21 “But aif a wicked man turns from all his sins which he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is lawful and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
22 aNone of the transgressions which he has committed shall be remembered against him; because of the righteousness which he has done, he shall blive.
23 aDo I have any pleasure at all that the wicked should die?” says the Lord God, “and not that he should turn from his ways and live?
24 “But awhen a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? bAll the righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; because of the unfaithfulness of which he is guilty and the sin which he has committed, because of them he shall die.
25 “Yet you say, a‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ Hear now, O house of Israel, is it not My way which is fair, and your ways which are not fair?
26 aWhen a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity, and dies in it, it is because of the iniquity which he has done that he dies.
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Point 5. If a sinner repents, he will live. God here is implying eternal life; his sins are forgiven and forgotten.
This one is kind of interesting. Point number 7, there is never a time when a righteous person can feel free to sin. God never condones nor grants license to sin at any time. It is very tempting when we are living in a sinning society, and especially if we see the sinning society appearing to prosper, to do as other people are doing. God's encouragement there in verse 24 is "do not be fooled." What He is evaluating, what He is judging, is the end result of a person's life, not just for the moment.
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