BELIEVE, PRESENT TENSE
(Transcribed
Message)
Text:
Acts 16:30-31 "And
brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved (●)? 31. And they said, Believe (●) on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved,
and thy house."
There are
really two fundamental ways of viewing action. . . .
as a point
which we may call punctiliar
action; or it may be regarded as in progress, as a line, and this we
may call linear action. The perfect tense is a combination of these two
ideas: it looks in perspective at the action, and regards the results of the
action as continuing to exist; that is, in progress at a given point. Hence
the perfect tense has both elements, linear and punctiliar. The aorist
may be represented by a dot (●),
the present by a line (─────),
and the perfect by the combination of the two (●────).
Page 179 of Dana and Mantey’s Manual Grammar.
Acts 16:30-31
"And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
31. And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt
be saved, and thy house."
1 Timothy 2:4
"Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the
knowledge of the truth."
1 John 3:23
"And this is his [the] commandment [singular], That we
should believe [present active] on the name of his Son Jesus
Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment [singular in
number]."
John 20:31
"But these are written, that ye might believe
(──)
that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing
(──) ye might
have (preferred) life (in the kingdom) through his
name."
John 6:64
"But there are some of you that believe
(──)
not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed
(──) not, and who should betray him."
John 12:39-40
"Therefore they could not believe
(──), because that Esaias said again, 40. He hath
blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not
see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be
converted, and I should heal them."
BELIEVE AND KNOW
1 John 5:13
"These things have I written unto you that believe
(──) on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that
ye have eternal (preferred millennial) life, and that ye
may believe
(──) on the name of the Son of God."
Luke 8:13
"They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the
word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while [season, Acts
13.11] believe (──),
and in time of temptation fall away (──)."
Romans 3:22
"Even the righteousness of God which is by faith
of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that
believe (──): for there is no difference:"
FAITH = BELIEVE
(──)
Romans 4:5
"But to him that worketh not, but believeth
(──) on him that justifieth
the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness."
Hebrews 11:6
"But without faith it is impossible to please
him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he
is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him."
John 10:26-28
"But ye believe [present tense] not, because ye are not
of my sheep, as I said unto you. 27. My sheep hear
my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: 28. And I
give unto them eternal life; and they shall never
perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand."
LITTLE
CHILDREN
Matthew 18:6
"But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe
(──) in me, it
were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that
he were drowned in the depth of the sea."
BENEFITS OF BELIEVE
(──)
Acts 10:43 "To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth (──) in him shall receive remission [liberty, deliverance, Luke 4:18] of sins."
Acts 13:39 "And by him all that believe (──) are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses."
Romans 9:33
"Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever
believeth
(──) on him shall not be ashamed."
Romans 10:11
"For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth
(──) on
him shall not be ashamed."
1 Peter 2:6-7
"Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion
a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth
(──) on him shall not be confounded. 7. Unto you
therefore which believe
(──) he is precious: but unto them which be
disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the
head of the corner,"
Romans 15:13
"Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing
(──),
that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy
Ghost."
Galatians 3:22
"But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the
promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe
(──)."
PREFERRED LIFE
1 John 2:25
"And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even
eternal (agelasting, millennial) life."
Ephesians 1:19-20
"And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who
believe
(──),
according to the working of his mighty power, 20. Which he wrought in
Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at
his own right hand in the heavenly places,"
OUT RESURRECTION
Philippians 3:10-11
"That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the
fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
11. If by any means I might attain unto the [out]
resurrection of the dead."
Philippians 1:29
"For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to
believe
(──)
on him, but also to suffer
(──) for
his sake;"
1 Thessalonians 2:13
". . ., when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye
received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the
word of God, which effectually worketh
(──) also
in you that believe
(──)."
1 Peter 1:8-9
"Whom having not seen, ye love
(──); in
whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing
(──), ye
rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: 9. Receiving
the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls."
1 John 5:5
"Who is he that overcometh
(──) the
world, but he that believeth
(──)
that Jesus is the Son of God?"
NO CONDEMNATION
John 5:24
"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and
believeth
(──)
on him that sent me, hath everlasting (preferred millennial)
life, and shall not come into condemnation [judgment]; but
is passed from death unto life."
Romans 8:33-34
"Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect?
It is God that justifieth. 34. Who is he that
condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen
again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for
us."
BELIEVING NOT
CONDEMNED
John 3:18 "He that believeth (──) on him is not condemned (──): but he that believeth (──) not is condemned (●──) already, because he hath not believed (──) in the name of the only begotten Son of God."
John 3:15-16
"That whosoever believeth (──) in him should not perish, but
have eternal life. 16. For God so loved the world, that he gave his
only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth (──) in him should not
perish (as Moses and most in the wilderness), but have
everlasting (preferred) life (as in the land flowing with
milk and honey)."
John 6:29
"Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye
believe (──) on him
[Son] whom he [Father] hath sent."