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- But today, so we, for you,
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- I hope you've had a, I'm sure, I'm sure all of you have had a great day.
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- All right. So could you help us sing
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- Luke chapter 15?
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- The whole chapter hangs short, and that have, they all larger, their own little angle of getting there.
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- It's made clear by the chapter.
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- Some folks, some things happen. I used to explain why he's doing what he's doing.
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- Chapter 15, verse 1, Then all the townspeople with him, wilderness finds it, sits on his shoulders rejoicing, falls together with me, for I have found my sheep.
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- Likewise there is not one sinner who repents, but nine just persons.
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- Or what woman who loses one coin, sweeps the house, finds it, sends her friends and neighbors together, for I have found the peace.
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- Likewise I have found the peace of the angels of God.
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- Then he said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods, his livelihood, and their prodigal living.
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- There arose, he began to be, find himself to a citizen of that country, and he would, and no one, came to himself.
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- He said, how many spare, and I perish with hunger.
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- I will, will say to him, Father, then, and before, be called your son, hired servants.
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- Father, father, and fell on his, the father, put it on him, on his feet, and, for this, my son was dead, lost, and is, now his older son was in the field, and dancing.
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- So he called, his men, and he said to him, your, your father is killed, the fatted cat, it would not go in.
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- So he answered and said, there was father, your commandment at any time, and yet you never gave me, but as soon, your livelihood, for him, you're all, yours, for your brother was dead, and was lost.
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- Jesus, lost son.
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- When you think about the reason, talking about, get found, or, what is, telling these three stories, what's the, lost and something, is the, that is there.
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- Something's been found, happens in every, all three stories.
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- Right. Rejoicing, is rejoicing. Everybody come on, that lost sheep, over, let's, and, back his lost son, his son, it was, something bold, and then underline, so if, you were wanting,
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- Bible was written originally, to be read aloud, to emphasize something, is to repeat it.
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- For instance, in the one, for, very emphasized, bold, then it would, famous passage in Isaiah, the vision, he was in, the
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- Lord on his throne, and, holy, holy, and then, the basis of, something, and,
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- Jesus, that he's saying, two parables, as, kinds of people, he's been, followers, when a fair, he sits at their table, and he eats, sees where the religious, the religious, looked upon as, and they try, in holiness, when they see that Jesus, hangs out with, with them, this, and the scribes, learned about holiness and, they would strain the, to make, they were so, careful about, of a, tax collectors are a special, then, a tax collector, the, and, tyrants, to, the, pay off the occupiers, sure knew the families, knew the language, knew the, selves too, so the whole thing was a bunch of, hated the tax collectors, they were just, absolutely hated, that, when they got around Jesus, you know, run, would, stay with them, face, go and sin no more, parable, nature, the truth of the gospel, hey there's nothing wrong with you, it's great, with them, so that, of their sins, believe in the good news, so, with them, book, chapter five, we have, eight with tax collectors, made the whole complaint over again, and, here, that that was his purpose, came, son of man came to seek and, go to, nothing to do, with, them that was
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- Jesus, save, the
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- Pharisees didn't think there was, scribes didn't think they had anything wrong with, all, fine and dandy,
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- Pharisees, sense at all, that it doesn't make any sense, about it, thing, fine with you know, that one sheep go and you, this shepherd puts a lot, searches, finds it, and carries it all, he would rejoice, doesn't, let's, let's, is, found, this, just, persons, who, need no repentance,
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- Jesus being sorry, the sin that falls short, okay, so everybody is in need of, just persons who need no repentance, shape size, some of them are very polished, and have everything, on any flaw, on their, of, their life, but if you were to talk with them, justification, they say,
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- I don't need a savior, people who, in sizes, that's a very dangerous place to be, a very likely, practice, buried in Jewish culture, tin silver, she would have worn during her wedding, the last day, their houses had two rooms, and precious possessions down there, in any case, this woman, of her, side down, cleaning and, see, okay, find, do you know that feeling,
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- I call, and Jesus is likewise, repents, now we need some, at the story of the parable, there's all sorts of things there that, important, end of the story, okay, the
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- Pharisee, they don't need a savior, they, they can justify themselves, they have, they are not rejoicing when, with sinners, yes, doesn't he know how, bad off those people, we just had him over to our house, how does that make us, now this, we get to the, the older, okay,
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- I tell you, I want my, wait around for you to die,
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- I want my inheritance, and, portion, because it's his, old age, so he gets a double portion, and then the younger son, then he gets a, thirds, younger son will get a, just blows it all, just spins it, and so this older son has been, estate, working,
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- I mean he's going to inherit it, always, any celebration, just like, idea, don't you understand what it is, waste all his money on, guy is, and what all he is, doing, that, is given, it was right, that we should make, all, for your, it was lost in his family, heaven's rejoicing, types of sins and sinners and, and that's their whole identity, following Jesus, coming identify, you,
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- God, your whole identity is now in Christ, sinners,
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- Paul, such were, not anymore, that's not your identity anymore, done, it was not his, he was a, no he came home, he named it, he confessed, never to come back and,
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- I'm just looking for some mercy, he come home and said, if you had taught, her fault that I'm in this problem, he'd still be lost, he was alive and he, confessed his sins and, reality of the situation was, just saying to the, is worth rejoicing, and the dead, is worth looking at before we turn to prayer, where Jesus, these
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- Pharisees and scribes, and, really, is, then shall
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- I like in the, daylight, same group, sometimes they're called lawyers, the,
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- Jesus says, and what are they like, analogy, what would it be like, sitting, calling to one another saying, we mourn, what you're like, he's, the market, why don't you plan on, you know, it's time to celebrate, now we're gonna see, right, do you notice that, there's all kind of, more, than you, holier than you, base is what you ought to celebrate, hey it's pride month, and they're all, games, play funeral, at your
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- Twitter, get real, their games and if you, they get real hostile, thing in his generation,
