Latest / Daily Bible Refresh / What If You're the One God Is Searching For? Rediscovering the Lost Sheep | Luke 15:1-7
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- 0:09Hello
- 0:09my
- 0:10friend
- 0:10Dr.
- 0:10Brad
- 0:11Miller
- 0:11here
- 0:11with
- 0:11the
- 0:12Daily
- 0:12Bible
- 0:13Refresh.
- 0:13This
- 0:14is
- 0:14your
- 0:14daily
- 0:15reading
- 0:15of
- 0:15the
- 0:15Bible
- 0:16from
- 0:16a
- 0:16progressive
- 0:17point
- 0:17of
- 0:17view.
- 0:17In
- 0:18a
- 0:18bit
- 0:18I
- 0:18will
- 0:18read
- 0:18the
- 0:19New
- 0:19Testament
- 0:19lessons
- 0:20selected
- 0:20from
- 0:20the
- 0:21Revised
- 0:21Common
- 0:22Lectionary
- 0:23for
- 0:23this
- 0:24very
- 0:24day.
- 0:24The
- 0:25rating
- 0:25is
- 0:25understandable.
- 0:26I
- 0:26use
- 0:26the
- 0:26message
- 0:27version
- 0:28Relatable.
- 0:28Please
- 0:29listen
- 0:29to
- 0:29the
- 0:29points
- 0:29to
- 0:30ponder
- 0:30and
- 0:30applicable
- 0:31with
- 0:31action
- 0:32steps
- 0:32you
- 0:33can
- 0:33take.
- 0:33We
- 0:34pray
- 0:34and
- 0:34are
- 0:34done
- 0:35in
- 0:35less
- 0:35than
- 0:3510
- 0:35minutes.
- 0:36It's
- 0:36all
- 0:36brought
- 0:37to
- 0:37you
- 0:37by
- 0:37voiceofgoddaily.com
- 0:39which
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- 0:40of
- 0:40your
- 0:40free
- 0:41personal
- 0:42Bible
- 0:42Study
- 0:42Guide,
- 0:43the
- 0:43ABC1,
- 0:4523
- 0:47Bible
- 0:47Study
- 0:47Method.
- 0:48Please
- 0:48join
- 0:48me
- 0:49in
- 0:49my
- 0:49mission
- 0:49of
- 0:50getting
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- 0:50word
- 0:51of
- 0:51God
- 0:51into
- 0:52two
- 0:52millionaires
- 0:53a
- 0:53million
- 0:53people
- 0:54by
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- 0:55You
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- 1:00Here's
- 1:00today's
- 1:01reading.
- 1:02Reading
- 1:03today
- 1:03from
- 1:03Luke
- 1:0415,
- 1:05the
- 1:05gospel
- 1:06of
- 1:06Luke
- 1:0615,
- 1:07verses
- 1:071
- 1:08through
- 1:087
- 1:08from
- 1:08the
- 1:09message
- 1:10the
- 1:10Story
- 1:10of
- 1:11the
- 1:11Lost
- 1:11Sheep
- 1:12by
- 1:12this
- 1:13time,
- 1:13a
- 1:13lot
- 1:13of
- 1:13men
- 1:13and
- 1:13women
- 1:14of
- 1:14questionable
- 1:15reputation
- 1:15were
- 1:16hanging
- 1:16around
- 1:16Jesus,
- 1:17listening
- 1:18intently.
- 1:19The
- 1:19Pharisees
- 1:20and
- 1:20religion
- 1:21scholars
- 1:21were
- 1:22not
- 1:22pleased.
- 1:22Not
- 1:23at
- 1:23all
- 1:23pleased.
- 1:24They
- 1:24growled.
- 1:25He
- 1:25takes
- 1:26in
- 1:26sinners
- 1:26and
- 1:26eats
- 1:27meals
- 1:27with
- 1:27them,
- 1:28treating
- 1:29them
- 1:29like
- 1:29old
- 1:29friends.
- 1:30Their
- 1:31grumbling
- 1:32triggered
- 1:32the
- 1:33story.
- 1:34Suppose
- 1:35one
- 1:35of
- 1:35you
- 1:35had
- 1:35a
- 1:35hundred
- 1:36sheep
- 1:36and
- 1:36lost
- 1:36one.
- 1:37Would
- 1:37you
- 1:37leave
- 1:38the
- 1:3899
- 1:39in
- 1:39the
- 1:39wilderness
- 1:39and
- 1:40go
- 1:40after
- 1:40the
- 1:40lost
- 1:40one
- 1:40until
- 1:41you
- 1:41found
- 1:41it?
- 1:42When
- 1:43found,
- 1:43you
- 1:43can
- 1:43be
- 1:43sure
- 1:44you
- 1:44would
- 1:44put
- 1:44it
- 1:44across
- 1:45your
- 1:45shoulders,
- 1:46rejoicing.
- 1:46And
- 1:47when
- 1:47you
- 1:47get
- 1:47home,
- 1:47call
- 1:48your
- 1:48friends
- 1:48and
- 1:48neighbors
- 1:49and
- 1:49say,
- 1:50celebrate
- 1:50with
- 1:50me.
- 1:52I've
- 1:53lost
- 1:53my
- 1:53sheep
- 1:54and
- 1:55I
- 1:55found
- 1:55my
- 1:55lost
- 1:55sheep.
- 1:57Count
- 1:57on
- 1:57it.
- 1:58There's
- 1:58more
- 1:59joy
- 1:59in
- 2:00heaven
- 2:00over
- 2:01one
- 2:01sinner's
- 2:01rescued
- 2:02life
- 2:02than
- 2:02over
- 2:0399
- 2:03good
- 2:03people
- 2:04in
- 2:05no
- 2:05need
- 2:07of
- 2:07rescue.
- 2:09Well,
- 2:09this
- 2:09is
- 2:09just
- 2:09one
- 2:10of
- 2:10my
- 2:10favorite
- 2:11favorite
- 2:12parables,
- 2:13favorite
- 2:13stories
- 2:13from
- 2:14the
- 2:14Gospels,
- 2:14the
- 2:14Parable
- 2:15of
- 2:15the
- 2:16of
- 2:16the
- 2:16lost
- 2:17sheep.
- 2:17And
- 2:18so
- 2:18let's
- 2:18just
- 2:18get
- 2:18into
- 2:19it.
- 2:19Let's
- 2:19unpack
- 2:19it
- 2:19a
- 2:19little
- 2:20bit
- 2:20and
- 2:22learn
- 2:22a
- 2:22little
- 2:22bit
- 2:22about
- 2:22this
- 2:23with
- 2:23a
- 2:23couple
- 2:23of
- 2:23points
- 2:23to
- 2:24ponder.
- 2:25Number
- 2:25one
- 2:26is
- 2:26this.
- 2:27Notice
- 2:28who
- 2:28Jesus
- 2:28is
- 2:28eating
- 2:29with
- 2:31and
- 2:32who's
- 2:32complaining.
- 2:35So
- 2:35in
- 2:35this
- 2:35passage,
- 2:36let's
- 2:36not
- 2:36miss
- 2:36the
- 2:37first
- 2:37couple
- 2:37verses,
- 2:38verses
- 2:38one
- 2:38and
- 2:38two,
- 2:39because
- 2:39that
- 2:39sets
- 2:39up
- 2:40this
- 2:40whole
- 2:40story.
- 2:41It
- 2:41says
- 2:41the
- 2:42tax
- 2:42collectors
- 2:42and
- 2:43sinners
- 2:43were
- 2:43all
- 2:43gathered
- 2:44around
- 2:45to
- 2:45hear
- 2:45Jesus.
- 2:46That's
- 2:46who
- 2:46he
- 2:46was
- 2:47eating
- 2:47with.
- 2:49And
- 2:49the
- 2:49religious
- 2:50insiders,
- 2:52the
- 2:52Pharisees,
- 2:52the
- 2:53church
- 2:53police,
- 2:53as
- 2:54it
- 2:54were,
- 2:54are
- 2:55muttering.
- 2:55You
- 2:55know,
- 2:56they're
- 2:56rumors,
- 2:56they're
- 2:57doing
- 2:57their
- 2:57things.
- 2:58They
- 2:58say
- 2:58this
- 2:59man
- 2:59welcomes
- 2:59sinners
- 3:00and
- 3:02eats
- 3:02with
- 3:03Them
- 3:05scandalous.
- 3:07That's
- 3:07a
- 3:07scandal.
- 3:08The
- 3:08parable
- 3:08is
- 3:08Jesus's
- 3:09response
- 3:10to
- 3:10religious
- 3:11people
- 3:11being
- 3:12upset
- 3:13that
- 3:13he's
- 3:13eating
- 3:14with
- 3:14the
- 3:15wrong
- 3:16crowd.
- 3:18A
- 3:18progressive
- 3:19reading
- 3:19of
- 3:19this
- 3:19test
- 3:20asks
- 3:20the
- 3:20question
- 3:21that's
- 3:21uncomfortable
- 3:22but
- 3:22necessary.
- 3:24Which
- 3:24group
- 3:25are
- 3:25we
- 3:25in?
- 3:27Because
- 3:27it's
- 3:28really
- 3:28easy
- 3:28to
- 3:28cast
- 3:29ourselves
- 3:29as
- 3:29the
- 3:30lost
- 3:30sheep
- 3:30in
- 3:31this
- 3:31story.
- 3:32But
- 3:33what
- 3:33if
- 3:33we're
- 3:34actually
- 3:35among
- 3:35the
- 3:3599?
- 3:37What
- 3:37if
- 3:38we're
- 3:38among
- 3:38those
- 3:39ones
- 3:39standing
- 3:39around
- 3:40kind
- 3:40of
- 3:40muttering
- 3:40about,
- 3:42you
- 3:42know,
- 3:42Jesus
- 3:43and
- 3:43who
- 3:43he's
- 3:43welcoming
- 3:44to
- 3:44the
- 3:44table?
- 3:46I
- 3:47think
- 3:47it's
- 3:47worth
- 3:47a
- 3:47little
- 3:47deeper
- 3:48reflection
- 3:48on
- 3:49our
- 3:49parts.
- 3:51Jesus
- 3:51table
- 3:52has
- 3:52always
- 3:52been
- 3:53bigger
- 3:53than
- 3:54the
- 3:54religious
- 3:54establishment
- 3:56wanted
- 3:56it
- 3:57to
- 3:57be.
- 3:58Still
- 3:58is
- 3:58today.
- 4:00And
- 4:00if
- 4:01our
- 4:01theology
- 4:02makes
- 4:02us
- 4:03uncomfortable,
- 4:03when
- 4:04Jesus
- 4:04welcomes
- 4:05someone
- 4:05who
- 4:06wouldn't
- 4:06have
- 4:06welcomed,
- 4:08it's
- 4:08not
- 4:08a
- 4:08them
- 4:09problem.
- 4:11That's
- 4:11a
- 4:11me
- 4:11problem,
- 4:12that's
- 4:12an
- 4:12us
- 4:12problem.
- 4:15Point
- 4:15to
- 4:15pointer
- 4:16number
- 4:16two.
- 4:18The
- 4:18shepherd
- 4:18goes
- 4:21the
- 4:21ship.
- 4:21The
- 4:22sheep
- 4:23don't
- 4:23have
- 4:23to
- 4:24find
- 4:24their
- 4:24own
- 4:24way
- 4:25home
- 4:26because
- 4:26the
- 4:27shepherd
- 4:27goes
- 4:28to
- 4:29them.
- 4:31I
- 4:31just
- 4:32love
- 4:32that
- 4:32imagery
- 4:32in
- 4:33this
- 4:33parable.
- 4:33The
- 4:33sheep
- 4:34don't
- 4:35have
- 4:35to
- 4:35repent
- 4:36first.
- 4:36The
- 4:36sheep
- 4:37don't.
- 4:37Doesn't
- 4:38have
- 4:38to
- 4:38find
- 4:39its
- 4:39own
- 4:39way
- 4:39back.
- 4:40The
- 4:40sheep
- 4:40doesn't
- 4:41need
- 4:41a
- 4:41map
- 4:41or
- 4:41a
- 4:41GPS
- 4:42to
- 4:42say
- 4:43the
- 4:43right
- 4:43prayer
- 4:44or
- 4:44to
- 4:44earn
- 4:44its
- 4:44way
- 4:45home.
- 4:46The
- 4:46shepherd
- 4:47goes,
- 4:49the
- 4:49shepherd
- 4:50searches.
- 4:51And
- 4:51when
- 4:52he
- 4:52finds
- 4:52the
- 4:52sheep,
- 4:53the
- 4:53shepherd
- 4:53carries
- 4:57so
- 4:57much
- 4:57of
- 4:58Christianity
- 4:58that
- 5:00we
- 5:00grow
- 5:00up,
- 5:01in
- 5:01many
- 5:01of
- 5:01us
- 5:02at
- 5:02least,
- 5:03salvation
- 5:03is
- 5:04kind
- 5:04of
- 5:04like
- 5:04a
- 5:04test
- 5:04that
- 5:04you
- 5:05got
- 5:05to
- 5:05pass.
- 5:06You
- 5:07know,
- 5:07say
- 5:07the
- 5:07right
- 5:07words
- 5:08in
- 5:08the
- 5:08right
- 5:08order,
- 5:08the
- 5:09right
- 5:09rituals
- 5:09and
- 5:09so
- 5:10on,
- 5:10or
- 5:10else.
- 5:11But
- 5:12Jesus
- 5:12paints
- 5:12a
- 5:13very
- 5:13different
- 5:13picture
- 5:13here.
- 5:13Grace
- 5:14isn't
- 5:14something
- 5:15you
- 5:15earn
- 5:16your
- 5:16way
- 5:16toward.
- 5:17It's
- 5:18someone
- 5:18who
- 5:18comes
- 5:18looking
- 5:19for
- 5:19you.
- 5:22And
- 5:22listen,
- 5:25listen
- 5:25to
- 5:25verse
- 5:26five.
- 5:27Says
- 5:27the
- 5:27shepherd
- 5:28joyfully
- 5:31puts
- 5:31it,
- 5:31the
- 5:32sheep
- 5:32on
- 5:32his
- 5:32shoulders,
- 5:34non
- 5:35angry,
- 5:35not
- 5:35with
- 5:35a
- 5:36lecture,
- 5:36not
- 5:36a
- 5:36wagging
- 5:37finger,
- 5:38not
- 5:38with
- 5:39conditions.
- 5:41Joyfully.
- 5:43God's
- 5:43posture
- 5:45toward
- 5:45the
- 5:45one
- 5:46who
- 5:46feels
- 5:46lost
- 5:46isn't
- 5:47disappointment,
- 5:47it's
- 5:48delight.
- 5:52My
- 5:52folks,
- 5:52my
- 5:53cancer
- 5:53podcast,
- 5:55know
- 5:55that
- 5:55when
- 5:55you're.
- 5:56When
- 5:56you're
- 5:56walking
- 5:56through
- 5:58a
- 5:58cancer
- 5:58diagnosis
- 5:59treatment,
- 5:59sometimes
- 6:00you
- 6:00feel
- 6:00pretty
- 6:00small
- 6:00and
- 6:01scared,
- 6:01alone.
- 6:02And
- 6:03the
- 6:03last
- 6:03thing
- 6:03you
- 6:03need
- 6:03is
- 6:03somebody
- 6:04kind
- 6:04of
- 6:04keeping
- 6:04score
- 6:05about
- 6:05what's
- 6:06going
- 6:06on
- 6:06with
- 6:06you.
- 6:07You
- 6:08need
- 6:08a
- 6:08shepherd
- 6:08who
- 6:08just
- 6:09kind
- 6:09of
- 6:09shows
- 6:09up.
- 6:11You
- 6:11need.
- 6:11Sometimes
- 6:11you
- 6:12need
- 6:12somebody
- 6:12just
- 6:12to
- 6:12carry
- 6:13you
- 6:13on
- 6:13their.
- 6:13On
- 6:13their
- 6:13shoulders
- 6:15and
- 6:15carry
- 6:16you
- 6:16home.
- 6:16And
- 6:16that's
- 6:16exactly
- 6:17who
- 6:17Jesus
- 6:17says
- 6:18God
- 6:18is.
- 6:20And
- 6:21so
- 6:21if
- 6:21you're
- 6:21feeling
- 6:22kind
- 6:22of
- 6:22lost
- 6:22today,
- 6:24spiritually,
- 6:24emotionally,
- 6:25relationally,
- 6:28here,
- 6:28I
- 6:28just
- 6:28want
- 6:29you
- 6:29to
- 6:29hear
- 6:29this.
- 6:29You
- 6:29don't
- 6:29have
- 6:29to
- 6:29Find
- 6:30your
- 6:30own
- 6:30way
- 6:30back.
- 6:32But
- 6:32you
- 6:32just
- 6:32have
- 6:33to
- 6:33let
- 6:33yourself
- 6:33be
- 6:33found.
- 6:36Here's
- 6:36your
- 6:36action
- 6:37step
- 6:37for
- 6:37today.
- 6:40Reach
- 6:40out
- 6:40to
- 6:40someone
- 6:41that
- 6:41you
- 6:41kind
- 6:41of
- 6:41sense
- 6:42is
- 6:42lost.
- 6:44Maybe
- 6:44someone
- 6:44who's
- 6:45kind
- 6:45of
- 6:45drifted
- 6:45away.
- 6:45Maybe
- 6:46it's
- 6:46a
- 6:46family
- 6:46member.
- 6:48Maybe
- 6:48it's
- 6:48somebody
- 6:49in
- 6:49your
- 6:49community,
- 6:50a
- 6:50coworker,
- 6:52somebody
- 6:52you're
- 6:53in
- 6:53church
- 6:53with.
- 6:53Or
- 6:55maybe
- 6:55one
- 6:55of
- 6:55your
- 6:55friends,
- 6:56someone
- 6:57who
- 6:57somehow
- 6:58feels
- 6:58forgotten
- 6:59or
- 6:59overlooked.
- 7:01And
- 7:01do
- 7:02something
- 7:02to
- 7:02make
- 7:02them
- 7:02feel
- 7:03seen
- 7:03and
- 7:04or
- 7:04heard.
- 7:06Send
- 7:06a
- 7:06text,
- 7:07do
- 7:07a
- 7:07Facebook
- 7:07post,
- 7:08make
- 7:08a
- 7:08call,
- 7:09invite
- 7:10them
- 7:10out
- 7:10for
- 7:10a
- 7:10cup
- 7:10of
- 7:11coffee.
- 7:13Don't
- 7:13preach,
- 7:14don't
- 7:14try
- 7:14to
- 7:14fix
- 7:14them.
- 7:16Go
- 7:16find
- 7:16them.
- 7:18That's
- 7:19what
- 7:19the
- 7:19shepherd,
- 7:20that's
- 7:20what
- 7:20the
- 7:20good
- 7:20shepherd
- 7:21did.
- 7:22Go
- 7:23after
- 7:23them.
- 7:24Let
- 7:25them
- 7:25know
- 7:25they're
- 7:25not
- 7:25forgotten.
- 7:27That
- 7:27is
- 7:27your
- 7:28assignment.
- 7:29We're
- 7:30going
- 7:30to
- 7:30come
- 7:30back
- 7:30and
- 7:30have
- 7:30a
- 7:30prayer
- 7:31here
- 7:31in
- 7:31just
- 7:31a
- 7:31minute.
- 7:32Before
- 7:32we
- 7:32do,
- 7:32just
- 7:33want
- 7:33to
- 7:33know
- 7:33that
- 7:34an
- 7:35opportunity
- 7:35for
- 7:35you
- 7:36is
- 7:36to
- 7:36go
- 7:36over
- 7:36to
- 7:36our
- 7:36website,
- 7:37voiceofgoddaily.com
- 7:39and
- 7:40there
- 7:40we
- 7:40have
- 7:40for
- 7:40you
- 7:41a
- 7:41resource.
- 7:42It's
- 7:42called
- 7:42the
- 7:43ABC
- 7:43123
- 7:44Bible
- 7:44Study
- 7:45Method.
- 7:46It'll
- 7:46help
- 7:46you
- 7:46with
- 7:46your
- 7:47home
- 7:47daily
- 7:48Bible
- 7:48study.
- 7:49Pick
- 7:49it
- 7:49up.
- 7:50Let's
- 7:51pray.
- 7:51God,
- 7:51thank
- 7:52you
- 7:52for
- 7:52being
- 7:52the
- 7:52shepherd
- 7:52who
- 7:53comes
- 7:53looking.
- 7:54Help
- 7:54me
- 7:54to
- 7:54be
- 7:54found
- 7:55today
- 7:55and
- 7:55help
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