The reason that Jesus was born was so that sinners can go to heaven. He came to earth, and lived a sinless life so that He could eventually die a substitutionary death.

Jesus affirms his answer: “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.” The lawyer then tries to narrow the meaning of neighbor.

They seem to be unable to see that we might be imitating Jesus, who loved sinners and did everything he could to save them from their sins. Gene Shelburne is pastor emeritus of the Anna Street ...

But Jesus did not eat with sinners solely to call them to a changed and fruitful relationship. That would be slightly inhuman: more calculating and transactional than loving.

The death of Jesus Christ on the cross isn’t just a historical event—it’s the divine epicenter of Christian redemption, ...

Jesus does not wait for sinners to change their lives before he welcomes them, said the preacher of the papal household. "He welcomes them and this leads sinners to change their lives," Cardinal ...

Jesus Only Wants Sinners. Leslie Leyland Fields. Christianity Today October 3, 2016. Share ... Yet the very recognition of our sin and our need for Jesus is exactly what qualifies us to serve him ...

Jesus did, of course, ask sinners to stop sinning, as does Pope Francis; but there is something deeper at work regarding the complaints of those who arrayed themselves against Jesus’ behavior.

And this, Francis said, is how sinners are forgiven. Not only are they reassured at a psychological level, feeling free from a sense of guilt, but Jesus does more: "he offers the people who have ...

“The worst sinners, according to Jesus, are not the harlots and publicans, but the religious leaders with their insistence of proper dress and grooming, their careful observance of all the rules ...