Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!rex!ukma!seismo!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: kday@dtoa1.dt.navy.mil (Day) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: at the last moment Message-ID: Date: 30 Mar 91 07:37:12 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: David Taylor Research Center, Bethesda, MD Lines: 22 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article MAS139@psuvm.psu.edu writes: >I have always wondered about the passage concerning the robber >on the cross who was saved right before he died. If this is >possible, why should anyone be "saved" before the last moment? >What I mean is, what is the incentive to be true to the Word if >salvation can come at the last moment of life? 1. To please God. It is our reason for being here. 2. Do you happen to know when your "last moment of life" will be? The only moment we're sure of is the one we're living right now. 3. The more we reject the gospel, the more hardened our heart becomes to the gospel. "Today is the day of salvation" K. Scott Day David Taylor Research Center Bethesda, Maryland ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "He who gives to the poor will not lack, but he who hides his eyes will have many curses." -Proverbs 28:27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------