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Luke 15:24
King James Version
24 For this my son was dead,
and is alive again;
he was lost,
and is found.
And they began to be merry.
Why must we repent?
Are we really that sinful?
As born again, a believer in JESUS, writer and workman for the LORD, I can only share what the Bible says:
GOD commands us to repent.
Acts 17:30-31
King James Version
30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at;
but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
31 Because he hath appointed a day,
in the which he will judge the world in righteousness
by that man whom he hath ordained;
whereof he hath given assurance unto all men,
in that he hath raised him from the dead.
The LORD JESUS wants us to repent.
Revelation 3:19
King James Version
19 As many as I love,
I rebuke and chasten:
be zealous therefore,
and repent.
The time is at hand.
Mark 1:15
King James Version
15 And saying,
The time is fulfilled,
and the kingdom of God is at hand:
repent ye, and believe the gospel.
JESUS says we will die in our sins.
John 8:24
King James Version
24 I said therefore unto you,
that ye shall die in your sins:
for if ye believe not that I am he,
ye shall die in your sins.
GOD doesn't want anyone to perish.
Ezekiel 18:23
King James Version
23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die?
saith the Lord God:
and not that he should return from his ways,
and live?
Ezekiel 33:11
King James Version
11 Say unto them,
As I live, saith the Lord God,
I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked;
but that the wicked turn from his way and live:
turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways;
for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
2 Peter 3:9
King James Version
9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise,
as some men count slackness;
but is longsuffering to us-ward,
not willing that any should perish,
but that all should come to repentance.
ALL of us have sinned.
Romans 3:23
King James Version
23 For all have sinned,
and come short of the glory of God;
JESUS says heaven rejoices when one sinner repents.
Luke 15:7
King James Version
7 I say unto you,
that likewise joy shall be in heaven
over one sinner that repenteth,
more than over ninety and nine just persons,
which need no repentance.
Luke 15:10
King James Version
10 Likewise, I say unto you,
there is joy in the presence of the angels of God
over one sinner that repenteth.
The greater purpose?
John 3:16
King James Version
16 For God so loved the world,
that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish,
but have everlasting life.
Ephesians 1:10
King James Version
10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times
he might gather together in one
all things in Christ,
both which are in heaven,
and which are on earth;
even in him:
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