July 27: The Joy of Service.
The Angels Rejoice When Sinners Repent.
"I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance....Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."--Luke 15:7, 10, NKJV
THERE IS MORE JOY in the presence of the angels in heaven over one sinner that repents than over ninety and nine just persons who need no repentance. There is joy with the Father and with Christ. All heaven is interested in the salvation of man. He who is instrumental in saving a soul is at liberty to rejoice; for angels of God have witnessed his efforts with the most intense interest, and rejoice with him in his success.--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 4, 263.
Humanity is still as much the object of heaven's solicitude as when common men of common occupations met angels at noonday, and talked with the heavenly messengers in the vineyards and the fields. To us in the common walks of life, heaven may be very near. Angels from the courts above will attend the steps of those who come and go at God's command.--The Desire of Ages, 48.
All the resources of heaven are at the command of those who are seeking to save the lost. Angels will help you to reach the most careless and the most hardened. And when one is brought back to God, all heaven is made glad; seraphs and cherubs touch their golden harps, and sing praises to God and the Lamb for their mercy and loving-kindness to the children of men.--Christ's Object Lessons, 197.
For God saved us and called us to live a holy life.
He did this, not because we deserved it, but because that was his plan
from before the beginning of time--to show us his grace through Christ Jesus.
--2 Timothy 1:9, NLT
The Angels Rejoice When Sinners Repent.
"I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance....Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."--Luke 15:7, 10, NKJV
THERE IS MORE JOY in the presence of the angels in heaven over one sinner that repents than over ninety and nine just persons who need no repentance. There is joy with the Father and with Christ. All heaven is interested in the salvation of man. He who is instrumental in saving a soul is at liberty to rejoice; for angels of God have witnessed his efforts with the most intense interest, and rejoice with him in his success.--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 4, 263.
Humanity is still as much the object of heaven's solicitude as when common men of common occupations met angels at noonday, and talked with the heavenly messengers in the vineyards and the fields. To us in the common walks of life, heaven may be very near. Angels from the courts above will attend the steps of those who come and go at God's command.--The Desire of Ages, 48.
All the resources of heaven are at the command of those who are seeking to save the lost. Angels will help you to reach the most careless and the most hardened. And when one is brought back to God, all heaven is made glad; seraphs and cherubs touch their golden harps, and sing praises to God and the Lamb for their mercy and loving-kindness to the children of men.--Christ's Object Lessons, 197.
For God saved us and called us to live a holy life.
He did this, not because we deserved it, but because that was his plan
from before the beginning of time--to show us his grace through Christ Jesus.
--2 Timothy 1:9, NLT
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