If you want to quote my words, then, quote my words in its proper context instead of quoting in such a way that may. give the impression that I believe in your twisted belief that Jesus had to die for you to have eternal life. My words in context is - ‘I asked you to ‘quote a verse or passage in your own Bible where Jesus said or implied that you must believe he came to die for your sin so that by his death, you can have eternal life?’ Maybe that’s how Christians like you twisted Jesus’ words and the scripture to ‘tailor-fit' your false belief, but then, I am around to correct your mistakes or false perceptions, intended or not, of what I wrote whereas, Jesus, on the other hand, is not around to correct you and the church’s false belief about Jesus.
As for the rest of your comments here and your comments in your post #127, they are just white noise created by the early church and eventually, overtimes, adopted by the modern church, preachers, and the likes as the ‘truth’, and this ‘white noise’ is preventing you from seeing the true core Message of God and the core preaching of His prophet, Jesus.
So if you remove ‘the white noise’ which is preventing from seeing the real truth, you should see clearly the core Message of God and the core preaching of Jesus, which, I have summarized as below –
1. On Eternal Life – to have eternal life, you must submit and do the Will of God – “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but ONLY the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven” - Matthew 7:21.
So, who can enter the kingdom of heaven and have eternal life ?? ONLY the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven !!! No mention of must eat Jesus flesh or any other acts of cannibalism, which means, Jesus’ words of eating his flesh and drinking his blood are just 'figure of speech' and NOT to be taken literally!!
2. On Believing in Jesus AND believe in God to have the Eternal Life – believe in Jesus means to hear his words or to put in simpler terms, listen and believe in his preaching. Not only must you believe in Jesus’ preaching, but you must also believe in the One and Only God who sent him - “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes Him who sent me has eternal life” – John 5:24.
Again, no mention of ‘must eat Jesus flesh’ or any other acts of cannibalism to have eternal life! Only lost souls will insist ‘MUST EAT (Jesus’ flesh) to have eternal life!!
3. On the True Savior – The One and Only God is the Only True Savior, so said God Himself - “I, even I, am the LORD, and APART FROM ME there is NO SAVIOR.” - Isaiah 43:11.
Jesus, like all prophets, can only guide people for them to be saved, and that’s why in his lifetime, Jesus is the Way, and that too, if they listen and believe in his preaching, so said Jesus in John 5:24 – “…whoever hears my word…”.
God, as the ONLY TRUE SAVIOR can save anyone He Wishes, while, Jesus, like all prophets, cannot save anyone he wishes – he, like all prophets, can only save those who believe and practice his preaching.
4. On the ONE and ONLY God and Savior – There’s ONLY ONE God and Only One True Savior, so said God Almighty Himself – ‘Was it not I, the Lord? And there is no God apart from Me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none but Me. “Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is NO OTHER’ – Isaiah 45:21-22.
So said Moses - “Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is ONE!” – Deuteronomy 6:4
So said Jesus - “The foremost is, ‘Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is ONE Lord’” -Mark 12:29
Yet, Christians like you believe Jesus is also God and only true savior and one must believe Jesus died for all man sin to be saved WHEN God Himself told you EXPLICITLY there is NO God except Him and to turn to Him and be saved!! So, is the Christianity Faith today based on the Words of God and His prophet, Jesus, or on the words of other people like Paul???
So, when reading to understand your own scripture, don’t miss the forest for the trees, else, you will die in your sin.