God Knows and Cares

Luke 15:1-10

The Setting!

Jesus had been criticized for the He kept = “”!

Questions asked:

Does God ?

Does God ?

How can He deal with ?

There is so much that makes us aware of our – our .

What is man that You think of him,
Psalm 8:4a

Jesus Asks His Own Questions!

1^st question! Luke 15:4

What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the other ninety-nine in the open pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?
Luke 15:4

Sheep and shepherds were part of their .

Wouldn’t it be best to your and stick with the many?

We can relate to the :

All of us, like sheep, have gone astray, Each of us has turned to his own way; But the Lord has caused the wrongdoing of us all To fall on Him.
Isaiah 53:6

I am the good shepherd, and I know My own, and My own know Me,
John 10:14

The drama of the parable has four acts – each built around key words:

1. 2) 3) 4)

• What Does It Mean To Be Lost?

1. Some feel the lostness of not knowing .
2. Some are lost in that they no longer desire the shepherd to their lives.
3. Some have lost their .
4. Some feel the lostness of not feeling .
5. Some feel the lostness of .
6. Some feel the lost ache of relationship.
7. The most sense of lostness is knowing we are .

There is in all of us a to be .

• Jesus Has A Response!
• He knows where we are .
• Our lostness is when we accept the comfort that we can never from Him.
• The Shepherd’s staff is the .
• God is than man.
• Jesus desires to carry you on His .

2^nd question!

“Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?
Luke 15:8

The coin was only worth a wage of a common laborer.

Homes in Palestine were small and the floors were – some over laid with .

There were seldom , so a must be .

Notice the words: “” and “”.

If a woman would do so much – what would do? “”!

Notice, the coin is lost in the .

• It is possible to be lost in the .
• It is possible to be lost in your .
• Neither the nor the frontlet is complete without .
• The Lord of the universe is a Lord.
• There is no safe place to .

Both parables end with .

And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost!’
Luke 15:6

And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found the coin which I had lost!’ In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
Luke 15:9-10

This table is a place of and that His followers have been .