San Diego First United Methodist Church – Daily Devotion for
Sunday, 26 January 2014 - Sermon theme for coming Sunday: Power for Living
Text to read: Luke 15: The Parable of the Lost Sheep
1 Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen
to him. 2 And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This
fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
3 So he told them this parable: 4 “Which one of you, having a
hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the
wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it? 5 When he has
found it, he lays it on his shoulders and rejoices. 6 And when he comes home,
he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me,
for I have found my sheep that was lost.’ 7 Just so, I tell you, there will be
more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous
persons who need no repentance.
The Parable of the Lost Coin
8 “Or what woman having ten silver coins,[a] if she loses one of
them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she
finds it? 9 When she has found it, she calls together her friends and
neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had
lost.’ 10 Just so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of
God over one sinner who repents.”
Footnotes:
a. Luke 15:8 Gk drachmas, each worth about a day’s wage for a
laborer (New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition)
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Text to read: Lukas 15:1 Now all the mochesim (taxcollectors)
and the chote’im (sinners) were coming near Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach to listen
to him.
2 And both the Perushim and the Sofrim were grumbling, saying,
This one gives a kabbalat panim reception to chote’im (sinners) and eats at
tish with them.
3 And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach told them this mashal, saying,
4 What man of you, if he has meah kevasim (a hundred sheep) and
has lost from them one, does not leave the tishim vteshah (ninety-nine) in the
open pasture, and go for the one which has been lost until he finds it?
5 And when he has found it, he puts it on his shoulders with lev
same’ach. [TEHILLIM 23;119; YIRMEYAH 31:10; YECHEZKEL 34:11-16]
6 And when he returns to his bais, he calls together his
chaverim and his shchenim (neighbors), saying to them, Make a simcha with me,
because I have found my keves (sheep), the one that was lost!
7 I say to you that in the same way there will be more simcha in
Shomayim over one choteh (sinner) who becomes a baal teshuva than over tishim
vteshah tzaddikim who have no need of teshuva.
8 Or what isha having asaret (ten) drachmas, if she loses one
drachma, will not light a licht (light) and sweep the bais and search carefully
until she finds it?
9 And having found it, she calls together chaverim and shchenim
saying, Have simcha with me, for I have found the drachma which I lost.
10 In the same way, I say to you, there is simcha in the
presence of the malachim Hashem over one choteh (sinner) who becomes a baal
teshuva. (Orthodox Jewish Bible)
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John Wesley’s Notes/Commentary for Luke 15:1-10
Verse 1. All the publicans - That is, all who were in that
place. It seems our Lord was in some town of Galilee of the Gentiles, from
whence he afterward went to Jerusalem, chap. xvii, 11.
Verse 3. He spake - Three parables of the same import: for the
sheep, the piece of silver, and the lost son, all declare (in direct
contrariety to the Pharisees and scribes) in what manner God receiveth sinners.
Verse 4. Leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness - Where
they used to feed: all uncultivated ground, like our commons, was by the Jews
termed wilderness or desert. And go after - In recovering a lost soul, God as
it were labours. May we not learn hence, that to let them alone who are in sin,
is both unchristian and inhuman! Matt. xviii, 12.
Verse 7. Joy shall be - Solemn and festal joy, in heaven -
First, in our blessed Lord himself, and then among the angels and spirits of
just men, perhaps informed thereof by God himself, or by the angels who
ministered to them. Over one sinner - One gross, open, notorious sinner, that
repenteth - That is, thoroughly changed in heart and life; more than over
ninety and nine just persons - Comparatively just, outwardly blameless: that
need not such a repentance - For they need not, cannot repent of the sins which
they never committed. The sum is, as a father peculiarly rejoices when an
extravagant child, supposed to be utterly lost, comes to a thorough sense of
his duty; or as any other person who has recovered what he had given up for
gone, has a more sensible satisfaction in it, than in several other things
equally valuable, but not in such danger: so do the angels in heaven peculiarly
rejoice in the conversion of the most abandoned sinners. Yea, and God himself
so readily forgives and receives them, that he may be represented as having
part in the joy.
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Daily Devotions from Monday, 20 January 2014 through Sunday, 26 January
2014:
Monday - When have you felt lost?
What was going on in your life?
Tuesday - When have you felt spiritually lost, did anyone help
you?
What occurred?
Wednesday – Describe a time you been restored to community after
being gone?
Thursday – Is there a time you dropped out of a church
community?
If so please describe how it felt?
Did you feel isolated and alone?
Friday – Describe a time when you rejoiced that someone was
brought into Christian community.
Pray that our new f5 worship service will reach people yearning
to be connected.
Saturday – Write down your faith-story.
What was happening when you met Jesus?
Sunday – Listen to someone who is struggling.
Pray about their need and share the part of your faith-story
that they may relate to
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First United Methodist Church
2111 Comino del Rio South
San Diego, CA 92108 United States
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