2. Having a vision for LOVING LOST PEOPLE
LUKE 15

3. JESUS criticised for welcoming and eating with sinners and tax collectors
LUKE 15:1-2

4. THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS determined who was in and who was out of God’s favour. Sinners and Tax Collectors were on the outer.
LUKE 15:1-2

5. By welcoming and eating with sinners and tax collectors JESUS taught that they were in God’s favour.
LUKE 15:1-2

6. JESUS told three parables about God’s response to people’s lostness to answer their criticism.
LUKE 15:1-2

7. SOME INTERPRETIVE POINTS
Three stories to counter the religious critics The LOST COIN, SHEEP & SON(s) LUKE 15:3-32
SOME INTERPRETIVE POINTS
The authority figure in the story represents God
The coin, sheep and sons represent people who do not know God
The older brother is the sting in the tail He represents the listeners who saw themselves as the faithful ones but had no understanding of grace.

8. All are lost without God [possibly, even the seemingly faithful]
Three stories to counter the religious critics The LOST COIN, SON & SHEEP LUKE 15:3-32
All are lost without God
[possibly, even the seemingly faithful]

9. People are not lost in the same way
Three stories to counter the religious critics The LOST COIN, SON & SHEEP LUKE 15:3-32
People are not lost in the same way
COIN: those lost by someone else
SHEEP: those lost searching for more
SON 1: those who turn from grace
SON 2: those who think that they deserve to be in but don’t understand grace

10. GOD is on a search for all so that they may be found in him
Three stories to counter the religious critics The LOST COIN, SON & SHEEP LUKE 15:3-32
GOD is on a search for all so that they may be found in him

11. GOD rejoices over all who are found
Three stories to counter the religious critics The LOST COIN, SON & SHEEP LUKE 15:3-32
GOD rejoices over all who are found

12. Three stories to counter the religious critics The LOST COIN, SON & SHEEP LUKE 15:3-32
GOD invites us to see people as he does and join him in the joyous search rather than staying self-contentedly and self-righteously at home secure in our deserved position

13. Jesus gave everything to make it possible for us to know God.
COMMUNION
Jesus gave everything to make it possible for us to know God.

14. COMMUNION
Jesus gave everything to make it possible for us to know God.
Who will we love, pray for and tell our story of Jesus to so that this possibility may become a reality in their lives too?
Have a Jesus sized-vision for lost people.