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Day by Day Devotional - Year 4 of 5
Devotional: June 5th

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Luke 15:1-10

The three parables of this chapter form a wonderful whole. The condition of the sinner is here presented in three pictures: the sheep, the coin and the son – all three lost; and his salvation is presented, accomplished in love by the Son (the Good Shepherd), the Holy Spirit (the diligent woman) and the Father.

Not only does the gentle Shepherd look for His sheep "until he find it" (v. 4; cf. v. 8), but He lays it on His own shoulders to take it home.

Like the coin which bears the effigy of the sovereign under whom it is issued, man is in the image of the One who created him. But what is his value when lost? So the Holy Spirit, lighting "a candle", searches diligently and finds us in the darkness and dust.

Each parable mentions the joy of the lawful owners, a joy which each one seeks to share. God’s joy finds its echo in the angels. We hear them sing at the creation (Job 38:7), then at the Saviour’s birth (Luke 2:13) and joy fills heaven "over one sinner that repenteth". The value of a soul is so great in the eyes of the God of love!

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