Knowing What Hurts God

Luke 15:4-5  

"What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them,

doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness,

and go after that which is lost, until he find it? 

And when he hath found it, he layeth

it on his shoulders, rejoicing."  

     In Jesus' day the Pharisees and scribes just could not understand why Jesus would hang around sinners, eat with them, and heal them as well as cast out demons. If you have the same mind set and have doubts about the power and the Love of God, "then you don't know what hurts God and gives Him Pain.  If that's the case, "How can you say you love God?" 

    How can we say we know God, if we don't know what gives Him pain and brings Him joy? The Lord wants us to see that the Father's heart hurts for the lost and rejoices when the lost are found. That's why He uses a concept we all can understand. That is the example of these three parables in Luke Chap:15.

    When something is lost , we do not despise it, we search for it, and rejoice in the finding of it.  Every person on this earth is that way, and guess what; God is that way also. That is the point of the three parables. They tell us not so much about a lost sheep as a seeking shepherd, Not so much about a lost coin as a searching woman, and not so much about a lost son as a loving father. And all these speak of our Father in Heaven. My Friends, "Knowing And Loving God Is Knowing what causes Him Pain!" 

Amen!!

Reading: Luke 15:1-32

Ref: HGSB

Minister Notes 

May God Bless You

And Your Family

Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.

The Cross Life Ministry