Repentance?

Question

Should i take my chances and gamble that i can repent when i'm on my deathbed just in case?

Answer 1

if you like

Answer 2

Gambling on going to heaven or hell is the biggest gamble you could make. You should not assume you will have a death bed! You could get killed by someone, be in a car crash or have a heart attack.

You should repent now, and stay in good graces with God. It is the best way to live this life anyway!

If you need more information, email me, I will be glad to talk to you.

God bless you and give you peace

Answer 3

Thinking a lot of yourself only?

The Door is kept open for us at great cost that we may attain to innocency and live.

Measure the opportunity of repentance by the value of the blood shed for you. Is the value of the blood of Christ to be so esteemed? Honor God.

Your Father loves you. He demands respect.

Answer 4

WHAT MOTIVATES TRUE REPENTANCE

The sadness accompanying true repentance has a very different motivation than worldly sadness. There is a heartfelt wanting to come back into God’s favor, motivated by a love for him that comes from knowing him and his splendid qualities and righteous purposes. Appreciation for his goodness and greatness makes genuinely repentant wrongdoers feel keen remorse at having brought reproach on his name. Love for neighbor also makes them rue the harm they have done to others, the bad example set, the hurt caused, perhaps the way they have sullied the reputation of God’s people among outsiders, thereby hindering persons from recognizing the true congregation of God. These things, and not just the shame of being ‘found out’ or the prospect of discipline, cause them to feel “broken at heart” and “crushed in spirit.”—Ps. 34:18.

But repentance (Gr. me·ta´noi·a) also involves a ‘change of mind’ or ‘change of will.’ To be genuine, it must include a positive rejection of the bad course as repugnant, something hated. (Ps. 97:10; Rom. 12:9) This is paralleled by a love of righteousness that causes the repentant Christian to determine firmly to hold to a righteous course thenceforth. Without both this hatred of bad and love of righteousness there would be no real force to our repentance, no following through with what the apostle Paul called “works that befit repentance.” (Acts 26:20) King Rehoboam’s case illustrates this. After first humbling himself under God’s anger, he turned back to doing bad. Why? Because “he had not firmly established his heart to search for Jehovah.”—2 Chron. 12:12-14.

The Corinthian congregation showed this being “saddened in a godly way.” When reproved by Paul for having harbored a practicer of wickedness in their midst, they responded and corrected the situation. They manifested their sadness at their wrong not only by fear but by “great earnestness . . . yes, clearing of [them]selves, yes, indignation [at the reproach the wrongdoer’s course had brought], . . . yes, longing, yes, zeal, yes, righting of the wrong!” (2 Cor. 7:11) So, elders today can look for similar qualities in those who express repentance over wrongdoing to them.

Answer 5

The bible states that He who believes shall be saved. To me that means that you don't have to repent, confess, follow the commandments, go to church, be a good person, or any of those things, Just believe and that's it, you're in.

Answer 6

No!
It is vitally important that you start repenting at least a week prior to your death.

Answer 7

no becaue you might not have the opportunity to be on your death bed. Your time could be just as quick as you blink.

Answer 8

id keep on top of it and remember you got to try and trun away from sin

Answer 9

you might not know when you would die. why don't you repent now?

Answer 10

if you are following the christian religion................you should probably cover all bases and repent asap

Answer 11

I wouldnt what if you die instantly in say a car wreck ???