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Does The Bible Teach There Is A Second Chance In The Afterlife To Be Saved By Jesus?

Then why are you preaching a second chance after death here?
You don't believe there are ever unsaved people with sincere interest checking out Christian websites .
God will rescue the vast majority of people who died without Christ.
The vast majority of people alive on earth today when hearing the gospel , will refuse the rescue Jesus gives.

Mat 7:13
wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
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Mat 7:14
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

What leads you to this gross misunderstanding of yours that people meeting Jesus Christ for the first time after death would be any less inclined to refuse rescue ?
Why wouldn't their answer be just as likely to be negative , just as it would have been had they been presented the Gospel on earth ?
What is this influence you suggest exists after death that makes this "vast majority" difference you suggest exists in the ratio of those saying yes rather than no based on the nothing more than the fact they have died ?
 
The vast majority of people alive on earth today when hearing the gospel , will refuse the rescue Jesus gives.

Mat 7:13
wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
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Mat 7:14
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

What leads you to this gross misunderstanding of yours that people meeting Jesus Christ for the first time after death would be any less inclined to refuse rescue ?
Why wouldn't their answer be just as likely to be negative , just as it would have been had they been presented to Gospel on earth ?
What is this influence you suggest exists after death that makes this "vast: difference you suggest exists in the ratio of those saying yes rather than no based on the nothing more than the fact they have died ?
Amen.
 
If a person is given an opportunity to receive Christ as they stand before His judgment seat, for that they had no such opportunity in life, how is that denying that acceptance or rejection of Christ is the only grounds of judgment?
That's not what you said. I elaborated as you requested.

Why not apologize for miswording your statement, admit your error.

But, your "new" position is hardly any better, hearing about Christ for the first time, seconds before you are condemned, is hardly justice.

However, you have come half way. Why not go all the way and believe the Scripture, after unbelievers die once there is a judgment, based on whether they will accept or reject Christ. The only way such a judgment would be fair, is first all self-delusion and addiction that might prevent a "free will choice", be removed. Also, any ignorance about the Gospel of Christ, must be removed. Only then can an "informed free will choice" be made:

For this reason the gospel was preached also to those who are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. (1 Pet. 4:6 NKJ)
 
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The vast majority of people alive on earth today when hearing the gospel , will refuse the rescue Jesus gives.

Mat 7:13
wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
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Mat 7:14
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

What leads you to this gross misunderstanding of yours that people meeting Jesus Christ for the first time after death would be any less inclined to refuse rescue ?
Why wouldn't their answer be just as likely to be negative , just as it would have been had they been presented the Gospel on earth ?
What is this influence you suggest exists after death that makes this "vast majority" difference you suggest exists in the ratio of those saying yes rather than no based on the nothing more than the fact they have died ?
Christ is being misquoted, "taken out of context"

 
The vast majority of people alive on earth today when hearing the gospel , will refuse the rescue Jesus gives.

Mat 7:13
wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
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Mat 7:14
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

What leads you to this gross misunderstanding of yours that people meeting Jesus Christ for the first time after death would be any less inclined to refuse rescue ?
Why wouldn't their answer be just as likely to be negative , just as it would have been had they been presented the Gospel on earth ?
What is this influence you suggest exists after death that makes this "vast majority" difference you suggest exists in the ratio of those saying yes rather than no based on the nothing more than the fact they have died ?
Why are you afraid to answer this question for yourself ?
You are not required to answer for yourself , it is perfectly allowed.
I was just curious why you are scared to answer from your own mouth ?
 
Why are you afraid to answer this question for yourself ?
You are not required to answer for yourself , it is perfectly allowed.
I was just curious why you are scared to answer from your own mouth ?
I answered you fully and fairly.

without fear.

Look this up: "cognitive dissonance"
 
That's not what you said. I elaborated as you requested.

Why not apologize for miswording your statement, admit your error.

But, your "new" position is hardly any better, hearing about Christ for the first time, seconds before you are condemned, is hardly justice.

However, you have come half way. Why not go all the way and believe the Scripture, after unbelievers die once there is a judgment, based on whether they will accept or reject Christ. The only way such a judgment would be fair, is first all self-delusion and addiction that might prevent a "free will choice", be removed. Also, any ignorance about the Gospel of Christ, must be removed. Only then can an "informed free will choice" be made:

For this reason the gospel was preached also to those who are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. (1 Pet. 4:6 NKJ)
Are you of the opinion that everyone has an opportunity to receive Christ within their lifetime?

I do not find that to be realistic.

The pygmy in Africa has been mentioned in similar conversations.

Yes, those who never had an opportunity to receive Christ within their lifetime will have that opportunity at their judgment. Is that what you are saying? If so, then I am in agreement.
 
Are you of the opinion that everyone has an opportunity to receive Christ within their lifetime?

I do not find that to be realistic.

The pygmy in Africa has been mentioned in similar conversations.

Yes, those who never had an opportunity to receive Christ within their lifetime will have that opportunity at their judgment. Is that what you are saying? If so, then I am in agreement.
Yes, that's what I am saying, and more. These mocked the gospel they heard. Its implied they couldn't do a proper "cost/benefit" analysis, were ignorant of the Gospel and Eternal life. That ignorance God will correct, in hell when the gospel is preached to them::

4 In regard to these, they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same flood of dissipation, speaking evil of you.
5 They will give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
6 For this reason the gospel was preached also to those who are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. (1 Pet. 4:4-6 NKJ)
 
Yes, that's what I am saying, and more. These mocked the gospel they heard. Its implied they couldn't do a proper "cost/benefit" analysis, were ignorant of the Gospel and Eternal life. That ignorance God will correct, in hell when the gospel is preached to them::

4 In regard to these, they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same flood of dissipation, speaking evil of you.
5 They will give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
6 For this reason the gospel was preached also to those who are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. (1 Pet. 4:4-6 NKJ)
The gospel will not be preached to them when they are in hell. By then it will be too late.

It will be preached to them at their judgment seat; but only if they never heard it within their lifetime.
 
The gospel will not be preached to them when they are in hell. By then it will be too late.

It will be preached to them at their judgment seat; but only if they never heard it within their lifetime.
That's not scriptural:

Many Old Testament Scriptures speak of redemption from hell:

Therefore, it is implicit in every Old Testament text which speaks of prayers for forgiveness of sin and God's redeeming souls from hell supports the conclusion God grants a second chance for life in Hell.

"For I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies," says the Lord GOD. "Therefore turn and live!" (Ezek. 18:32 NKJ)
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39 `Now see that I, even I, am He, And there is no God besides Me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; Nor is there any who can deliver from My hand. (Deut. 32:39 NKJ)
God kills but also makes alive, He wounds but also heals. That God smites in punishment but mercifully heals is a common theme (Hos. 6:1; Isa. 30:26; 57:17, 18; Jer. 17:14).

"The LORD kills and makes alive; He brings down to the grave and brings up. (1 Sam. 2:6 NKJ)
God makes alive those He killed, brings up from the grave those He put there. That is a second chance.

5 `When the waves of death surrounded me, The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
6 The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.
7 In my distress I called upon the LORD, And cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, And my cry entered His ears.

17 "He sent from above, He took me, He drew me out of many waters.
18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me; For they were too strong for me.
19 They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But the LORD was my support.
20 He also brought me out into a broad place; He delivered me because He delighted in me. (2 Sam. 22:5-20 NKJ)
The prophet David could not analogize his troubles to God's salvation from Sheol if he didn't believe it exists.
Even from His Temple far away God hears the plea of those suffering the sorrows of Hell (Sheol), and rescues them from the snares of Death.

10 For You will not leave my soul in Sheol, Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption.
11 You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore. (Ps. 16:10-11 NKJ)
The prophet David speaking by Holy Spirit (Acts 2:30-31) of the Christ professed his belief God would not leave his soul in hell, but would show him the "path of life" and raise him from the dead. Essentially, a second chance for life.

1 I waited patiently for the LORD; And He inclined to me, And heard my cry.
2 He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, Out of the miry clay, And set my feet upon a rock, And established my steps.
3 He has put a new song in my mouth-- Praise to our God; Many will see it and fear, And will trust in the LORD. (Ps. 40:1-3 NKJ)
God hears David's cry from hell and he saved from hell. That's a second chance.

15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave, For He shall receive me. Selah (Ps. 49:15 NKJ)
Redemption from death is a second chance.

For You have delivered my soul from death. Have You not kept my feet from falling, That I may walk before God In the light of the living? (Ps. 56:13 NKJ)
Deliverance from death is a "second chance".

You have ascended on high, You have led captivity captive; You have received gifts among men, Even from the rebellious, That the LORD God might dwell there. (Ps. 68:18 NKJ)
Leading repentant captives of death to heaven that the LORD might dwell among them is a second chance. Compare 1 Peter 3:18-22; Eph. 1:20-23; 4:8-10.

13 But as for me, my prayer is to You, O LORD, in the acceptable time; O God, in the multitude of Your mercy, Hear me in the truth of Your salvation.
14 Deliver me out of the mire, And let me not sink; Let me be delivered from those who hate me, And out of the deep waters.
15 Let not the floodwater overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth on me.
16 Hear me, O LORD, for Your lovingkindness is good; Turn to me according to the multitude of Your tender mercies.
17 And do not hide Your face from Your servant, For I am in trouble; Hear me speedily.
18 Draw near to my soul, and redeem it; Deliver me because of my enemies. (Ps. 69:13-18 NKJ)
Being delivered from hell after repentance is a second chance.

19 Also Your righteousness, O God, is very high, You who have done great things; O God, who is like You?
20 You, who have shown me great and severe troubles, Shall revive me again, And bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
21 You shall increase my greatness, And comfort me on every side.
22 Also with the lute I will praise you-- And Your faithfulness, O my God! To You I will sing with the harp, O Holy One of Israel.
23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing to You, And my soul, which You have redeemed. (Ps. 71:19-23 NKJ)
Redemption from depths of the earth also describes a second chance.

12 I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart, And I will glorify Your name forevermore.
13 For great is Your mercy toward me, And You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol. (Ps. 86:12-13 NKJ)
The deliverance of a soul from hell is a second chance.

18 This will be written for the generation to come, That a people yet to be created may praise the LORD.
19 For He looked down from the height of His sanctuary; From heaven the LORD viewed the earth,
20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To release those appointed to death,
21 To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, And His praise in Jerusalem,
22 When the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve the LORD. (Ps. 102:18-22 NKJ)
Releasing "those appointed to death" is a second chance.

2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits:
3 Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases,
4 Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies (Ps. 103:2-4 NKJ)
Forgiving sins then redeeming from destruction is a second chance.

1 I love the LORD, because He has heard My voice and my supplications.
2 Because He has inclined His ear to me, Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.
3 The pains of death surrounded me, And the pangs of Sheol laid hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow.
4 Then I called upon the name of the LORD: "O LORD, I implore You, deliver my soul!"
5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; Yes, our God is merciful.
6 The LORD preserves the simple; I was brought low, and He saved me.
7 Return to your rest, O my soul, For the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.
8 For You have delivered my soul from death, My eyes from tears, And my feet from falling.
9 I will walk before the LORD In the land of the living. (Ps. 116:1-9 NKJ)
Calling upon the LORD to save from hell is what happens during a "second chance."

4 When the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and purged the blood of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning,
5 then the LORD will create above every dwelling place of Mount Zion, and above her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a flaming fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a covering.
6 And there will be a tabernacle for shade in the daytime from the heat, for a place of refuge, and for a shelter from storm and rain. (Isa. 4:4-6 NKJ)
God purges away sin and self-delusion by the Spirit of judgment and burning. Same process would exist in a "second chance".

"I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death. O Death, I will be your plagues! O Grave, I will be your destruction! Pity is hidden from My eyes." (Hos. 13:14 )
Ransom from the grave is a second chance.

1 Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the fish's belly.
2 And he said: "I cried out to the LORD because of my affliction, And He answered me. "Out of the belly of Sheol I cried, And You heard my voice.
3 For You cast me into the deep, Into the heart of the seas, And the floods surrounded me; All Your billows and Your waves passed over me.
4 Then I said,`I have been cast out of Your sight; Yet I will look again toward Your holy temple.'
5 The waters surrounded me, even to my soul; The deep closed around me; Weeds were wrapped around my head.
6 I went down to the moorings of the mountains; The earth with its bars closed behind me forever; Yet You have brought up my life from the pit, O LORD, my God.
7 "When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD; And my prayer went up to You, Into Your holy temple.
8 "Those who regard worthless idols Forsake their own Mercy.
9 But I will sacrifice to You With the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay what I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD." (Jon. 2:1-9 NKJ)
Jonah is the perfect example of someone given a second chance.

7 Therefore I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation; My God will hear me.
8 Do not rejoice over me, my enemy; When I fall, I will arise; When I sit in darkness, The LORD will be a light to me.
9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, Because I have sinned against Him, Until He pleads my case And executes justice for me. He will bring me forth to the light; I will see His righteousness. (Mic. 7:7-9 NKJ)
Confessing sin and being forgiven, is a second chance.
 
That's not scriptural:

Many Old Testament Scriptures speak of redemption from hell:

Therefore, it is implicit in every Old Testament text which speaks of prayers for forgiveness of sin and God's redeeming souls from hell supports the conclusion God grants a second chance for life in Hell.


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God kills but also makes alive, He wounds but also heals. That God smites in punishment but mercifully heals is a common theme (Hos. 6:1; Isa. 30:26; 57:17, 18; Jer. 17:14).


God makes alive those He killed, brings up from the grave those He put there. That is a second chance.


The prophet David could not analogize his troubles to God's salvation from Sheol if he didn't believe it exists.
Even from His Temple far away God hears the plea of those suffering the sorrows of Hell (Sheol), and rescues them from the snares of Death.


The prophet David speaking by Holy Spirit (Acts 2:30-31) of the Christ professed his belief God would not leave his soul in hell, but would show him the "path of life" and raise him from the dead. Essentially, a second chance for life.


God hears David's cry from hell and he saved from hell. That's a second chance.


Redemption from death is a second chance.


Deliverance from death is a "second chance".


Leading repentant captives of death to heaven that the LORD might dwell among them is a second chance. Compare 1 Peter 3:18-22; Eph. 1:20-23; 4:8-10.


Being delivered from hell after repentance is a second chance.


Redemption from depths of the earth also describes a second chance.


The deliverance of a soul from hell is a second chance.


Releasing "those appointed to death" is a second chance.


Forgiving sins then redeeming from destruction is a second chance.


Calling upon the LORD to save from hell is what happens during a "second chance."


God purges away sin and self-delusion by the Spirit of judgment and burning. Same process would exist in a "second chance".


Ransom from the grave is a second chance.


Jonah is the perfect example of someone given a second chance.


Confessing sin and being forgiven, is a second chance.
We have second chances only in this life.

If we have never heard, we receive a first chance to receive Christ at our judgment seat.

Being redeemed from hell means that you don't go there in the first place.

Once a person has been judged; and cast into hell as the result of that judgment; there is no escape from hell.

Psalms 16 is a Messianic passage. The person whose soul the Lord will not leave in hell is Christ.
 
We have second chances only in this life.

If we have never heard, we receive a first chance to receive Christ at our judgment seat.

Being redeemed from hell means that you don't go there in the first place.

Once a person has been judged; and cast into hell as the result of that judgment; there is no escape from hell.

Psalms 16 is a Messianic passage. The person whose soul the Lord will not leave in hell is Christ.
I cited many scriptures proving my point. I rest my case:

16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,
17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. (2 Tim. 3:16-17 NKJ)
 
The vast majority of people alive on earth today when hearing the gospel , will refuse the rescue Jesus gives.

Mat 7:13
wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
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Mat 7:14
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

What leads you to this gross misunderstanding of yours that people meeting Jesus Christ for the first time after death would be any less inclined to refuse rescue ?
Why wouldn't their answer be just as likely to be negative , just as it would have been had they been presented the Gospel on earth ?
What is this influence you suggest exists after death that makes this "vast majority" difference you suggest exists in the ratio of those saying yes rather than no based on the nothing more than the fact they have died ?
I answered you fully and fairly.

without fear.

Look this up: "cognitive dissonance"
I'm sure that running to the rescue of a video as an answer to a claim that was no one else's but your own would assuage your fear .
Being so obviously uninspired & challenged in supporting your own claims I would probably seek a video of a little girl to answer for me & rescue me as well, if I were you .
 
I'm sure that running to the rescue of a video as an answer to a claim that was no one else's but your own would assuage your fear .
Being so obviously uninspired & challenged in supporting your own claims I would probably seek a video of a little girl to answer for me & rescue me as well, if I were you .
If you believe scripture, you will believe me. Jesus did NOT say only a few of all mankind would be saved, that most walk through the broad way into destruction.

He said few of His evil and wicked generation would be saved, that MANY (not most, not over 80% etc), would enter the broad gate. Many is a relative term, many of those who ATE and DRANK with Him:


23 Then one said to Him, "Lord, are there few who are saved?" And He said to them,
24 "Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
25 "When once the Master of the house has risen up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying,`Lord, Lord, open for us,' and He will answer and say to you,`I do not know you, where you are from,'
26 "then you will begin to say,`We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets.'
27 "But He will say,`I tell you I do not know you, where you are from. Depart from Me, all you workers of iniquity.'
28 "There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust out.
29 "They will come from the east and the west, from the north and the south, and sit down in the kingdom of God.
30 "And indeed there are last who will be first, and there are first who will be last." (Lk. 13:23-30 NKJ)

More context. Neither the Ninevites or Queen of the South were Christians, yet on the Day of Judgment they rise and condemn the evil and wicked generation of Jews, who ate and drank in Christ's presence, and rejected Him:

38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from You."
39 But He answered and said to them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
40 "For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
41 "The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed a greater than Jonah is here.
42 "The queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and indeed a greater than Solomon is here.
(Matt. 12:38-42 NKJ)

The saved will come from the four corners of the earth, and will sit in God's kingdom, while MANY of those who should have entered the kingdom, are thrust out.

If you believe Scripture you will believe Jesus is being quoted OUT OF CONTEXT by those who claim He taught few of mankind would be saved. Its few of that evil and wicked generation of Jews who ate with Him, saw the signs and demanded even more signs. MANY of them entered the broad gate of destruction.
 
Or course its better to believe in Christ "in this life"; then you won't be "krisis" judged when you die like the unsaved.

Only a fool would say to himself "soul, I don't want to end my bad living now, I'll wait till I am in hell to repent."

23 "And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24 "Then he cried and said,`Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.'
25 "But Abraham said,`Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and you are tormented.
(Lk. 16:23-25 NKJ)

Anyone who dies unsaved will be in Hell during the 1,000 year millennial kingdom of Christ. Although its correct those who repent are no longer tormented, they now "live according to God in the spirit" (1 Pet. 4:6), they are still in HELL!

So those who die now, will be in hell 1,000 years + the time until the second Coming of Christ, waiting for the Great White Throne Judgment, when God will decide eternal destinies (Rev. 20:11-15; John 5:28-29)

They will be in HELL for a LONG TIME. Anyone thinking this is the "easy way to the kingdom", is nuts.
 

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Hell is for ever (Matthew 25:46).
Matthew 25:46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

2 Thessalonians 1:9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

Revelation 20:14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

Revelation 20:15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
 
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