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WHEN YOU'RE LOST AND CHOOSE TO STAY LOST: PART 1
by Pastor Mike Fortune
June 10, 2017
- You're hungry for God's stuff but not God (Luke 15:11-17; Deuteronomy 21:18-21)
- You're convinced worthiness comes from works (Luke 15:18-21; Luke 17:10; 1 Corinthians 9:16)
- The Trinity keeps trying (Luke 15:22-24; Quote; Lamentations 3:23)
Luke 15:11-17
11 To illustrate the point further, Jesus told them this story: "A man had two sons. 12 The younger son told his father, 'I want my share of your estate now before you die.' So his father agreed to divide his wealth between his sons. 13 A few days later this younger son packed all his belongings and moved to a distant land, and there he wasted all his money in wild living. 14 About the time his money ran out, a great famine swept over the land, and he began to starve. 15 He persuaded a local farmer to hire him, and the man sent him into his fields to feed the pigs. 16 The young man became so hungry that even the pods he was feeding the pigs looked good to him. But no one gave him anything. 17 When he finally came to his senses, he said to himself, 'At home even the hired servants have food enough to spare, and here I am dying of hunger!'"
Deuteronomy 21:18-21
18 Suppose a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father or mother, even though they discipline him.19 In such a case, the father and mother must take the son to the elders as they hold court at the town gate. 20 The parents must say to the elders, 'This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious and refuses to obey. He is a glutton and a drunkard.' 21 Then all the men of his town must stone him to death. In this way, you will purge this evil from among you, and all Israel will hear about it and be afraid.
Luke 15:18-21
18 I will go home to my father and say, 'Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you, 19 and I am no longer worthy of being called your son. Please take me on as a hired servant.' 20 So he returned home to his father. And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him. 21 His son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you, and I am no longer worthy of being called your son.'
Luke 17:10
10 In the same way, when you obey me you should say, 'We are unworthy servants who have simply done our duty.'
1 Corinthians 9:16
16 Yet preaching the Good News is not something I can boast about. I am compelled by God to do it.
Luke 15:22-24
22 But his father said to the servants, 'Quick! Bring the finest robe in the house and put it on him. Get a ring for his finger and sandals for his feet. 23 And kill the calf we have been fattening. We must celebrate with a feast, 24 for this son of mine was dead and has now returned to life. He was lost, but now he is found.' So the party began.
Christ's Object Lessons p.206
The very first reaching out of the heart after God is known to Him. Never a prayer is offered, however faltering, never a tear is shed, however secret, never a sincere desire after God is cherished, however feeble, but the Spirit of God goes forth to meet it. Even before the prayer is uttered or the yearning of the heart made known, grace from Christ goes forth to meet the grace that is working upon the the human soul.
Lamentations 3:23
23 Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning.