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November 17, 1993
When an item of great value is lost, we will go to extraordinary lengths to find it. Similarly, Alistair Begg teaches, Jesus’ parables of the lost sheep and the lost coin describe an ever-seeking God whose love causes Him to search for those who are lost in sin. Rejecting the attitude of the Pharisees, Jesus pursued the lost whom others deemed unworthy, welcomed them just as they were, and made them clean—and He continues to do so today.
1Now zthe tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. 2And the Pharisees and the scribes agrumbled, saying, b“This man receives sinners and ceats with them.”
3So he told them this parable: 4d“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, eif he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine fin the open country, and ggo after the one that is lost, until he finds it? 5And when he has found it, hhe 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 iI have found my sheep that was lost.’ 7Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who jrepents than over ninety-nine krighteous persons who need no repentance.
8“Or what woman, having ten silver coins,1 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 lthe angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
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