Are you playing the sola fide card in an attempt to justify a post-mortem salvation?

Let’s take a little look at the salvation package:

By believing in Jesus -

John 3:16 (NRSV) 

    "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.

By repentance -

Acts 2:38 (NRSV) 

    Peter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

By baptism-

John 3:5 (NRSV) 

    Jesus answered, "Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit.

By works of the Holy Spirit -

2 Cor. 3:4-6 (NRSV) 

    Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. [5] Not that we are competent of ourselves to claim anything as coming from us; our competence is from God, [6] who has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of letter but of spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

By declaring by mouth -

Romans 10:5-11 (NRSV) 

    Moses writes concerning the righteousness that comes from the law, that "the person who does these things will live by them." [6] But the righteousness that comes from faith says, "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?' " (that is, to bring Christ down) [7] "or 'Who will descend into the abyss?' " (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). [8] But what does it say?

    "The word is near you,  on your lips and in your heart"  (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); [9] because if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. [10] For one believes with the heart and so is justified, and one confesses with the mouth and so is saved. [11] The scripture says, "No one who believes in him will be put to shame."

By knowledge -

1 Tim. 2:4 (NRSV)  

    who desires everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

By works -

James 2:24 (NRSV) 

    You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.

By grace -

Acts 15:11 (NRSV) 

    On the contrary, we believe that we will be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they will."

By the blood of Jesus -

Romans 5:9 (NRSV) 

    Much more surely then, now that we have been justified by his blood, will we be saved through him from the wrath of God.

By righteousness -

2 Peter 1:1 (NRSV) 

    Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,

    To those who have received a faith as precious as ours through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

By the cross -

Ephes. 2:15-18 (NRSV) 

    He has abolished the law with its commandments and ordinances, that he might create in himself one new humanity in place of the two, thus making peace, [16] and might reconcile both groups to God in one body through the cross, thus putting to death that hostility through it. [17] So he came and proclaimed peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near; [18] for through him both of us have access in one Spirit to the Father.

Maybe you will so kindly explain how universalism can gloss over all the passages of salvation that comes from an experiential world God has so clearly placed us in, or to use your terminology “thrust us into a sphere of existence”.   Please give some biblical clue of any other created world where salvation can take place outside of this one.  Also if you would please, show me where it says to repent and then quickly shoot yourself in the head before you can be tempted to sin again.  If Paul had only known about universalism he could have saved himself the vain struggle to finish the race. He could have simply repented and then quickly jumped off a high cliff.

So you say temptation is unnecessary for faith.  Hmmm…. maybe you should sit down with God, once you enter through the pearly gates of heaven, and teach Him that it was unnecessary to tempt Adam and Eve with the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.  And while you’re at it, maybe you can correct him about testing Abraham with the life of his son Isaac.   Tracing the history of man we find a world filled with temptaion, the list goes on and on and on… so, be sure to take your vitamins as you‘ll need the energy.

In the meantime I’ll pass on the Kool-Aid, 

Mark