>>>Once a person is “saved” they are no longer a “sinner”. Although they may do things which are considered sinful or against God. In their renewed state of grace they can REPENT and be forgiven of any new sins.<<<<
What if you die before you have repented of the new sins?
Covered, if you are a true believer. :-)
If you are saved, and truly repentant, and some big temptation comes along and you fall for it, and suddenly a bus comes out of nowhere and kills you—then you stand before Jesus (”No one comes to the Father but through me”). He will either recognize you as one of His own, or not. If you are truly saved, He will enfold you in His loving arms, and rejoice, just like the father in the story of the Prodigal Son. :*)
Jesus is Omniscient, Omnipresent, Omnipotent—he already *knows* your heart before you say a word. If you are truly saved, you *are* forgiven. :*)
1 Corinthians 6:9-11 (King James Version)
King James Version (KJV)
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9Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
10Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
I don’t know how God makes that judgment .. however, I have an anecdotal story regarding a modern day person who had basically turned away from God and had a rather unsavory way of life - with drugs and alcohol.
This person was a comedian and during a drive to his next gig, he and his manager were involved in a terrible car accident. The comedian was mortally wounded and was laying on the ground outside of the vehicle. The manager strugged to get out of the car (being injured himself), and finally made his way around the vehicle - where he found his friend and realized he was at death’s door. Suddenly, the comedian raised up slightly and a light seemed to illuminate his face - at that very moment, he reached out his mangled and bloodied arm out in front of him as though he was reaching for someone. The manager turned around to see who the comedian was reaching for - but no one was there - and then the comedian uttered these words, “Okay Jesus - I’m coming”. At that moment, the comedian slumped back on the road and he was dead.
Certainly, by all standards of living - most would say that this man didn’t deserve to go to heaven. I think we forget that Jesus KNOWS OUR HEART. He also came to earth as a human child and lived the life of a human - surely he knows how we struggle against our flesh. Even Paul said, “I do the things I don’t want to do and I don’t do the things I want to do”. I believe Jesus knows us much better than we know ourselves.