When God sends out His Word, He
sends it with a promise; "My Word... will not come back to Me without
results, but it will accomplish whatever I want and achieve whatever I
send it to do" (Isaiah 55:11). The Lord is looking out. He's looking
beyond those who are already worshipping Him. He says, "I will gather
still others besides those I have already gathered” (Isaiah 56:8). When
we find, in our hearts, a desire to praise God, where does this spirit
of praise come from? God says this, “I’ll create praise on their lips”
(Isaiah 57:19).
"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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