![]() This was the advantage of God becoming flesh: He could take advantage of mankind’s knowledge and use human language to speak to people, and to express His will. ![]() God used this parable to describe His resolve and attitude in that work. This represented a principle of God’s work at that time among mankind, when He was in the flesh. If a sheep was lost, He would do whatever it took to find it. Looking from the perspective of God’s attitude toward people, He compared each person to a sheep. It also represented an attitude that God had toward people in the Age of Grace. This voice represented God’s own voice and the work He wanted to do in that age. When God became flesh, when He appeared in the form of a man, He used a very appropriate parable that came from His own humanity, in order to express the voice of His heart. If God had said something similar in the Age of Law, people would have felt that such words were not truly consistent with who God was, but when the Son of man delivered these words in the Age of Grace, it felt comforting, warm, and intimate to people. ![]() Wen Fang read out earnestly, “ The way of expression-the parable-used here is a figure of speech in human language, and as such it belongs within the scope of human knowledge. After reading it, I gained a new understanding of God’s will behind this parable I felt that I really benefited from it. My cousin came to my house a few days ago and just as we were sharing fellowship on this parable she gave me a book that contains fellowship on this passage. ![]() Wen Fang then shared these heartfelt words, “Thanks be to the Lord! This parable really always has been a source of encouragement for all of us who follow the Lord, allowing us to genuinely experience the Lord Jesus’ love and mercy for us. I really give thanks for the Lord’s grace!” Otherwise we wouldn’t be able to enjoy His love. With a sense of gratefulness, Sister Chen said, “All of us are that lost sheep, and it is the Lord that has brought us into His house. Liu Qing then asked, “Please feel free to share any enlightenment or understanding you have of this passage.” At no time will God’s will to save us ever change God loves us and we must unswervingly follow the Lord Jesus.” Every time we encounter setbacks and sink into temptation, when our faith falters, we can encourage ourselves with this parable. “Brothers and sisters, we can feel from the parable of the lost sheep how incredibly sincere God’s wish to save mankind is. Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish” (Matthew 18:12–14).Īfter everyone was done reading, Liu Qing continued on. “ How think you? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, does he not leave the ninety and nine, and goes into the mountains, and seeks that which is gone astray? And if so be that he find it, truly I say to you, he rejoices more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray. With a Bible in his hands, the preacher Liu Qing said, “Brothers and sisters, let’s read the parable of the lost sheep.” They all nodded and began to read. But does everyone know what God’s will behind this parable is? At a Bible study there were a few brothers and sisters who finally understood this through fellowship-let’s take a look together. The Lord Jesus used this parable to very vividly tell us about God’s love for mankind and to allow us to feel how sincere God’s desire to save mankind is. Editor’s Note: I trust everyone’s familiar with the parable of the lost sheep in the Bible.
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