1. Lost Things – Luke 15 I. The Parable of the Lost Sheep (Luke 15:1-7). A. God as the shepherd Man as the sheep (vs. 4; John 10:14). 1. God provides (Ps 23:1-3). 2. Man follows (John 10:27). Sheep

2. Lost Things – Luke 15 I. The Parable of the Lost Sheep (Luke 15:1-7). B. To be lost is to be removed from contact with the shepherd. (I Peter 3:12; Matthew 7:21-23). Sheep

3. Lost Things – Luke 15 II. The Parable of the Lost Coin (Luke 15:8-10). A. God as owner Man as a treasured possession (vs. 8; Matthew 6:25,26). B. To be lost is to no longer belong to an owner (II John 9; Ephesians 2:11-13; Romans 9:25,26). Sheep Coin

4. Lost Things – Luke 15 III. The Parable of the Lost Son (Luke 15:11-24). A. God as father Man as a beloved child (Hebrews 12:9 - “Father of Spirits;” Acts 17:28,29; Psalm 103:13). Sheep Coin Son

5. Lost Things – Luke 15 III. The Parable of the Lost Son (Luke 15:11-24). B. To be lost......Is to abandon the moral direction of a father (vs. 13, 30; Ephesians 2:1-3)....Means one doesn’t think right (vs. 17; Ephesians 4:19; Titus 1:15). Sheep Coin Son

6. Lost Things – Luke 15 III. The Parable of the Lost Son (Luke 15:11-24). B. To be lost......Means (ultimately) to be cut off from the joys of life (vss. 14-16; II Thessalonians 1:8,9). Sheep Coin Son

7. Lost Things – Luke 15 The Joy of Being Found The Lost Sheep (vss. 5, 6). The Lost Coin (vss. 9,10). The Lost Son (vss. 20-24). Sheep Coin Son