Re: Something I have Noticed
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 9:12 pm
Homer,
You said:
You said:
Is it not the risk that there could be a failure of the person to sincerely repent? Correct me if I am wrong, but I think you are suggesting that a human being might think to himself that he can live this life selfishly (e.g. the often cited Hugh Hefner) and defer any costs to following Christ beyond this life. The scenario is that such a man makes a plan, while he is still alive, to "repent" on judgement day. Such a person, it seems to me, would clearly be of the opinion that he values pleasing himself more than pleasing God. So he acts for himself alone whenever he can get away with it. His preference for choosing sin rather than righteous behavior wouldn't necessarily be any different on judgement day. I presume that when the Judgement comes, upon reflection, he would quite probably still hold the opinion that the sins he formerly committed had indeed been "worth it", although now under the coercion he is willing to refrain from sin in the future. If his values never change, then is not such a repentance insincere? Hence, although he planned to avoid Hell, he may well find that he has failed to accomplish his intentions, if indeed his unchanged values are definitive in terms of what counts for attaining forgiveness of sins. Would this suffice as an answer to the objection you raised?Homer wrote: It has been acknowledged by some of UR persuasion that post-mortem repentance might happen immediately at the judgment or immediately after. So explain to me what their risk consists of. Thanks