Isaiah 55:6-7 "Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye
upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way [that's your part],
and the unrighteous man his thoughts [that's your part]: and let him
return unto the LORD [that's your part], and he will have mercy upon
him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. [that's God's part]"
Proverbs 14:14 "The backslider in heart shall be filled with his
own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself."
Hebrews 10:38-39 "Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man
draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who
draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the
soul."
2 Peter 2:20-22 "For if after they have escaped the pollutions of
the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are
again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than
the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of
righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy
commandment delivered unto them. But it is happened unto them according to the
true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was
washed to her wallowing in the mire."
"Seek ye the LORD while he may be found" At some point the Lord
will turn his back on humanity, allowing satan to have his way, that time is
close at hand. Act now while you still can!
Jeremiah 3:12-14 "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. Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou
hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to
the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith
the LORD. Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married
unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will
bring you to Zion:"
Luke 15:11-32 "And he said, A certain man had two sons: And the
younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods
that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. And not many days
after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far
country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. And when he had
spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in
want. And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he
sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would fain have filled his
belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. And
when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's
have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and
go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against
heaven, and before thee, And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me
as one of thy hired servants. And he arose, and came to his father. But when
he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran,
and fell on his neck, and kissed him. And the son said unto him, Father, I
have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be
called thy son. But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best
robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And
they began to be merry. Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came
and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing. And he called one
of the servants, and asked what these things meant. And he said unto him,
Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he
hath received him safe and sound. And he was angry, and would not go in:
therefore came his father out, and intreated him. And he answering said to
his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at
any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might
make merry with my friends: But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath
devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is
thine. It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy
brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found."