Yes, and it is upon this confident assurance that the gospel is true that we then place our trust in that gospel and are saved. I think we're on the same page here. When Christ says it is believers who have eternal life he is talking about people who not only know the gospel is true but who have placed their trust in it too.
Yes,
and that’s not it, when we do this we not only get eternal life, we get ever spiritual blessing in Christ, we get the pledge of the spirit, we have been redeemed, purchased with a price, justified, sanctified, perfected in him, the power to become sons of God, adopted as dear children, given an abba father not a spirit of fear. Removed from the gates of hell and placed in the church or body of Christ, baptised into Christ, his body, his church his death and his burial, spiritually circumcised with the circumcision done by the nad of god, had everything that was against us, contrary to us and having those things nailed to the cross. No longer under the law or the curse of the law, but under Christ. Having the curse removed.
I have just begun to show what we are told we recieve the moment God adopts us into his family.
if any of these are removed, we have never had any of them
that is our hope, our faith is based on our hope. As paul said to be absent is to be present, all things on this earth is like a momentary light affliction. We have recieved the hope. We love because god first loved us, and this love is what empowers us to work, to remain faithful and to serve.
if we do not have eternal life and it could be lost. We have no hope