Is Belief in God Enough?

Is Belief in God Enough?
Brad Reiches
Oct 30 2006 09:48PM

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Tuesday, October 31, 2006
GodThoughtsWired!

"Is Belief in God Enough?"

"For God so love the world that He gave
His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes
in Him shall not perish but have eternal life."

John 3:16

 

Well? What do you think?  Is it?  Is belief in God...enough?  Is it enough to get you into Heaven?  What do you think?  What does the Bible say?  It certainly appears so.  The most well known and most beloved of all Bible verses (see above) certainly seems to indicate as much.  It clearly states, "whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life."  Does it not?

And how 'bout the preceeding verse, "Whoever believes will in Him have eternal life"  (John 3:15).  And, then, for good measure, throw in the very words of Jesus Himself in John 6:47,

"Truly, truly, I say to you,
He who believes has eternal life."
John 6:47

On the surface it definitely appears that it is.  It appears that belief in God, IS ENOUGH, it would seem, to get you into Heaven.  In fact, it doesn't even appear to be a "surface" issue.  No less than three different times, Jesus Himself clearly indicates that "belief" is all that is needed (see above verses).  However, there's a problem...AND IT'S A BIG ONE! 

"The demons also believe..."
James 2:19

Hmmm...we'll talk more about this tommorrow.