2. Parable:
Too throw or set alongside
April 28, 2019

3. In todays parables, it is important that we learn:
Who is looking for us? 
He is looking for us!
What happens when the lost are found? 
What should we do when we are found? 

4. 1Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him
1Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. 2And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”
- Luke 15:1–10
April 28, 2019

5. 1Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him
1Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. 2And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”
- Luke 15:1–10
April 28, 2019

6. 1Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him
1Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. 2And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”
- Luke 15:1–10
April 28, 2019

7. 3So he told them this parable:
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8. 4“What man of you, having a hundred sheep,
if he has lost one of them, does not leave the
ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? 5And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
6And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me,
for I have found my sheep that was lost.’  
April 28, 2019

9. April 28, 2019
7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons
who need no repentance.

10. From Rudy

11. 8“Or what woman, having ten silver coins,
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8“Or what woman, having ten silver coins,
if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp
and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it?
9And when she has found it,
she calls together her friends and neighbors,
saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin
that I had lost.’ 10Just so, I tell you,
there is joy before the angels of God
over one sinner who repents.” 

12. We should be
REJOICING!

13. We should be
REJOICING!
6Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’ 7Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
9she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’ 10Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

14. Why aren’t you rejoicing?
You think you’re in the 99
You think you’re the shepherd 
You don’t think you are lost
You think you are too lost/bewildered 

15. Other Shepherds - Pharisees and Scribes
2And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”

16. Other Shepherds - Pharisees and Scribes
2And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”
Matthew 23:15
15Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.

17. Other Shepherds - Pharisees and Scribes
2And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”
Matthew 23:15
15Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.

18. What the Shepherd does:

19. How do we join in the rejoicing?
Be found

20. How do we join in the rejoicing?
Be found
Be carried

21. How do we join in the rejoicing?
Be found
Be carried
Worship him

22. How do we join in the rejoicing?
Be found
Be carried
Worship him
Seek the lost