Originally posted by sonship
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You on the contrary preach that all faith leads to eternal life .. both living and dead.
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Faith in Jesus Christ does lead to eternal life because God is faithful.

But salvation pertains to past, present, and future.

In my spirit I hav ...[text shortened]... t forth in the new birth by God. They are Christians.

That is all the time I have right now.[/b]

You are a preacher of dead faith.
Living faith is the following of the teachings of Christ which you deny.

Originally posted by 667joe
Believers say they have faith. Is it not more accurate to say they have hope?

Worldly hope, like I "hope" it doesn't rain is completely different.

The biblical definition for the "Hope", is a sure and expected end.

The definition for biblical faith is being "fully persuaded", or to "know".

Originally posted by Rajk999
Faith implies hope. However Christians shy away from using the word hope since it means that it is something with less than 100% certainty. Also they like claiming that they already have eternal life, rather than using the more accurate statement per all the Apostles which is that they have a hope of eternal life.

There is no faith with 100% certainty.