Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ukma!seismo!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: chappell@symcom.math.uiuc.edu (Glenn Chappell) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: at the last moment Message-ID: Date: 27 Mar 91 04:23:55 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Math Dept., University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign Lines: 15 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article MAS139@psuvm.psu.edu writes: >... what is the incentive to be true to the Word if >salvation can come at the last moment of life? Well, we really don't know when "the last moment of life" will be do we? Many of us expect to die on a bed surrounded by friends & relatives, but that might not happen. After I'm done here, I may walk across the street, get hit by a car, and die instantly. That's one reason I'm glad I'm already saved. Secondly, I'd mention that if you say "I'll obey God (e.g. get saved) later", don't expect that, when the time comes you really will. Jesus said that if you want to obey Him, do it now (see the last few verses of Luke 9). GGC <><