Ezekiel 18:30-32.
30 “Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways,” says the Lord God. “Repent, and turn from all your transgressions, so that iniquity will not be your ruin. 31 Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O house of Israel? 32 For I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies,” says the Lord God. “Therefore turn and live!”
30 “Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways,” says the Lord God. “Repent, and turn from all your transgressions, so that iniquity will not be your ruin. 31 Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O house of Israel? 32 For I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies,” says the Lord God. “Therefore turn and live!”
Turn from sin and live in Him! We all face the judgment seat of God in Christ when we die, and we only die once (Hebrews 9:27-28). So God does not have fun watching us suffer, die, and face judgment and punishment, but yearns for us to turn from sin to Him and live forever. If we do not, sin will be our ruin. But we need a new heart and spirit to be able to turn and to be changed inside to keep away from the sin that separates us from God and robs us of a future with Him.
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