Wednesday, April 11, 2007
The Three Parables of Luke 15
I think something that is interesting in the three parables of Luke 15 is the use of ratios. In the parable of the lost sheep, you have 100, and one is lost. It seems as if it doesn't really matter because it's just 1/100, yet of course, Jesus cares about that 1 as much as the 99, and He would even leave the 99 in the pasture to go find the 1. In the next parable, the parable of the lost coin, you have a 1/10 situation. 10 coins, one is lost. And as in the first parable, rejoicing takes place when this 1 is found. And in the prodigal son, it gets more personal. It's not 1/100 or 1/10, it's 1/2. "A man had two sons." Again, when the one is found, rejoicing takes place. So with each parable, it seems to hit closer to him and each becomes more personal. Very interesting to me.
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Justin,
reading this reminds us so much that personally, we are important to the Father, God. Yes i do believe that God does care for the multitude, but he does feel uniquely towards the individual, which make us realize that a personal relationhsip with God is so important. Good thoughts.
You know numbers are a secret message from the holy spirit that he gives us and if we figure out the code we will know the time of the rapture. keep that in mind, justin, as you look at other obvious number codes.
j/k
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