At Home With God

God places INFINITE VALUE on us

Luke 15:1-31 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all

gathering around to hear Jesus.2 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”3 Then

Jesus told them this parable:

Jesus is so attracted to people who are nothing like him

Luke 15:4-74 "Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn't he leave the ninety-nine in the

open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? 5 And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his

shoulders 6 and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, 'Rejoice with me; I

have found my lost sheep.’ 7 I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over

one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent

Luke 15: 8-108 "Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Doesn't she light a lamp, sweep the house and

search carefully until she finds it?9 And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and

says, 'Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.'10 In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the

presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

God places INFINITE VALUE on us

God shows us EXTRAORDINARY RESPECT

Luke 15:11-1211 To illustrate the point further, Jesus told them this story: “A man had two sons. 12 The younger

son told his father, ‘I want my share of your estate now before you die.’ So his father

agreed to divide his wealth between his sons.

God shows us EXTRAORDINARY RESPECT

Luke 15:1313 “A few days later this younger son

packed all his belongings and moved to a distant land, and there he wasted all his

money in wild living.

Sin Will…

take you further than you wanna go

keep you longer than you wanna stay

cost you more than you wanna pay

Luke 15:14-1614 About the time his money ran out, a great famine swept over the land, and he began to

starve. 15 He persuaded a local farmer to hire him, and the man sent him into his fields to feed the pigs. 16 The young man became so hungry that even the pods he was feeding the pigs looked good to him. But no one gave him anything.

Luke 15:17-1917 “When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to

spare, and here I am starving to death! 18 I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. 19 I

am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’

Luke 15:20-22But when he was still a great way off, his

father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him. 21 And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned

against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

God gives us

UNCONDITIONAL LOVE&

ACCEPTANCE

Luke 15:22-2422 “But the father said to his servants, ‘Quickly Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and

put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet. 23 And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat and be merry; 24 for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ And they began to be merry.

It’s not about how much we’ve done for God.

It’s about how much He’s done for us.

“For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost.”

Luke 19:10