Originally posted by vishvahetu
The Bible teaching that we have to earn eternal life is false, and is taught to cheat the people into surrendering to the church.
Matthew 3:2
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”
John 14:6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Ephesians 2:7-10
7 in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. 8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
John 3:16-18
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
John 3:33-36
33 Whoever has accepted it has certified that God is truthful. 34 For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit. 35 The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands. 36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.
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You are wrong. We do not have to earn eternal life it is a gift. All that is required is belief that he died and was raised for your sins.