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And as I was seeking the Lord, I
felt led to speak on the lost 

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coin. 
Now the lost coin is part of the

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Lost Trilogy. 
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Hollywood invented the trilogy, 
but no, apparently not. 

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Jesus actually had three 
parables about something that's 

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lost and found Parable of the 
lost sheep and the shepherd 

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leaves the 99 and finds the one.
Then we got the parable in the 

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middle of the lost coin, which 
we're going to look at this 

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morning. 
And then we have the last 

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parable, which is the the the 
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Although you read the story, 
there's really 2 lost sons in 

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that story. 
So why did Jesus choose to have 

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a trilogy on On Being Lost? 
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important of course, but it was 
in relation to and in response 

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to the Pharisees question about 
Jesus. 

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And we're going to turn together
to Luke chapter 15, which is 

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where the power of the lost coin
is, and it's only three verses. 

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But at the very start of the 
chapter it says now the tax 

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collectors and sinners were all 
drawing near to hear him. 

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This is Jesus and the Pharisees 
and the scries grumbled saying, 

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this man receives sinners and 
eats with them and it goes on 

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say so. 
He told them this parable, then 

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the next parable and the next 
parable. 

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Because you see, Jesus came for 
the lost. 

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The Pharisees didn't quite get 
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They thought Jesus had come for 
the righteous, quote righteous, 

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those that had upheld the law. 
And they're like, what on earth 

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are you doing? 
Jesus, you're a rabbi, you're 

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supposed to be some, you know, 
teacher of the law, and yet you 

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are going to have dinner with 
the tax collectors. 

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And by the way, if you work for 
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Okay. 
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tax collectors back then, and 
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unscrupulous. 
There's a few jokes and I'm not 

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going to go there. 
And the sinners and they're 

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like, what are you doing eating 
with these guys and these clubs?

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Listen, I haven't come for the 
quote righteous. 

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I've come for those that are 
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And that's why we got the lost 
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Anybody lose anything this week?
Anybody. 

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Has that? 
Anybody lost anything? 

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No. 
Are you not only lost a few of 

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you, my little boy? 
Daniel, right. 

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Funny enough, I was writing 
this. 

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I was working on my sermon on 
Thursday and I was in my garden 

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office and I hit Dad, Dad, I've 
lost my football. 

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And my immediate response, I 
didn't say this out loud was bad

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timing, son. 
But he he he lost his ball and 

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it's his favorite ball. 
So I I finished doing what I was

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doing. 
I was chopping and changing 

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between different things in the 
talk. 

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And I came out. 
I was like, what's wrong, son? 

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I've lost my ball, Dad. 
OK, Don, can you just get it 

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yourself? 
No, Dad, I need you to help me. 

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OK. 
Where is the ball? 

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I think it's in the bushes 
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Great. 
Can you see it? 

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I think so. 
So I just pushed the bushes back

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and it's right in the middle. 
And I'm like, there's no way I'm

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going in there, son. 
So the Father sent the son good 

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illustration, right? 
Unfortunately, he got quite 

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scratched up seriously, but he 
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ball. 
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interesting illustration, 
interesting timing. 

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I didn't choose the lost coin 
after the illustration, by the 

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way, just want you to clarify, 
came afterwards. 

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But yeah, the father sent the 
son to get that which was lost. 

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And that's indeed the story that
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the Father sent the son for the 
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Now, we've recently been in the 
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And we've looked at what it 
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We've looked at the fact that 
the good news is good news 

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because bad news exists and the 
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news. 
And so Jesus here in the in the 

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trilogy is explaining the lost. 
And so why don't we read this 

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parable together? 
It's a good idea, isn't it? 

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Where can I go on this? 
Let's go together to Luke and 

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we're going to read from Matthew
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No, we went from Luke one of 
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Luke 15, here we go versus 8 to 
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Or what woman having 10 silver 
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does not light a lamp and sweep 
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until she finds it. 
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calls together her friends and 
neighbors saying rejoice with 

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me, but I have found the coin 
that I had lost. 

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Just so I tell you, there is joy
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Sinner who repents. 
Wow, I just love that story. 

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I mean it's only three verses, 
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And I want to ask to unpack 
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You know, one of the things that
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parable was often like an onion.
You know, we think we know a 

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parable and then we kind of read
it again and now the Holy Spirit

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to speak to us. 
And my prayer is that you'll, 

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you'll catch something new from 
this parable this morning. 

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So why a coin? 
Well, what you may know not 

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know. 
And scholars have said that in 

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Jewish time, it was custom that 
a bride you see would receive 10

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silver coins drachmas as way of 
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She would receive these 10 coins
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she would sew them onto a veil 
as she waited for the 

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consummation of her marriage 
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And so while the coin has a 
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more valuable for her. 
It signified her marriage to her

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beloved. 
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they would be betrothed and then
the the the the groom would go 

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to his father's house and 
prepare the chamber. 

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And once the father has said to 
the son, yes son, that's good 

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enough, he then goes and sends 
the groom to get the bride. 

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How cool is this? 
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would often come at midnight 
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The last Trump with the wedding 
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And they would get a chair and 
they would get the bride and put

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her on the chair and raise her 
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I'll make this stuff up. 
That was a Jewish custom of the 

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day. 
What does that remind you of 

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when Jesus says, listen, I'm 
going but I'm going to prepare a

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place for you in my father's 
house for where there is many 

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rooms. 
I will come back for you. 

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Ow, he's our groom. 
We're the bride of Christ. 

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Isn't that beautiful? 
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Well, that's the snatching away 
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So to be with him in the bridal 
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seven days in the bridal chamber
and we spent seven years while 

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the tribulation is happening, 
You see, isn't this amazing 

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stuff? 
I love the harmony of the Bible.

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I love the harmony of the of the
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And so this woman is in dire 
straits because she's lost 

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something so valuable. 
One of the coins. 

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Now, she doesn't say we'll blow.
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I've got nine. 
She goes to look for that coin. 

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Now, what does the coin 
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souls of men and women who have 
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the supper with the lamb? 
You see, the coins represent men

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and women who have been invited 
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Now here's the thing, While the 
sheep, they wandered, wandered 

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out of the pen through bad 
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the wilderness. 
This is interesting, but the 

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because the coin is in the home,
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someone else. 
I think that's rather 

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interesting. 
And actually, the Sun, your son 

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is different. 
He's woefully disobedient and he

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wants to make a decision to 
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And you see, all these different
stories represent a different 

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motive and a different way in 
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And you see some some of you 
might be in this house right now

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and lost. 
Just because you're here doesn't

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mean you're a Christian. 
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Once Upon a time, you might be a
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You just come to church. 
But that doesn't make you a 

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Christian. 
And you see, you might be in 

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this house and lost, and I don't
want to leave you leaving this 

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place this morning without an 
opportunity to be found. 

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Maybe you are in a good home, a 
good Christian upbringing, but 

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yet you're lost. 
Now the thing about a coin, you 

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see, is a coin has value. 
Why does a coin have value? 

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Because it has the image of the 
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You gotta love this. 
Are you getting this? 

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You see, we think our value is 
about how clean we are. 

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I tell you I, I, I when I 
rummage around for old coins, 

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they can be pretty dirty. 
But guess what? 

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They retain their value and 
don't. 

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We look at people and look at 
that value based on how clean 

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quote they are. 
When God sees them, He sees the 

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image of him on them. 
And that's the value it says in 

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the scriptures. 
It says let us create man and 

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woman in our own image. 
He puts his image on us just 

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like that coin. 
Oh Lord, here's the other thing 

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about a coin. 
You see, a coin has no value if 

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it's not used. 
And the other thing about a coin

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is it's always owned by 
something or someone. 

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A coin doesn't say I am my own 
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I will go and do what I wish. 
Does it coin as an owner? 

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And here's the thing, You see, 
the coin can't save itself, can 

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it? 
The coin isn't there under the 

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lady's sofa. 
Help me, I'm very dusty. 

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I got grim all over me. 
But no worries, I shall save 

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myself. 
I don't know if that's how 

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Dracula speak, but possibly the 
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Find a brush and brush it? 
No, Just as a coin can't find 

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itself, men and women cannot 
find themselves. 

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Your good works are not good 
enough to be found. 

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Your Churchian activities are 
not good enough to be found. 

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Only Jesus can find you and 
clean you up. 

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Oh, come on, what else? 
Excited as I am, I mean 3 

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verses. 
And yet how much is there? 

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Come on, there's more. 
This is me editing on the fly. 

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And this is how serious it is. 
Because when the trumpet does 

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blast, or when we die and we go 
to meet our maker, that's it. 

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No more chance. 
This bride is like, I don't want

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to find, I don't want my groom 
to come and see that I've only 

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got 9 because he's going to take
me away and that's it. 

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Do we sense the urgency in this?
I bet she was panicking. 

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You know, what they used to do 
in Jewish culture is they would 

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always be ready. 
I mean, there's another parable 

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there about the the brides, the 
the, the, the 10 virgins of the 

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brides waiting without oil lamp 
for the groom to come. 

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Can you imagine the urgency of 
having to find this coin? 

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Do we have the same urgency to 
find the lost? 

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I think it's a challenge. 
Do we see people with the same 

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value that God sees them with 
the image of God imprinted on 

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them? 
And what happens next? 

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She lights a lamp and sweeps the
house and seeks diligent until 

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she finds it. 
Now what does this mean? 

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Well, scholars have said, I've 
proposed that what we see in the

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trilogy is actually the Trinity.
You see, the Shepherd represents

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Jesus, the Good Shepherd, the 
Prodigal Son. 

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We have the Father. 
So therefore, what is the bride?

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It represents the Holy Spirit in
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Makes sense, doesn't it? 
Because she's the Bride of 

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Christ. 
That beautiful Jesus, the Good 

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Shepherd, God, the loving 
Father, and the Holy Spirit 

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within the Church are all in the
business of saving the lost. 

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How and what does the Bride do? 
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What is the Church supposed to 
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She gets a lamp to search. 
What does the lamp and light in 

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Scripture represent? 
Psalm 119104 Your word is a lamp

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to my feet and a light to my And
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With oil. 
Who is the oil? 

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The Holy Spirit of God. 
You see this? 

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There are coins in darkness that
don't see the darkness until we 

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proclaim the good news of the 
Gospel Christ. 

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It is the Word that brings light
into the darkness. 

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What the Bride was doing, what 
the Church is should be doing, 

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is taking the Word of God out 
into the dark places. 

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The good news of Christ. 
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is it not? 
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She gets a brim, and what does 
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Sweeps. 
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Sweeping away the lies of the 
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lost. 
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the word of God and as we do 
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the hearts of the lost coins and
reveals the lies of the enemy. 

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And the truth is clear to see so
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But you see you can't read this 
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because you should be that woman
taking the lamp to the dark 

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places and go find those coins 
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marriage ceremony with the lamb.
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And then what happens when she 
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I'll invite the band up at this 
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she calls together her friends 
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me, but I have found the coin 
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Just so I tell you, there is joy
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Sinner who repents. 
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We live in a world where success
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cultural acceptance of success 
around accumulation, thing, 

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accumulating things, wealth, all
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faithful. 
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that repents and a party breaks 
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Are we living our lives based on
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I've been reading a book 
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death experiences scientific 
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this quote phenomenon and and 
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cultures the the the commonality
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heaven and of course it doesn't 
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is a real a reality too. 
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talks about is the life review 
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will the Lord will judge all of 
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Christ by His grace not by works
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We're not talking about the 
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that's the salvation piece. 
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have to go through that judgment
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of Christ. 
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is the rewards where Jesus will 
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Good works. 
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And the beam, a seat was a seat 
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way back. 
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would go up to receive their 
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And in these life reviews, you 
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scriptures, Lord rewards us for 
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Does he not. 
Do do not build up yourself 

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treasures on earth where rust 
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up yourself treasures in heaven 
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that a treasures exist and B 
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But in these life reviews, the 
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the the business accolades, that
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over. 
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love, that were shown to one 
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finding the coins. 
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that it is causing me to 
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And while intellectually I I get
it, we all study the word and we

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understands, it's amazing how 
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And my prayer is, Lord, would 
you give me more opportunities 

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to go and find lost coins? 
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That's what's important. 
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everything else is just going to
be burnt up, not going to be of 

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anything of value. 
You see this woman, this bride, 

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She got it. 
My challenge for all of us