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
30. For my
yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
John
14:27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as
the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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He is the
Messiah
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John
4:25,26 The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is
coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”
26. Then
Jesus declared, “I who speak to you am he.”
John 10:23-25 and Jesus was in the temple area
walking in Solomon’s Colonnade.
24. The Jews gathered round him, saying, “How long
will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
25.
Jesus answered, “I did tell you, but you do not believe. The
miracles I do in my Father’s name speak for me,
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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He is the Son
of God
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John
9:35-37 Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he
said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
36. “Who is
he, sir?” the man asked. “Tell me so that I may believe in him.”
37. Jesus
said, “You have now seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you.”
John
11:27 “Yes, Lord,” she told him, “I believe that you are the Christ, the
Son of God, who was to come into the world.”
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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He spoke the
truth
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John
8:45,46 Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me!
46.
Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why
don’t you believe me?
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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His words will
never go away
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Luke
21:33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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The Scriptures
testify about Him
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John
5:39,40 You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that
by them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify
about me,
40. yet you refuse to come to me to have life.
John 5:45-47 “But do not think I will accuse you
before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom your hopes are set.
46. If you believed Moses, you would believe
me, for he wrote about me.
47. But since you do not believe what he wrote, how
are you going to believe what I say?”
Luke
24:27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to
them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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Blessed is the
man who does not fall away on account of Him
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Matt 11:4-6 Jesus replied, “Go back and report to
John what you hear and see:
5. The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who
have leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news
is preached to the poor.
6.
Blessed is the man who does not fall away on account of me.”
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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He is God
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John
1:1,2,14 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
2. He was with God in the beginning.
14. The
Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We
have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father,
full of grace and truth.
1 John
5:20,21 We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us
understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is
true-even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
21.
Dear children, keep yourselves from idols.
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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He has
existed from the beginning of the
times
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John
1:1,2,14 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was
with God, and the Word was God.
2. He was with God in the beginning.
14. The
Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory,
the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and
truth.
John 1:15
John testifies concerning him. He cries out, saying, “This was he of whom I
said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’
John 8:56-58
Your father Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it and
was glad.”
57. “You
are not yet fifty years old,” the Jews said to him, “and you have seen
Abraham!”
58. “I
tell you the truth,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born, I
am!”
1 John
1:1,2 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard,
which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have
touched-this we proclaim concerning the Word of life.
2.
The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you
the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us.
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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He is from
another world
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John 3:31 “The
one who comes from above is above all; the one who is from the earth
belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth. The one who
comes from heaven is above all.
John 8:23
But he continued, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this
world; I am not of this world.
John 17:5
And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with
you before the world began.
John
18:36,37 Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world. If it
were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jews. But now
my kingdom is from another place.”
37. “You
are a king, then!” said Pilate. Jesus answered, “You are right in saying I am
a king. In fact, for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the
world, to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.”
1
Cor 2:8 None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they
would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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Through him all
things were created
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John 1:1-3,9,10
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was
God.
2. He was
with God in the beginning.
3. Through
him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
9. The true
light that gives light to every man was coming into the world.
10. He
was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the
world did not recognise him.
Col
1:16 For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth,
visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or
authorities; all things were created by him and for him.
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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In Him are
hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge
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Col 2:2,3 My purpose is that they may be encouraged
in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of
complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God,
namely, Christ,
3.
in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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He is always
the Same, the First and the Last
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Hebr 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday
and today and for ever.
Rev 1:17,18
When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right
hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.
18. I am
the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! And I
hold the keys of death and Hades.
Rev 2:8 “To
the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of him who
is the First and the Last, who died and came to life again.
Rev
22:12,13 “Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to
everyone according to what he has done.
13.
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and
the End.
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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b) His
significance from the point of view of salvation
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He came to
fulfill the Law
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Matt 5:17
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I
have not come to abolish them but to fulfil them.
Gal 4:4,But
when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born
under law,
5.
to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons.
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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God sent Him to
save people
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John 3:17
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save
the world through him.
1 John 4:14
And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the
Saviour of the world.
Luke
19:10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.”
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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He took away
the sin of the world
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John 1:29
The next day John saw Jesus coming towards him and said, “Look, the Lamb
of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
1
John 3:5 But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our
sins. And in him is no sin.
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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He gave His
life for us
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Matt 20:28
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to
give his life as a ransom for many.”
Rom 5:6,8 You see, at just the right time, when we
were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
8. But God
demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ
died for us.
1 Cor 15:3
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that
Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
1
Peter 3:18 For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the
unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but
made alive by the Spirit,
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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He is the
Savior
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John
4:41,42 And because of his words many more became believers.
42. They said
to the woman, “We no longer believe just because of what you said; now
we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Saviour
of the world.”
1
John 4:14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son
to be the Saviour of the world.
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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Grace has come
through Him
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John 1:17 For the law was given through Moses; grace
and truth came through Jesus Christ.
1
Cor 1:4 I always thank God for you because of his grace given you in
Christ Jesus.
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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Atonement came
through Him
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Rom 5:10
For if, when we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through
the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we
be saved through his life!
2 Cor
5:18-20 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through
Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:
19. that
God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting
men’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of
reconciliation.
20. We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though
God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be
reconciled to God.
1
John 2:2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only
for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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The forgiveness
of sins through Him
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Acts 10:43
All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him
receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”
Acts 13:38
“Therefore, my brothers, I want you to know that through Jesus
the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.
1
John 2:12 I write to you, dear children, because your sins have been
forgiven on account of his name.
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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In Him there is
no condem-nation
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Rom 8:1 Therefore,
there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus
John 3:17,18
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save
the world through him.
18. Whoever
believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands
condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and
only Son.
John
5:24 “I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent
me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from
death to life.
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
|
100%
(true)
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He is the gate
to salvation and to the Father
|
John 10:9 I
am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved.
John 14:6
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No-one
comes to the Father except through me.
Eph 2:18 For through him we both have access
to the Father by one Spirit.
Eph
3:12 In him and through faith in him we may approach God with
freedom and confidence.
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
|
100%
(true)
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He welcomes
sinners
|
Luke 15:2 But
the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes
sinners, and eats with them.”
Luke 5:30-32 But the Pharisees and the teachers of
the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, “Why do you
eat and drink with tax collectors and ‘sinners’?”
31. Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who
need a doctor, but the sick.
32.
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
|
100%
(true)
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There is no
other name by which people can be saved
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Acts 4:12
Salvation is found in no-one else, for there is no other name under
heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
1
Cor 3:11 For no-one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid,
which is Jesus Christ.
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
|
100%
(true)
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There is life
in Him
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John 5:40 yet you refuse to come to me to have
life.
John
6:35 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never
go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
|
100%
(true)
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He has the
words of eternal life
|
John
6:68,69 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the
words of eternal life.
69.
We believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.”
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
|
100%
(true)
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He is the
resurrection and the life
|
John
11:25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes
in me will live, even though he dies;
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
|
100%
(true)
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Who believes in
Him has eternal life
|
John
3:15,16 that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.
16. “For God
so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever
believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
John 6:40
For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes
in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last
day.”
John
20:31 But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ,
the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
|
100%
(true)
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He offers
living water
|
John
4:10,13,14 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is
that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have
given you living water.”
13. Jesus
answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again,
14. but
whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the
water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal
life.”
John
7:37-39 On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a
loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.
38. Whoever
believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water
will flow from within him.”
39.
By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to
receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not
yet been glorified.
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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It is important
to believe in Him
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Acts 16:31
They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved-you
and your household.”
Rom
3:22 This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to
all who believe. There is no difference,
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
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100%
(true)
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It is important
to receive Him
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John
1:12 Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his
name, he gave the right to become children of God-
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
|
100%
(true)
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Eternal life
can be received as a gift from Him
|
Rom 3:24 and
are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by
Christ Jesus.
Rom 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in
Christ Jesus our Lord.
Rev
22:17 The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say,
“Come!” Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him
take the free gift of the water of life.
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0%
(untrue)
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Probability
1-99%
|
100%
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Chapter
1 - Conclusions
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