12volt_man:
Is it not up to Jesus to decide who is saved and who is not?
Yes, it is. Jesus Christ has told us that we can know beyond the shadow of a doubt that we are saved.
Would you like to know that you are saved?
Would you say a murderer who knows Christ and does not
repent is saved? Also, what happens if a person refuses to confess
a mortal sin? and he dies in that state of mortal sin?
First of all, there’s no such thing as mortal sin.
Second, if someone who is reconciled to God through Christ, through a moment of passion or a moral lapse, committs a murder, then he is still reconciled to God through Christ.
Being saved does not mean that you no longer sin. In fact, the Bible tells us (and it is speaking to those who are already saved) that, if we say we have no sin, we’re deceiving ourselves.
No, it doesn’t mean that we don’t sin. It means that we don’t live a lifestyle of deliberately willful disobedience.