Repentance Required
If we live only for ourselves and our pleasures with no regard for His glory, justice requires that we be cut down and removed. However, because God is “rich in mercy” and “loved us” out of “His great love,” He sent His Son to give us an opportunity to change. Through His death on the cross, He removes our sin which damages our soul. He gives us new soil in which to grow so that we might produce abundant fruit. Why? Because God truly does not want that any of us should perish but come to repentance.