Lost Sheep = Lost Soul!

For Friday, April 28, 2023:

Luke 15:4 NLT, Jesus speaking: “If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them gets lost, what will he do? Won’t he leave the ninety-nine others in the wilderness and go to search for the one that is lost until he finds it?”

Using parables or short stories with a lesson is a good way to teach. It can be difficult to grasp a theological concept, but most people can more easily remember a story containing that lesson.

In this case, Jesus wasn’t really talking about sheep. He was referencing souls, God’s created eternal beings. If even one soul gets off track, it’s a huge disappointment in heaven. Our Creator will present the stray with opportunity after opportunity to repent and return to the flock. And there is great rejoicing and celebration when the stray returns and is reintroduced to the flock.

Jesus concluded this parable: “There is more joy in heaven over one lost sinner who repents and returns to God than over ninety-nine others who are righteous and haven’t strayed away!”

Pastor Norton Lawellin

Jesus in the City Fellowship