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*To be removed just reply and put "remove" in subject line. Removal is immediate.*** On 7/17/09, Carleeta Manser <[email protected]> wrote: > > Joy Over One Sinner that Repenteth > > 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 15:7. > > Jesus, the Son of the Highest, is combating the powers of Satan, who is > laying every possible device whereby he may counteract the work of God. The > prize for which the powers of light and darkness are contending is the soul > of man. The Good Shepherd is seeking His sheep, and what self-denial, what > hardships, what privations He endures! The undershepherds know something of > the stern conflict, but little in comparison to what is endured by the > Shepherd of the sheep. With what compassion, what sorrow, what persistence, > He seeks the lost! How few realize what desperate efforts are put forth by > Satan to defeat the Shepherd's purpose. When the Shepherd at last finds His > lost sheep, He gathers it in His arms with rejoicing, and bears it back to > the fold on His shoulders. And the harps of heaven are touched, and an > anthem of rejoicing is sung over the ransom of the wandering and lost > sheep. > "Joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over > ninety and nine just persons which need no repentance.". . . > > The Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost. A lost sheep > never finds its way back to the fold of itself. If it is not sought for and > saved by the watchful shepherd, it wanders until it perishes. What a > representation of the Saviour is this! Unless Jesus, the Good Shepherd, had > come to seek and to save the wandering, we should have perished. The > Pharisees had taught that none but the Jewish nation would be saved, and > they treated all other nationalities with contempt. But Jesus attracted the > attention of those that the Pharisees despised, and He treated them with > consideration and courtesy. . . . > > "God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever > believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." This love > on > behalf of man, expressed in the gift of His only-begotten Son, called forth > from Satan the most intense hatred, both toward the Giver and toward the > priceless Gift. Satan had represented the Father to the world in a false > light, and by this great Gift his representations were proved untrue, for > here was love without a parallel, proving that man was to be redeemed by an > inconceivable cost. Satan had tried to obliterate the image of God in man > in > order that as God looked upon him in his wretchedness, in his perverseness, > in his degradation, He might be induced to give him up as hopelessly lost. > But the Lord gave His only begotten Son in order that the most sinful, the > most degraded, need not perish, but, by believing on Jesus Christ, may be > reclaimed, regenerated, and restored to the image of God, and thus have > eternal life (Signs of the Times, Nov. 20, 1893). > > >From Lift Him Up - Page 212 > > > > -- <a href="http://www.abattery.com/newcustomers.html";> Free Hearing Aid Battery Drawing </a> <a href="http://www.abattery.com/newcustomers.html";> Free Hearing Aid Battery Drawing </a> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
