282. Those who have been born within the church ought to acknowledge the Lord, His divinity and His humanity, and believe in Him and love Him. For all salvation is from the Lord. This is what the Lord teaches in John:
He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; he, however, who does not believe the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains with him. John 3:36.
In the same book:
This is the will of him who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him should have everlasting life, and I shall raise him up on the last day. John 6:40.
Again:
Jesus said, I am the resurrection and life. He who believes in me, though he die, shall live. But everyone who lives and believes in me shall not ever die. John 11:25, 26.
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