that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
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The key is understanding what “believe on him” means”, so if you think you know that, tell us what it means.
Here, John describes it.
John 1:10-13 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
I don't have to tell too many...Most on this thread already know...
ye believe (on)
πιστεύω
pisteuō
pist-yoo'-o
From G4102; to have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), that is, credit; by implication to entrust (especially one’s spiritual well being to Christ): - believe (-r), commit (to trust), put in trust with.
Eph_1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
1Th 2:13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, 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.
Actually I don't have to explain it...One finds that the scriptures explain it as the scriptures are searched, comparing scripture with scripture...But just to accommodate, believing on him means knowing and accepting who he is, the Son of the Father, my Saviour, my Redeemer...
Act 13:44 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.
KNOWING that the words written as scriptures are in fact the actual words of Jesus as given to the authors of the bible...