Matthew 18:12-14
October 18th 2015, 3rd Holy Day of the month
Rev. Tadashi Nagae, pastor
October 18th 2015, 3rd Holy Day of the month
Rev. Tadashi Nagae, pastor
We invited our close ones to the Praise Concert today and we have been praying for it. That is to please the LORD. This parable tells us the love of God.
Firstly, God makes so much of one soul and loves the one. He doesn't think; "It's all right because the lost is just one." The LORD even goes to look for the one.
Secondly, God is patient and loves the one. He doesn't think; "The sheep itself should be blamed for because it wandered away." The LORD is patient and keeps loving the one with mercy, no matter how unreasonable and stubborn the one is.
Thirdly, God so loves all souls that he even seeks and asks for them. The love of God is not such one to just wait quietly. His love is such that God Himself goes out to look for them. The Lord lost his throne in heaven and came down to earth, and saved us.
We were also sought this way and were saved. Our faith is protected still now. The LORD still loves all souls now and also seeks for one soul. Let us also love and seek one soul.
Firstly, God makes so much of one soul and loves the one. He doesn't think; "It's all right because the lost is just one." The LORD even goes to look for the one.
Secondly, God is patient and loves the one. He doesn't think; "The sheep itself should be blamed for because it wandered away." The LORD is patient and keeps loving the one with mercy, no matter how unreasonable and stubborn the one is.
Thirdly, God so loves all souls that he even seeks and asks for them. The love of God is not such one to just wait quietly. His love is such that God Himself goes out to look for them. The Lord lost his throne in heaven and came down to earth, and saved us.
We were also sought this way and were saved. Our faith is protected still now. The LORD still loves all souls now and also seeks for one soul. Let us also love and seek one soul.
<The Verse of the Bible>
And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off.
Matthew 18:13 (NIV)
