"I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repent than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent."
Luke 15:17 (NIV)
"Heaven is a wonderful place, filled with glory and grace,
I want to see my Saviour's face, heaven is a wonderful place!"
This little chorus never fails to lift my spirits. Heaven is truly a wonderful place and I look forward to being there!
One of the many verses that speak to the wonderfulness of heaven is this verse out of the great parable of Jesus. Heaven rejoices when a sinner repents. Are you a sinner my friend? Do you see the sin in your life today, yesterday or the day before? That's GOOD NEWS! For the Spirit is striving with your spirit and He is speaking God's Word into your life or you wouldn't even be aware of it.
Oh friend, repent. You have seen the sin, are you sorry for it? Then confess it. Agree with God that it is sin and He will forgive you and cleanse you. Ask Him for His heart in this matter. Ask Him for the holy hatred that He has for this sin. Ask Him to lift you up out of the muck and the mud of our own nature and the demon horde. Then live as a child of the King. Live as a child of the Most High God!
That is REPENTANCE and that behaviour causes great rejoicing in heaven. It must be God who rejoices, for Heaven is His. It must be the angels rejoicing, for what delights God delights them. It must be the saint who have gone before us rejoicing, for they can see clearly now what we can only see darkly. That all of heaven rejoices when a sinner repents.
Oh fellow sinner, may we search our hearts today and repent!
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