Luke 15:1-32
People were coming to Christ (1). Still, the critics were murmuring
among themselves (2). What did Jesus do ? - He kept on preaching the
Gospel (3-32). The lost sheep (3-7) the lost coin (8-10), the lost son
(11-32) - These are the parables of the Gospel. They teach us two
lessons - By ourselves we are lost; In Christ, there is salvation. Read
about the prodigal son, and think of the perfect Son, our Lord Jesus
Christ. In Him, we see God’s perfect love. Through Him, we receive God’s
perfect salvation - (a) ‘the best robe’- forgiveness (Revelation
7:13-14); (b) the ‘ring’- membership of God’s family (John 1:12); (c)
the ‘shoes’- empowered to bring ‘the Gospel’ to others (Ephesians 6:15).
‘God... has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual
blessing’(Ephesians 1:3). Don’t be like the ‘elder son’(28-30)!
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