Then Jesus told them this parable: �Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn't he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbours together and says, �Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.� I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.
~ * ~ Luke 15:3-7 ~ * ~
JESUS came to restore what Man lost in the Garden of Eden.
Man loses his relationship with God.
�Very truly I tell you, you will see �heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on� the Son of Man.�(John 1:51)
JESUS will restore Man relationship with God.
Man loses his holiness and spirituality.
This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. (Matthew 26:28)
JESUS forgives our sins and shows the way of life.
Man loses his house.
�Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father�s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. (John 14:1-3)
JESUS is preparing a place for us.
Man loses his eternal life.
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16)
JESUS promises us eternal life.
