God is begging...

God is indeed appealing to---
entreating, pleading with, or
even begging^a---the world.
That means, all the people in
this world, including you and me.


Why is God doing that?
Because He loves us very much^b.
God’s one big desire is to have
us come back to Him. This is
beautifully depicted by the
Prodigal Son parable, which
is about how the compassionate
Father longs very much for his
long-lost, undeserving son to come
home to Him^c.

How is He doing that?
Through ambassadors for Christ or
representatives of His, i.e., His
servants, Paul the Apostle and his
team of co-workers^d, and now through
His church, the people of God, who
have been reconciled by God and are
obedient to His command to preach
the Gospel to the whole world^e.
That’s because they have been entrust-
ed with the Gospel, the wonderful
message of reconciliation^f. That is,
God wants the whole world to be
at peace with Him. But He is only
doing that through Jesus Christ,
the sinless Lamb of God, the per-
fect and once-and-for-all-time-to-
come-efficacious (i.e., never to be
repeated, and always applicable and
effective for all time to come)
sacrifice for our sin^g.

What has God done?
He has not considered our sins
to be something to be remembered^h.
He’s willing to receive us with open
arms despite our sinfulness. He will
not count our trespasses against usⁱ.
In fact, He has already paid the price
for our sin and will remember our sins
no more. God is full of grace and
mercy; He will make us new again^j. He
will indeed make us righteous when we
come to Him by accepting His only
Provision for us.

“…he hath made him (Jesus Christ)
to be sin for us, who knew no sin;
that we might be made the righteousness
of God in him.” ^k

“Neither is there salvation in
any other: for there is none other
name under heaven given among men,
whereby we must be saved.” ^l

What is God saying to you?
God is saying to YOU,
“I love you very much. Come home
to Me. Come back into My embrace.
Although you have done wrong, I WILL
forgive you. Your sins may be many
and serious, but I WILL wipe them
away and cleanse you thoroughly,
nonetheless. Come away from your
sins and filth. Please come back
to Me now and I WILL make you a
brand NEW person from inside out.
I WILL set you FREE. I want to give
you everlasting life..............
I LOVE you!”


^a A strong word, not in the sense of
begging people for alms. The origin-
al Greek word is parakaleo.
^b John 3:16
^c Luke 15:11-32
^d 2Cor 5:20b
^e 2Cor 5:18a, Mark 16:15, 16
^f 2Cor 5:18b
^g 1Cor 15:22; Heb 9:28, 10:1-10; 1Pet 3:18
^h Isaiah 43:25
ⁱ 2Cor 5:19
^j Isaiah 1:18, Rom 5:8, 2Cor 5:17-19
^k 2Cor 5:21, parenthesis added
^l Acts 4:12