There was a question on another status as to whether or not death bed conversions were legitimate. I thought it was a good question, so I answered it this way with the following statements:
My response;
I don't think we can really know, it is God that looks into the heart. If the person repents at the end, there are no clues to see a changed life, so judging it makes no sense. Also, isn't the death bed repentance what we saw with the thief on the cross? He knew he was dying, confessed Christ as the Son of God. He also said, "this man has done nothing wrong, we deserve this but this man did not." That was his way of confessing that Christ is God and did not deserve the punishment. Christ told him that the very day he said that the thief would be in heaven with Him. Hallelujah.
It is unnecessary to decide about anyone's salvation on their death bed. Perhaps the best thing to say to loved ones is "he is where God wants him to be."
So often people think they have to know where everyone went at death, but we really can't know for sure because of Matthew 7:21-23.
Matthew 7:21-23
"21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’"
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