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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Jun 24, 1908

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 34, No. 26.

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The Joy of Repentance.

What invitations are extended to sinners?
"Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy-laden." Matt. 11: 28.
"If any man thirst, let him come unto Me and drink." John 7: 37.
"Return unto Me, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts." Mal. 3: 1.
"Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways: for why will ye die?" Eze. 33: 11.
"I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and as a cloud, thy sins: return unto Me; for I have redeemed thee." Isa. 44: 22.
"Return ye, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions, wherein ye have transgressed; so iniquity shall not be your ruin; . . . and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die?" Eze. 18: 30, 31.
Why should the sinner turn to God?
"My son, forget not My law; but let thy heart keep My commandments: for length of days, and years of life, and peace, will they add to thee." Prov. 31: 1, 2.
What effect will turning to the Lord have upon the sinner?
"My son, give Me thine heart; and let thine eyes delight in My ways." Prov. 23: 26.
"Let all those that take refuge in Thee rejoice, let them ever shout for joy, because Thou defendest them: let them also that love Thy name be joyful in Thee." Ps. 5: 11.
What others will be made happy?
"Let thy father and thy mother be glad." Prov. 23: 25.
How do angels feel over repentant sinners?
"There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth." Luke 15: 10.
To every one who has not named the name of Jesus, the only name "under heaven, that is given among men, wherein we must be saved," the invitation comes; "whosoever will may come;" a welcome awaits you. For your own joy and peace and happiness, come; for the joy of Christian father and mother, come; for the rejoicing of angels and the Redeemer Himself, come.
"O taste and see that Jehovah is good: Blessed is the man that taketh refuge in Him; O fear Jehovah, ye His saints; For there is no want to them that fear Him." "The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear Him, And delivereth them." Ps. 34: 8, 9, 7.