“For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies,” declares the Lord God. “Therefore, repent and live.” Ezekiel 18:32
This is quite a different picture than most have of God today. Some view Him as a cruel Master, that takes delight in judging and condemning the Sinner. Some, as a kind old man that winks at Sin and forgives indiscriminately! But here, in His own Words, He is Large-Hearted, moved with Compassion, grieved over the death of the Sinner, and then gives him the Remedy to his Sin Sick Soul – Repent and Live!
God Loves Sinners, but He also Demands Repentance in order to Forgive their Sins. Mark tells us, the first words Jesus began to preach were, “repent and believe in the gospel”! In order to live in the House of Salvation, we have to pass through the Door of Repentance. May God make that True to all who read!