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John 1:12 and our choice.

e.r.m.

Church of Christ
You think? Isn't this such important matter that we should know for sure?

Imagine that you're in a machine. You're told the machine will kill you in some terrible way sometime in the future. You don't know when or how. But you're also told that "If you believe in the knob turning, you will be saved." Now, you see some knobs, you turn them, and nothing happens. You don't know if you're saved for sure because you still could be killed some time in the future. So you guess that perhaps the weird phrase "believe in" means something more than just turning the knobs, so you start thinking and believing really hard in the knobs and that you imagine yourself turning them, and then turn them, and still nothing happens. So... isn't it important to know exactly what the phrase means so we can be sure that we're doing the right thing to be saved?
My "I think" was in his name, not believing in. To that the answer is yes. I just see that believing in his name and believing in him is mostly synonymous. But thank you for your enthusiasm and analogy.
 

Muffled

Jesus in me
What does it mean to believe in someone's name?

I believe the name denotes everything about the person. If you believe in His name the you believe He was born of a virgin. If you believe in His name you believe He walked on water. If you believe in His name you believe He equated Himself with God.
 

katiemygirl

CHRISTIAN
In Luke 13:34, we are told by Jesus, Himself, that the Israelites, throughout their history, were given a choice, but they were not willing to follow the Lord.

34“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.
 
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