RESTING IN GOD’S PURSUIT, Luke 15:1-7
Billy Jones
5 FAITH FUELING CHARACTERISTICS OF GOD’S PERSISTENT PURSUIT
1: God’s Pursuit Is Inclusive
1 “Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. 2 And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” 3 So he told them this parable:
2: God’s Pursuit Is Sacrificial
4 “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?
3: God’s Pursuit Is Joyful
5 And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
4: God’s Pursuit Is Communal
6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’
5: God’s Pursuit Is Eternal
7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.”
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