Some confusion in sin and it's consequences.....
i understand everything the bible says (well, most of it), and i understand what we have to do to be saved and go to heaven. but, i have to admit, there is a certain scenario i was discussing the other day with a friend that perplexed me. here it is:
you have two guys. their names are, for arguemnts sake, jim and ed. jim is a family man. a good husband, a good father, gives back to the community, goes to church every sunday. he is basically an all around great guy.
then you have ed. ed is a killer/rapist. he grew up commiting crime after crime, getting worse and worse, until he was caught and sentenced to death.
one day, jim dies suddenly in a car crash. even though he was a great guy, he never turned his life over to jesus, therefore he was not saved, died a sinner, and will spend eternity in hell.
on the other hand, while on death row, ed discovers god. he genuinely believes in god and begs forgiveness for his sins, past and present. when he is executed, he goes to heaven.
this does not quite sit right with me. i think that jim made the mistake of all mistakes by not turning hislife over to god, but, in my opinion, ed had done too much (killed and raped many women and men) to be saved. i think that there should be a cutoff point, a point of no return, where you are beyond saving.
thoughts?