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Originally Posted by OBW
Paul V,
Seems to be a variation on John 3:16. And we fail to understand one word in both. We keep reading it in the King James as "believeth." And I think that we miss that in today's language, this is "believes." And "believes" is a term of the present, not the past. So the question that arises is "where is the point at which belief matters?" Listening to your statements, it would seem that it is "anytime," even if that time is not "now."
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My understanding is the "present time" means
this dispensation- the Church Age.
Salvation plans are not all the same. In the Old Testament(after the fall), both belief and works are involved. In the Church Age, saved by grace through faith. After the Church Age, another gospel, the everlasting gospel, is preached by an angel during the Tribulation. (Rev.14:6-7)