{"id":36457,"date":"2022-09-13T12:56:44","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T17:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/is-last-minute-repentance-at-death-acceptable-to-god\/"},"modified":"2022-09-13T12:56:44","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T17:56:44","slug":"is-last-minute-repentance-at-death-acceptable-to-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/is-last-minute-repentance-at-death-acceptable-to-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Is last minute repentance at death acceptable to God?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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God does not deny what is true. So, if someone at death is truly repentant, God will accept <\/strong>the fact that he or she has repented. But, does a deathbed repentance earn a heavenly reward?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Galatians 6:7,8 reads, “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows<\/strong>, that he will also reap<\/strong>. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption<\/strong>, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life."<\/p>\n

This scripture teaches that a person's fate is not determined by a deathbed confession – but by his behaviors and resulting character which was developed throughout his lifetime. Repentance means “to change.” The reason someone at death would want to repent <\/strong>is because they recognize that their course in life has been sowing to the flesh<\/strong> and was out of harmony with the will of God. Such last-minute repentance does not allow that person enough time in this lifetime to sow to the spirit and reap life everlasting. <\/p>\n

However, this does not mean<\/strong> that that person is condemned<\/strong> to a place of eternal flames and torment. After the first resurrection of those who have sown to the spirit, (Revelations 20:4-6) there shall be a general resurrection (Revelations 20:12) of all mankind.  It is then that the truly repentant will have an opportunity to amend their ways and gain everlasting life on earth. “And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.  No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed <\/strong>(Christ redeemed all of mankind) shall walk there: And the ransomed (all of humanity) of the LORD shall return (from death <\/strong>and dying condition), and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.” (Isaiah 35:8-10)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

God does not deny what is true. So, if someone at death is truly repentant, God will accept the fact that he or she has repented. But, does a deathbed repentance earn a heavenly reward? Galatians 6:7,8 reads, “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also … Continue reading “Is last minute repentance at death acceptable to God?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36457\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}