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The debt for all sin is paid. However, we must confess our sins, if we want to be forgiven and cleansed of all unrighteousness. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9 JPT

I will keep to biblical answers since we are discussing a controversial topic. 13 And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far country, and there wasted his possessions with prodigal living. prodigal living - Immoral lifestyle; sinful But as soon as...

Of course not. However they have to repent, which means turn to God and be reconciled to Him. Though they are lost, God loves them and desires for them to return to Him. This is clearly show by the joy in heaven when they do repent. JPT

Where does it say that? The key is understanding that while a person is in a lost state, they are sinners in need of repentance; unjust. JPT

They have stopped hearing the voice of the Shepherd and have become lost. They must repent, and turn back to the Shepherd to be reconciled to Him and remain in Him. Those who do not remain in Him will be cast into the fire and burned. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a...

That’s not what the scripture teaches at all. Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’ Why you or anyone would deny what Jesus so plainly taught about His sheep that was lost is just unbiblical and deceptive. His sheep who become lost must repent in order to be...

Please explain how Jesus does this today?

Isn’t He awesome! Hallelujah. He loves us. Amen. JPT

Brother, Claiming the 99 sheep of His who are just, are actually the pharisee’s and scribes, is the point that I’m refuting. The point I am making is His sheep who hear His voice and follow Him are just and will receive eternal life. His sheep who wander away from Him and become lost are...

Are His disciples present? He speaks to the unsaved in parables in the presence of His disciples. Nothing will change the principles He taught. His sheep can in deed become lost.

Which establishes the context.

No. He has done all His part. He is now seated at the right hand of God. He has given us His Spirit to do the works He did. JPT

The context is about what it takes to be His disciple. Jesus is teaching His disciples [those who were with Him and those of us would be disciples], in which He speaks in parables, when the Pharisee's and crowds [unsaved] were around. 33 So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that...

Jesus loves us and wants us to return to Him if we become lost. However, the teaching is to His disciples, instructing them what they must do if one of their disciples wanders away and becomes lost, since He would no longer be physically among them, they and we are to be His body to do His...

Jesus said the 99 were just and need no repentance. likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance. When did the Pharisee's become justified? Then all the tax collectors and the sinners drew near to Him to...

4 “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? 5 And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends...

Jesus said the 99 who were with the Shepherd were just, and needed no repentance. The 1 sheep who was lost, became unjust, a sinner in need of repentance. Couldn’t be any clearer. JPT

He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 1 John 2:4 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome. 1 John 5:3 For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall...

I see, so the 99 sheep who are said to be just, were justified by Judaism. 😂 WAKE UP! Stop twisting and distorting God’s word. JPT

The parable of the lost sheep who was “just” while reconciled to the shepherd, but who wandered away and became lost. The lost sheep is described as a sinner in need of repentance. 4 “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the...