Jesus says...
  Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give
  you rest.  Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me,   .____.
  for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you shall     |::::|
  find rest for your souls.        Matthew 11:28-29      |::::|
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      /` ~\MWM)__,      Our response...                  |::::|
     /'   ,' ^~\__\_      God be merciful to me          |::::|
    |'    ;-:__,. '~:       a sinner.      Luke 18:13    |::::|
    |    .:M/~^^^~\``~    In Your great love, O God,     |::::|
   _\.;-'^   .__.  \,_.     answer me with Your sure     |::::|
  /MW\.    ./MWMW\--\MW\_.  salvation.     Psalm 69:13   |::::|
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Then...                                                  
  It is good that a man should both hope and quietly     
  wait for the salvation of the Lord.    Lamentations 3:26
  To this one I will look, to him who is humble and contrite of spirit,
  and who trembles at My word.           Isaiah 66:2
God's Love is Incomparable...
  God is love.  1 John 4:8
  The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger
    and abounding in lovingkindness.  Psalm 103:8
  For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting;
    and His truth endureth to all generations.  Psalm 100:5
But All Mankind Rebelled...
  All of us like sheep have gone astray,
    each of us has turned to his own way.  Isaiah 53:6
  The heart is deceitful above all things,                  .,,,,.
    and desperately wicked.  Jeremiah 17:9      .,,,,.    .((0(0(0)
  For all have sinned and fall short         .(0(0(0(0()..(0(0(*0(0(
    of the glory of God.  Romans 3:23       ()0(O(0(0(0(0(0(0(0) (0()
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Thus Subject to the Consequences...         (.(0(00(0(0(0(0() (0)
  Your iniquities have made a separation    .  (0()  (0)   (0) (0)
    between you and your God.  Isaiah 59:2     (0)   (0)  (0)   (0)
  The wages of sin is death.  Romans 6:23       (0)   '^~  (0)   '^~
  It is appointed unto men once to die,          '^~        '^~
    but after this the judgement.  Hebrews 9:27
  Whosoever was not found written in the book of life
    was cast into the lake of fire.  Revelation 20:15
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But God, in His Great Mercy, Provided...     ---+---
  When the fulness of the time came,            |
    God sent forth His Son.  Galations 4:4      |
  For the Son of Man has come to seek and       |
    to save that which was lost.  Luke 19:10
  While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.  Romans 5:8
  Now is the day of salvation.  2 Corinthians 6:2
His Miraculous Gift of Salvation.
  For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not
    of yourselves; it is the gift of God; not of works,
    lest any man should boast.  Ephesians 2:8-9
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