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Otherwise, if you sinned, and then got hit by a truck before you repented, you'd be lost. That seems rather cruel to me.

I agree. It seems rather capricious.

I do have a question for you. I've seen a number of posts you've made about sin being "covered". Do you see it as being "covered" only, or actually wiped clean? Does the believer only have the illusion of righteousness (being covered by the righteousness of Jesus), or is he actually made righteous>

Otherwise, if you sinned, and then got hit by a truck before you repented, you'd be lost. That seems rather cruel to me.

I agree. It seems rather capricious.

Jesus tells us not to be like the foolish virgins who were not prepared. He also tells us He will come quickly, like a thief in the night. So we should always be prepared.

Had they had such a thing then, He may very well have said He will come like the 5:10 crosstown express.

SD

I do have a question for you. I've seen a number of posts you've made about sin being "covered". Do you see it as being "covered" only, or actually wiped clean? Does the believer only have the illusion of righteousness (being covered by the righteousness of Jesus), or is he actually made righteous>

Actually wiped clean. Believers have the righteousness of Christ imputed to them, making them righteous in God's Sight. Since we are "in Christ", His righteousness is our righteousness. Our own, old righteousness is of no value. (2Co 5:17) Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Using the word covered was meant in the sense of there being something to bridge the gap, so to speak, for our own conscience's sake. I realize the OT concept of the sacrifice being a covering for sin, hiding it from God's eyes, the same as God killed two animals to provide skins to Adam and Eve for covering their nakedness.