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W O W - T H E B I G P I C T U R E
by Thomas Nelson Publishers
The Lost Are Found
-- Luke 14:25-15:32; Psalm 107:1-3; Proverbs 19:11
Now great multitudes went with Him. And He turned and said to them, "If
anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and
children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot
be My disciple. And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me
cannot be My disciple. For which of you, intending to build a tower,
does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to
finish it-lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to
finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying, 'This man began to
build and was not able to finish.' Or what king, going to make war
against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he
is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty
thousand? Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends a
delegation and asks conditions of peace. So likewise, whoever of you
does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.
"Salt is good; but if the salt has lost its flavor, how shall it be
seasoned? It is neither fit for the land nor for the dunghill, but men
throw it out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"
Then all the tax collectors and the sinners drew near to Him to hear
Him. And the Pharisees and scribes complained, saying, "This Man
receives sinners and eats with them." So He spoke this parable to them,
saying:
"What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does
not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which
is lost until he finds it? And when he has found it, he lays it on his
shoulders, rejoicing. And when he comes home, he calls together his
friends and neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have
found my sheep which was lost!' I say to you that likewise there will
be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine
just persons who need no repentance.
"Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does
not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds
it? And when she has found it, she calls her friends and neighbors
together, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I
lost!' Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the
angels of God over one sinner who repents."
Then He said: "A certain man had two sons. And the younger of them said
to his father, 'Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me.'
So he divided to them his livelihood. And not many days after, the
younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far country, and
there wasted his possessions with prodigal living. But when he had
spent all, there arose a severe famine in that land, and he began to be
in want. Then he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country,
and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would gladly have
filled his stomach with the pods that the swine ate, and no one gave
him anything.
"But when he came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired
servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I
will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, "Father, I have
sinned against heaven and before you, and I am no longer worthy to be
called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants."'
"And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way
off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his
neck and kissed him. And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned
against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called
your son.'
"But the father said to his servants, 'Bring out the best robe and put
it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet. And
bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat and be merry;
for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.'
And they began to be merry.
"Now his older son was in the field. And as he came and drew near to
the house, he heard music and dancing. So he called one of the servants
and asked what these things meant. And he said to him, 'Your brother
has come, and because he has received him safe and sound, your father
has killed the fatted calf.'
"But he was angry and would not go in. Therefore his father came out
and pleaded with him. So he answered and said to his father, 'Lo, these
many years I have been serving you; I never transgressed your
commandment at any time; and yet you never gave me a young goat, that I
might make merry with my friends. But as soon as this son of yours
came, who has devoured your livelihood with harlots, you killed the
fatted calf for him.'
"And he said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that I have
is yours. It was right that we should make merry and be glad, for your
brother was dead and is alive again, and was lost and is found.'"
Luke 14:25-15:32
WORSHIP:
Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good!
For His mercy endures forever.
Let the redeemed of the LORD say so,
Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy,
And gathered out of the lands,
>From the east and from the west,
>From the north and from the south.
Psalm 107:1-3
WISDOM:
The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger,
And his glory is to overlook a transgression.
Proverbs 19:11
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