Welcome to Week Twenty-Seven of our Bible study! This week we will be looking at Luke 15:1-10. This is a beautiful parable of Jesus explaining how the shepherd will leave the 99 to look for the lost sheep, and the woman who has lost a coin will search everywhere for it. It is a beautiful story because it gives us a portrait of the love our Lord has for the lost and how He desires for all to come to repentance. I think this perspective is critical if we are to get a glimpse of who God really is and what He ultimately wants for all mankind. A few questions/thoughts that come to mind: · The religious leaders wouldn’t associate with “sinners;” what does this tell you about their character and how they saw their own source of righteousness? · Who were the “sinners” Jesus was associating with? · Why did Jesus choose to dine with people that were so reviled by the religious lead...
Two are better than one...a cord of three strands is not easily torn apart. Ecclesiastes 4