Luke
15:17 - And having come to himself, he said, How
many hirelings of my father have a superabundance of bread, and I here with
hunger am perishing! (YLT)
Lost and Found
Luke chapter 15 is a chapter of ‘lost and found’
Jesus says three parables with the theme of lost and
found
1. Parable of the lost
sheep
2.
Parable of the lost coin
3. Parable of the lost
son
Jesus was explaining why he is rejoicing with sinners.
He equates the gathering to a group of ‘lost and found’
Jesus was trying to communicate the joy in heaven when
a lost is found
To illustrate the situation He tells three parables
The three parables
Luke 15
The first parable is about the lost and found sheep
The second is about the lost and found drachma
The third is about the lost and found son