No matter how hard they tried the people of Israel kept sinning against God. To draw people into closer relationship, God had to do more than forgive their sins; he sent his Son as a sacrifice for sin (2 Corinthians 5:21).
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"It is not the health who need the doctor, but the sick ... And indeed I came to call not the upright, but sinners" (Matthew 9:12, 13).
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