Text: Luke 15
Today, we'll look at 3 parables concerning those who are lost.
The Lost Sheep
Sheep are curious, distracted easily, and the new ones are unfamiliar with the Shepherd's voice. They wander off and get into trouble. The Shepherd leaves the ones who are safe and goes after the one who is in danger.
The Lost Coin
This item was mishandled. Perhaps it was put away for safekeeping, and then the owner forgot where they put it. A coin can neither know it is lost nor can it get itself back.
In this parable, there is a teaming up of:
1) The Holy Spirit (the lamp)
2) The woman (represents the church)
This parable shows the work of the Holy Spirit with the church toward the lost.
The Lost Son
Here the son deliberately and willfully goes against the father's will and becomes lost. He travels to a distant land away from the father's influence and watchful eye.
Notice the father did not run after the son. He waited until the son returned home. The son's willful abandonment of the father is like being alienated from the life of God. It is repentance, not perfection, that restores us to our former position.
The brother saw the prodigal son as a sinner, while the father saw him as a lost son.
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