The centrality of Jesus Christ as the object of saving faith is indisputable. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16, emphasis added). Jesus affirmed this truth many times. “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life” (6:47, emphasis added).17 Paul inseparably links man’s salvation with the person and work of Jesus Christ in Romans 5:8. “But
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