Journeying Terminus
(Spiritual walk to Eternity) 👣
I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance. In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has begun to live, and was lost and has been found. (Luke 15:7,10,32 NASB)
But the principal acts of saving faith are accepting, receiving, and resting upon Christ alone for justification, sanctification, and eternal life, by virtue of the covenant of grace. (WCF 14-2)
Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God- (John 1:12 NIV)
They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved-you and your household.” (Acts 16:31 NIV)
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. (Galatians 2:20 NIV)
However, I admit that I worship the God of our ancestors as a follower of the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets, (Acts 24:14 NIV)
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge-that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. (Ephesians 3:17-19 NIV)