Luke Series Chapter 15 (EP 69)

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What is the focus of Luke Chapter 15?

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What's going on, guys? Welcome back to another episode of the Bryce Carver Podcast. I'm Bryce, and today we are on day 15, Luke chapter 15, of the 24-Day Luke Christmas Challenge, where every day we're reading a chapter of Luke, so by the time you get to Christmas Eve, you would have read the whole Gospel of Luke. Guys, pray for me, brother. I'm sick as a dog right now. So pray for your boy, but no sickness is going to stop us from pressing on in this series. Just got a combination of lots of sleep and ibuprofen that's getting me through this podcast. It's going to be late. Guys, before we get into it, January 19th, I'm going to be healthy. And January 19th, 6 p.m. in Los Angeles is our first ever live podcast show. Guys, I want you to come out.

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Jesusinthestreet.org slash tickets. Get your tickets. Go. Come out. It's going to be a powerful night. We're going to have worship. God's preparing a word for the room that night. There's going to be some merch. It's going to be awesome, guys. I'm super, super excited. Let's dive into Luke chapter 15. I'm really excited about this chapter because it's just straight gospel.

What are the key parables discussed in this episode?

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Jesus is going to give three parables. You've probably heard these parables before. One in particular, I would say, is the parable of the prodigal son. And we're going to dive in and just hear the gospel and watch the gospel purely displayed here. Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to him. And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, This man receives sinners and eats with them. Now I love how it says that the tax collectors and sinners were drawn to Jesus because it seems to me that those that are poor in spirit, that are spiritually bankrupt, those are the ones that draw near to Jesus. And then the Pharisees, on the other hand, they think they got it all made.

Why do sinners feel drawn to Jesus?

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Those with pride in their heart are the ones that actually push Jesus away. This man receives sinners and eats with them. So he told them this parable, what man of you having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the 99 in the open country and go after the one that is lost until he finds it. And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders rejoicing. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors saying to them, rejoice for me, for I found my sheep that was lost. Now, when we look at the story of the hundred sheep, this is saying like Jesus going after seeking the one lost person here. And when the shepherd leaves the 99 sheep, he's not telling the 99 sheep that they're less important.

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But he's telling the one sheep how important and valuable one sheep is to the 99. He's sending a message to 99 sheep to show them how important one sheep is. And to show the 99 that each of them is of equal valuable importance. So that's powerful for us to see here. And then Jesus says in verse 7, just so I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 99 righteous persons who need no repentance. He's saying, look, I'll draw them, I'll capture them. But as I've called someone and captured them, I'm calling them to repent and turn from the way in which they were lost in. Now we're gonna look at the parable of the lost coin.

What does the parable of the lost sheep teach us?

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Or what woman having 10 silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until he finds it? Now it's saying, look, now you have a big scale of 100. Let's go down to 10, just 10. You had 10 things and you lost one. It's still of equal importance. You turn the light on and sweep the house diligently until she finds it. And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors saying, Rejoice with me, for I found the coin that I had lost. Just so I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents. Again, that light, the lamp that he turns on or that the woman turns on to go find the ten coins is like the lamp of the Holy Spirit, the light of God.

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And then this house is like the church. And we look at how the church, through the power of the Spirit of God, seeks diligently to bring those in and disciple them and fellowship with them. And I think that's important in today's society. Like, man, there's a love for the local church that we need to just reinvent. here.