To believe means to hear and accept the WORDS of Jesus Christ.

Believing in a person means to trust what he says: his statements and his promises. Jesus said,

I tell you for certain that everyone who hears my message and has faith in the one who sent me has eternal life and will never be condemned. They have already gone from death to life.
(John 5:24) CEV

The WORDS of Jesus are found in the four gospels. He taught us how to live. He exposed our errors. He revealed God the Father to us. He promised eternal life to his followers. He explained the work He had come to do.

The Spirit is the one who gives life! Human strength can do nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are from that life-giving Spirit. (John 6:63) CEV.
The sky and the earth won't last forever, but my words will. (Matt. 24:35) CEV

To believe means to accept and trust the WORKS of Jesus Christ.

Believing in Christ is more than believing that He was a good man who spoke profound truths. It means to acknowledge that He came to do something no one else could do. He suffered and died as the sinless Son of God to pay the penalty of our sins.

We must admit that we are sinners, guilty before God, condemned to die. The saving WORK of Jesus reconciles us to God and restores us to God's family. At the end of His life, Jesus said to His Father:

I have brought glorly to you here on earth by doing everything you gave me to do.
(John 17:4) CEV.
The Son of Man did not come to be a slave master, but a slave who will give his life to rescue many people. (Matt. 20:28) CEV
God wiped out the charges that were against us for disobeying the Law of Moses. He took them away and nailed them to the cross. (Colossians 2:14) CEV

To believe means to acknowledge and honor the WORTH of Jesus Christ.

Jesus is worthy of all hone WORTH of Jesus Christ.

Jesus is worthy of all honor and praise because He is very God. His rising from the dead proved this. He is not only the Savior of mankind, but the creator and sustainer of the universe, the Light of the world, King of kings and Lord of lords.

"The Lamb (Jesus) who was killed is worthy to receive power, riches, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and praise." (Revelation 5:12b) CEV

Obviously to reject the Son of God and refuse to hear his words or accept his work in the ultimate sin. It condemns you to eternal punishment.

But everyone who rejects me and my teachings will be judged on the last day by what I have said. (John 12:48) CEV
No one who has faith in God's Son will be condemned. But everyone who doesn't have faith in him has already been condemned for not having faith in God's only Son. (John 3:18) CEV

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