Ezekiel 18:23 (TLB) 23 “Do you think I like to see the wicked die?” asks the Lord. “Of course not! I only want him to turn from his wicked ways and live.
There is no joy in the heart of the Lord over one single wicked person that walks out of this world. Because God knows that person will forever and for all eternity perpetually pay the ultimate price for their sin….through eternal death. Today according to statistics more than 100,000 people will die, but it not God’s desire that any die lost and doomed…yet that will be the case. Regardless of what a person has done, what wickedness has been committed, what heinous acts have taken place, our God has the power to forgive from the guttermost to the uttermost. The thief on the cross that repented of his sins of crimes worthy of execution was gloriously forgiven and redeemed by the God that created him. The God who knit us together longs and desires to forgive. The ultimate question is this…will we turn to Him and live.
