Among many places He so states this. Here it is in Ezekiel 36:22-38
A New Heart and Spirit
22Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith YHVH GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went. 23And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am YHVH, saith YHVH GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. 24For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. 25Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
26A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. 27And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
28And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. 29I will also save you from all your uncleanness: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you. 30And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen. 31Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations. 32Not for your sakes do I this, saith YHVH GOD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.
33Thus saith YHVH GOD; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded. 34And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by. 35And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited. 36Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I YHVH build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I YHVH have spoken it, and I will do it.
37Thus saith YHVH GOD; I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock. 38As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I am YHVH.
Amen.
Friends...pick up your cross and follow Him whom guides you, orders your very steps when you are Spirit Filled, and presents you with new challenges to do, be, know, love, serve, give, heal, understand, and inspire. He will straighten your road, smooth out the bumps that will come, protect you for His sake and His love of creation and mankind. Sure, atonement comes, but it comes for us all. No exceptions.
If I were to ever outline the physical pain and tortures I have undergone in this life - right to the very edge of death, in many cases - none would believe it. Atonement comes for all who travel the narrow, straight path, so that we may be cleansed on old sins and errors and our garments made white.
But, He is with you the whole way, feeling every single thing you feel and see, and holding you through it. "Hang in there, rely on Me, my child."
The Comforter comes. You are truly free, a son/daughter of God
John 1-12
12But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of YHVH.
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