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MISSING PIECES
LUKE 15:1-10
Some time ago our family was putting
together a jig-saw puzzle.
We were
fitting pieces together and watching
with anticipation as the puzzle became
more and more like the picture on the
box.
We were having a lot of fun.
Finally we were done, but the puzzle was
not complete.
There was one crucial
piece missing.
And the picture just
didn't look right.
We searched
everywhere, but couldn't find the
missing piece.
How many of you know the feeling?
First
there is a sense of accomplishment as
you're nearing the completion of your
project.
But the sense of achievement
can quickly turn to frustration because
of one missing piece?
Later, when the piece was found, the
hole family gathered around and rejoiced
over the now completed puzzle.
The most
important piece had been found.
Without
this piece the picture would never be
complete.
Jesus also knows about missing pieces.
In Luke 15 He encountered the opposition
of the religious elite because, in their
words: "This man (that is, Jesus)
welcomes sinners and has fellowship with
them."
The laws of the Pharisees prohibited any
kind of association with the so-called
"people of the land".
The people of the
land were the people who did not observe
the strict pharisaic teachings and their
petty legalism.
The people of the land
were not necessarily bad people.
They
were just not the who's who in terms of
the Jewish ceremonial tradition.
And so it comes as no surprize that the
Lord's association with tax collectors
and sinners would draw criticism.
Jesus responded to their criticism with
a couple of parables.
Please turn with
me to Luke 15 and let's listen to the
words of Jesus:
Luke 15:4-10
/4 "Suppose one of you has a hundred/
/sheep and loses one of them.
Does he not/
/leave the ninety-nine in the open/
/country and go after the lost sheep/
/until he finds it?
5 And when he finds/
/it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders /
/6 and goes home.
Then he calls his/
/friends and neighbors together and says,/
/`Rejoice with me; I have found my lost/
/sheep.' 7 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.
8 "Or suppose a/
/woman has ten silver coins and loses/
/one.
Does she not light a lamp, sweep/
/the house and search carefully until she/
/finds it?
9 And when she finds it, she/
/calls her friends and neighbors together/
/and says, `Rejoice with me; I have found/
/my lost coin.' 10 In the same way, I/
/tell you, there is rejoicing in the/
/presence of the angels of God over one/
/sinner who repents." /
As we look at these parables let us keep
in mind that the Jews had an
understanding of a God who wipes out
sinners from the face of the earth.
The
strict Jews would have said: "There is
joy in heaven over one sinner who is
destroyed before God."
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