This week’s talk is an exhortation by Brother Andrew Bramhill, delivered at the Riverwood Ecclesia on 2023, on the theme of “Parables of the Lost,\u201d taken from Luke 15.<\/p>\n
We hope this strengthens your Faith and brightens your day!<\/p>\n
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\nMore about this week’s talk.
\nThis week’s talk was an <\/p>\n
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\nexcitation given by Brother
\nAndrew Bramhill at the Riverwood<\/p>\n
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\nEcclesia in Sydney, Australia in
\nJanuary 10th of 2023. <\/p>\n
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\nI really enjoyed this excitation
\nbased on the parables of the <\/p>\n
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\nlost in Luke 15.
\nI thought it was pretty funny, <\/p>\n
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\nBrother Andrew says right at the
\nbeginning. <\/p>\n
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\nI’m sure you’re worried that
\nyou’re not going to learn <\/p>\n
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\nanything new about this
\nexploration of Luke 15 because <\/p>\n
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\nyou’ve heard this, these stories
\n1000 times. <\/p>\n
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\nBut I did learn something new.
\nSo I think he delivered on his <\/p>\n
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\npromise.
\nI think something I’d never <\/p>\n
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\nthought of before is the
\ndifference in reaction to the <\/p>\n
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\nfather of the prodigal son when
\ncompared to the shepherd and the<\/p>\n
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\nwoman in the house.
\nThe shepherd and the woman in <\/p>\n
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\nthe house kind of immediately
\njump into action once they’ve <\/p>\n
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\nlost something, while the father
\nof the prodigal son kind of <\/p>\n
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\nwaits and his patient when his
\nwith his son when he is leaving <\/p>\n
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\nand only springs into action
\nonce his son returns. <\/p>\n
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\nLots of wonderful lessons.
\nI personally feel always <\/p>\n
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\nencouraged by Luke 15.
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\nmany of the words of Jesus, a
\nplace where you can spend as <\/p>\n
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\nmany hours as you have in
\nmeditation. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I really appreciate it.
\nBrother Andrew leading us in <\/p>\n
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\nThanks again to the person who <\/p>\n
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\nsent in this decision as a
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\nplease send in to us.
\nAnd we here is Brother Andrew <\/p>\n
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\nBramhall, the parable of the
\nlost. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re in Luke chapter 15 this
\nmorning for our exaltation. <\/p>\n
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\nIf I can ask you to join me
\nthere and you will have been <\/p>\n
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\nextremely familiar with it as
\nwe’ve read our way through and <\/p>\n
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\nyou’re going to think what’s
\nwhat are we going to say this <\/p>\n
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\nmorning?
\nThat’s any difference that we <\/p>\n
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\nhaven’t heard already at the
\nChristadelphian office. <\/p>\n
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\nI could probably sell you
\ncountless books for five year <\/p>\n
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\nolds called the lost sheep, the
\nGood Shepherd, all those things.<\/p>\n
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\nWe’ve known these stories of the
\nLord Jesus, haven’t we, for many<\/p>\n
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\na long year.
\nAnd yet he wasn’t writing for he<\/p>\n
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\nwasn’t speaking for five year
\nolds, was he? <\/p>\n
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\nThe Lord Jesus Christ is
\nspeaking to thinking men and <\/p>\n
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\nwomen who are interested in the
\nKingdom of God. <\/p>\n
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\nSo let me ask you one or two
\nquestions about Luke chapter 15,<\/p>\n
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\njust to see what you think about
\nthis. <\/p>\n
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\nAll these parables are very
\nsimilar, aren’t they? <\/p>\n
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\nSomething gets lost, someone has
\nto search, something is found, <\/p>\n
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\neverybody’s happy.
\nIt seems to be as simple as <\/p>\n
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\nthat, doesn’t it?
\nIt’s a very straightforward <\/p>\n
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\nmessage that you get from the
\nparables and they’re all the <\/p>\n
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\nsame, seemingly.
\nThey’ve all got that same <\/p>\n
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\nmessage.
\nWell, well, let me ask you this <\/p>\n
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\nthen.
\nWhy does the Lord Jesus Christ <\/p>\n
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\nhave to give us 3 parables on
\nthat particular theme? <\/p>\n
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\nAs far as I know, He doesn’t do
\nit for any other. <\/p>\n
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\nYou know, we get parables on all
\nsorts of themes and all sorts of<\/p>\n
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\nsubjects, but you get the
\nparables of the lost and it <\/p>\n
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\nlooks very simple.
\nAnd yet all of a sudden the Lord<\/p>\n
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\nJesus Christ is having to say it
\nin three different ways. <\/p>\n
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\nIs, is, is that because it’s
\njust really important and he <\/p>\n
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\nwants to say it three times?
\nWell, well, if that’s the case, <\/p>\n
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\nwhy don’t the other Gospels say
\nit? <\/p>\n
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\nI, I know you can find a parable
\nabout a lost sheep in Matthew, <\/p>\n
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\nbut it’s slightly different to
\nthe one here in Luke. <\/p>\n
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\nWe won’t look at the
\ndifferences, but it is a <\/p>\n
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\ndifferent context, the one we’ve
\ngot here in Luke. <\/p>\n
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\nGenerally, the other Gospel
\nwriters don’t mention it. <\/p>\n
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\nSo if it’s really, really
\nimportant, why only Luke? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we’re going to see whether
\nor not they are in fact all the <\/p>\n
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\nsame or whether or not there’s
\nsomething here which is a little<\/p>\n
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\nbit different.
\nLuke’s is the appropriate gospel<\/p>\n
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\nfor these.
\nI, I, I think because Luke <\/p>\n
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\npresents to us the Lord Jesus
\nChrist in his role as a priest. <\/p>\n
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\nWe, we know that from the
\nopening of the gospel because <\/p>\n
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\nthe Gospel begins with a priest
\nwho is a failure. <\/p>\n
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\nYou remember that he’s
\nZacharias. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s in the temple, the Angel
\nappears, he doesn’t believe he’s<\/p>\n
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\nan old man, he can’t have
\nchildren with his wife, He’s <\/p>\n
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\nsomething of a failure.
\nAnd when he doesn’t believe, <\/p>\n
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\nhe’s not allowed to talk or to
\nhear. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he’s turned into a mute for
\nnine months. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then in Luke chapter 2,
\nalong comes a 12 year old. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s in the temple.
\nBoy, can he speak? <\/p>\n
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\nBoy, can he answer questions?
\nBoy, can he deliver the the <\/p>\n
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\nblessing?
\nAnd it’s, it’s as if the <\/p>\n
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\npriesthood has moved from the
\nold priesthood to the new priest<\/p>\n
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\nwho’s arrived and it’s the Lord
\nJesus Christ and, and all <\/p>\n
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\nthrough the gospel.
\nInterestingly, Luke’s the only <\/p>\n
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\ngospel where Jesus gets lost or
\nthe parents think he’s lost at <\/p>\n
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\nleast as a 12 year old.
\nLuke is the only gospel that <\/p>\n
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\ntell us they can’t find his body
\nwhen it comes to the <\/p>\n
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\nresurrection.
\nThey’ve lost his body. <\/p>\n
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\nThey don’t know where it is and
\nit’s Luke. <\/p>\n
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\nIf you just turn over to chapter
\n19, it’s Luke who tells us in <\/p>\n
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\nverse 10 that the Son of Man is
\ncome to seek and to save that <\/p>\n
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\nwhich is lost.
\nIt’s a great theme in the Gospel<\/p>\n
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\nof Luke, and the high priest’s
\nrole is one of recovery of the <\/p>\n
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\nthings that are lost.
\nI’ll just read to you a verse <\/p>\n
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\nfrom Hebrews which says every
\nhigh priest can have compassion <\/p>\n
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\non the ignorant and on them that
\nare out of the way. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s the job of the priest to
\nfind those that are lost, and <\/p>\n
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\nthis Gospel is going to be all
\nabout finding those who are <\/p>\n
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\nlost.
\nJust think about one or two <\/p>\n
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\ncommon things about these
\nparables. <\/p>\n
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\nThen we said that they’ve all
\nlost something. <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s always someone doing
\nsome searching and some looking,<\/p>\n
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\nand The thing is found.
\nAnd then there’s great <\/p>\n
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\nrejoicing.
\nAnd sometimes we’re clever and <\/p>\n
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\nwe say in parable #1 something
\nhas got lost outside the house. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd in parable #2 the coin has
\ngot lost inside the house. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd in parable #3 you’ve got
\nboth those aspects because <\/p>\n
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\nthere’s a son who wanders off
\nand gets lost, and there’s a son<\/p>\n
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\nwho stays at home and gets lost.
\nAnd, and we piece it together in<\/p>\n
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\nthat way, and it seems to fit
\nquite nicely. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I think that works.
\nBut, but is there any <\/p>\n
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\nsignificance in the numbers, do
\nyou think Brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n
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\nparable #1 one sheep out of 100
\nwandering off? <\/p>\n
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\nIs it feasible that from the
\ntruth, from the Gospel message, <\/p>\n
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\n1% will wander off Sposa that,
\nthat sounds reasonable, doesn’t <\/p>\n
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\nit?
\nThat, that, that amongst our <\/p>\n
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\ncommunity of believers, 1% over
\ntime could, could drift away? <\/p>\n
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\nThat sounds OK.
\nWhat about parable #2 where the <\/p>\n
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\nthing gets lost inside the house
\nand it’s one in 10? <\/p>\n
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\nNow, if parable #1 works, does
\nparable #2 work? <\/p>\n
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\nIf it does, it’s saying that on
\naverage, 10% of our ecclesial <\/p>\n
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\nmembers are here, but they’re
\nlost. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s not astonishing if that, if
\nthat’s right. <\/p>\n
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\nIf so, how do we find them?
\nWho are they? <\/p>\n
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\nWhat are we going to do about
\nrecovery? <\/p>\n
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\nI think that’s quite an
\ninteresting dilemma. <\/p>\n
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\nFrom parable #2 and parable #3
\nthere are only two sons. <\/p>\n
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\nOne is lost outside, one is lost
\ninside. <\/p>\n
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\nEveryone’s lost in parable #2
\nthen #3 and maybe that’s right <\/p>\n
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\nas well because we are all need
\nin need of being found by the <\/p>\n
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\nLord Jesus, aren’t We are all in
\nneed of being recovered and <\/p>\n
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\nbrought back to Him.
\nSo let’s have a look at these <\/p>\n
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\nthree parables then, and just
\ndraw one or two lessons as we <\/p>\n
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\nprepare to remember our Lord.
\nIf you’ve got Luke 15 open, <\/p>\n
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\nyou’ll just notice how Luke
\nchapter 14 ends. <\/p>\n
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\nThe Lord Jesus Christ finishes
\nwith these words he that hath <\/p>\n
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\nears to hear, let him hear the
\nLord Jesus Christ is emphasizing<\/p>\n
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\nthere isn’t.
\nI want you to pay attention to <\/p>\n
\n00:08:56,400 –> 00:08:59,760
\nthe things I’ve got to say I’m
\nspeaking here words that will <\/p>\n
\n00:08:59,760 –> 00:09:01,640
\nmake a difference to you.
\nPay attention. <\/p>\n
\n00:09:02,320 –> 00:09:05,040
\nForget the chapter break then
\nbecause in verse 1 of chapter <\/p>\n
\n00:09:05,040 –> 00:09:08,920
\n15, then drew near unto him.
\nAll the publicans and sinners <\/p>\n
\n00:09:08,920 –> 00:09:11,560
\nfought to hear him.
\nHe’s been saying come and listen<\/p>\n
\n00:09:11,560 –> 00:09:13,320
\nto my words.
\nAnd the people that are coming <\/p>\n
\n00:09:13,320 –> 00:09:17,480
\nto hear him are the publicans
\nand sinners. <\/p>\n
\n00:09:17,800 –> 00:09:20,640
\nAnd those are the ones who who
\nare in need of listening to the <\/p>\n
\n00:09:20,640 –> 00:09:23,120
\nLord Jesus.
\nThose are the ones who came to <\/p>\n
\n00:09:23,120 –> 00:09:28,800
\nhear what he had to say.
\nAnd around the edge are the <\/p>\n
\n00:09:28,800 –> 00:09:32,000
\nothers.
\nBecause in verse 2, we see that <\/p>\n
\n00:09:32,000 –> 00:09:36,560
\nthere were Pharisees and scribes
\nthat they’re not drawing near. <\/p>\n
\n00:09:36,560 –> 00:09:40,240
\nThey’re that they’re sort of
\naround the Pharisees and the <\/p>\n
\n00:09:40,240 –> 00:09:44,760
\nscribes and they’re murmuring
\nand they’re criticizing and <\/p>\n
\n00:09:44,760 –> 00:09:48,520
\nthey’re saying this man receives
\nsinners and eateth with them. <\/p>\n
\n00:09:48,520 –> 00:09:51,160
\nAnd they’re, they’re, they’re
\ncriticizing the Lord Jesus for <\/p>\n
\n00:09:51,160 –> 00:09:56,360
\nbeing with the publicans and
\nsinners in their view. <\/p>\n
\n00:09:57,560 –> 00:10:00,040
\nAnd maybe our ecclesial life is
\na little bit like that. <\/p>\n
\n00:10:00,040 –> 00:10:03,240
\nThere are those of us who are
\nhere and we want to know, we <\/p>\n
\n00:10:03,240 –> 00:10:04,640
\nwant to understand the Lord
\nJesus. <\/p>\n
\n00:10:04,640 –> 00:10:06,160
\nWe want to listen to what he has
\nto say. <\/p>\n
\n00:10:06,560 –> 00:10:10,240
\nAnd then there are those of us
\nwho stand on the edge sometimes,<\/p>\n
\n00:10:11,000 –> 00:10:14,640
\nand often those on the edge are
\nthe ones who criticize more and <\/p>\n
\n00:10:15,280 –> 00:10:18,160
\naren’t in the heart and aren’t
\nwanting to contribute, but they <\/p>\n
\n00:10:18,160 –> 00:10:21,240
\nare wanting to be on the edge
\nand criticize a little bit. <\/p>\n
\n00:10:21,240 –> 00:10:25,360
\nMaybe you experience that we we
\ncertainly do from time to time. <\/p>\n
\n00:10:26,320 –> 00:10:29,360
\nBut here we’ve got these people
\nwho are eager to hear what the <\/p>\n
\n00:10:29,360 –> 00:10:33,880
\nLord Jesus Christ has to say,
\nand he’s going to tell them this<\/p>\n
\n00:10:33,880 –> 00:10:40,240
\nparable about the lost sheep.
\nYou know the parable extremely <\/p>\n
\n00:10:40,240 –> 00:10:45,600
\nwell.
\nThis man who has 101 wanders off<\/p>\n
\n00:10:45,600 –> 00:10:51,360
\nand quite how you know you’ve
\ngot precisely 100 sheep, I’m not<\/p>\n
\n00:10:51,360 –> 00:10:54,360
\nsure.
\nI go walking on the Yorkshire <\/p>\n
\n00:10:54,360 –> 00:10:57,240
\nDales or the Welsh hills in
\nEngland and there’s hundreds of <\/p>\n
\n00:10:57,240 –> 00:10:59,000
\nsheep and they’re all over the
\nplace. <\/p>\n
\n00:10:59,280 –> 00:11:02,400
\nAnd quite how you would count
\nthem to know you’ve got 100, <\/p>\n
\n00:11:02,480 –> 00:11:05,840
\nI’ve no idea.
\nAnd how you would identify that <\/p>\n
\n00:11:05,840 –> 00:11:09,040
\none was missing, I’m not sure
\nhow you do that. <\/p>\n
\n00:11:09,320 –> 00:11:13,640
\nAnd this shepherd seems to know,
\nhe knows exactly who his sheep <\/p>\n
\n00:11:13,640 –> 00:11:14,840
\nare.
\nAnd he doesn’t just know that <\/p>\n
\n00:11:14,840 –> 00:11:18,640
\nnow there are 99.
\nHe knows that one is missing and<\/p>\n
\n00:11:18,640 –> 00:11:22,400
\nhe knows which one is missing.
\nThis is the the Good Shepherd, <\/p>\n
\n00:11:22,440 –> 00:11:27,600
\nisn’t it?
\nWho knows his flock And come <\/p>\n
\n00:11:27,600 –> 00:11:29,200
\nback me to Isaiah, would you
\nplease? <\/p>\n
\n00:11:29,200 –> 00:11:34,040
\nYou can always find Old
\nTestament references which <\/p>\n
\n00:11:34,040 –> 00:11:36,840
\nsupport the parables and look
\nlike a foundation. <\/p>\n
\n00:11:37,160 –> 00:11:42,680
\nWe’re going to Isaiah 40 please,
\nto start with Isaiah chapter 40.<\/p>\n
\n00:11:44,520 –> 00:11:53,400
\nThis is God with his people.
\nIsaiah 40 verse 11, and you can <\/p>\n
\n00:11:53,400 –> 00:11:55,880
\nfind plenty of references like
\nthis in the Old Testament. <\/p>\n
\n00:11:56,040 –> 00:11:59,440
\nHe shall feed his flock like a
\nshepherd. <\/p>\n
\n00:11:59,560 –> 00:12:05,760
\nHe shall gather the lambs with
\nhis arms and carry in his bosom <\/p>\n
\n00:12:06,320 –> 00:12:10,400
\nand shall gently lead those that
\nare with young. <\/p>\n
\n00:12:11,200 –> 00:12:14,640
\nAnd you could turn over to
\nchapter 49 and verse 22 and find<\/p>\n
\n00:12:14,640 –> 00:12:17,440
\nsomething very similar.
\nThis is a picture of the Good <\/p>\n
\n00:12:17,440 –> 00:12:21,440
\nShepherd who gathers together,
\nwho collects, who brings them in<\/p>\n
\n00:12:21,440 –> 00:12:24,360
\nhis arms back to where they
\nshould be. <\/p>\n
\n00:12:25,120 –> 00:12:29,240
\nAnd that’s the idea that comes
\nout in this parable in Luke <\/p>\n
\n00:12:29,240 –> 00:12:32,240
\nchapter 15.
\nSo, so, so the shepherd has <\/p>\n
\n00:12:32,240 –> 00:12:36,280
\nidentified that one is missing
\nand he’s going to leave. <\/p>\n
\n00:12:36,360 –> 00:12:38,600
\nHe’s 99.
\nI don’t think he’s abandoning <\/p>\n
\n00:12:38,600 –> 00:12:40,000
\nthem.
\nI think he’s leaving them in the<\/p>\n
\n00:12:40,000 –> 00:12:42,800
\ncare of others, but he’s off to
\nfind the one. <\/p>\n
\n00:12:42,800 –> 00:12:48,240
\nAnd and I want you to note the
\ndetermination of this shepherd <\/p>\n
\n00:12:48,240 –> 00:12:53,480
\nbecause he will search until he
\nfind it at the end of verse 4. <\/p>\n
\n00:12:53,680 –> 00:12:57,520
\nAnd nothing is going to stop
\nthis shepherd finding his sheep.<\/p>\n
\n00:12:59,800 –> 00:13:04,920
\nNow the big question is why is
\nthe sheep missing? <\/p>\n
\n00:13:06,800 –> 00:13:09,240
\nAnd that’s that’s a big question
\nthat we need to ask for each of <\/p>\n
\n00:13:09,240 –> 00:13:11,400
\nthese parables.
\nAnd when we ask that question, <\/p>\n
\n00:13:11,400 –> 00:13:13,800
\nwe’re going to unlock something
\ndifferent for each of these <\/p>\n
\n00:13:13,800 –> 00:13:16,320
\nparables.
\nNow, why is this sheep missing? <\/p>\n
\n00:13:16,320 –> 00:13:19,680
\nAnd now I suggest to you that
\nsheep don’t wake up in the <\/p>\n
\n00:13:19,680 –> 00:13:22,840
\nmorning and think, I’m fed up
\nwith this flock. <\/p>\n
\n00:13:23,080 –> 00:13:27,000
\nI don’t want to be here anymore.
\nI’m going to grace somewhere <\/p>\n
\n00:13:27,000 –> 00:13:28,800
\nelse.
\nSheep don’t think like that. <\/p>\n
\n00:13:28,800 –> 00:13:31,520
\nSheep don’t behave like that.
\nThat’s not how they work. <\/p>\n
\n00:13:32,280 –> 00:13:35,360
\nI, I, I think I’m speculating a
\nbit. <\/p>\n
\n00:13:35,400 –> 00:13:39,360
\nI think that sheep just kind of
\nwander a bit. <\/p>\n
\n00:13:39,960 –> 00:13:43,000
\nYou know, they’re happy grazing.
\nThey don’t really intend to <\/p>\n
\n00:13:43,000 –> 00:13:45,240
\nseparate from the rest of the
\nflock. <\/p>\n
\n00:13:45,800 –> 00:13:49,760
\nAnd somehow this sheep has just
\nfound itself separated. <\/p>\n
\n00:13:49,760 –> 00:13:52,680
\nIt didn’t choose particularly,
\nbut it’s, it’s been a bit <\/p>\n
\n00:13:52,680 –> 00:13:55,400
\nfoolish, it’s been a bit
\nmindless and it’s just found <\/p>\n
\n00:13:55,400 –> 00:13:59,240
\nitself separated and, and it’s
\nabsolutely certain that wherever<\/p>\n
\n00:13:59,240 –> 00:14:01,800
\nthe sheep is, it cannot find its
\nway back. <\/p>\n
\n00:14:02,560 –> 00:14:05,040
\nIt it cannot find its way back
\nto the flock. <\/p>\n
\n00:14:05,960 –> 00:14:08,240
\nSo it needs a shepherd to go and
\nfind it. <\/p>\n
\n00:14:08,960 –> 00:14:13,000
\nJust maybe, brothers and
\nsisters, the sheep has been <\/p>\n
\n00:14:13,000 –> 00:14:18,320
\nlistening to the wrong voice.
\nJohn tells us that his sheep <\/p>\n
\n00:14:18,320 –> 00:14:22,520
\nknow his voice and sheep
\ncertainly know the voice of the <\/p>\n
\n00:14:22,520 –> 00:14:24,200
\nshepherd.
\nWell, maybe they’ve just been <\/p>\n
\n00:14:24,200 –> 00:14:28,280
\nlistening to the wrong one and
\nthey’ve just found themselves <\/p>\n
\n00:14:28,280 –> 00:14:31,080
\nwandering down a different path
\nbecause they’ve been listening <\/p>\n
\n00:14:31,080 –> 00:14:37,320
\nto the wrong shepherd.
\nWhatever they reason, this is <\/p>\n
\n00:14:37,320 –> 00:14:39,680
\ngoing to need some intervention
\nby the Good Shepherd. <\/p>\n
\n00:14:39,960 –> 00:14:42,560
\nAnd of course the Lord Jesus
\nChrist, who presents himself to <\/p>\n
\n00:14:42,600 –> 00:14:46,400
\nus as the Good Shepherd, is
\ngoing to be the one who will go <\/p>\n
\n00:14:46,400 –> 00:14:51,960
\nout there and search and find,
\nand he will make sure this this <\/p>\n
\n00:14:51,960 –> 00:14:57,240
\nindividual sheep is recovered.
\nVerse 6, when he cometh home, <\/p>\n
\n00:14:58,320 –> 00:15:01,000
\nnotice he brings the sheep to
\nhis home, not back to the <\/p>\n
\n00:15:01,000 –> 00:15:02,840
\nwilderness where the others
\nwere. <\/p>\n
\n00:15:03,200 –> 00:15:05,640
\nHe called together his friends
\nand neighbors, saying unto them,<\/p>\n
\n00:15:05,640 –> 00:15:10,160
\nRejoice with me, for I have
\nfound my sheep which was lost <\/p>\n
\n00:15:10,640 –> 00:15:12,560
\nand there’s great joy, isn’t
\nthat? <\/p>\n
\n00:15:13,320 –> 00:15:15,920
\nAnd the Lord Jesus Christ
\nfinishes that parable by saying,<\/p>\n
\n00:15:16,600 –> 00:15:19,800
\nI say unto you that likewise joy
\nshall be in heaven over once <\/p>\n
\n00:15:19,800 –> 00:15:24,400
\nSinner that repenteth this lost
\nsheep more than over 90 and 9 <\/p>\n
\n00:15:24,440 –> 00:15:27,840
\njust persons which need no
\nrepentance. <\/p>\n
\n00:15:28,000 –> 00:15:29,840
\nThose who don’t think they’re
\nlost. <\/p>\n
\n00:15:30,400 –> 00:15:33,240
\nYou lot around the edge.
\nHe’s I’m sure he’s pointing at <\/p>\n
\n00:15:33,240 –> 00:15:37,080
\nthe scribes and Pharisees, or at
\nleast he’s got them in his gaze.<\/p>\n
\n00:15:37,320 –> 00:15:39,200
\nThey’re the ones who thought
\nthey were justified. <\/p>\n
\n00:15:39,200 –> 00:15:41,040
\nThey didn’t think they needed to
\nbe found. <\/p>\n
\n00:15:42,000 –> 00:15:43,720
\nAnd Jesus is saying, I don’t
\nneed to go looking for you <\/p>\n
\n00:15:43,720 –> 00:15:45,440
\nbecause as far as you’re
\nconcerned, you are the <\/p>\n
\n00:15:45,440 –> 00:15:48,400
\nself-righteous.
\nYou’re not lost. <\/p>\n
\n00:15:48,520 –> 00:15:52,400
\nI’m going to go and I’m going to
\ninvest my time in those who need<\/p>\n
\n00:15:52,480 –> 00:15:55,720
\nrecovery.
\nSo the Lord Jesus Christ sets <\/p>\n
\n00:15:55,720 –> 00:16:01,200
\nthat principle for us in parable
\n#1 and we then come to parable <\/p>\n
\n00:16:01,200 –> 00:16:06,480
\n#2 which isn’t now about a a
\nshepherd, but it’s now about a <\/p>\n
\n00:16:06,480 –> 00:16:09,520
\nwoman.
\nI think that’s significant <\/p>\n
\n00:16:10,160 –> 00:16:14,280
\nwhenever we read of particularly
\nChrist’s interactions with women<\/p>\n
\n00:16:14,280 –> 00:16:18,760
\nor Christ’s involvement with
\nwomen or use of women as as a <\/p>\n
\n00:16:18,760 –> 00:16:23,640
\nsymbol, it’s always the bride,
\nit’s always the ecclesia. <\/p>\n
\n00:16:24,920 –> 00:16:28,000
\nSo in parable #1 he set the
\nexample. <\/p>\n
\n00:16:28,480 –> 00:16:32,160
\nHe said, this is what I do when
\nsomeone’s lost, I go and find <\/p>\n
\n00:16:32,160 –> 00:16:34,720
\nand I’m going to bring back.
\nI’m going to search until I <\/p>\n
\n00:16:34,720 –> 00:16:39,000
\nrecover.
\nNow, it’s the job of the woman, <\/p>\n
\n00:16:39,000 –> 00:16:42,040
\nit’s the job of the ecclesia.
\nAnd this is all happening in the<\/p>\n
\n00:16:42,040 –> 00:16:45,320
\nhouse, isn’t it?
\nSo this woman has got 10 pieces <\/p>\n
\n00:16:45,320 –> 00:16:49,600
\nof silver, and if she loses one,
\nwhat’s she going to do? <\/p>\n
\n00:16:49,600 –> 00:16:52,560
\nWell, she’s going to light a
\ncandle, sweep the house and seek<\/p>\n
\n00:16:52,560 –> 00:16:59,520
\ndiligently until she find it.
\nNow, one in 10 coins. <\/p>\n
\n00:16:59,880 –> 00:17:01,360
\nYou could look at symbolism
\nhere. <\/p>\n
\n00:17:01,360 –> 00:17:04,200
\nYou could look at symbolism
\nabout 10 Jews making up a <\/p>\n
\n00:17:04,200 –> 00:17:06,079
\nsynagogue.
\nAnd if one is missing, it <\/p>\n
\n00:17:06,079 –> 00:17:10,359
\naffects the fellowship of that.
\nThere was an idea that 10 coins <\/p>\n
\n00:17:10,359 –> 00:17:13,359
\nwere something to do with bridal
\nornaments. <\/p>\n
\n00:17:13,720 –> 00:17:17,560
\nAnd if one is missing, maybe the
\nthe wedding can’t take place or <\/p>\n
\n00:17:17,560 –> 00:17:21,400
\nthe wedding won’t be right.
\nMaybe it’s just money that’s put<\/p>\n
\n00:17:21,400 –> 00:17:25,240
\naside for a reason.
\nThese 10 coins losing one out of<\/p>\n
\n00:17:25,240 –> 00:17:29,760
\nthose 10, well, this is
\neconomically significant, isn’t <\/p>\n
\n00:17:29,760 –> 00:17:32,880
\nit?
\n10% is lost. <\/p>\n
\n00:17:33,880 –> 00:17:38,400
\nBut let’s ask the question, why
\nis the coin lost? <\/p>\n
\n00:17:40,120 –> 00:17:43,520
\nNow?
\nI’m not a coin, but I know coins<\/p>\n
\n00:17:43,520 –> 00:17:48,200
\ncan’t lose themselves.
\nThis, this coin hasn’t made any <\/p>\n
\n00:17:48,200 –> 00:17:54,200
\ndecision to get lost, has it?
\nSo somehow someone in the house <\/p>\n
\n00:17:54,200 –> 00:17:58,720
\nhas mislaid the coin, maybe the
\nwoman herself, maybe someone <\/p>\n
\n00:17:58,720 –> 00:18:02,800
\nelse in the house, something has
\nhappened and this coin is lost. <\/p>\n
\n00:18:02,800 –> 00:18:07,200
\nIt’s not gone, still there, but
\nit’s lost. <\/p>\n
\n00:18:08,280 –> 00:18:10,440
\nAnd, and, and some of our
\nmembers, brothers and sisters in<\/p>\n
\n00:18:10,440 –> 00:18:14,320
\nour community will be like that,
\nthat they’ve not gone, that they<\/p>\n
\n00:18:14,320 –> 00:18:16,800
\nmight, they might still be
\nattending, that they might still<\/p>\n
\n00:18:16,800 –> 00:18:21,080
\nbe sitting in their seats week
\nin, week out. <\/p>\n
\n00:18:21,080 –> 00:18:24,720
\nBut spiritually, their
\nrelationship with the Lord Jesus<\/p>\n
\n00:18:24,720 –> 00:18:29,840
\nChrist is broken and, and, and
\nthey are lost and they’re among <\/p>\n
\n00:18:29,840 –> 00:18:31,120
\nus.
\nMaybe it’s you. <\/p>\n
\n00:18:31,280 –> 00:18:34,840
\nAnd this is quite sobering,
\nisn’t it? <\/p>\n
\n00:18:35,040 –> 00:18:39,400
\nNow, the kind of houses that
\nthis, this woman would live in <\/p>\n
\n00:18:39,400 –> 00:18:42,080
\nwill be very simple.
\nBefore walls, there would be a <\/p>\n
\n00:18:42,080 –> 00:18:44,120
\ndoor.
\nThere may possibly be a window <\/p>\n
\n00:18:44,120 –> 00:18:47,240
\nin the far wall, but it will be
\ndark, it will be dingy, and it <\/p>\n
\n00:18:47,240 –> 00:18:52,720
\nwill be a sandy or an earthy
\nfloor, maybe with some reeds to <\/p>\n
\n00:18:52,720 –> 00:18:55,480
\ndrop a coin on that it’s going
\nto be hard to find. <\/p>\n
\n00:18:56,480 –> 00:18:59,160
\nSo this woman is going to look
\nand she’s going to look hard to <\/p>\n
\n00:18:59,160 –> 00:19:01,920
\nfind this coin.
\nAnd what does she do? <\/p>\n
\n00:19:01,920 –> 00:19:06,000
\nThere are two things she does to
\nfind the thing that’s lost. <\/p>\n
\n00:19:06,440 –> 00:19:11,320
\nOne is she lights a candle and
\nthe other is she sweeps. <\/p>\n
\n00:19:12,520 –> 00:19:15,800
\nNow those two things aren’t just
\nchosen to embellish the story. <\/p>\n
\n00:19:15,800 –> 00:19:18,200
\nWhen you think about it, the
\nLord Jesus Christ is making a <\/p>\n
\n00:19:18,200 –> 00:19:23,400
\npoint there, that the light,
\nwell, the Word of God is the <\/p>\n
\n00:19:23,400 –> 00:19:25,840
\nlight, isn’t it?
\nA lamp unto our feet, a light <\/p>\n
\n00:19:25,840 –> 00:19:28,280
\nunto our path.
\nThat’s what the Word of God is. <\/p>\n
\n00:19:29,240 –> 00:19:31,480
\nAnd maybe therefore, brothers
\nand sisters, if we’re looking <\/p>\n
\n00:19:31,480 –> 00:19:36,560
\nfor the lost in our ecclesia,
\nintroduce more Scripture. <\/p>\n
\n00:19:37,160 –> 00:19:39,920
\nFind a way of doing that.
\nFind a way of talking about <\/p>\n
\n00:19:39,920 –> 00:19:42,360
\nScripture a bit more.
\nWe’ll all be very good at <\/p>\n
\n00:19:42,360 –> 00:19:44,960
\ntalking about holidays and cars
\nand this and that, but it’s just<\/p>\n
\n00:19:44,960 –> 00:19:49,200
\nintroduce a bit of Scripture and
\nand talk to brothers and sisters<\/p>\n
\n00:19:49,200 –> 00:19:51,720
\nand see where you’ll see where
\ntheir faith is. <\/p>\n
\n00:19:52,400 –> 00:19:55,120
\nIf they can’t talk about the
\nscriptures and the things that <\/p>\n
\n00:19:55,120 –> 00:19:58,960
\nare meaningful to them, then
\nmaybe they’re becoming lost. <\/p>\n
\n00:19:59,440 –> 00:20:03,960
\nSo this woman introduces more
\nlight, and then she sweeps. <\/p>\n
\n00:20:04,840 –> 00:20:07,920
\nAnd it’s a it’s a Passover type
\nsymbol, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
\n00:20:07,920 –> 00:20:11,160
\nSweeping for the leaven?
\nThat might not be a pleasant <\/p>\n
\n00:20:11,160 –> 00:20:14,360
\nprocess.
\nYou sweep A dusty floor, dust <\/p>\n
\n00:20:14,360 –> 00:20:16,680
\nflies, furnitures all over the
\nplace. <\/p>\n
\n00:20:17,120 –> 00:20:20,840
\nThis could cause trouble.
\nBut this woman is going to find <\/p>\n
\n00:20:20,840 –> 00:20:25,200
\nthe coin that’s lost.
\nCoin hasn’t lost itself. <\/p>\n
\n00:20:25,920 –> 00:20:29,640
\nCoin isn’t to blame.
\nI suggest it’s just missing and <\/p>\n
\n00:20:30,240 –> 00:20:35,240
\nneeds to be found.
\nSo parable #2, I suggest to you,<\/p>\n
\n00:20:35,640 –> 00:20:39,520
\nis a great symbol about
\necclesial life. <\/p>\n
\n00:20:40,120 –> 00:20:43,480
\nWe ought to be looking for that
\nwhich is lost. <\/p>\n
\n00:20:44,280 –> 00:20:46,800
\nWhich brings us then to parable
\n#3. <\/p>\n
\n00:20:47,160 –> 00:20:52,000
\nParable #3 begins in verse 11,
\nParable of the Prodigal Son. <\/p>\n
\n00:20:52,000 –> 00:20:56,320
\nYou know it extremely well.
\nHe said a certain man had two <\/p>\n
\n00:20:56,320 –> 00:20:57,960
\nsons.
\nThe younger of them said to his <\/p>\n
\n00:20:57,960 –> 00:21:01,560
\nfather, Father, give me the
\nportion of goods that falleth to<\/p>\n
\n00:21:01,560 –> 00:21:04,400
\nme.
\nAnd he divided unto them his <\/p>\n
\n00:21:04,440 –> 00:21:08,320
\nliving.
\nSo you, you know this story. <\/p>\n
\n00:21:08,920 –> 00:21:12,320
\nHere comes the son.
\nHe looks very demanding. <\/p>\n
\n00:21:12,760 –> 00:21:18,520
\nHe looks very uncaring.
\nIn rather blunt language, he <\/p>\n
\n00:21:18,520 –> 00:21:23,760
\nsays, Give me my inheritance.
\nYou’re going to die one day. <\/p>\n
\n00:21:23,760 –> 00:21:25,560
\nIt’ll all come to me and my
\nbrother. <\/p>\n
\n00:21:25,560 –> 00:21:30,600
\nI’ll have it now, please.
\nIt’s rather uncaring, <\/p>\n
\n00:21:30,600 –> 00:21:35,080
\nunthoughtful, isn’t it?
\nIt’s, it’s also implying more <\/p>\n
\n00:21:35,080 –> 00:21:38,840
\nthan that.
\nIt’s also implying I don’t want <\/p>\n
\n00:21:38,840 –> 00:21:43,920
\nto live in your house anymore.
\nAnd if this is a picture of of <\/p>\n
\n00:21:43,920 –> 00:21:48,480
\nGod, as I think it is, and his
\nchildren, here is someone <\/p>\n
\n00:21:48,480 –> 00:21:52,320
\nsaying, I don’t want to live in
\nGod’s house anymore and I <\/p>\n
\n00:21:52,320 –> 00:21:55,840
\ncertainly don’t want to live
\nwith my brother anymore. <\/p>\n
\n00:21:56,160 –> 00:21:58,200
\nGive me my share.
\nAnd I’m off. <\/p>\n
\n00:21:59,520 –> 00:22:04,320
\nAnd it’s a very unpleasant
\nattitude that’s presented here <\/p>\n
\n00:22:04,720 –> 00:22:08,520
\nin the sun.
\nBut let me just let me just ask <\/p>\n
\n00:22:08,520 –> 00:22:12,240
\nyou this.
\nIf the shepherd had known that a<\/p>\n
\n00:22:12,240 –> 00:22:16,960
\nsheep was about to wander off,
\ndon’t you think he’d have been <\/p>\n
\n00:22:17,440 –> 00:22:21,160
\nvery careful to make extra
\nprecautions to make sure that <\/p>\n
\n00:22:21,160 –> 00:22:25,440
\nthe sheep didn’t wander off?
\nAnd don’t you think that if the <\/p>\n
\n00:22:25,440 –> 00:22:29,320
\nwoman knew a coin was in danger
\nof being lost, she’d be extra <\/p>\n
\n00:22:29,320 –> 00:22:32,800
\ncareful to make sure they were
\nall locked away safely and she <\/p>\n
\n00:22:32,800 –> 00:22:36,320
\nknew exactly where they were?
\nI’m, I’m speculating, but that <\/p>\n
\n00:22:36,320 –> 00:22:40,720
\nsounds right, doesn’t it?
\nWhen you get to parable #3 and <\/p>\n
\n00:22:40,720 –> 00:22:47,000
\nit’s about God and his children,
\none of the children say, I want <\/p>\n
\n00:22:47,000 –> 00:22:52,560
\nto leave.
\nThe father doesn’t raise one <\/p>\n
\n00:22:52,560 –> 00:22:56,240
\nword of opposition.
\nDon’t you think that’s <\/p>\n
\n00:22:56,240 –> 00:23:00,160
\ninteresting?
\nNo, not, not only that, arguably<\/p>\n
\n00:23:00,160 –> 00:23:03,120
\nthe father makes it easy because
\nhe says, OK, you want your share<\/p>\n
\n00:23:03,120 –> 00:23:05,000
\nof the inheritance.
\nHere it is, off you go. <\/p>\n
\n00:23:06,680 –> 00:23:11,160
\nIsn’t that interesting?
\nAnd then when the when the <\/p>\n
\n00:23:11,160 –> 00:23:14,320
\nshepherd realizes that a sheep
\nis missing, he’s off out there. <\/p>\n
\n00:23:14,320 –> 00:23:17,120
\nHe’s looking through highways
\nand byways until he finds his <\/p>\n
\n00:23:17,120 –> 00:23:20,000
\nsheep and brings it back.
\nWhen the woman realizes a coin <\/p>\n
\n00:23:20,000 –> 00:23:22,520
\nis missing, she’s lighting
\ncandles, she’s sweeping the <\/p>\n
\n00:23:22,520 –> 00:23:25,800
\nfloor, she’s creating turmoil in
\norder that she might recover it.<\/p>\n
\n00:23:26,240 –> 00:23:31,320
\nWhen the sun goes missing,
\nFather does absolutely nothing. <\/p>\n
\n00:23:33,200 –> 00:23:35,440
\nThis isn’t the same parable at
\nall, is it? <\/p>\n
\n00:23:35,440 –> 00:23:39,080
\nThis is, this is interesting.
\nNow we’re beginning to see that <\/p>\n
\n00:23:39,080 –> 00:23:43,160
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ is telling
\nus different things here. <\/p>\n
\n00:23:43,840 –> 00:23:47,560
\nAnd I’d like to suggest in
\nparable #3 we’re seeing insights<\/p>\n
\n00:23:48,000 –> 00:23:50,400
\ninto how God works with his
\nchildren. <\/p>\n
\n00:23:50,560 –> 00:23:53,840
\nThis isn’t about Christ going
\nand looking for that one thing <\/p>\n
\n00:23:53,840 –> 00:23:56,640
\nthat’s lost.
\nThis isn’t about the ecclesia <\/p>\n
\n00:23:56,640 –> 00:23:59,480
\nand needing to be spiritually
\nstrong and helping all our <\/p>\n
\n00:23:59,480 –> 00:24:02,680
\nmembers come together.
\nThis is how God deals with his <\/p>\n
\n00:24:02,680 –> 00:24:06,240
\nchildren, how he deals with you,
\nand how He deals with me. <\/p>\n
\n00:24:06,240 –> 00:24:10,840
\nAnd it’s very insightful.
\nAnd here he is letting the sun <\/p>\n
\n00:24:10,840 –> 00:24:13,880
\ngo.
\nAnd we should be alarmed by <\/p>\n
\n00:24:13,880 –> 00:24:17,080
\nthat.
\nAnd the reason God is letting <\/p>\n
\n00:24:17,080 –> 00:24:23,600
\nthe Son go is because this Son
\nhas made a deliberate decision <\/p>\n
\n00:24:23,840 –> 00:24:28,000
\nto go.
\nThis would be a godly house. <\/p>\n
\n00:24:28,440 –> 00:24:32,480
\nGodly principles will be there.
\nThis Son will be brought up with<\/p>\n
\n00:24:32,560 –> 00:24:35,640
\na good understanding of the
\nthings of God, and he is making <\/p>\n
\n00:24:35,640 –> 00:24:39,800
\na deliberate choice to leave.
\nAnd the Father won’t stop him. <\/p>\n
\n00:24:39,800 –> 00:24:42,240
\nI’m sure the Father will have
\nhad conversations in the past <\/p>\n
\n00:24:42,240 –> 00:24:45,360
\nabout what’s right and what’s
\nwrong and where it’s best to be.<\/p>\n
\n00:24:46,160 –> 00:24:48,520
\nBut the son is saying, I’m not
\ninterested. <\/p>\n
\n00:24:48,760 –> 00:24:51,360
\nI, I want out of here.
\nI’m going to live in a different<\/p>\n
\n00:24:51,360 –> 00:24:54,880
\nhouse and he’s going to leave
\nand he’s going to enjoy his <\/p>\n
\n00:24:54,880 –> 00:24:57,880
\nmoney and he’s going to move to
\na different country, to a <\/p>\n
\n00:24:57,880 –> 00:25:00,920
\nGentile country.
\nHe’s going to serve a Gentile <\/p>\n
\n00:25:00,920 –> 00:25:04,000
\nmaster.
\nAnd God is allowing the <\/p>\n
\n00:25:04,080 –> 00:25:08,080
\nprinciple of free will here.
\nIf you want to leave, you can <\/p>\n
\n00:25:08,080 –> 00:25:10,040
\nleave.
\nHe’s not physically going to <\/p>\n
\n00:25:10,040 –> 00:25:15,000
\nstop you.
\nAnd then in the parable, we have<\/p>\n
\n00:25:15,000 –> 00:25:18,560
\nthe principle of free will.
\nBut then Providence kicks in <\/p>\n
\n00:25:18,560 –> 00:25:23,600
\nbecause when this man is at his
\nlowest point, a famine comes. <\/p>\n
\n00:25:23,720 –> 00:25:26,120
\nYou know, it couldn’t get worse
\nfor him, but it does. <\/p>\n
\n00:25:26,840 –> 00:25:31,240
\nAnd he’s in a Gentile land,
\nserving a Gentile Lord without <\/p>\n
\n00:25:31,240 –> 00:25:36,560
\nany friends, feeding swine,
\nunclean animals. <\/p>\n
\n00:25:36,720 –> 00:25:39,280
\nYou know this, this man is
\nbrought low, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
\n00:25:39,280 –> 00:25:43,120
\nAnd maybe that’s maybe that’s
\nhow God works with his people. <\/p>\n
\n00:25:43,120 –> 00:25:47,960
\nYou can choose to leave, but
\nmaybe Providence is trying to <\/p>\n
\n00:25:47,960 –> 00:25:51,000
\nbring you back.
\nAnd maybe that bringing back <\/p>\n
\n00:25:51,000 –> 00:25:54,640
\nprocess isn’t a pleasant one,
\nbut perhaps it would have been <\/p>\n
\n00:25:54,640 –> 00:25:56,680
\nbetter to stay put in the first
\nplace. <\/p>\n
\n00:25:57,880 –> 00:26:00,160
\nAnd it’s remarkable, isn’t it,
\nthat when this man comes to his <\/p>\n
\n00:26:00,160 –> 00:26:04,840
\nsenses, verse 18 you know it, I
\nwill arise, go to my father and <\/p>\n
\n00:26:04,840 –> 00:26:07,760
\nwe’ll say unto the Father,
\nFather, I have sinned against <\/p>\n
\n00:26:07,760 –> 00:26:10,720
\nheaven and before thee.
\nI am no more worthy to be called<\/p>\n
\n00:26:10,720 –> 00:26:13,360
\nthy son.
\nMake me as one of thy hired <\/p>\n
\n00:26:13,360 –> 00:26:15,480
\nservants.
\nSo, so this man has a change of <\/p>\n
\n00:26:15,480 –> 00:26:17,080
\nheart.
\nWe know that he’s going to <\/p>\n
\n00:26:17,080 –> 00:26:20,520
\nconfess his sins to his father.
\nHe’s going to come go back and <\/p>\n
\n00:26:21,040 –> 00:26:24,200
\nand he’s going to be like you
\nand me because when he gets <\/p>\n
\n00:26:24,200 –> 00:26:29,800
\nback, he’s effectively saying
\nI’m going to earn your respect, <\/p>\n
\n00:26:30,320 –> 00:26:34,200
\nmake me a servant and I’m going
\nto earn your respect. <\/p>\n
\n00:26:34,200 –> 00:26:38,760
\nI’ll work for you.
\nAnd we all need to realise that <\/p>\n
\n00:26:38,760 –> 00:26:41,160
\nthat’s not how our relationship
\nwith it is with God. <\/p>\n
\n00:26:41,640 –> 00:26:43,760
\nYou, you could sit here this
\nmorning, brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n
\n00:26:43,760 –> 00:26:46,360
\nand you can make your vows and
\nmake your commitment that you’re<\/p>\n
\n00:26:46,360 –> 00:26:49,920
\ngoing to be better and stronger
\nand a more dedicated disciple. <\/p>\n
\n00:26:50,480 –> 00:26:54,480
\nAnd you will go out and you will
\nfail and you’ll come back next <\/p>\n
\n00:26:54,480 –> 00:26:56,440
\nweek and you’ll have to make the
\nsame vows again. <\/p>\n
\n00:26:57,040 –> 00:26:58,720
\nAnd you’ll go out and you’ll
\nfail. <\/p>\n
\n00:26:58,760 –> 00:27:01,640
\nAnd eventually we get to the
\npoint where we realise it <\/p>\n
\n00:27:01,640 –> 00:27:07,320
\ndoesn’t work like that, because
\nthis man needs to learn <\/p>\n
\n00:27:07,320 –> 00:27:11,840
\nsomething and he’s about to
\nlearn it from the Father now, <\/p>\n
\n00:27:12,640 –> 00:27:15,640
\nthe father who’s been waiting
\nfor the son to come back. <\/p>\n
\n00:27:15,680 –> 00:27:19,320
\nI wonder if he knew how bad
\nthings had got. <\/p>\n
\n00:27:20,360 –> 00:27:23,960
\nThe older brother seemed to know
\nwhat kind of lifestyle his his <\/p>\n
\n00:27:23,960 –> 00:27:28,600
\nyounger brother was having.
\nI wonder if news filtered back. <\/p>\n
\n00:27:29,000 –> 00:27:34,040
\nIf it filtered back.
\nThe father doesn’t send any food<\/p>\n
\n00:27:34,040 –> 00:27:36,680
\nparcels, does he?
\nHe doesn’t send a bit of money <\/p>\n
\n00:27:36,680 –> 00:27:40,000
\nto help.
\nHe doesn’t send any messages <\/p>\n
\n00:27:40,000 –> 00:27:43,960
\nsaying come home son.
\nAll is forgiven that the <\/p>\n
\n00:27:43,960 –> 00:27:48,880
\nFather’s still at the point
\nwhere he is doing nothing, and <\/p>\n
\n00:27:48,880 –> 00:27:53,760
\nhe will do nothing until the
\noriginal decision is reversed. <\/p>\n
\n00:27:53,760 –> 00:28:00,960
\nAs soon as the Son said I want
\nout of here, God can’t do any <\/p>\n
\n00:28:00,960 –> 00:28:06,480
\nmore and he let him go.
\nSoon as the Son says I want back<\/p>\n
\n00:28:06,480 –> 00:28:10,840
\nin, then the Father just leaps
\ninto action, doesn’t he? <\/p>\n
\n00:28:12,000 –> 00:28:15,720
\nMaybe he’s waiting for you to
\nsay, I want to come back. <\/p>\n
\n00:28:16,560 –> 00:28:20,320
\nAnd the Father, we discover was
\nthere and he was watching and he<\/p>\n
\n00:28:20,320 –> 00:28:22,600
\nwas looking for the earliest
\nsign. <\/p>\n
\n00:28:22,600 –> 00:28:25,960
\nAnd as soon as he sees the sign,
\nhe’s out there running. <\/p>\n
\n00:28:25,960 –> 00:28:27,600
\nIsn’t it?
\nWe, we often comments, don’t we?<\/p>\n
\n00:28:27,600 –> 00:28:30,320
\nThis is the only example in
\nScripture of God running. <\/p>\n
\n00:28:30,560 –> 00:28:32,960
\nAnd he’s doing it in haste to
\nbring back this Son who’s <\/p>\n
\n00:28:32,960 –> 00:28:36,760
\nchanged his mind and wants to be
\nback in the Father’s house. <\/p>\n
\n00:28:37,120 –> 00:28:40,560
\nAnd you’ll notice when the when
\nthe son gets back to the Father,<\/p>\n
\n00:28:40,760 –> 00:28:43,040
\nhe’s got his prepared speech
\nready, hasn’t he? <\/p>\n
\n00:28:43,040 –> 00:28:46,120
\nHe’s going to say his words.
\nAnd he does in verse 21. <\/p>\n
\n00:28:46,120 –> 00:28:49,800
\nFather, I have sinned against
\nheaven and in thy sight notice <\/p>\n
\n00:28:49,800 –> 00:28:53,360
\nit’s that way round.
\nHe’s sinned against God and in <\/p>\n
\n00:28:53,360 –> 00:28:55,680
\nhis Father’s sight.
\nThat’s always, it’s always that <\/p>\n
\n00:28:55,680 –> 00:28:58,160
\nway round.
\nAnd I’m no more worthy to be <\/p>\n
\n00:28:58,160 –> 00:29:02,480
\ncalled thy son.
\nAnd the rest of the bit is make <\/p>\n
\n00:29:02,480 –> 00:29:04,680
\nme a hired servant.
\nBut God intervenes. <\/p>\n
\n00:29:04,680 –> 00:29:07,040
\nThe Father intervenes at that
\npoint and doesn’t let me say <\/p>\n
\n00:29:07,040 –> 00:29:11,480
\nthat you can’t work your way
\nback into my respect. <\/p>\n
\n00:29:11,480 –> 00:29:14,920
\nYou can’t earn it.
\nIt’ll be my gift. <\/p>\n
\n00:29:15,120 –> 00:29:19,680
\nHere, have clothes, have shoes,
\nhave this fattered calf, welcome<\/p>\n
\n00:29:19,680 –> 00:29:22,040
\nback into my house.
\nIt’s my gift to you. <\/p>\n
\n00:29:22,800 –> 00:29:25,120
\nYou can’t earn it.
\nYou will be a failure if you try<\/p>\n
\n00:29:25,120 –> 00:29:27,480
\nand earn it.
\nBut you can receive it as a <\/p>\n
\n00:29:27,480 –> 00:29:30,360
\ngift.
\nAnd that’s what God is doing. <\/p>\n
\n00:29:31,680 –> 00:29:34,040
\nAnd it’s, it’s going to work its
\nway through in the other son, <\/p>\n
\n00:29:34,040 –> 00:29:35,440
\nisn’t it?
\nBecause as the parable <\/p>\n
\n00:29:35,440 –> 00:29:39,640
\ncontinues, there’s another son.
\nAnd this other son has now gone <\/p>\n
\n00:29:39,640 –> 00:29:43,000
\nout of the house.
\nAnd he’d been there and he’d <\/p>\n
\n00:29:43,000 –> 00:29:46,200
\nserved and he’d followed all the
\ncommands and he’d done it out of<\/p>\n
\n00:29:46,200 –> 00:29:51,960
\na very cold, clinical kind of
\nresponse to the things of God. <\/p>\n
\n00:29:51,960 –> 00:29:54,440
\nAnd he was serving, but there
\nwas no love in it. <\/p>\n
\n00:29:54,480 –> 00:29:57,720
\nI he, he wanted the inheritance.
\nHe wanted to have the lifestyle <\/p>\n
\n00:29:57,720 –> 00:29:59,840
\nof his brother.
\nAnd he certainly wasn’t coming <\/p>\n
\n00:29:59,840 –> 00:30:01,520
\nback into the house if his
\nbrother was back. <\/p>\n
\n00:30:01,520 –> 00:30:03,360
\nYou, you, you know how the story
\ngoes. <\/p>\n
\n00:30:03,960 –> 00:30:07,720
\nAnd, and you’ll notice, brothers
\nand sisters, that it ends with <\/p>\n
\n00:30:07,720 –> 00:30:11,640
\nan invitation, The father saying
\nyour brother’s back, come into <\/p>\n
\n00:30:11,640 –> 00:30:15,360
\nthe house.
\nThe father’s saying that and the<\/p>\n
\n00:30:15,360 –> 00:30:19,400
\nparable isn’t concluded.
\nIt’s it’s famous, this parable <\/p>\n
\n00:30:19,400 –> 00:30:22,320
\nfor not having an ending.
\nYou know, we’re all saying, <\/p>\n
\n00:30:22,320 –> 00:30:23,880
\nwell, what happens to the older
\nbrother? <\/p>\n
\n00:30:23,880 –> 00:30:27,280
\nDoes he come back or doesn’t he?
\nAnd the answer is we don’t know <\/p>\n
\n00:30:27,280 –> 00:30:29,760
\nbecause what the Lord Jesus
\nChrist is doing to all these <\/p>\n
\n00:30:29,760 –> 00:30:33,080
\nPharisees and all these scribes
\non the edges saying, you are <\/p>\n
\n00:30:33,080 –> 00:30:35,200
\nthat older brother.
\nThey knew he was talking about <\/p>\n
\n00:30:35,200 –> 00:30:37,160
\nthem.
\nDo you want to come back or not?<\/p>\n
\n00:30:37,960 –> 00:30:40,880
\nAnd if the Lord Jesus Christ had
\nsaid, but the older brother <\/p>\n
\n00:30:40,880 –> 00:30:44,440
\ndidn’t listen and he never came
\nin, He’d have given them their <\/p>\n
\n00:30:44,440 –> 00:30:47,840
\nanswer, but he’s actually
\nextending an invitation and they<\/p>\n
\n00:30:47,840 –> 00:30:51,520
\ncould come back.
\nNow, there’s one last thing I <\/p>\n
\n00:30:51,520 –> 00:30:53,720
\njust want to point out.
\nI finished now, brothers and <\/p>\n
\n00:30:53,720 –> 00:30:56,400
\nsisters, I’ve tried to draw to
\nyour attention some lovely <\/p>\n
\n00:30:56,400 –> 00:31:00,400
\npictures here, particularly in
\nparable #3 about how God is <\/p>\n
\n00:31:00,400 –> 00:31:01,800
\nworking.
\nHe’s waiting. <\/p>\n
\n00:31:01,800 –> 00:31:06,320
\nAnd as soon as you show a desire
\nto return to Him, He will leap <\/p>\n
\n00:31:06,320 –> 00:31:11,000
\ninto action and be pleased to
\ngive his gifts to us. <\/p>\n
\n00:31:11,000 –> 00:31:15,560
\nBut I just want to show you the
\ntransformation that he’s looking<\/p>\n
\n00:31:15,560 –> 00:31:19,280
\nfor in you and me.
\nBecause when this young man <\/p>\n
\n00:31:19,280 –> 00:31:27,200
\nstarted out in verse 11, his his
\ndemand to the father was give <\/p>\n
\n00:31:27,200 –> 00:31:30,800
\nme.
\nMaybe in our relationship with <\/p>\n
\n00:31:30,800 –> 00:31:35,600
\nGod, that’s where we start out
\nwith, I meant maybe not as as <\/p>\n
\n00:31:35,600 –> 00:31:40,040
\nbleakly as this, but we do say
\nin our prayers, it would be good<\/p>\n
\n00:31:40,040 –> 00:31:42,120
\nif you did this for me.
\nCould you help me with that? <\/p>\n
\n00:31:42,120 –> 00:31:44,880
\nCould I pray to you about this?
\nAnd we ask God for lots of <\/p>\n
\n00:31:44,880 –> 00:31:46,160
\nthings.
\nMaybe that’s where our <\/p>\n
\n00:31:46,160 –> 00:31:50,800
\nrelationship starts.
\nBut as you look a little bit <\/p>\n
\n00:31:50,800 –> 00:31:55,320
\nfurther on and this man has
\nchanged completely. <\/p>\n
\n00:31:55,320 –> 00:32:00,320
\nIn verse 19, he says I am no
\nmore worthy to be called thy <\/p>\n
\n00:32:00,320 –> 00:32:03,680
\nson.
\nMake me. <\/p>\n
\n00:32:05,480 –> 00:32:06,960
\nThose two words are very
\ndifferent. <\/p>\n
\n00:32:07,320 –> 00:32:11,400
\nThere was a time when we might
\nhave been saying, give me our <\/p>\n
\n00:32:11,400 –> 00:32:13,200
\nprayer.
\nNow has to be very different. <\/p>\n
\n00:32:13,200 –> 00:32:18,080
\nWe need to be saying to God,
\nmake me, make something of me, <\/p>\n
\n00:32:19,080 –> 00:32:23,480
\nthat this is all I am, but in
\nyour hands you can make <\/p>\n
\n00:32:23,600 –> 00:32:28,240
\nsomething of me.
\nAnd I’m throwing myself on your <\/p>\n
\n00:32:28,240 –> 00:32:31,880
\nmercy and your grace.
\nAnd that’s where this man came <\/p>\n
\n00:32:31,880 –> 00:32:33,600
\nto.
\nAnd that’s where we are, <\/p>\n
\n00:32:33,600 –> 00:32:36,720
\nbrothers and sisters now as we
\ncome to break bread, to remember<\/p>\n
\n00:32:36,720 –> 00:32:39,640
\nthe one who looks after those
\nwho are lost. <\/p>\n
\n00:32:40,080 –> 00:32:45,440
\nOur prayer is that in his hands
\nhe might make something of us <\/p>\n
\n00:32:45,760 –> 00:32:48,640
\nfitted for his Kingdom.
\nThank you for listening. <\/p>\n
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