How Lost Is Lost
Rex Yancey
Ephesians 2:11-13
Few words in the vocabulary of man have the power to strike greater fear in the heart or anxiety in the mind than the word LOST. Nine times out of ten it is used in the context of tragedy.
The dictionary uses words like helpless, desperate, insensible, hardened, denied, and absorbed to define the term.
A ship goes down with all hands-on board and we say it was lost. A plane is overdue, goes out of the reach of radar and we say it was lost. A child does not come home, and he cannot be found, and we say he is lost. An elderly person wonders off and we say he is lost.
But the word lost speaks of no greater tragedy than when it is used to describe the spiritual condition of people. Jesus referred to the Jews as ''the lost sheep of the house of Israel.'' He said to Zacchaeus, ''The Son of Man has come to seek and save that which was lost.''
One of my former church members was diagnosed with Alzheimer. Her husband could not leave her so as a salesman he took her with him. As he would check in on his customers, she would remain in the car. However, one day while he was checking on a customer, she got in the driver's seat and started driving. He called the highway patrol and she was finally stopped about a hundred miles away. For a period, she was lost.
This morning I want us to look at the lost. The true plight of man has not ben seen by many. Jesus saw people as they were. ''When he saw the multitudes, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.''
In our text Paul was writing to saved people about their spiritual past. They were lost.
In the parable of Luke 15, there were 99 sheep and one of them was lost. There were 10 coins but one of them was lost. There were two boys, and both were lost.
How lost is lost. Until we can answer this question we can't pray right. We can't preach right. We can't love right. We can't reach our right.
I wan ...
Rex Yancey
Ephesians 2:11-13
Few words in the vocabulary of man have the power to strike greater fear in the heart or anxiety in the mind than the word LOST. Nine times out of ten it is used in the context of tragedy.
The dictionary uses words like helpless, desperate, insensible, hardened, denied, and absorbed to define the term.
A ship goes down with all hands-on board and we say it was lost. A plane is overdue, goes out of the reach of radar and we say it was lost. A child does not come home, and he cannot be found, and we say he is lost. An elderly person wonders off and we say he is lost.
But the word lost speaks of no greater tragedy than when it is used to describe the spiritual condition of people. Jesus referred to the Jews as ''the lost sheep of the house of Israel.'' He said to Zacchaeus, ''The Son of Man has come to seek and save that which was lost.''
One of my former church members was diagnosed with Alzheimer. Her husband could not leave her so as a salesman he took her with him. As he would check in on his customers, she would remain in the car. However, one day while he was checking on a customer, she got in the driver's seat and started driving. He called the highway patrol and she was finally stopped about a hundred miles away. For a period, she was lost.
This morning I want us to look at the lost. The true plight of man has not ben seen by many. Jesus saw people as they were. ''When he saw the multitudes, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.''
In our text Paul was writing to saved people about their spiritual past. They were lost.
In the parable of Luke 15, there were 99 sheep and one of them was lost. There were 10 coins but one of them was lost. There were two boys, and both were lost.
How lost is lost. Until we can answer this question we can't pray right. We can't preach right. We can't love right. We can't reach our right.
I wan ...
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