If my objective is to spend time with God, why be a Christian now?

[dazed]

My other thread, http://www.christianforums.com/t7594723/, was veering off topic and toward this.

Given that

A) Jesus will forgive all my sins the moment that I accept him
B) 70 Earth years of knowing God is not much when you compare it to Infinity of knowing God in heaven

Why wouldn't I wait till the very last to acknowledge Jesus and go to heaven?

I've taken the liberty of copying drich's answer to one of my posts. I'm sure he can forgive me for doing it without asking him first.

<quote>
"Again, please give me the passages where I must accept Jesus and have a relationship through Christ before I can get in?"
Mat7:21-23
</quote>
No, this passage do not say that. God may have inspired Matthew to update the covenant to prevent people like Jimmy Swaggart and Catholics priests from going to heaven. Why wouldn't God just strike these people down instead of letting them misusing His name in driving out demons?

<quote>
"Are you saying that I can't get into heaven even after I truly accept Jesus in my heart but didn't have enough time to know him?"
Are you saying that You can?

</quote>
Yes! Jesus said accepted Him and my ticket is stamped. Coupled that with "Seek and ye shall find, ask and ye shall received" and I will spend the eternity with him.

<quote>
There is only one recorded death bed conversion in the bible and this man was not in a bed but hanging next to Christ on a cross. That is what it took for him to truly come to genuine repentance. Most "death beds" are not so equip.

again a death bed conversion is not impossible, but as the bible records is the exception and not the rule.

</quote>

Maybe I should copy and paste all the "Bible didn't say but that doesn't mean it didn't happen" replies to my various threads.

<quote>
Are you willing to live a life of rebellion on the off chance that you will live long enough to see your death bed? Even if you are the one in a million and do get in. the bible says that those who enter without a relationship enter like one escaping from a fire. (They have nothing stored up) Basically you will be Heaven's equivalent of a homeless person. Why would you want to spend an eternity with nothing to show for your time? Yes you may have escaped hell, but that is it. Or again did you think you would enter Heaven on your technicality as a saint?

</quote>

I don't want to be a saint nor do I want to be in Hell. If deathbed conversion is unacceptable, what about when I have terminal cancer? When I approach 50? 40? Where does the Bible draw the line? If it does, why would I convert, alienate my family and may not even get the chance to go heaven?

<quote>

"Do you think God a fool? do you think He is bound to your understanding of His law? If your heart has you lead a wicked mans life for 50 or 60 years what will make you change just before you die? In a word it is fear. Fear of being held accountable for your deeds. Fear is not Love. Love for the Lord is our greatest command if you do not have an all encompassing love for God then your "proclamation" will go no higher than the ceiling of the room you will die in. you may have fooled yourself but you have not nor will you ever fool God."

</quote>

Again, please quote me a passage that the deal is only valid if I accept Jesus out of love and not fear. As long as I truly repent, my ticket is just as good as yours. I may not get window seat, but I still get a seat. 70 Earth years may seem long for you, but it's a blink of an eye for God and it's nothing when compared it to infinity.

<quote>
Heb 4:
12 For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. 13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account."

</quote>

This would only apply if I lied. Again, if I truly repent, whether it's love for Jesus, fear of Hell, or the sweet red-headed girl that went to heaven before me, my ticket is stamped as per Jesus's promise.

 

[bling]

It is our privilege and honor to allow God to work through us while here on earth. Someone helped and taught me, so I really want to have the opportunity to help others.

One of the ways we grow our Love and show our Love to God is by serving others.

The best &#8220;system&#8221; for man while here on earth is not to read a book and learn about God, but to experience God one on one eyeball to eyeball, have Him listen to you, teach you at your level, help you, show you Love and allow you to experience Godly type Love in a very personal way. That system is allowing God to work though Christians that allow God to work through their lives.

 

[dazed]

It is our privilege and honor to allow God to work through us while here on earth. Someone helped and taught me, so I really want to have the opportunity to help others.

One of the ways we grow our Love and show our Love to God is by serving others.

The best “system” for man while here on earth is not to read a book and learn about God, but to experience God one on one eyeball to eyeball, have Him listen to you, teach you at your level, help you, show you Love and allow you to experience Godly type Love in a very personal way. That system is allowing God to work though Christians that allow God to work through their lives.

I don't doubt that this is the best system. However, doing cost-benefit analysis, I'm better off with the proposed system. I can accept Jesus now, and walk the straight and narrow path. For which I know that I will fail, will worry about asking and receiving forgiveness lest I want to face the retribution of Matthew 7:21-23. I would be nervous wreck by the time I get to heaven.

Since no Christian, at least on this board, could deny that a truly repented serial killer/rapist would go to heaven, why shouldn't I get my boarding pass be stamped at the very last minute? Even with suicide bombings, my sudden death before I could repent is very remote. I'm not saying that I will go out and willing violently violated every commandments. I'm sure the ever loving compassionate God, who forgave Jews and Jimmy Swaggart numerous times, would forgive me just once.

I assume that accepted Christ now and doing good deeds for the next 60 years will get me a front row seat. I'm humble. Others can have the good seats. I'm quite content with just a seat. So, why shouldn't I wait till the last minute and truly repent?

 

[salida]

The last minute? What if you die in 5 minutes?

 

[dazed]

The last minute? What if you die in 5 minutes?

It only takes me about 30 seconds to say "I'm truly repent and accepted that Jesus died for my sins, and he is my Salvation. Hallelujah".

It's not a trick. I just tell God that I'm a weak mortal and I'm not sure that I can keep myself sinless for the next 70 years. I don't want to trouble Him with constant prayer for forgiveness. I did what I did. If my rationale is wrong, please forgive me and let me in.

 

[Faulty]

It only takes me about 30 seconds to say "I'm truly repent and accepted that Jesus died for my sins, and he is my Salvation. Hallelujah".

It's not a trick. I just tell God that I'm a weak mortal and I'm not sure that I can keep myself sinless for the next 70 years. I don't want to trouble Him with constant prayer for forgiveness. I did what I did. If my rationale is wrong, please forgive me and let me in.

True repentence wouldn't desire to wait until the last seconds. This is called 'lip service'.

If you say this as a matter of convenience 30 seconds before your death, 31 seconds later, you'll find yourself in hell, wishing you had truly repented.

Besides, "just tell God that I'm a weak mortal and I'm not sure that I can keep myself sinless for the next 70 years. I don't want to trouble Him with constant prayer for forgiveness", is a complete lack of understanding because christians are not sinless because salvation does not hinge of a volume of sins. Christians are justified by being reconciled to God. Huge difference. Night and day different because obedience to the Law justifies no one. Read Galatians 3 for more on that.

 

[drich0150]

Over and over again. A death bed repentance is a rarity. Look at the example of the one time it happens in the bible. Look at the duress the thief hanging on the cross underwent to experience a true sense of repentance. This quality is not something that happens in a 30 second plea to escape hell.

That said lets look at Mt 7:
True and False Disciples

21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ 23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’

Take a closer look at the first line. "Not everyone who says to me Lord, Lord." This is exactly what you are doing on your death bed!!!

"Lord, Lord save me from my sin.. Lord, Lord save me from Hell.. Lord, Lord do not hold me accountable to my sin, And I MEAN IT!!!

You are exactly who Christ had in mind when he uttered this verse. Because literally He Never Knew you. So again my statement that says you must have a relationship is proven here.

My passage in Hebrews says that even if you have fooled yourself into thinking you could have genuine sincerity on your death bed, it does not mean you will or can fool God. Your actions, thoughts well laid plans will be separated and scrutinized weighed and judged completely. So no matter what you tell yourself, God will judge your true intent.

Again Look at the one successful death bed confession the bible records. If this is what it takes to have a successful death bed confession would you elect to be scourged and crucified? If no then you should have some idea as how far your "death bed confession" falls short. If you say yes then why not die to yourself now and spend what you have left of this life for Christ now?

 

[Faulty]

Besides, repentence is not a matter of our will. In John 6:44, Jesus states that no man came come to Him except the Father draws him. You don't get to decide when that is.

If you are being drawn now to the necessity of repenting and believing in Jesus as your only way for the forgivness of sins and reconciliation to the Father, then do not push it off to another day. You may never have another opportunity again, ever.

Today is the day of repentence.

Acts 17:30-31 "The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent, because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead."
​

 

[aiki]

My other thread, http://www.christianforums.com/t7594723/, was veering off topic and toward this.

Given that

A) Jesus will forgive all my sins the moment that I accept him
B) 70 Earth years of knowing God is not much when you compare it to Infinity of knowing God in heaven

Why wouldn't I wait till the very last to acknowledge Jesus and go to heaven?

Why would you? I suppose if you thought accepting Christ was only just about going to heaven, then this plan might have some merit. Salvation, though, is about far more than simply getting into an eternal paradise when you die. Really, this is just a happy side-benefit of what salvation truly is: reconciliation to, and fellowship with, God.

"Again, please give me the passages where I must accept Jesus and have a relationship through Christ before I can get in?"

Colossians 1:13, 14, 20-22
13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,
14 in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins...
19 For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell,
20 and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.
21 And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled
22 in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight--

Romans 5:8-10
8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.
10 For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.

John 3:35-36
35 The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand.
36 He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."

1 John 5:11-12
11 And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.

John 14:6
6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Revelation 3:20
20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.

1 Corinthians 1:9
9 God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

1 John 1:3-4
3 that which we have seen and heard declare we unto you also, that you also may have fellowship with us: yea, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ:
4 and these things we write, that our joy may be made full.

You see, our sin has separated us from God. Through Christ, God has made a way for the separation between us and Him to be remedied. We can, through a second, spiritual birth obtained through faith in Christ's saving work for us on the cross, enter into the personal, joyful fellowship with God that He had orginally intended.

So, God is seeking, through our salvation, to relate with us, to fellowship with us, and to enable us to experience life's greatest fulfillment thereby. You, however, seem to be looking at salvation merely as "fire insurance" and for the best way to live as much of your life without God as possible and still get into heaven. God sees such a motive and judges it for what it is; He is not fooled into thinking that one is sincere in a deathbed confession of faith in Christ that comes conveniently at the last of a life lived in defiance of Him. There is only a desire to escape punishment in this, not a desire to know and love Him. And this can be the only intent of a premeditated plan to wait until the last moment to confess and repent. For one who has intended all along to repent only at the very last is not someone who loves God and can't wait to fellowship with Him. This passionate love for God, though, is the very heart-attitude that secures a person's salvation.

Matthew 22:36-37
36 "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?"
37 Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'

Ephesians 3:17-19
17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height--
19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

One who has revelled in a life without God cannot plan to have a sincere change of heart in the final moments of his (or her) life. This is the conniving strategy of a fool.

Galatians 6:7-8
7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
8 For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.

This would only apply if I lied. Again, if I truly repent, whether it's love for Jesus, fear of Hell, or the sweet red-headed girl that went to heaven before me, my ticket is stamped as per Jesus's promise.

Repentance is inextricably connected to one's realization, acceptance and confession of one's sin and the awareness of one's need for God's forgiveness of that sin. The joy and love toward God that true, sincere confession engenders in a believer motivates him/her to turn from sin to live in a new, godly way (which is what repentance actually means). No other motive will do.

Selah.

 

[bling]

I don't doubt that this is the best system. However, doing cost-benefit analysis, I'm better off with the proposed system. I can accept Jesus now, and walk the straight and narrow path. For which I know that I will fail, will worry about asking and receiving forgiveness lest I want to face the retribution of Matthew 7:21-23. I would be nervous wreck by the time I get to heaven.

Since no Christian, at least on this board, could deny that a truly repented serial killer/rapist would go to heaven, why shouldn't I get my boarding pass be stamped at the very last minute? Even with suicide bombings, my sudden death before I could repent is very remote. I'm not saying that I will go out and willing violently violated every commandments. I'm sure the ever loving compassionate God, who forgave Jews and Jimmy Swaggart numerous times, would forgive me just once.

I assume that accepted Christ now and doing good deeds for the next 60 years will get me a front row seat. I'm humble. Others can have the good seats. I'm quite content with just a seat. So, why shouldn't I wait till the last minute and truly repent?

If that is your attitude, heaven is not for you. Heaven is like one huge Love feast, but that Love is not self centered, selfish, self gratifying, carnal, and prideful. The Love in heaven wanting the best for others, serving others, sacrificing self for others, and being totally selfless. You will not be comfortable surrounded by beings that just want to help you and not have “Love” to give back. If you spend your whole life trying to avoid such love and do not desire such Love for yourself, why would you change in heaven?

God does not want you to be unhappy in heaven and the “earthly” pleasures are just not there.

The problem is not getting saved now and “having” to walk the straight and narrow, because nothing is really being demanded of you. You have a birthright that includes heaven that cannot be taken away, but you do have to value that birth right enough not to sell it or give it away (you have free will).

 

[seashale76]

Sinner's prayer theology combined with OSAS- so wrong- yet so compelling because it doesn't actually require one to do anything.

 

[dazed]

Over and over again. A death bed repentance is a rarity. Look at the example of the one time it happens in the bible. Look at the duress the thief hanging on the cross underwent to experience a true sense of repentance. This quality is not something that happens in a 30 second plea to escape hell.

That said lets look at Mt 7:
True and False Disciples

21 &#8220;Not everyone who says to me, &#8216;Lord, Lord,&#8217; will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me on that day, &#8216;Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?&#8217; 23 Then I will tell them plainly, &#8216;I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!&#8217;

Take a closer look at the first line. "Not everyone who says to me Lord, Lord." This is exactly what you are doing on your death bed!!!

"Lord, Lord save me from my sin.. Lord, Lord save me from Hell.. Lord, Lord do not hold me accountable to my sin, And I MEAN IT!!!

You are exactly who Christ had in mind when he uttered this verse. Because literally He Never Knew you. So again my statement that says you must have a relationship is proven here.

That's your interpretation. I read it as a big ad sign that you see in a mall. Everything is on sale, except for .... Unless the item was excluded, everything else is on sale. The second part would apply to the like of Jimmy Swaggart or Catholics priests who molested young boys.


I would not prothesis, cast out demons and perform miracles in his name. Nor will I physically do evil deeds.

My passage in Hebrews says that even if you have fooled yourself into thinking you could have genuine sincerity on your death bed, it does not mean you will or can fool God. Your actions, thoughts well laid plans will be separated and scrutinized weighed and judged completely. So no matter what you tell yourself, God will judge your true intent.

Again Look at the one successful death bed confession the bible records. If this is what it takes to have a successful death bed confession would you elect to be scourged and crucified? If no then you should have some idea as how far your "death bed confession" falls short. If you say yes then why not die to yourself now and spend what you have left of this life for Christ now?

Again, you are assumed that I would lie to get in. How do you know for sure there was no other successful death bed conversion? Maybe other death bed confessions were not worthy enough for God to inspire writers to write about them. The Bible mentioned Adam's age when he died, but not Eve when she died. Do I assume that Eve didn't die or Eve's age wasn't worthy enough for God to mention it in the Bible?

 

[dazed]

Why would you? I suppose if you thought accepting Christ was only just about going to heaven, then this plan might have some merit. Salvation, though, is about far more than simply getting into an eternal paradise when you die. Really, this is just a happy side-benefit of what salvation truly is: reconciliation to, and fellowship with, God.

Colossians 1:13, 14, 20-22
13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,
14 in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins...
19 For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell,
20 and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.
21 And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled
22 in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight--

Romans 5:8-10
8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.
10 For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.

John 3:35-36
35 The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand.
36 He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."

1 John 5:11-12
11 And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.

John 14:6
6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Revelation 3:20
20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.

1 Corinthians 1:9
9 God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

1 John 1:3-4
3 that which we have seen and heard declare we unto you also, that you also may have fellowship with us: yea, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ:
4 and these things we write, that our joy may be made full.

You see, our sin has separated us from God. Through Christ, God has made a way for the separation between us and Him to be remedied. We can, through a second, spiritual birth obtained through faith in Christ's saving work for us on the cross, enter into the personal, joyful fellowship with God that He had orginally intended.

So, God is seeking, through our salvation, to relate with us, to fellowship with us, and to enable us to experience life's greatest fulfillment thereby. You, however, seem to be looking at salvation merely as "fire insurance" and for the best way to live as much of your life without God as possible and still get into heaven. God sees such a motive and judges it for what it is; He is not fooled into thinking that one is sincere in a deathbed confession of faith in Christ that comes conveniently at the last of a life lived in defiance of Him. There is only a desire to escape punishment in this, not a desire to know and love Him. And this can be the only intent of a premeditated plan to wait until the last moment to confess and repent. For one who has intended all along to repent only at the very last is not someone who loves God and can't wait to fellowship with Him. This passionate love for God, though, is the very heart-attitude that secures a person's salvation.

Matthew 22:36-37
36 "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?"
37 Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'

Ephesians 3:17-19
17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height--
19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

One who has revelled in a life without God cannot plan to have a sincere change of heart in the final moments of his (or her) life. This is the conniving strategy of a fool.

Galatians 6:7-8
7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
8 For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.

Repentance is inextricably connected to one's realization, acceptance and confession of one's sin and the awareness of one's need for God's forgiveness of that sin. The joy and love toward God that true, sincere confession engenders in a believer motivates him/her to turn from sin to live in a new, godly way (which is what repentance actually means). No other motive will do.

Selah.

Unless John 3:37 contained exceptions, I should be in heaven shouldn't I not? The deal is that believe in Jesus and gets everlasting life.

 

[dazed]

If that is your attitude, heaven is not for you. Heaven is like one huge Love feast, but that Love is not self centered, selfish, self gratifying, carnal, and prideful. The Love in heaven wanting the best for others, serving others, sacrificing self for others, and being totally selfless. You will not be comfortable surrounded by beings that just want to help you and not have “Love” to give back. If you spend your whole life trying to avoid such love and do not desire such Love for yourself, why would you change in heaven?

God does not want you to be unhappy in heaven and the “earthly” pleasures are just not there.

The problem is not getting saved now and “having” to walk the straight and narrow, because nothing is really being demanded of you. You have a birthright that includes heaven that cannot be taken away, but you do have to value that birth right enough not to sell it or give it away (you have free will).

I guess God want me to be happy while burning in Hell as opposed to being "uncomfortable" in Heaven?

 

[dazed]

Sinner's prayer theology combined with OSAS- so wrong- yet so compelling because it doesn't actually require one to do anything.

Dare I ask what is OSAS?

 

[Incariol]

Dare I ask what is OSAS?

Once Saved, Always Saved. It's the idea that you can pray the Jesus Prayer and then go off the deep end and murder dozens of people and still go to heaven. Advocates of it get around the problem with people apostatizing and becoming, as I suggested, mass murderers, by saying that people who do such things were never sincere and never saved in the first place, and weren't True Christians(TM).

Yes, some of us find the idea rather silly.

 

[aiki]

Unless John 3:37 contained exceptions, I should be in heaven shouldn't I not? The deal is that believe in Jesus and gets everlasting life.

If you're going to be willfully obtuse, what's the point in answering any more of your questions? If you had read and understood my last post, you would not be asking me this question.

"For one who has intended all along to repent only at the very last is not someone who loves God and can't wait to fellowship with Him."

Matthew 22:36-37
36 "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?"
37 Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'

Selah.

 

[dazed]

If you're going to be willfully obtuse, what's the point in answering any more of your questions? If you had read and understood my last post, you would not be asking me this question.

"For one who has intended all along to repent only at the very last is not someone who loves God and can't wait to fellowship with Him."

Matthew 22:36-37
36 "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?"
37 Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'

Selah.

My apology for sounding flippant. I didn't check and just assumed there was John 3:37 where Jesus would append restrictions to the generous offer of John 3:36 or more talk of his generosity. It's just end with that generous offer. Is there any passages in the Gospel of John that restricted this offer? So, which take precedent? John 3:36 or the more restrictive covenants of the Bible?

Again, your quotes are what I normally see and hear Christians said. We are sinners, Jesus died for our sins, accepted Him and your sins will be forgiven and you get to spend the rest of eternity with him. Should you fail to keep His laws after accepting Jesus, ask for forgiveness. This is the first time that I encountered with restrictions. That begs the question, "Aren't these restrictions contradicted with the generous offer of John 3:36 and Ask and Ye shall received"?

Can I find this quote in the Bible?

"For one who has intended all along to repent only at the very last is not someone who loves God and can't wait to fellowship with Him."

 

[bling]

I guess God want me to be happy while burning in Hell as opposed to being "uncomfortable" in Heaven?

It is up to you, God is just giving you what you have decided.

 

[Emmy]

Dear dazed. You had quite a few replies, may I join? You say: " Since no Christian could deny that a truly repentant serial killer/rapist would go to heaven. Why shouldn`t I get my boarding-pass get stamped at the very last minute?" God is Love, compassionate and forgiving, but there is God`s eternal Law of Justice: we know it as: "What ye sow ye will surly reap". And we know that God sees our hearts, and knows our every thought and wish. Do you really believe that the serial-killer, or any other evil or dangerous person, will live a life without fitting rewards for his, or her, evil nature/character? God cannot, neither will He not be mocked. Our loving God is also righteous and just in all His dealings with us, we may be sure of this. God is our Heavenly Father, and God wants us back again. Jesus died that we might live, He is our Saviour and The Way. The Bible, God`s Word to Man, tells us to " Repent," to change our selfish and unloving character TO: 1) Loving God with all our hearts, with all our souls, and with all our minds. 2) Loving our neighbour as ourselves. And Jesus points out: " On these two Commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets." God wants Love from us, selfless and freely given, and we`ll have many Blessings. I say this with love, dazed. Greetings from Emmy, sister in Christ.