With His Dying Breath?

Q. When I asked about a person being saved at the end of his life, You wrote, “I believe that a person can ask with his last breath to be saved and the Lord will agree.” Does that mean if somebody says with his last breath “God, if you exist, please help me!” the Lord will save him from eternal damnation? Is this enough? (That would be encouraging.) God bless you!

A. No I don’t think so.  The way you phrased the question implies that the person isn’t really sure that God exists.  What I wrote is the person has to ask to be saved, just like everyone else.  Asking to be saved means you believe that the one you’re asking exists and can save you. All the New Testemant passages on salvation (like John 3:16) are clear that it’s our belief in the Lord’s ability to save us that matters. If we believe that, we can ask to be saved with our dying breath and the Lord will grant our request.