~ Regarding Finding ~
Introduction ~ This series
is about questions involving Jesus. Some
were asked by individuals involved with Jesus Christ while He walked on earth. Others are questions that Jesus Christ asked
others. We will look at questions on about
130 topics (some may split into two or more posts). Even so, it is far from an exhaustive
list.
Scripture
~ “Then all the tax collectors
and the sinners drew near to Him to hear Him. And the Pharisees and scribes complained,
saying, ‘This Man receives sinners and eats with them.’ So He spoke this parable to them, saying: ‘What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if
he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go
after the one which is lost until he finds it?’ And when he has found it, he lays it on his
shoulders, rejoicing. And when he comes home,
he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, “Rejoice with me,
for I have found my sheep which was lost!”
I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one
sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance’”
(Luke 15:1-7).
“‘Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if
she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully
until she finds it? And when she has
found it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, saying, “Rejoice with
me, for I have found the piece which I lost!” Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the
presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents’” (Luke 15:8-10).
“Then the one
whose name was Cleopas answered and said to Him, ‘Are You the only stranger in
Jerusalem, and have You not known the things which happened there in these
days?’ And He said to them, ‘What things?’ So they said to Him, ‘The things concerning
Jesus of Nazareth, who was a Prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all
the people, and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him to be condemned
to death, and crucified Him. But we were
hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, today is the third
day since these things happened. Yes,
and certain women of our company, who arrived at the tomb early, astonished us. When they did not find His body, they came
saying that they had also seen a vision of angels who said He was alive. And certain of those who were with us went to
the tomb and found it just as the women had said; but Him they did not see.’ Then He said to them, ‘O foolish ones, and slow
of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! Ought
not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory?’ And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets,
He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself” (Luke
24:18-27).
~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW
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