your son.” But the father said to his servants, “Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet. And bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate. For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.” And they began to celebrate. (Luke 15:20–24) Such is our God; why would anyone refuse his loving heart? This leaves a fourth and final point about repentance: it is only through the blood of Jesus Christ that
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