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John 10:28-33 NLT [28] I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them away from me, 29] for my Father has given them to me, and he is more powerful than anyone else. No one can snatch them from the Father's hand. [30] The Father and I are one. 31] Once again the people picked up stones to kill him. [32] Jesus said, "At my Father's direction I have done many good works. For which one are you going to stone me?" [33] They replied, "We're stoning you not for any good work, but for blasphemy! You, a mere man, claim to be God." For those who say Jesus Christ is not God, answer this question, why was Jesus crucified? Was it because of the miracles He did? Was it because He was eating with sinners? In this passage we see the reason Jesus was crucified, they tried to kill Him here but His time was not yet. The reason they killed Jesus, was because He claimed to be God. Now if som...

For those who are still trying to come to God on the basis of their works, you need to seriously study this portion of Scripture. We have others who believe that God can forgive them outside of Jesus. There is nor can there possible be any forgiveness outside of Jesus, and that is what this passage so clearly teaches. Justification is the act of God declaring the guilty to be innocent. Now if God said we are to be holy as He is holy, how can He forgive fallen man without Himself becoming unholy? This will be explained further down. Someone said to me recently that they believe in Jesus but He was just a great prophet, this person was a Moslem. I asked him how he intended to get to Heaven without Jesus as his Savior. He said, God will forgive me because He is a loving God. I will also address this below. Make no doubt about it, God is a forgiving God, but it is impossible for Him to forgive me purely because He loves me. We go back to the demand God place upon every man....