Okay, Who’s Missing?
Luke 15:4-7 (NIV) Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’ I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.
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We have all read this Scripture and are very familiar with it. But, is it governing our lives? What system of reasoning has negated the principles established in this passage? Mourning for those outside God’s provisions has to occupy at least a few minutes of our day. What kind of mourning in our lives and ministries would get heaven excited? Do we only have one lost person out there; or, is our situation much more serious? I think we, in this generation, have a lot to cry about, don’t you?
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