The Parables of the Lost Sheep and Coin
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 27 November 2022
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
In today’s devotional, the last in our series on the parables, we’ll be looking at the parables of the lost sheep and coin. May you discover today how precious you are in the eyes of God. And may you be empowered to see yourself, your value, as he does.
Our Scripture for today comes from Luke 15:4-7 and Luke 15:8-10, and today's worship is Where I'll Be Found by Brandon Lake.
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| 0:00.0 | In today's devotional, the last in our series on the parables, |
| 0:08.8 | we'll be looking at the parable of the lost sheep and coin. |
| 0:12.9 | May you discover today how precious you are in the eyes of God. |
| 0:17.4 | And may you be empowered to see yourself, your value as he does. |
| 0:22.9 | Welcome to the first 15 podcast. |
| 0:36.0 | Our scripture for today comes from Luke 15, verse 7, where Jesus says, |
| 0:42.3 | Just so I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents |
| 0:48.2 | than over 99 righteous persons who need no repentance. |
| 0:54.6 | If the core of Jesus' teachings on the gospel could be summed up with two stories, |
| 1:00.7 | they'd be the parables of the lost sheep and the lost coin. |
| 1:05.2 | Both stories illustrate one crucially important truth that God pursues us. Both clearly display God's heart for us, |
| 1:15.2 | and that He willingly and passionately comes down to meet and help us wherever we are. |
| 1:22.3 | As we look at these important parables today, open your heart and allow the reality of God's pursuit |
| 1:29.4 | of you to transform the way you relate to him and stir up your desires to seek his face in return. |
| 1:38.3 | Jesus says in Luke 15, 4 through 7, what man of you having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does |
| 1:47.3 | not leave the 99 in the open country and go after the one that is lost until he finds it. |
| 1:54.6 | And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders rejoicing. |
| 1:59.0 | And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, |
| 2:02.6 | saying to them, rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost. Just so, I tell you, |
| 2:11.8 | there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 99 righteous persons who need no repentance. |
| 2:21.7 | And then Jesus teaches in verses 8 through 10, or what woman having 10 silver coins, |
| 2:28.4 | if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently |
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