What Keeps You In The Hogpen

Luke 15:11-16

Notice that the word “lost” occurs 5 times in chapter 15:

Luke 15:4 “What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?”

Luke 15:6 “And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.”

Luke 15:9 “And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.”

Luke 15:24 “For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.”

Luke 15:32 “It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.”

To find out what keeps you from the Lord you must answer these QUESTION:

I. Is It The FELLOWSHIP That Keeps You Away From The Lord?

The smell - awful

The spirit - selfish

The surroundings - disgusting

II. Is It The FOOD That Keeps You Away From The Lord?

Leftovers - 90% of movie plots are in the Bible.

Left out - spoiled, but that does not bother the hogs.

Left behind - your health goes bad because you are eating the wrong things.

III. Is It The FILTH That Keeps You Away From The Lord?

In a hog pen there is always a place to lay down (the hog flops anywhere)

In a hog pen they don’t “judge” others by what filth you lay in.

In a hog pen the smell goes away if you stay.

Conclusion:

What is keeping you there?

2 Peter 2:22 “But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.”