To Seek and to Save, Part 2

TO SEEK AND TO SAVE, PART 2
TEXT: Luke 15:1-10

SUMMARY: Jesus' parable of the Lost Sheep, and its companion parable, the Lost Coin, in addition to presenting the love of Christ in pictorial form, point to the fulfillment the Great Shepherd prophecies of the Old Testament, expressed so powerfully in Ezekiel 34.

I. THE PROMISE OF THE GREAT SHEPHERD (Ezek. 34, 20).
A. It is Messianic.
B. It is Eschatological.
C. It is Elective (Ezek. 20).

II. THE COMING OF THE GREAT SHEPHERD, Lu. 15:1-10.
A. A Messianic Fulfillment. (vv. 3-7)
B. An Eschatological Fulfillment? (vv. 8-10)
C. An Offer and a Warning (vv. 1-2).