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| webmaster | Posted: Monday, September 23 2002 9:31 pm
Post subject: Something Preachers in this Country has forgotten!
User Location: Tobaccoville NC |
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| Something Preachers in this Country has forgotten!
They care more for their wallet then they do the sheep in the fold!
Which off you,
having a 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?
And when he hath found it,
he layeth it on his shoulders,
rejoicing.
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.
I say unto you,
that likewise joy shall be in heaven
over one sinner that repenteth,
more than over ninety and nine just persons,
which need no repentance. |
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| charley | Posted: Sunday, December 8 2002 12:51 pm
Post subject: a.............
User Location: england |
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| a good story to remember
The sinners all gathered round Jesus to hear him speak. One of the teachers of God said this man welcomes sinners and eats with them.
Jesus then spoke this parable: Which off you, if having a hundred sheep, and loses one of them, does not leaves the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that’s lost until he finds it? And when he finds it he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he comes home, he calls his friends and neighbours and says to them, Rejoice with me for I have found my sheep, which was lost. I say to you, that as with the sheep joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repents more than over ninety-nine people who don’t need to repent.
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| VALERIE LEWIS | Posted: Saturday, January 4 2003 8:27 am
Post subject: VISION IN THE LOST SHEEP
User Location: NORTH AUGUSTA, SC |
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| WE AS CHRISTIAN'S NEED TO WELCOME SINNER'S!! OUR TESTIMONY COULD EITHER PLANT THE SEED FOR THEM OR BRING THEM INTO GOD'S PRESENCE AND THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
IT IS HARD SOMETIMES AS A CHRISTIAN TO IDENITIFY WITH SINNERS BECAUSE WE HAVE JESUS LIVING WITHIN US TEACHING US THE RIGHT WAYS. JUST REMEMBER THAT EVEN AS A CHRISTIAN YOU ARE STILL A SINNER BUT WITH BENEFIT & ETERNAL LIFE.
APPLICATION TO MY LIFE:
IDENITIFY THAT DESPITE A SINNER'S TROUBLES & ATTITUDE THEY TO ARE JUST AS ELIGIBLE FOR HEAVEN AS I WAS. IT WASN'T UNTIL JESUS CAME TO LIVE IN ME DID I CHANGE MY WAYS.
GO AFTER SINNER'S TEACH THEM, GUIDE THEM, & LOVE THEM. SHOW THEM JESUS IN YOU.
THANK YOU FOR READING! I HELP IT CAN BE A HELP AND A BLESSING AS IT HAS BEEN TO ME. |
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| Tom Ellison | Posted: Tuesday, January 7 2003 10:24 pm
Post subject: Parable of the Lost Sheep
User Location: NE |
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| Please consider that a simple reading of this parable teaches something that is actually untenible.
How can it be that the 99 are " just persons, which need no repentance."
There are no such persons anywhere, ever.
So who are these 99, and to what is Jesus referring?
In Matthew 15:1-2 we read to whom Jesus was speaking: tax collectors and sinners, Pharisees and teachers of the law. These latter two groups were being critical of Jesus as he spoke.
Is it not the case that the Pharisees and teachers of the law were the ones who represent the 99? Would not they, and all who heard, have know Jesus was speaking of them as the ones "which need not repentance?" Not that they did not need repentance, but that they denied needing repentance.
The whole story is about the pruning of the vine, in which the hard hearted Jews were removed. The one sheep is then those Jews who would hear, and the gentiles as well.
As you read the following 4 stories Jesus gave, you will see this same thread in all of them, culminating in the Rich Man and Lazarus.
This is the real reason the Pharisees and teachers of the law got more and more perturbed as Jesus spoke!
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| Dr Gary Hooper | Posted: Monday, October 20 2003 3:23 pm
Post subject: Lost Sheep
User Location: Cresco, Iowa |
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| Hi
You realise that this scripture can apply to the modern church as well. We have Christians that have been wounded and driven from churches that need to be reached out to and healed.
they are the lost lambs that we also need to reach. Ezekiel 34:16 deals with these believers.
Our ministry in Cresco, iowa reaches out to these Christians as well as holding spiritual Warfare seminars on a regular basis to train the Saints.
bless you all |
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| Kizzie | Posted: Monday, December 6 2004 9:48 am
Post subject: Left Behind
User Location: Millborrk |
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| The fact that the ninety and nine were following the shepherd assured their salvation. They were justified because they stayed under the watchful care of the shepherd and they trusted in Him.
They were justified by the actions of the shepherd. For we are justified by faith through grace and not of works lest any man should boast.
The lost sheep is only lost because he has failed to do one thing, follow the shepherd. He may now be lost, alone and scared but he does not know how to get back with the fold.
The shepherd left his throne in heaven to find the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
If you are lost and don't know Jesus, simply ask Him to find you and make you his own.
One way the Shepherd can find a lost sheep is by that sheep crying out. The Word of God states, "Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord Jesus shall be saved. Cry out to him from your lost place and I guarantee you He Will Find YOU and bring you Safely Home!!!! |
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| john doe | Posted: Tuesday, April 11 2006 11:47 am
Post subject: cool
User Location: philippines |
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| | nice site |
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| Chuck | Posted: Monday, December 31 2007 6:58 pm
Post subject: lost sheep
User Location: Fl/home |
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| | The lost sheep of any religious sect should be considered the most sought after of all-even above the often sought after new converts. I feel many Shepherds avoid the pessimistic response of the lost sheep- fearing rejections and the all familiar comments that reminds them (and us) of valid offenses they have received among the house of friends-the church. An all too familiar status the lost sheep falls prey to is the offenses of their fellow worshippers. Thus it is the obligation of the whole 'body' not to slander, belittle or speak meaningless words or works that open the gates of our Lord's pasture-sending the precious sheep to the dangerous pastures of the world. After all, are we sure that the fence that divides the Christian from the lost ones has found us on the inside or are we on the outside of the grace of God also? |
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