v. 4 -What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does
not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which
is lost until he finds it?
v. 6 - And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors,
saying to them, "Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!"
Luke 15:8-9 NKJV (from the parable of the lost coin)
v. 8 - Or what woman, having
ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep
the house, and search carefully until she finds it?
v. 9 - And when she has found it, she calls her friends and neighbors together,
saying, "Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I lost!"
Luke 15:24, 32 NKJV (from the parable of the lost son)
v. 24 - " for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found." And they began to be merry.
v. 32 - "It was right that we should make merry and be glad, for your brother was dead and is alive again, and was lost and is found."
Luke 15 is all about the value of the lost. Tax collectors and sinners had drawn near to Jesus so they could hear Him. The Pharisees and scribes complained, saying, “This Man receives sinners and eats with them.” They didn't value the lost. Jesus then gives 3 examples of the joy people have when that which was lost is found - the lost sheep, the lost coin and the lost son.
The fact that I call something lost implies that it has value to me. I don't lament that trash is lost, but I will lament if something I consider valuable is lost in the trash.
Luke 19:10 reads - for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.
The value Jesus gave the lost was His life.
Reference – I heard my pastor preach
that seeking something lost implies that it has great value. When I
read Luke 15 today, I was reminded of his sermon.
Copyright 2012 Leah Lambert Smith
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