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I believe everybody agrees with you on this for the most part - what seems to be the point of disagreement is that we dont have to wait till the end of life to know we are saved.
You know when you have been born again and that you wont go back to old life and will continue to obey Him and grow in Christ. You know the life of sin is harmful and disgusts you, because you're a new creature. So you already know you're saved, that's when your heart changed, you received a new heart to love God will all you have. You dont have to be in incertainty till you die - you know you're following Him and by God's grace will continue to do so. You know you're a child of God.
The warnings are there for those who are still wavering, so they would turn to God and get saved and start displaying evidence of faith in their walk.
You know when you have been born again and that you wont go back to old life and will continue to obey Him and grow in Christ. You know the life of sin is harmful and disgusts you, because you're a new creature. So you already know you're saved, that's when your heart changed, you received a new heart to love God will all you have. You dont have to be in incertainty till you die - you know you're following Him and by God's grace will continue to do so. You know you're a child of God.
The warnings are there for those who are still wavering, so they would turn to God and get saved and start displaying evidence of faith in their walk.
Yes we may not have to wait to know, because we have confidence in our faith.
But never the less that is when the Lord says the true saving/salvation take place.
This is where God's will comes to play in our lives, unless we understand our newer and weaker brothers and sisters to the faith salvation is still at risk until they totally confirm to the Truth. ( meat of the word, and not just the milk ) Then those who don't see this will sit back and let them newer or weaker in the faith wither away back into a life of sin.
The Lord is the Good Shepard, and we are His flock. With the help of the Holy Spirit we are called to go out and try to bring the lost back to repentance.