“God’s Heart for That Which is Lost”
“God’s Heart for That Which is Lost”
Luke 15
February 12, 2023
Luke 15:10
I tell you, in the same way, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
Would you be willing to pray this each day with me?
Ephesians 6:19-20
Pray also for me, that the message may be given to me when I open my mouth to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel. 20 For this I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I might be bold enough to speak about it as I should.
Luke 15:1-2
All the tax collectors and sinners were approaching to listen to him. 2 And the Pharisees and scribes were complaining, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
People who were not like Jesus___________________ Jesus.
The Pharisees saw the Tax Collectors as enemies to be RIDICULED, Jesus saw Tax Collectors as SOULS in need of _____________________.
Luke 15:3-4
So he told them this parable: 4 “What man among you, who has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open field and go after the lost one until he finds it?
Luke 15:7
I tell you, in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who don’t need repentance.
Luke 15:8-9
“Or what woman who has ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it? 9 When she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found the silver coin I lost!’
Luke 15:11-13
He also said, “A man had two sons. 12 The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate I have coming to me.’ So he distributed the assets to them. 13 Not many days later, the younger son gathered together all he had and traveled to a distant country, where he squandered his estate in foolish living.
Luke 15:18-9
I’ll get up, go to my father, and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight. 19 I’m no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired workers.”’