When does all of heaven rejoice?
“Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.” Luke 15:7
Notice that it does not speak of rejoicing in heaven over someone who ‘accepts Jesus’, ‘invites Jesus into their heart, or ‘gives their heart to Jesus’. That should be significant to all that of us who share Jesus with a lost world.
I’ll leave it to you to figure it out. When you think you’ve got it, p,ease feel free to comment!
The Battle Cry 
That verse certainly should make us not see repentance as a bad thing contrary to some theology that’s floating out there today.
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Exactly. It can also make one wonder if there is great sadness in heaven over professions of Christ ‘without’ any repentance having been part of the ‘evangelistic’ equation. While I’m sure that there are those who truly repent and believe absent any mention of repentance from the preacher, many, I am equally certain that there are many who have been deceived into thinking they are saved but are not.
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And the fact that many are not saved but been deceived they are saved is further reason why there might be a great sadness in heaven for profession of Christ without repentance…
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