For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
"We might say, ’Whoever believes that Rockefeller is a philanthropist will receive a million dollars.’ At the point in time a person believes this, He is a millionaire. However, if he ceases to believe this ten years later, he is still in possession of the million dollars. Similarly, if a man has believed in Christ, he is regenerate and in possession of eternal life, even if he ceases to believe in God in the future." [Note: Joseph C. Dillow, The Reign of the Servant Kings, p. 200.] 