Jeremiah 31:34
King James Version
34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour,
and every man his brother, saying,
Know the Lord:
for they shall all know me,
from the least of them unto the greatest of them,
saith the Lord:
for I will forgive their iniquity,
and I will remember their sin no more.
We may be sinful.
But GOD is just.
Waiting for us to RETURN to Him.
At all times.
And He will RECEIVE us.
With OPEN arms.
Scripture attests to it.
Listen to what GOD declared, THROUGH His Old Testament PROPHETS:
Isaiah 44:22
King James Version
22 I have blotted out,
as a thick cloud,
thy transgressions,
and, as a cloud,
thy sins:
return unto me;
for I have redeemed thee.
Isaiah 55:7
King James Version
7 Let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts:
and let him return unto the Lord,
and he will have mercy upon him;
and to our God,
for he will abundantly pardon.
Jeremiah 3:12
King James Version
12 Go and proclaim these words toward the north,
and say,
Return,
thou backsliding Israel,
saith the Lord;
and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you:
for I am merciful,
saith the Lord,
and I will not keep anger for ever.
Hosea 14:1
King James Version
14 O israel,
return unto the Lord thy God;
for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
Joel 2:12
King James Version
12 Therefore also now,
saith the Lord,
turn ye even to me with all your heart,
and with fasting,
and with weeping,
and with mourning:
Joel 2:13
King James Version
13 And rend your heart,
and not your garments,
and turn unto the Lord your God:
for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger,
and of great kindness,
and repenteth him of the evil.
Jonah 1:1-2
King James Version
1 Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah
the son of Amittai, saying,
2 Arise,
go to Nineveh,
that great city,
and cry against it;
for their wickedness is come up before me.
Jonah 3:1-3
King James Version
3 And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah
the second time, saying,
2 Arise,
go unto Nineveh,
that great city,
and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
3 So Jonah arose,
and went unto Nineveh,
according to the word of the Lord.
Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city
of three days' journey.
Jonah 4:11
King James Version
11 And should not I spare Nineveh,
that great city,
wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons
that cannot discern between their right hand
and their left hand;
and also much cattle?
Zechariah 1:3
King James Version
3 Therefore say thou unto them,
Thus saith the Lord of hosts;
Turn ye unto me,
saith the Lord of hosts,
and I will turn unto you,
saith the Lord of hosts.
Malachi 3:7
King James Version
7 Even from the days of your fathers
ye are gone away from mine ordinances,
and have not kept them.
Return unto me,
and I will return unto you,
saith the Lord of hosts.
But ye said,
Wherein shall we return?
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