2016-01-24: Luke-The Investigative Gospel – The Lost Coin

Sermon Audio: The Lost Coin
Speaker: Pastor Val Watkins
Scripture Text: Luke 15:8-10
Duration: 23:00
Size: 10.5 MB

Luke-The Investigative Gospel
The Lost Coin
Luke 15:8-10

The parable of the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the lost son in Luke 15 is the most beautiful illustration in all of Scripture about God’s joy over the recovery of lost sinners.

All three parts of the parable in Luke 15 make the same basic point. In each story something is lost, sought, found, and celebrated.

I. The Woman’s Search

Faced with walls, floor, and a ceiling constructed of black stone, and with almost no light from three-inch ventilation slits, it is little wonder the woman had to light a lamp and search diligently for her coin.

The reason is simple: women were as important to him as men.

The three personal, compassionate metaphors for God in the Psalms are: Shepherd, Mother, and Father.

So, Jesus used the trilogy of Old Testament metaphors about a compassionate and personal God in the parable of Luke 15 in the persons of the shepherd, the woman, and the father.

II. The Woman’s Success

He is intentional and deliberate and diligent in searching for the lost. And he always succeeds in finding the lost!

III. The Woman’s Celebration

A. There Is Celebration on Earth

When we lose something and then find it, we want others to share in our joy.

B. There Is Celebration in Heaven

It is God who is rejoicing before the angels. God is filled with joy when a sinner repents of his or her sin.