“Lost, Found, Rejoice” Luke 15:1-10 March 29th , 2015
God’s Perspective - in our
own lives - should come from God’s Word
1 Corinthians 4:7 (ESV)
7 For who sees anything different in you?
7 For who sees anything different in you?
What do you have that you did
not receive?
If then you received it, why
do you boast as if you did not receive it?
On one hand, there is
appropriateness to avoid sinful behavior.
1 Thessalonians 5:22
(ESV) 22 Abstain from every form of
evil.
On the other hand, we need
relationships to have influence.
Luke
7:34 (ESV)
34 The Son of Man
........................ a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
Big Idea: The repentance
of others must be met with joy and celebration
I. Attitude Check: My way
or the highway [1-2]
1 Now the tax collectors
and sinners were all drawing near to hear him.
2 And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying,
2 And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying,
“This man receives sinners
and eats with them.”
Consider the Exodus Generation
centuries before with Moses,
Exodus 15:24 (ESV)
24 And the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?”
Exodus 16:2 (ESV)
2 And the whole congregation of the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness,
24 And the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?”
Exodus 16:2 (ESV)
2 And the whole congregation of the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness,
II. Attitude Adjustment Needed: celebrate others finding
and being found [3-7]
A. Lost (3-4)
3 So he told them this parable: 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?
B. Found (5)
5 And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders,
rejoicing.
C. Rejoice (6)
6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them,
6 And 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.’
D. Heavenly Application for us (7)
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.
III. Attitude Adjustment Needed:
celebrate others finding and being found [8-10]
A. Lost (8)
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?
B.
Found (9a)
9a
And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors,
saying,
Some people are offended
- no matter what you say about the Lord.
-
no matter how you say anything about the Lord.
1 Corinthians 1:18 (ESV)
18 For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
18 For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
C. Rejoice (9b)
9b ‘Rejoice with me, for I
have found the coin that I had lost.’
D. Heavenly Application
for us (10)
10 Just so, I tell you,
there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
[your name here] - a
poor sinner 1 Timothy 1:15 (ESV)
1 Timothy 1:15 (KJV)
15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
We
need to embrace the reality that none of us are worthy of God’s grace.
All
of us are sinners.
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