Serious question for the Roman Catholics: What do you do with John 5:24?
“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come...
Eternal life is truly given, but it can be freely rejected because grace doesn’t cancel free will. Salvation is a real relationship, and relationships can be abandoned and they can improve.
At the core, I read the words 'he who hears My word and believes' as an active, living faith. I also read numerous warnings in scripture for believers about falling away.
The promise applies to the one who remains in Christ and not to a past moment of belief detached from perseverance.
It's a theological difference. But I think you already know this. Catholics understand faith as a journey, a daily walk.
At the core, I read the words 'he who hears My word and believes' as an active, living faith. I also read numerous warnings in scripture for believers about falling away.
The promise applies to the one who remains in Christ and not to a past moment of belief detached from perseverance.
It's a theological difference. But I think you already know this. Catholics understand faith as a journey, a daily walk.
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