Prior to telling this story, Jesus warns of the person who would harm these little ones who trust in him, by leading them into (or causing them to) sin. One that will believe what God has said and rely on God as their source for everything they need in life.Ģ. This is the type of heart that God is looking for. A child will take you at your word and depend on you the parent to provide everything they need. Why is a childlike heart so valuable to Jesus? There are two reasons…total faith and total dependence.
Jesus begins the discourse by talking about the type of heart required to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Let’s look first at the Bible story verses in Matthew, then in Luke-and consider three powerful lessons in the parable of the lost sheep.īefore we discover two wonderful lessons in this parable of the lost sheep, there are first three truths you must consider.ġ. This parable Jesus tells is recorded in both Matthew and Luke, yet they each tell the story in different ways. Is it possible that one story can have two different meanings found in two different passages of Bible Scripture? It is, because the parable of the lost sheep is one of those stories. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me I have found my lost sheep.’ 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. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home.
Then Jesus told them this parable: “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them.
In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish. What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven. See that you do not despise one of these little ones.
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