THE LOST SHEEP Text: Luke 15:1-7

"The key of the parable hangs on the front door." "Then Jesus told them this parable . . ." Luke 15:3 "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them." Luke 15:2 INTRODUCTION: "The key of the parable hangs on the front door."

"The key of the parable hangs on the front door." "the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost." Luke 19:10 INTRODUCTION: "The key of the parable hangs on the front door."

"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep." John 10:11 "The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want." Psalm 23:1 I. LOST (Luke 15:4)

"We all, like sheep, have gone astray, Each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all." Isaiah 53:6 II. SEEK (Luke 15:4)

III. FIND (Luke 15:5) "For you were like sheep going astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls." I Peter 2:25

IV. REJOICE (Luke 15:6) "he joyfully puts it on his shoulders" "Rejoice with me, I have found my sheep" Luke 15:6 IV. REJOICE (Luke 15:6) "more rejoicing in heaven" Luke 15:7