LUKE 15:1-2 AMPC
“Now the tax collectors and [notorious and especially wicked] sinners were all coming near to [Jesus] to listen to Him. And the Pharisees and the scribes kept muttering and indignantly complaining, saying, “This man accepts and receives and welcomes [preeminently wicked] sinners and eats with them.”
LUKE 15:3-7 CSB
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.”
// GOD SEES GREAT
IN US.
PSALM 139:13-14 CSB
For it was You who created my inward parts;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I will praise You
because I have been remarkably and wondrously made.
LUKE 12:7 CSB
“Indeed, the hairs of your head are all counted. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.”
JEREMIAH 1:5 NIV
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
before you were born I set you apart;
I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
ISAIAH 43:1 ESV
“But now thus says the Lord who created you…
And He who formed you…
Fear not, for I have redeemed you;
I have called you by name, you are mine.”
// GOD
US BECAUSE HE
US.
LUKE 15:8-10 CSB
“…[What] woman who has ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it? When she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found the silver coin I lost!’ I tell you, in the same way, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
ISAIAH 40:11 NIV
“He tends His flock like a shepherd:
He gathers the lambs in His arms
and carries them close to his Heart…”
LUKE 19:5-10 NIV
When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.”
So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly. All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.”
But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.”
Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
// JESUS IS ALWAYS READY TO
US HOME, NO MATTER WHAT WE HAVE
.
LUKE 15:16 CSB
“He longed to eat his fill from the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one would give him anything.”
LUKE 15:17-19 CSB
“When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have more than enough food, and here I am dying of hunger! I’ll get up, go to my father, and say to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight. I’m no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired workers.’”
LUKE 15:20-24 CSB
“So he got up and went to his father. But while the son was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight. I’m no longer worthy to be called your son.’
“But the father told his servants, ‘Quick! Bring out the best robe and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Then bring the fattened calf and slaughter it, and let’s celebrate with a feast, because this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.”
// JESUS LEADS THE
OF OUR
.
// LETS FULLY EMBRACE GOD’S
AND LET IT CAST OUT ALL FEAR.
1 JOHN 4:18 GNT
There is no fear in love; perfect love drives out all fear. So then, love has not been made perfect in anyone who is afraid, because fear has to do with punishment.
EPHESIANS 3:18-20 MSG
…I ask Him that with both feet planted firmly on love, you’ll be able to take in with all followers of Jesus the extravagant dimensions of Christ’s love. Reach out and experience the breadth! Test its length! Plumb the depths! Rise to the heights! Live full lives, full in the fullness of God.
God can do anything, you know—far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams!
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