Ezekiel 33:11
11Say to them, aAs I live, declares the Lord God, bI have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; cturn back, turn back from your evil ways, dfor why will you die, O house of Israel?Micah 7:18
God’s Steadfast Love and Compassion
18 eWho is a God like you, fpardoning iniquityand passing over transgression
gfor the remnant of his inheritance?
hHe does not retain his anger forever,
because he delights in steadfast love.
Zephaniah 3:17
17 iThe Lord your God is in your midst,ja mighty one who will save;
khe will rejoice over you with gladness;
he will quiet you by his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing.
Luke 15:5-7
5And when he has found it, lhe lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for mI have found my sheep that was lost.’ 7Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who nrepents than over ninety-nine orighteous persons who need no repentance.Luke 15:23-24
23And bring pthe fattened calf and kill it, and qlet us eat and celebrate. 24For this my son rwas dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to celebrate.John 6:37-40
37 sAll that tthe Father gives me will come to me, and uwhoever comes to me I will never cast out. 38For vI have come down from heaven, not to do wmy own will but xthe will of him ywho sent me. 39And zthis is the will of him who sent me, aathat I should lose nothing of aball that he has given me, but acraise it up on the last day. 40For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who adlooks on the Son and aebelieves in him afshould have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”
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