"I have no pleasure in
the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live
ye." Ezekiel 18:32. Satan is ready to steal away the blessed assurances of God. He
desires to take every glimmer of hope and every ray of light from the soul; but you must
not permit him to do this. Do not give ear to the tempter, but say, "Jesus has died
that I might live. He loves me, and wills not that I should perish. I have a compassionate
heavenly Father; and although I have abused His love, though the blessings He has given me
have been squandered, I will arise, and go to my Father, and say, 'I have sinned against
heaven, and before Thee, and am no more worthy to be called Thy son: make me as one of Thy
hired servants.'" The parable tells you how
the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live
ye." Ezekiel 18:32. Satan is ready to steal away the blessed assurances of God. He
desires to take every glimmer of hope and every ray of light from the soul; but you must
not permit him to do this. Do not give ear to the tempter, but say, "Jesus has died
that I might live. He loves me, and wills not that I should perish. I have a compassionate
heavenly Father; and although I have abused His love, though the blessings He has given me
have been squandered, I will arise, and go to my Father, and say, 'I have sinned against
heaven, and before Thee, and am no more worthy to be called Thy son: make me as one of Thy
hired servants.'" The parable tells you how
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the wanderer will be received:
"When
he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on
his neck, and kissed him." Luke 15:18-20.
"When
he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on
his neck, and kissed him." Luke 15:18-20.
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