2. “FOR THE SON OF MAN HAS COME TO SEEK AND TO SAVE THAT WHICH WAS LOST.” Luke 19:10

3. Luke 15:1-7

4. 1. Something precious has been lost! 2. It warrants an all-out search! 3. Finding it is cause for a party!

5. TWO AUDIENCES: Tax Collectors/Sinners Pharisees/Scribes

6. Jesus Tremendous Compassion for Lost People

8. “FOR THE SON OF MAN HAS COME TO SEEK AND TO SAVE THAT WHICH WAS LOST.” Luke 19:10

9. -- I will go to all lengths to save you! -- You are infinitely important to Me! -- I will rejoice & celebrate when you are found!

11. THE CHURCH EXISTS FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT YET PART OF IT!

12. REJOICE WITH ME…

13. LUKE 15:7, “I SAY TO YOU THAT LIKEWISE THERE WILL BE MORE JOY IN HEAVEN OVER ONE SINNER WHO REPENTS THAN OVER NINETY-NINE JUST PERSONS WHO NEED NO REPENTANCE.”

14. LUKE 15:10, “LIKEWISE, I SAY TO YOU, THERE IS JOY IN THE PRESENCE OF THE ANGELS OF GOD OVER ONE SINNER WHO REPENTS.”

15. “FOR THE SON OF MAN HAS COME TO SEEK AND TO SAVE THAT WHICH WAS LOST.” Luke 19:10

17. Hymn # 367 “Rescue the Perishing”

18. Rescue the perishing Care for the dying; Snatch them in pity from sin and the grave; Weep o’er the erring one, Lift up the fallen, Tell them of Jesus, the mighty to save.

19. Rescue the perishing, Care for the dying; Jesus is merciful, Jesus will save.

20. Though they are slighting Him, Still He is waiting, Waiting the penitent child to receive. Plead with them earnestly, Plead with them gently; He will forgive if they only believe.

21. Rescue the perishing, Care for the dying; Jesus is merciful, Jesus will save.

22. Rescue the perishing, Duty demands it; Strength for thy labor the Lord will provide; Back to the narrow way Patiently win them; Tell the poor wanderer a Savior has died.

23. Rescue the perishing, Care for the dying; Jesus is merciful, Jesus will save.