Things Lost and Found

I really liked this ready today, it really shows how much Jesus cares about the people on the outside and the sinners. Jesus always talks about repentance and redeeming yourself and then following God, that means so much in the eyes of God. The first two parables are very similar by saying that when a sinner repents there is an astonishing amount of joy in Heaven. Also for those two, the people who lost the item went out looking for them. But the third parable talks less about the sinner and repentance and more about the restoration of a believer into fellowship with the Father. In the first two parables, the owner went out to look for what was lost, whereas in this story the father waits and watches eagerly for his son’s return, Just like God does for us who already believe but then get lost and need to find our way back to him. There is also a progression through the three parables from the relationship of one in a hundred with the sheep, to one in ten with the coins, and to one in one, demonstrating God’s love for each individual. These parables not only show that God loves the sinners and wants them to come to him but he also waits for the believers who fall away and get lost, and need to find their way back to him and be by his side once more.