Monday, July 8, 2019

Repent of sin; bring joy to Heaven


                                        Parable of the lost sheep
Luke 15:1-7  Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. 
2  And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” 
3  So he told them this parable: 
“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? 
And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 
6  And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’ 
Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. 
                          The Parable of the Lost Coin
Luke 15:8-10  “Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it? 
9  And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’ 
10  Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents

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