The Lost Coin
Luke
15:8 - 10
8 Either what woman having 10 pieces of silver, if she loses
one piece, does not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently
till she find it?
9 And when she has found it, she calls her friends and her
neighbors together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I found the piece which I have
lost.
10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of
the Angels of God over one sinner who repents.
This parable is right after the parable of the lost sheep.
Like the lost sheep, here Jesus is showing value over the lost coin. Now this
is twice that Jesus is showing value over tangibles. When the Holy Spirit shows
something once it’s important, when He shows something twice it is very, very
important and needs to be more than just understood, it needs to be taken very seriously.
In this instance Jesus is showing the value that God places on a lost soul.
Jesus 1st likens unto a lost sheep, then the value of a lost coin,
all pointing toward a lost soul.
Verse 9 is pretty well understood on its own. Everybody has
heard the saying; the Angels sing in Heaven when someone gets saved. I believe if you
listen close enough you can truly hear them praise to the Lord and sing for joy
when a soul gets saved; but that’s how I feel about it.
Now verse 10 is very important. This verse takes us into the
very throne room of God placing the biggest emphasis on the significance of the
Salvation of a lost soul that is written in the word of God. For this reason,
is the reason that Jesus Christ shed His Blood and died on the Cross of Calvary.
Not only do the Angels praise with joy in the presence of God over one sinner
who repents, but now we as children of God, we are able to boldly go into the
throne room of God and talk directly to God.
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