Why would anyone think that you have a second chance to be saved after you die?

While the idea of a second chance for salvation is appealing, the Bible is clear that death is the end of all chances. Hebrews 9:27 tells us that we die, and then face judgment. So, as long as a person is alive, he has a second, third, fourth, fifth, etc. chance to accept Christ and be saved (John 3:16; Romans 10:9-10; Acts 16:31). Once a person dies, there are no more chances. The idea of purgatory, a place where people go after death to pay for their sins, has no biblical basis, but is rather a tradition of the Roman Catholic Church.

To understand what happens to nonbelievers after they die, we go to Revelation 20:11-15 which describes the Great White Throne judgment. Here takes place the opening of the books and “the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.” The books contain all the thoughts and deeds of those being judged, and we know from Romans 3:20 that “by the works of the Law is no flesh justified.” Therefore, all who are judged by their works and thoughts are condemned to hell. Believers in Christ, on the other hand, are not judged by the books of works, but their names are found written in another book—the “Lamb’s Book of Life” (Revelation 21:27). These are the ones who have believed on the Lord Jesus, and they alone will be allowed to enter heaven.

The key to understanding this is the Lamb’s Book of Life. Anyone whose name is written in this book was “saved before the foundation of the world” (Ephesians 1:4) by God’s sovereign saving grace to be part of His Son’s bride, the church of Jesus Christ. These people need no “second chance” at salvation because their salvation has been secured by Christ. He chose us, He saved us, and He will keep us saved. Nothing can separate us from Christ (Romans 8:39). Those for whom He died will be saved because Jesus will see to it. He declared “all that the Father has given me will come to me” (John 6:37), and “I give to them eternal life, and they shall never ever perish, and not anyone shall pluck them out of My hand” (John 10:28). For believers, there is no need for a second chance because the first chance is sufficient.

What about those who do not believe? Wouldn’t they repent and believe if they were given a second chance? The answer is no, they would not because their hearts are not changed simply because they die. Their hearts and minds “are at enmity” against God and won’t accept Him even when they see Him face to face. This is evidenced clearly in the story of the rich man and Lazarus in Luke 16:19-31. If ever someone should have repented when given a second chance to see clearly the truth, it was the rich man. But although he was in torment in hell, he only asked that Abraham send Lazarus back to earth to warn his brothers so they didn’t have to suffer the same fate. There was no repentance in his heart, only regret for where he found himself. Abraham’s answer says it all: “And he said to him, If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded, even though one rose from the dead” (Luke 16:31). Here we see that the witness of the Scriptures is sufficient for salvation for those who believe it, and no other revelation will bring about salvation to those who do not. No second, third or fourth chances would be enough to turn the heart of stone into a heart of flesh.

Philippians 2:10-11 declares “that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” One day, everyone will bow before Jesus and recognize that He is the Lord and Savior. At that point, though, it is too late for salvation. After death, all that remains for the unbeliever is judgment (Revelation 20:14-15). That is why we must trust in Him in this life.

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no not after you die

Do it now while your spirit and your soul is still in your body

and you have the choice of free will

You quoted Hebrews9:27 but did you understand hebrews 9:26( he is thye atonement of the sacrifice for sin) or hebrews 9:28- Christ was offered once to bear the sins of humanity(world)

but those who look for him(follow) shall appear a second time(resurrection) without sin to

salvation.

Read Romans 6 :6-15 For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin--:

If you believed it would be unfair for God to judge people after they died, and if your idea of God was an all-loving, all-merciful and all-forgiving deity who could overlook sin, then you might think your God would give people a second chance to be saved.

If you thought it would be wrong for God to punish people who had rejected Him while they were alive, then it would only be reasonable to think he would resurrect them and give them another chance.

If you had not already been forgiven for your sins, and you were not in the new covenant Jesus introduced the night before he died, then you would really want to know there was a second chance for you to be saved.

If you believed that Jesus died only to atone for the sin of Adam, and that when you died, your death acquitted you from your own personal sin, then you might want to believe you would get a second chance to be saved if you did not die before Armageddon.

If you believed that you had to earn your salvation by doing good works then you might think you needed more time to strive towards perfection and salvation.

Jehovah's Witnesses believe all of the above and that is why they think God will resurrect virtually every person who has ever lived so they can have 1,000 years in which to earn the right to be declared righteous by merit of their faithfulness, obedience and good works.

They disbelieve God's words of warning in Hebrews 9:27 because they think the day of judgment will last for 1,000 years after Armageddon. They disbelieve what Jesus said in Luke 16:19-31 about where people go after they die and before the resurrection on the day of judgment. They are saying the Bible tells lies when it describes the souls of the slain saints under the alter in heaven who await the resurrection (Revelation(9:1-6); when it says the souls of those who had been killed and who were to reign with Christ and whose souls are already in heaven and that the second resurrection doesn't happen till the end of the 1,000 years (Revelation 20:4-6).

And all because they (a) don't know who Jesus REALLY is, (b) what his death accomplished for sinful humanity and (c) that every person will face judgment after they die and will not get a second chance. Their interpretation of sin and salvation bears no resemblance to what the Bible says about sin and salvation.

Let God have the final word: "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion. It does not, therefore, depend on man's desire or effort, but on God's mercy" (Romans 9:14-16). GT

They don't think there is a second chance, they think that this life is a dress rehearsal and the real life is the next one. that is why we have so many wars and problems with religious people. Maybe we would be doing them a favor if we killed them all, then they would go to thier respective heavens and we'd have the earth ot our logical selves.

certain. it really is why eternal lack of existence is the 2d one, no longer the first. Acts 24:15 KJV 15And have wish in route of God, which they themselves also enable, that there'll be a resurrection of the lifeless, both between the in basic terms and unjust. Revelation 20: KJV 12And I talked with reference to the lifeless, small and tremendous, stand earlier God; and the books were opened: and yet another e book replaced into opened, that is the e book of existence: and the lifeless were judged out of those issues that were written in the books, in accordance to their works. 13And the sea gave up the lifeless that were in it; and absence of existence and hell presented up the lifeless that were in them: and they were judged each and every guy in accordance to their works. 14And lack of existence and hell were solid into the lake of fireplace. it truly is the 2d lack of existence. Psalm 37 KJV 9For evildoers will be reduce off: yet those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth. 10For yet a short at the same time as, and the wicked shall no longer be: yea, thou shalt diligently evaluate his position, and it shall no longer be. 11But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. 18The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance will be for ever. Isaiah 11 KJV 6The wolf also shall live with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the newborn; and the calf and the more youthful lion and the fatling at the same time; and a touch newborn shall lead them. 7And the cow and the undergo shall feed; their youthful ones shall lie down at the same time: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. 8And the sucking newborn shall play on the hollow of the asp, and the weaned newborn shall placed his hand on the cockatrice' den. 9They shall no longer damage nor smash in all my holy mountain: for the earth will be finished of the recognize-how of the LORD, because the waters cover the sea. The earth will be very different then. Debbie

It's the old "Second Chance" or "Ultimate Reconciliation" theory — which are thoroughly disproved by the Bible, including the verse you listed.

Why would anyone thing that you can be "saved" before you die?

(Except, of course, when the meaning is that you can be prevented from dying).

Correct!

well that s not an excuse to keep your worshiping till after death is it. but yeah sometimes in can work if one was "just below the bar"

therefore you must take care to live a godly life, knowing that you die once