“The Four Types of People Who are Lost”

 Text: Luke 15:7

Scripture Reading: Luke 15

Introduction:                                                                                                               

  Jesus always receives the lost!

 

I.           Four ways of getting lost.

                   -Lost through heedlessness-the sheep (v.4).

                   - Lost through idleness-the coin (v.8).      

                   - Lost through willfulness-the prodigal son (vv.12-13).

                   - Lost through pride (haughtiness)-the elder brother (vv.25-26).

II.          Four consequences of being lost.                      

                    -  The consequence of helpless distress-the sheep (v.4).

                    -  The consequence of uselessness-the coin (v.8).              

                    -  The consequence of degradation-the prodigal son (v.16).

                    -  The consequence of joylessness-the elder brother (vv.28-300.

  III.      A fourfold quest for the lost.     

                    - The quest of Christ.

                    -  The quest of the Holy Spirit.

                    -  The quest of the heavenly Father.

                    -  The quest of the church. (Luke 14:23; John 20:21)

 

                  HOW WOULD YOU SAY YOU ARE LOST TODAY?