What "joy" there
is in the Lord's "comfort" and "compassion" (Isaiah 49:13). He reaches
out to us in compassion. He reaches out to us with His comfort. We
rejoice in Him - the God of compassion, the God of comfort. "The
Almighty Lord helps me" (Isaiah 50:7,9). What help there is in the Lord!
The Maker of heaven and earth is our Helper. "The people ransomed by
the Lord will return. They will come to Zion, singing with joy" (Isaiah
51:11). How does the Lord help us? He has "ransomed" us. We have been
"bought with a price" (1 Corinthians 6:20). We have been "redeemed with
the precious blood of Christ" (1 Peter 1:18-19).
"The Son of Man came to save the lost" (Matthew 18:11). In Matthew 18:12-13, Jesus speaks about sheep. He's really speaking about us. He is the Shepherd. We are His sheep. Sheep wander away from the shepherd. We wander away from the Lord. The shepherd looks for the lost sheep. Jesus has come to seek for us and find us. He brings us home to God, our Father. Through His saving grace, we receive new life - a life in which we rejoice in our great Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. He delivers us from the condemnation, which our sin has brought upon us. He brings us into the knowledge of His forgiveness. This Gospel of salvation changes us. It teaches us to live in the power of God's love. Jesus speaks about "the Kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 19:12,23), "the Kingdom of God" (Matthew 19:14,24) and "eternal life" (Matthew 19:29). Jesus' way of thinking and living is so very different from the world's way of thinking and living. He chall...
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