The scribes and the Pharisees thought of themselves, not as sin-sick sinners who needed to repent, but those who by their own works, were approved of by God. Thus they did not see their need to believe in the Lord Jesus for salvation. In fact, they hated Him because He was showing them their sins, and He was expecting them to believe in Him for salvation. The one sheep, in our Parable, who is found by the Lord Jesus and brought "home" and into His fold, is the sheep who knew that it was lost. We have looked at Zacchaeus and how the Lord sought Him out specifically, and brought him to salvation. We have looked at Levi and how the Lord called him to repentance.
Today we want to know and understand that according to the Scriptures, that there will be joy in heaven also, by many sinners repenting. The Joy of God over the Repentance of Many Sinners in a whole Nation, according to His will.
Even whole nations of people in general will come to Christ, later on in this church age it says in a number of places in the Scriptures. And the Scriptures are very plain about the conversion of the Jews to Christ in a coming day in Romans chapter 11, verses 16-27. Verse 27 of that chapter says – The Deliverer will come out of Zion, and He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob; For this My covenant with them, when I take away their sins. And so I would like us take a look at the repentance of the Jews on that great day when the Lord will save them. What I have said about the joy of one sinner repenting and many sinners repenting at the same time, holds true, as we look at the Scriptures. The truths concerning repentance are the same.
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Pastor Paul Rendall was born in November of 1951, and grew up in Davenport, Iowa. He went to college at Drake University and the University of Iowa where he received a B.A. degree in Social Work and History in 1974. Paul searched for truth in all the wrong places in college, but...