What is the Problem with Repenting “Before” You Die?

Do you plan repenting before you die? And in the meantime, have fun (fun meaning sinning like there is no tomorrow).

There is a bad philosophy that plagues people these days, especially the young. The philosophy is “Experience life. And straighten up when I get old and gray.” As if youth should be wasted on selfish pursuit of carnal pleasures and ego satisfaction.

The first problem of delaying our repentance for our sins is that we don’t really know how long we will live. If you plan to repent when you get old, the presumption is that you will have the opportunity to get old. And that is a presumption.

The second problem is that we don’t know the gravity of our sins. We keep holding on them as if our dear life depended on them, when it is exactly the opposite. Sin leads to death, and that you can depend on.

You need only one unrepented sin to get yourself to hell. Yes, you get yourself there and not thrown into. Hell is a choice. It is a choice to reject God and all His goodness (which takes the form of theology and morality in this side of the world). To reject one of God’s laws is to reject Him for His laws come from His very being. All souls in heaven believe 100% in the Truth. They have subjected themselves “totally” to God and His Laws. There are no closet rebels in heaven or half-hearted followers. 99% don’t cut it. It is either you are a saint in heaven or a damn in hell.

You cannot be pro-abortion or pro-contraception and enter heaven. Because when you face God, you will know that they are evil. And evil cannot exist in heaven, even the thought or the support of it. So you will have the choice to accept the Truth of its evilness or reject it. Those who accept the Truth shall enter heaven. Those who reject it, well they will go to the only place where abortion and contraception is accepted and celebrated… hell.

The last problem is that those who plan to delay their repentance don’t really understand what repentance is. If they did, they would have not delayed it. Repentance is not a get-out-of-jail-card you are going to use to escape the fires of Hell. Repentance is not a technicality you can use against God so you can weasel you way into heaven. Repentance is not a tool for your selfish end. Repentance is more about God than you. Repentance is being sorry for your sins with all sincerity. Which means you actually know the gravity of your sins. And how much it has hurt God.

You can’t say you love God and be unrepentant. It is like saying you love your spouse but keep beating her.

Salvation is a gift. And a gift that can be accepted or rejected. You need repentance to accept the gift of salvation. If you are unrepentant of you sins, then from what would God save you?

True repentance is a grace of God. Pray for it before it is too late.

"But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.' "I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted." – Luke 18:13-14

Written by Daxx Bondoc