The thief beside our Lord ASKED for His pardon and it was granted and presumably he sinned no more. The Church has ALWAYS taught that a sinner could repent up until the moment of death and be saved.
This is VERY DIFFERENT from uttering a phrase and then following it with decades of evil.
This is VERY DIFFERENT from uttering a phrase and then following it with decades of evil.
Know any professing Christians like that?
That is clearly NOT what protestants teach.