46 Bible Verses about Gospel, Requirements Of

but without faith it is impossible to please him; for whoever would approach God must have faith in his existence and in his willingness to reward those who try to find him.

But if I am doing them, then even if you will not believe me, believe the things I do, in order that you may realize and learn that the Father is in union with me, and I am in union with the Father."

Jesus said to her, "I myself am Resurrection and Life. He who believes in me will live on, even if he dies, and no one who is alive and believes in me will ever die. Do you believe that?" She said to him, "Yes, Master, I do indeed believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world."

Philip said to him, "Master, let us see the Father, and it will satisfy us." Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you, Philip, have not recognized me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Let us see the Father'? Do you not believe that I am in union with the Father and the Father is in union with me? I am not the source of the words that I say to you, but the Father who is united with me is doing these things himself.read more.
You must believe that I am in union with the Father and that the Father is in union with me, or else you must believe because of the things themselves.

And just as Moses in the desert lifted the serpent up in the air, the Son of Man must be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life." For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that no one who believes in him should be lost, but that they should all have eternal life.

But to all who did receive him and believe in him he gave the right to become children of God, owing their birth not to nature nor to any human or physical impulse, but to God.

Whoever believes in the Son possesses eternal life, but whoever disobeys the Son will not experience life, but will remain under the anger of God.

Now on the last day, the great day of the festival, Jesus stood up and cried out, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. If anyone believes in me, streams of living water, as the Scripture says, shall flow forth from his heart." He meant by this the Spirit which those who believed in him were to receive??or the Spirit had not yet come, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

But these have been recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and through believing you may have life as his followers.

You must understand therefore, my brothers, that through him the forgiveness of your sins is announced to you, and that through union with him everyone who believes is cleared of every charge of which the Law of Moses could not clear you.

"Believe in the Lord Jesus," they said, "and you and your household will be saved!"

It is God's way of uprightness and comes through having faith in Jesus Christ, and it is for all who have faith, without distinction.

Yet I know, brothers, that you did not know what you were doing, any more than your leaders did; it was in this way that God fulfilled what he by all the prophets foretold that his Christ must suffer. So repent and turn to God, to have your sins wiped out, and happier times will come from the presence of the Lord,read more.
and he will send Jesus, your destined Christ.

But the tax-collector stood at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven, but struck his breast, and said, 'O God, have mercy on a sinner like me!' I tell you, it was he who went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the man who humbles himself will be exalted."

While God overlooked those times of ignorance, he now calls upon all men everywhere to repent,

So repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord, to see if you may not be forgiven for thinking of such a thing.

but earnestly urged Greeks as well as Jews to turn to God in repentance and to believe in our Lord Jesus.

Approach God, and he will approach you. Wash your hands, you sinners! Make your hearts pure, you doubters! Be miserable, grieve, and weep aloud! Turn your laughter into grief and your happiness into gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will raise you up

Peter said to them, "You must repent, and every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, in order to have your sins forgiven; then you will receive the gift of the holy Spirit,

And Jesus came up to them and said, "Full authority in heaven and on the earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all the heathen, baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the holy Spirit, and teach them to observe all the commands that I have given you. I will always be with you, to the very close of the age."

But when they believed Philip's message of the good news of the Kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, men and women alike accepted baptism.

"Can anyone refuse the use of water to baptize these people when they have received the holy Spirit just as we did?" And he directed that they should be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay on there a few days.

It was while Apollos was in Corinth that Paul, after passing through the interior, reached Ephesus. Finding some disciples there, he said to them, "Did you receive the holy Spirit when you became believers?" "No," they said to him, "we never even heard that there was a holy Spirit." "How then were you baptized?" he asked. "With John's baptism," they answered.read more.
"John's baptism was a baptism in token of repentance," said Paul, "and he told the people to believe in him who was to follow him, that is, in Jesus." When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus,

And now, why do you delay? Get up and be baptized, and wash out your sins, calling on his name.'

For if with your lips you acknowledge the message that Jesus is Lord, and with your mind you believe that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with their minds men believe and are made upright, and with their lips they make the acknowledgment and are saved.

Therefore everyone who will acknowledge me before men I will acknowledge before my Father in heaven,

I tell you, everyone who will acknowledge me before men, the Son of Man will acknowledge before the angels of God, but anyone who disowns me before men will be disowned before the angels of God.

Come to me, all of you who toil and are burdened, and I will let you rest. Let my yoke be put upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble-minded, and your hearts will find rest, for the yoke I offer you is a kindly one, and the load I ask you to bear is light."

If I then, your Master and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another's feet too. For I have set you an example, in order that you may do what I have done to you.

Have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.

That is the life to which you have been called, for Christ himself suffered for you, leaving you an example so that you might follow his footsteps.

"If you really love me, you will observe my commands.

It is he who has my commands and observes them that really loves me, and whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and show myself to him."

If you keep my commands you will retain my love, just as I have observed the Father's commands and retain his love.

This is how we can be sure that we know him??y obeying his commands. Whoever says, "I know him," but does not obey his commands, is a liar, and there is no truth in his heart; but whoever obeys his message really has the love of God in perfection in his heart. This is the way we can be sure that we are in union with him;read more.
whoever says, "I am always in union with him" must live just as he lived.

Dear friends, if our consciences do not condemn us, we approach God with confidence, and we obtain from him whatever we ask for, because we are obeying his commands and doing the things that please him. His command is this??hat we are to believe in his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he has commanded us to do.read more.
All who obey his commands keep in union with him, and he does with them; and this is how we know that he keeps in union with us??y the Spirit which he has given us.

For loving God means obeying his commands, and his commands are not burdensome,

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wants to go with me, he must disregard himself and take his cross and follow me.

And he called the people and his disciples to him and said to them, "If anyone wants to go with me, he must disregard himself, and take his cross and follow me.

And he said to everyone, "If anyone wants to go with me, he must disregard himself, and take his cross day after day and follow me.

They proclaimed the good news in that town and made a number of disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch, reassuring the disciples and encouraging them to stand by the faith and reminding them that we have to undergo many hardships to get into the Kingdom of God.

For you have been granted the privilege not only of trusting in Christ but of suffering for him.

But you have closely followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, my persecutions, my sufferings??he things that happened to me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra, the persecutions I endured; yet the Lord brought me safely out of them all. But everyone who wants to live a godly life as a follower of Christ Jesus will be persecuted,

You must find the greatest joy, my brothers, in being involved in various trials,

Even if you should suffer for uprightness, you are blessed. But do not be afraid of them, nor be troubled,

Dear friends, do not be surprised that a test of fire is being applied to you, as though a strange thing were happening to you, but be glad that you are in a measure sharing the sufferings of the Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may be triumphantly happy. If you are being abused for the sake of Christ, you are blessed, because the glorious Spirit of God is resting upon you.read more.
For no one of you must suffer as a murderer or thief or criminal or revolutionist, but if a man suffers for being a Christian, he must not be ashamed of it, but must do honor to God through that name. For the time has come for the judgment to begin with the household of God, and if it begins with us, what will be the end of those who refuse God's good news? If it is hard for the upright man to be saved, what will become of the godless and sinful? Therefore, those who suffer by the will of God must intrust their souls to a Creator who is faithful, and continue to do what is right.