1. Luke 15:1-32
8.11.13
Brian Knight

5. Acts 2:42-47
42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching
and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to
prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe at the
many wonders and signs performed by the
apostles. 44 All the believers were together and had
everything in common. 45 They sold property and
possessions to give to anyone who had need. 46
Every day they continued to meet together in the
temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and
ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47
praising God and enjoying the favor of all the
people. And the Lord added to their number daily
those who were being saved.

7. Luke 15:4-7
4 “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and
loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-
nine in the open country and go after the lost
sheep until he finds it? 5 And when he finds it,
he joyfully puts it on his shoulders 6 and goes
home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors
together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have
found my lost sheep.’
7 I tell you that in the same way there will be more
rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents
than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do
not need to repent.

8. Sheep
“A sheep is a stupid animal. It loses its
direction continually in a way that a cat or
a dog never does. Even when you find a
lost sheep, the lost sheep rushes to and
fro and will not follow you home. When
you find it, you must seize it, throw it to the
ground, tie its forelegs and hind legs
together, throw it over your shoulders, and
carry it home. That is the only way to save
a lost sheep.”

10. Isaiah 53:6
We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to our own way;

15. Luke 15:8-10
8 “Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and
loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the
house and search carefully until she finds it? 9
And when she finds it, she calls her friends
and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice
with me; I have found my lost coin.’ 10 In the
same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the
presence of the angels of God over one sinner
who repents.”

18. Luke 15:1-2
Now the tax collectors and sinners were all
gathering around to hear Jesus.
2 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the
law muttered, “This man welcomes
sinners and eats with them.”

22. Ephesians 2:1-5
As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and
sins, 2 in which you used to live when you followed
the ways of this world and of the ruler of the
kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in
those who are disobedient. 3 All of us also lived
among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of
our flesh and following its desires and thoughts.
Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.
4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is
rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even
when we were dead in transgressions—it is by
grace you have been saved.

26. Hebrews 12:2
“For the joy set before him he endured the
cross, scorning its shame...”