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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