Lost and Found

3 PARABLES 1 POINT?

Three Ways of Being Lost

1) The Lost Sheep

Lost Like Sheep

• Easily led (Jer 50:6)
• Wandering (Zech 10:2)
• Helpless (Mat 9:36)
• Vulnerable (Rom 8:36)
• Going astray (1 Pe 2:25)

We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Isaiah 53

2) The Lost Coin

Lost Like a Coin

• Lifeless (Eph 2:1)
• In Darkness (Isa 42; Jn 12:46)
• God's Image (Gen 1:27; Lk 20:24)
• Valuable (Lk 12:24)

I have come into the world as a light, so that no-one who believes in me should stay in darkness.

John 12:46

3) The Lost Son

Lost Like the Son

• Arrogant/Proud (2Tim 3)
• Rebellious (Mat 10:21)
• Destitute/Broken (Psa 31)
• Unworthy (Mat 10:38)

Three Ways of Being Found

Jesus, the Good Shepherd

I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me - just as the Father knows me and I know the Father - and I lay down my life for the sheep.

John 10:14

The Church and the Spirit

You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.

Matthew 5:14

The Father

For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father." The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.

Romans 8:15

The Great Scheme of Salvation