Luke 15:7
"I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven
over one sinner that repenteth, more than
over ninety and nine just persons,
which need no repentance."
The parables in Luke Chapter 15, illustrate God's concern for those separated from Him. God is unwilling for any to perish. Jesus' audience were publicans [tax collectors] and sinners. The pharisees joined the scribes in criticizing Jesus for His conduct with the social and religious outcast, suggesting that He socialized with the sinners.
To further His illustration, Jesus then related the account of a shepherd who cared for 100 sheep. However, when he counted them there was one missing. So he left the 99 in search for the one which was lost. That was how important one lost sheep was to a shepherd's care. Many of the flocks were communal flocks, belonging, not to individuals, but to villages. There would be two or three shepherds in charge.
Those whose flocks were safe would arrive home on time and bring news that one shepherd was still out on the mountain side searching for a sheep which was lost. The whole village would wait watching, and when, in the distance, they saw the shepherd coming home with the lost sheep across his shoulders, there would rise from the whole community a shout of joy and of thanksgiving.
My Friends,That is the picture Jesus drew of God; Jesus, is what God is like. God is as glad when a lost sinner is found as a shepherd is when a lost sheep is brought home. "God, too, knows the joy of finding things that have gone lost." We will continue with part two of God's Concern For The Lost, tomorrow with the parables of The Lost Coin and The Lost Son.
Amen!
Reading: Luke 15:1-7
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To further His illustration, Jesus then related the account of a shepherd who cared for 100 sheep. However, when he counted them there was one missing. So he left the 99 in search for the one which was lost. That was how important one lost sheep was to a shepherd's care. Many of the flocks were communal flocks, belonging, not to individuals, but to villages. There would be two or three shepherds in charge.
Those whose flocks were safe would arrive home on time and bring news that one shepherd was still out on the mountain side searching for a sheep which was lost. The whole village would wait watching, and when, in the distance, they saw the shepherd coming home with the lost sheep across his shoulders, there would rise from the whole community a shout of joy and of thanksgiving.
My Friends,That is the picture Jesus drew of God; Jesus, is what God is like. God is as glad when a lost sinner is found as a shepherd is when a lost sheep is brought home. "God, too, knows the joy of finding things that have gone lost." We will continue with part two of God's Concern For The Lost, tomorrow with the parables of The Lost Coin and The Lost Son.
Amen!
Reading: Luke 15:1-7
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May God Bless You
And Your family
Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.
The Cross Life Ministry
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