quote:
If you die today, and are in front of God, all you have to say is "Jesus Christ."
So, I was wondering what other Christians here thought of that. To me, it seems as though with a belief such as that in place, one may permit one's self to do as much wrong as desired, and later it all be washed clean by those two magic words.
Strictly speaking all one has to do is believe in the Lord Jesus, believe in His atoning sacrifice, believe He was read from the dead, believe He has the power to overcome death in the flesh, etc, and anyone, regardless of their past offenses can be saved. That's the promise.
However, judging by your testimony of what this guy said, he claims that once you die and have the opportunity to accept Jesus, after the fact, that you can still be saved. I don't agree with that from a hermeneutic point of view. The Scriptures seem quite clear that once you die, you have reached the point of no return. Either you were saved or you weren't.
Unless I'm misinterpreting your explanation, it sounds as if he is incorrect, again, speaking strictly from an analytical approach to the Scriptures.
"A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell." -C.S. Lewis
™ Version 4.2