Death Bed Repentance Will Get You Nowhere, Period!

[Jacob's Ladder]

I thank God for repentance - Luke 13:3 - No, but I say to you, all of you also shall likewise be destroyed unless you repent.”

I thank God for baptism in Jesus name - Mark 16:16 "He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned

I thank God for the Holy Ghost - Romans 8:9 - ... if any man has not the Spirit of Christ, such a one does not belong to Him

Unless you've repented, you're damned. Unless you've been baptized in Jesus name, you're condemned. Unless you've receive the Holy Ghost indwellment, you don't even belong to God.

And no, the thief's repentance on the cross isn't any significant example of receiving salvation without baptism and Holy Ghost indwellment. The gospel for New Testament believers require that we believe in the death, burial, and resurrection (Roman 10:9).

The thief was under the Old Dispensation and couldn't have received salvation via the New Testament gospel because Jesus had not yet died and resurrected. Therefore, the thief couldn't have believed in Jesus' resurrection, something that New Testament believers are required to believe for salvation. The thief didn't receive salvation under the New Dispensation, period!

Would it be appropriate to utilize the thief as an example that people can receive salvation without believing that Jesus was raised from the dead? No, and likewise it's inappropriate to utilize the thief to prove that people today can receive salvation without baptism and Holy Ghost indwellment!

Death bed repentance will get you nowhere, period!