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Searching Carefully. Searching Carefully. The Parable of the Lost Coin Luke 15:8-10 “sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it” Are we Searching Carefully?. Searching Carefully. For the Lost. For the Lost.
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Searching Carefully • The Parable of the Lost Coin • Luke 15:8-10 • “sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it” • Are we Searching Carefully?
Searching Carefully • For the Lost
For the Lost • Matthew 18:11-17 – “the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost” • I Timothy 1:15 – “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” • James 5:19-20 – “save a soul from death”
For the Lost • Mark 16:15-16 – “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature” • Matthew 9:35-38 – “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few”
Searching Carefully • For the Lost • For the Truth
For the Truth • Matthew 13:45-46 – “sold all that he had and bought it” • Proverbs 23:23 – “Buy the truth, and do not sell it” • John 8:31-32 – “you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make your free”
For the Truth • Acts 17:11 – “searched the Scriptures daily” • Hebrews 5:12-14 – “senses exercised to discern both good and evil” • II Timothy 2:15 – “rightly dividing the word of truth”
Searching Carefully • For the Lost • For the Truth • To Please God
To Please God • II Corinthians 5:9-10 – “we make it our aim… to be will pleasing to Him” • Ephesians 5:8-10 – “finding out what is acceptable to the Lord”
To Please God • John 4:23-24 – “the Father is seeking such to worship Him” • Colossians 1:9-14 – “walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him”
Searching Carefully • Example of the Ethiopian Eunuch: • Acts 8:26-39