Lost! The Parables of Luke 15Sample

Here is the moral of the story. If we have a relationship with God, all well and good. But we cannot claim to love God and to hate our brethren at the same time.

If a dead man comes back to life, we should rejoice. If a lost man gets found, we should celebrate; no matter who they are, where they live, or what they look like. If we don't, maybe we're the dead, lost ones!

Jesus' story ends on a cliff hanger. We may want to know more, but we're not told the reaction of His religious and irreligious hearers. We know the former clamoured for His crucifixion, and that many of the latter became His followers, so we can guess their response.

If we trust in Jesus, we cross over from death to life, and from lostness to being found. If so, we can and should rejoice in our own salvation, and in that of our brethren. If not, we need to cry out to God to make us spiritually alive so that we would be found in Him.

'Sovereign God, thank You for making us alive in Christ, and that we can be found in Him. Please help us to rejoice whenever anyone comes to faith in You, for Your honour and glory, amen.'

Have you been found and resurrected by God? If so, do you rejoice in every other soul saved?

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