Christ’s Search For The Lost • Luke 15:1-10
Sermon Text • Luke 15:1-10
Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. 2 And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”
3 So he told them this parable: 4 “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? 5 And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’ 7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
8 “Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it? 9 And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’ 10 Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
The Greater Value • Hebrews 11:23-27
Sermon Text • Hebrews 11:23-27
23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by hisparents, because they saw that the child was beautiful, and they were not afraidof the king’s edict. 24 By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be calledthe son of Pharaoh’s daughter, 25 choosing rather to be mistreated with thepeople of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. 26 He considered thereproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was lookingto the reward. 27 By faith he left Egypt, not being afraid of the anger of the king,for he endured as seeing him who is invisible.
