The Lost Coin (2 of 4)
Series: The Lost
Jim Perdue
Luke 15:8-10
Intro/Attention: Today, we continue our series entitled Lost. In Luke 15, Jesus tells three stories about something that is lost; the lost sheep, the lost coin and the lost son. Today, we'll be looking at the second parable, the lost coin. The coin is lost and doesn't know it; the sheep is lost and knows it, but can't get back and the son is lost, knows it, and knows how to get back.
This section has been called ''The Heart of the Third Gospel'' because here Luke's great theme of God's love and mercy for sinful human beings and His call for repentance and conversion come forth with full power. In this chapter, we see the very heart of God.
These three stories drive home an essential teaching: God loves the lost and actively seeks to save them. In fact, Jesus stated His purpose in coming was to ''seek and to save that which was lost.'' (ON SCREEN) If God is concerned about the unsaved, we should be too!
What does it mean to be lost? We use this language a lot but I believe it's important to define what we mean. Many people describe themselves as ''lost'' when they refer to a lack of direction and purpose in life. They seem to have ''lost their way.'' But Jesus uses this term to mean something different.
To Christ, there are two categories of people in this world, lost and saved. And there are two categories of people here today, lost and saved. To be saved is to know Christ as your personal Lord and Savior, to have a relationship with God through Christ. To be lost is to not have a personal relationship with God; to have no assurance of salvation and no personal relationship with God. To be saved means heaven when you die, to be lost means hell.
*At the sinking of the Titanic, over twenty-two hundred were cast into the frigid waters of the Atlantic. On shore the names of the passengers were posted in two simple columns- saved and lost. God's list is equally simple.*
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Series: The Lost
Jim Perdue
Luke 15:8-10
Intro/Attention: Today, we continue our series entitled Lost. In Luke 15, Jesus tells three stories about something that is lost; the lost sheep, the lost coin and the lost son. Today, we'll be looking at the second parable, the lost coin. The coin is lost and doesn't know it; the sheep is lost and knows it, but can't get back and the son is lost, knows it, and knows how to get back.
This section has been called ''The Heart of the Third Gospel'' because here Luke's great theme of God's love and mercy for sinful human beings and His call for repentance and conversion come forth with full power. In this chapter, we see the very heart of God.
These three stories drive home an essential teaching: God loves the lost and actively seeks to save them. In fact, Jesus stated His purpose in coming was to ''seek and to save that which was lost.'' (ON SCREEN) If God is concerned about the unsaved, we should be too!
What does it mean to be lost? We use this language a lot but I believe it's important to define what we mean. Many people describe themselves as ''lost'' when they refer to a lack of direction and purpose in life. They seem to have ''lost their way.'' But Jesus uses this term to mean something different.
To Christ, there are two categories of people in this world, lost and saved. And there are two categories of people here today, lost and saved. To be saved is to know Christ as your personal Lord and Savior, to have a relationship with God through Christ. To be lost is to not have a personal relationship with God; to have no assurance of salvation and no personal relationship with God. To be saved means heaven when you die, to be lost means hell.
*At the sinking of the Titanic, over twenty-two hundred were cast into the frigid waters of the Atlantic. On shore the names of the passengers were posted in two simple columns- saved and lost. God's list is equally simple.*
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