Originally Posted by antlers
Originally Posted by bludog
All of us like sheep have gone astray. Each of us has turned to his own way. But the Lord has caused the iniquity of us ALL to fall on Him. - Isaiah 53:6

Prophesying the sacrificial and atoning death of the Messiah, 700 years before Jesus.
What stands out to me in that verse is God’s grace.
Even someone as evil as the Nashville shooter COULD have been saved. It's highly unlikely that she was because she'd given herself over to a depraved mind but if she'd repented and acknowledged Jesus as Lord she he would have accepted her right up until the police bullets took her down.

“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell

It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.