I couldn’t agree more. Just because we fall, and struggle with sin because we’re weak, God isn’t going to forsake us. He will continue to show mercy towards those who struggle giving them grace to repent and overcome and grow.
However, the scenario she gave comes to the end of the life of a person who believes, but still murders and dies before he can repent.
I hope we all can see the difference.
This person died in their sins, as a murderer.
Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. 1 John 3:15
The Lord makes available His mercy to us everyday, and gives everyone the opportunity to come before Him and be forgiven and cleansed of all unrighteousness, if we choose to.
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9
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Context is important.
1 John 3:10-16 King James Version (KJV)
10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
In summary, here's how to recognize the saved child of God vs. the unrepentant child of the devil. And if you need an example, look to Cain and don't be like him who hated his brother because no eternal life was in him (ie: he wasn't saved). Don't be surprised if the world hates you for displaying God's righteousness like Cain hated his brother because Abel chose to obey God and Cain chose to disobey God.
And regarding 1 John 1:9 - yes of course he's faithful to cleanse us of our sins if we confess and ask.
Show me the verse in the Bible that says that if you confess your sins in the morning, but forget to confess your sins committed from 8:30 am until lunchtime when you die in a car accident on the way to the burger place, then God is going to say, "whoops, sorry! you were sooooo close, but I'm afraid you just messed up those last few hours"