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Scripture Reading
(Slide-Off)
The Lost Coin
Lost at Home
Have you ever lost something really important at home?
“I know it is here somewhere”
Or have you ever been lost?
How about your keys?
Or your phone?
Your eye glasses?
Or your phone?
The the search begins.
And goes on and on.
and often will involve other people in the home.
But nothing is found.
So a new search begins that will systematically and diligently look high and low in each room, one by one.
Lights are turned on.
The search commences.
And goes on and on.
Until finally, the cry goes out “There it is”.
“I knew it was here”.
Then finally the cry goes out “There it is”.
“I knew it was here”.
And rejoicing follows.
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Lost and Found
The parable of The Lost Coin is a story about loosing something of great value at home.
Maybe we still are that Lost Coin?
Unfortunately there are many lost coins who attend church.
We are all lost coins until Jesus found us!
Let’s be clear, the bible says we all need to be found!
Whether we know we are lost or not.
We also have here an invitation to each person that has been found, to unite with Jesus, in the search for the lost coin.
And the Parable of the Lost Coin teaches us that the search starts at home!
Because our religion has to start at home amongst those who know us best.
We read it earlier.
Three Parables about Lost and Found
It is in .
The second of three parables.
This Parable is only found in .
The Lost Sheep
The Lost Coin
The Lost Son
The first parable is about The Lost Sheep.
We looked at it two weeks ago.
The one sheep wandered off from the flock into the local countryside.
It was lost and could not find its way home.
The second parable is The Lost Coin.
The woman has lost one silver coin at home.
The third parable is The Lost Son
One son has gone off, with his share of the inheritance and is lost in a far away country.
Today, is all about the lost coin at home.
That is in two weeks time.
Remember we must not over interpret every detail in a Parable but try to focus on the main and plain spiritual truths.
But I think it fair to say,
That which is lost can be in our local community, it can be far away AND, as our parable for today shows us, it can even be in our own homes.
In this parable the lost coin was at home.
The call to join Jesus in diligently looking for that which is Lost is local, it can be far away, BUT it always starts in our own homes!
The call to Mission starts at home.
Then to our local communities and far away in other countries.
Then to our local communities and far away in other countries.
Bottom line, We are called to be a Missional Church and Missional People, wherever life takes us in the Lord’s providence.
Bottom line, We are called to be a Missional Church and Missional People, wherever life takes us in the Lord’s providence.
price.
But the Father is coming.
The one sheep wandered off on its own, it soon was so lost, it could not find its way home, for sin can so easily entice and entangle us.
We are trapped before we know it.
The one coin is lost, we do not know how, but it is lost, for sin can darken our hearts and minds, so that we are so self deceived.
We do not even know we are lost.
But the woman is coming..
The one son wilfully and deliberately walks away from his Father, for the sinful pastures of the world, the flesh and the evil one, can be so deceiving to the naive.
But they reap a terrible price.
But the Father is coming.
Again, these things are mere signposts leading us to what is really important in the Parables.
The Value of the One
Decreasing Numbers
It is interesting to note the decreasing numbers in these three parables of .
The parable of The Lost Sheep has the one sheep wandering off from the flock of 100.
The parable of The Lost Coin has the one coin lost from the 10.
The parable of The Lost Son has one of the two sons lost far away.
We should not read too much into the numbers.
But say in passing, it is interesting how Jesus tells and varies these parables.
He is truly a master story teller.
But such things are mere signposts leading us to what is really important.
Getting Lost is easy
It is also interesting to see how easily we can get lost.
But what does “Lost” mean in these parables?
It means to be estranged from God.
To have a broken relationship with God.
Or no relationship with God.
To be Found is the opposite of that.
The one sheep wandered off from the flock on its own.
It soon was lost.
Totally lost.
It could not find its way home.
For sin can so easily entice and entangle us.
We are trapped before we know it.
We are trapped before we know it.
And our relationship with the Lord is broken.
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