THE FATHER'S FORGIVENESS

DEUTERONOMY 21:18-21
18 A father and a mother may have a stubborn and rebellious son who refuses to obey them even after he has been punished.
19 If a son is like that, his parents must drag him to the town gate, where the leaders of the town hold their meetings.
20 The parents will tell the leaders, “This son of ours is stubborn and never obeys. He spends all his time drinking and partying.”
21 The men of the town will stone that son to death, because they must get rid of the evil he brought into the community. Everyone in Israel will be afraid when they hear how he was punished.

ISAISH 53:4-6
4 Yet it was our infirmities that he bore, our sufferings that he endured, While we thought of him as stricken, as one smitten by God and afflicted.
5 But he was pierced for our offenses, crushed for our sins, Upon him was the chastisement that makes us whole, by his stripes we were healed.
6 We had all gone astray like sheep, each following his own way; But the LORD laid upon him
the guilt of us all.

LUKE 15:17-24
17 Finally, he came to his senses and said, “My father’s workers have plenty to eat, and here I am, starving to death! 18 I will go to my father and say to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against God in heaven and against you. 19 I am no longer good enough to be called your son. Treat me like one of your workers.’ ”
20 The younger son got up and started back to his father. But when he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt sorry for him. He ran to his son and hugged and kissed him.
21 The son said, “Father, I have sinned against God in heaven and against you. I am no longer good enough to be called your son.”
22 But his father said to the servants, “Hurry and bring the best clothes and put them on him. Give him a ring for his finger and sandalso for his feet.
23 Get the best calf and prepare it, so we can eat and celebrate.
24 This son of mine was dead, but has now come back to life. He was lost and has now been found.” And they began to celebrate.

ROMANS 2:9-10
9 All who are wicked will be punished with trouble and suffering. It doesn’t matter if they are Jews or Gentiles.
10 But all who do right will be rewarded with glory, honor, and peace, whether they are Jews or Gentiles.

1 JOHN 3:1
1 Think how much the Father loves us. He loves us so much that he lets us be called his children, as we truly are. But since the people of this world did not know who Christj is, they don’t know who we are.

REVELATION 2:26
26 I will give power over the nations to everyone who wins the victory and keeps on obeying me until the end.

ISAIAH 61:10
10 I celebrate and shout because of my LORD God. His saving power and justice
are the very clothes I wear. They are more beautiful than the jewelry worn
by a bride or a groom.

JOHN 6:37
37 Everything and everyone that the Father has given me will come to me, and I won’t turn any of them away.

HEBREWS 4:16
16 So whenever we are in need, we should come bravely before the throne of our merciful God. There we will be treated with undeserved kindness, and we will find help.