Jn.3:36 "He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”
As long as a person does not believe in Jesus, he will not see (percieve, understand, embrace, experience) LIFE, and in fact, he continues to live under a sence of God being angry at him, cut off from abundant life in Christ. Note though that this statment doesn’t imply that the person will never repent, either in this life or post-mortem. In fact, it is meant to inspire people to repent and put their faith in Jesus so that they might have Life!
Concerning whether or not repentance is left out of the message of the Methodists, I know not. If so, they’ve departed far from the message of John Weasley their founder. They do appear to be much more inclusive in their approach to minstry and life than Evangelicals, but that’s part of the reason I’m attracted to them. In evangelical circles, it really doesn’t matter how much one practically loves God and loves people, what matters is what one believes. One can be a member of the church though he be a drunk, mean man, IF he says he believes everything in their statement of faith. But if one disagrees with anything on the statement of faith, it doesn’t matter how much the person loves God, his fellow man, and lives a righteous life-style, he cannot be a member of that church. Something’s wrong with this picture, I believe.