“And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” So he told them this parable: “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’ Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.”

Luke 15:2-7 ESV

http://bible.com/59/luk.15.2-7.esv

All,

This stands out because Jesus says, “there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.” C.S. Lewis said we have never met a mere mortal. Everyone we know and meet will go on living forever. Christ wants them to live in Heaven, but He will not force them. Sometimes Christian leaders leave out the repentance part and encourage their flock to live according to their flesh. Please pray that we and our friends have compassion and not condemnation with “sinners”. Please pray for Katherine Gooding.