What does a prostitute, thief, murderer, and liar, have in common?

God loves them all. Every one of them. Just as much as He loves everyone else. He doesn't discriminate or hold back His love, to any. He never hates nor condemns the sinner. He hates sin; not the individual person. That places all of us on fair, equal ground, when it comes to salvation. One no better than the other, because sin claims and places all in the same category: Sinners in need of a Savior.

God does not categorize sin, like we do. All sin seperates us from God, no matter what sin that is. That is, until we're sick and tired of living a sinful lifestyle and want to trade our old ways of living, for a brand new life in Christ. Then we can confess our sins to Jesus, and receive His forgiveness. He'll never turn anyone away.

God knows us better than we know ourselves. He can't be fooled. He knows if we have a repentant heart and if we mean what we say to Him.

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LadyGrace ·

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If He came to destroy evil, why hasn't He?

Don't forget. God did not cause this world to be evil. He did not create evil. Don't fault God. It is man who chose to sin and that is his responsibility. We got ourselves in this mess, by choosing to sin. Man is pretty evil. Only God can save us. God will eventually put a stop to all evil in this world, and that won't be long in coming, so we need to prepare our souls for eternity now, if we haven't already. I don't know about you, but I am very grateful for Jesus, because if it wasn't for His stepping in to save us from our sins, we would all end up in hell. Can you see what Jesus does for us now? We can hardly call Him unloving and evil! He didn't have to save us. But He did, because he loves us that much. He died on the cross to save us from the consequences of our sins, so that any who come to Him for forgiveness, can have it. And eternal life in heaven.

We can see all the evil in this world and that tells us exactly why we need Jesus, because sin keeps us separated from our Heavenly Father. If were to drag our sins into heaven, it would no longer be heaven. Heaven is a place where there is no sin, yet we know that we have a sinful nature that we need God to forgive. God said if we say that we don't sin, then we are liars. He also said that once we come to His Son, Jesus, in true repentance and ask Him to forgive us of our sins, , He forgives us, which brings us back into the right fellowship with our Heavenly Father. He didn't ask us to do anything hard, but that we need our sins forgiven. Without jesus, if we died in our sins without forgiveness, we would be separated from God forever, but I thank Jesus that He made it possible for us to come to Him in prayer, so we can have our sins forgiven and have eternal life in heaven. If we do nothing about our sinful condition, then we cannot expect to enter Heaven with our sins unforgiven.

In answer to your question, Jesus is coming back to earth one day, to destroy Satan and evil, but He has delayed His coming, because of those who have not yet found and accepted Jesus Christ as Savior. He doesn't want anyone to miss heaven. Were He to rid the world of evil right now, there would be millions of souls lost, who would end up in hell—for all eternity. Once we cross over into eternity, it's too late to change our minds about our eternal destination, so that's why we need to ask Jesus to forgive us of our sins and save us now... not delay...we need to prepare our souls for heaven now.

As the apostle Peter says, “The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.”