I am posting a link to an excellent post about Robin Williams on Charisma News website, by Bryan Fischer, who is the director of Issue Analysis for Government and Public Policy at the American Family Association and host of the talk radio program Focal Point.
Bryan handles the eternal destiny of Robin Williams with discretion and professional taste, leaving him in the hands of his Creator, and asking the real question: “Where will you spend eternity?”
The one thing we do not know is whether Robin Williams did business with God in his dying moments. While his mother was a Christian Scientist (a counterfeit form of religion that is neither Christian nor scientific), his father was an Episcopalian, so it is certainly possible that Williams heard the gospel in his formative years and may have remembered it all his life.
The thief on the cross did not place his faith in Christ until he was drawing his final breaths. His last words were, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” In response, Jesus’ last words to him were, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise” (Luke 23:42-43). It takes but one moment, one whispered, even agonized, prayer, to pass from eternal death to eternal life. No one but the thief and Christ knew that this transaction had been made. The thief’s wife and children didn’t know, and it’s unlikely that any of the onlookers heard this private exchange. As far as everyone knew, this man died as he lived—a sinful, unrepentant and broken man.
We as humans are so quick to judge those who die, placing them in hell or heaven, depending on our own earthly limited perspective. We do this even though Jesus taught us not to judge; and there is only one who will judge each of us at the last day, the Word of God and what we have done with it in our own lives. We have way too much to handle just keeping our own souls clean before God. Let’s allow God to be the all-knowing God and judge each soul as only He who has all knowledge can, without total bias. He is no respecter of persons and each has to give account for what we have done in these bodies of flesh.
Instead of spending time deciding where Robin Williams is now, we need to humbly ask God to forgive Robin and all of his family and friends, comforting each in their hours of need; while we draw closer to God for our own soul’s cleansing, knowing that our appointed day with death can come in any form, fashion, or manner at anytime. A few seconds of earthly time can make a big difference for an eternity of peace or suffering.
Please click here to read the full article by Bryan Fischer. Did Robin Williams Know Jesus Christ?