What's going on, guys? Welcome back to another episode of the Bryce Crawford podcast. I'm Bryce, and today, by the title of

episode, you know, we're going to talk about, does Jesus really care about you? How do you know if God cares about you?

There's millions of people, billions of people, so many people have existed before and will exist after you.

How do you know that you're valuable and God cares about you? We're going to talk about that, guys. We're going to be in Luke chapter 15 today. It's going to be amazing. And listen,

the heart posture behind this was I started getting plugged into a church back in my hometown in

Georgia. And Pastor James is just amazing. I want to have them on the podcast one day. But,

man, Pastor James, when we did this series, this little series on Luke 15 at

church, it rocked my world so much that this has been a passage that I continually go back on,

reflect on, that I love talking about. And so today, we're going to share it with you guys as well.

So Luke chapter 15, does God really care about you?

Let's talk about it.

And there's going to be three types of parables in Luke chapter 15.

Parable of the lost sheet, parable of the lost coin, parable of the prodigal son.

You guys might be familiar with them or may not.

Don't want to assume things.

But here's the reality of parables.

What is the purpose of a parable? You guys know, I've

talked about this multiple times, but a parable is a sifting mechanism. Okay, it's a sifting mechanism

to see who really wants the benefits of the kingdom over the king and who really wants the king,

right? King Jesus. Do you want King Jesus or do you just want what he has to offer? In these parables

were a sifting mechanism for Jesus to get his point across. And for those that didn't want Jesus but one of the benefits

of Jesus, they ran away from the parables because they were like, this guy's a bozo. He doesn't

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