“So he told them this parable: ‘What man among you, who has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open field and go after the lost one until he finds it? When he has found it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders, and coming home, he calls his friends and neighbors together, saying to them, “Rejoice with me, because I have found my lost sheep” I tell you, in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who
repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who don’t need repentance.’”
Luke 15:3-7 (CSB)
THREE TRUTHS ABOUT GOD’S HEART
1. God Pursues: He Never Grows Weary Searching
“(He goes) after the lost one until he finds it.”
Luke 15:4 (CSB)
“We all went astray like sheep; we all have turned to our own way; and the LORD has punished him for the iniquity of us all.”
Isaiah 53:6 (CSB)
“Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the whole earth. He never becomes faint or weary.”
Isaiah 40:28 (CSB)
2. God Restores: He Is Always Patient And Kind
“When he has found it (the sheep), he joyfully puts it on his shoulders.”
Luke 15:5 (CSB)
3. God Celebrates: He Is Constantly Rejoicing
“When he has found it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders, and coming home, he calls his friends and neighbors together, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found my lost sheep!’ I tell you, in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who don’t need repentance.”
Luke 15:5-7 (CSB)
