Bridge of Reason

Someone asked if a murde r repents and turns to Jesus in the last days of their life is that person saved? It is a familiar enough question, popular with the cults . People usually find the answer scandalous; n obody is beyond the reach of his grace except the one who will not receive it. What does that mean? I t means, 'Whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgement, but has passed from death to life.' ( John 5:24, ESV, [ words of Jesus ] ) 'Whoever' means anyone may come, no on e is turned away who comes in repentance , no truly repentant sinner is beyond the reach of his grace. Peter writes, ‘ For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit...’ (1 Pet.3:18) The scandal is the cross, the righteous dying for the unrighteous, but there it is. 'Has eternal life' means those who...