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“Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers”
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In this chapter Jesus tells three parables about things that are lost and then found.
Jesus tells three stories in this chapter, but they are called, V:3-“this parable”.
There is one great truth taught in these three stories.
Man is lost and needs to be found.
Man is not in his rightful place, which is in a right relationship with God through faith in Jesus Christ.
Man is lost, and needs to be found!
Someone called these three parables, the pyramid of Gospel doctrine.
Like a pyramid has three sides, the gospel has three sides.
The gospel involves the work of God the father, God the son, and God the Spirit.
We see in these three stories the love, concern and work of all three persons in the Trinity.
The parable of the good Shepherd-pictures Jesus, the good Shepherd, who lays his life down for the sheep.
The parable of the prodigal son, pictures God the father, our heavenly father, a loving father, welcoming his returning son.
The parable of the lost coin-is going to teach us about the work of the Holy Spirit in our salvation.
These are three of the greatest stories ever told, they teach us about how God works to welcome and redeem sinners!
Jesus tells these stories in response to the Pharisees and scribes murmuring and saying,
V:2-“this man receives sinners and eats with them”.
Jesus Christ is a friend of sinners!
Praise God that is true!
Jesus receives sinners…come to him!
Whoever comes to him, he will in no wise cast out.
Rather than getting grumpy about Jesus receiving sinners, the Pharisees should have been rejoicing that Jesus receives sinners.
But the Pharisees were grumbling, and therefore Jesus taught them a three-part parable about sharing God’s joy in finding what is lost.
Each time the lost is found, there is joy.
Jesus is seeking to teach the Pharisees and scribes that his greatest joy is seeing the lost found, saved.
-“The Son of Man is come to seek and to save that which was lost”.
In the parable of the lost coin we learn about:
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The Value of a Soul.
V:8-“What woman having 10 piece of silver, if she loses one piece….
See searches until she finds it.
The first thing we learn in this story is how valuable this coin was to this woman.
This is meant to teach us how precious souls are to God; God wants us to know how precious and valuable souls are to him!
The woman loses her silver coin, the coin was a Drachma.
You might think, what’s the big deal, she still has 9 coins left; she only lost one.
If you dropped some change out of your pocket, and you couldn’t find it, you’d say no big deal.
But not this woman, in those days one of those silver coins represented a full day’s work.
You would work from sunup to sundown for one silver coin.
That still may not mean much to you; you may have enough money that you can blow a day’s pay on a trip to Silver Dollar city, or on a round of golf, or on a shopping trip.
But if you were like this lady, living below the poverty line, this silver coin had great financial value to her.
This coin had great value to this woman, it was a full day’s pay that she could not afford to lose!
It is hard to work out an exact equivalent in today’s currency, but it would amount to around $100 in today’s economy.
Needless to say, if you dropped $100 bill you would take the time, and go through the trouble of turning everything upside down to find it.
Especially if you are living below the poverty line.
Her coin was too precious to lose, it had to be found
This silver coin had great financial value to her.
This silver coin at great emotional value to her.
According to the customs of those days married women would wear silver coins around there neck as a necklace, are as a headband.
Much like women do today in India and Turkey.
They put the silver coins on a chain, evenly spread apart and wear them.
It was an emblem of marriage, and it had great emotional value, it was very special and dear to that woman.
It was like a wedding ring today, a wedding ring is important, an engagement ring is important.
Have you seen the girls when they get engaged?
Man they walk around, left-hand first; holding that thing out, it will blind you!
It means a lot to them, it cost a lot, is valuable, it says I’m loved, I’m committed; I’m married.
This coin was something of great financial value, and emotional value to this woman.
Jesus is telling us this story to show us how valuable loss people are to him!
Of course he eats with sinners, a course he welcomes sinners they are of tremendous value to him!
-For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Jesus says that your eternal soul is worth more than this world and everything in it!
One soul is of infinite value to God.
The world we live in doesn’t put much value on human life are lost souls; human life is cheap in our world.
· Terrorist, all over the world, blow up and kill thousands of people, life is cheap to them.
· Gangs, roam the streets of our cities, stealing and killing, life is cheap to them.
· Abortionist, kill unborn babies, life is cheap to them.
· People sell their babies, and children, a life is cheap to them.
Jesus said, that Satan is the thief that is come to steal, kill and destroy.
He is a destroyer of peace, joy, purpose and life!
But I want you to know this morning, that your soul is valuable to God!
You are important to God, you matter to God!
The value this woman places on her lost coin shows the great value that God places on lost sinners!
The emotional value of this coin caused this lady to be deeply bothered by the fact the coin was lost.
She didn’t just say, forget it, I have 9 other coins, no!
She is looking for the lost coin because it is important to her, it has emotional value, she feels pain and agony because is lost.
Have you ever lost something that was very special to you? Did it affect you emotionally?
Of course, it bothered you deeply because it was special to you! Have you ever lost your child temporarily in Walmart, are at the fair, you turn around and they’re gone.
And panic, fear, terror and anxiety grip your heart.
Who hurts the most the lost child of the parent?
It’s the parent who hurts the most!
This morning God’s heart hurts for you, he longs for you to be saved, found, and in right relationship with him!
God longs for our lost loved ones, family and friends to be found, and in right relationship with him.
When this coin was lost it was out of circulation.
This lost coin was not doing what it was made to do.
A coin is intended to be in circulation, to be spent, saved, or given; that is the purpose of a coin.
It doesn’t matter how valuable that coin was, it was lost and out of circulation, it was useless, it was not fulfilling his purpose.
-“they are all together become unprofitable”.
What is true of this coin, is true of a lost person.
The Bible tells us we are created in the image of God, we are stamped with God’s image.
God made you, stamped his image on you, that you might be in circulation.
That you might be used for God’s honor and your joy.
Your life may be tarnished, and black with sin; yet you’re still valuable to God; just like silver, even if it is tarnished.
Do you identify with that lost coin?
Are you lost, separated from God this morning?
Even though you are a lost in your sin, God values you, loves you and wants to save you.
How do I know?
Jesus paid the price to redeem you by his blood on the cross!
Do you ever wonder if your life is worth living?
Do you feel forgotten?
Do you doubt that God loves you?
The story of this lost coin shows that God loves each one of us as if we were the only person/coin on this earth!
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