God’s Heart for the ONE

STORY 1: A LOST SHEEP (Luke 15:3-7)

• KEY TERMS:
  • The “99”
    Those who have already made the decision to in Jesus and are .
  • The “ONE”
    Anyone who is to us but from God.
• In a church “For The ONE,” the 99 reflect the heart of Jesus for lost people.

STORY 2: A LOST COIN (Luke 15:8-10)

• If you picture God as distant, aloof, disinterested, or “can’t be bothered,” .

STORY 3: A LOST SON (Luke 15:11-32)

• Our sin makes our lives to God.
• 2 Corinthians 5:17-21
• Love—especially when lavished on someone else—will sometimes feel .
• The younger son was the .
• The older son was the .

BIG IDEA: God loves us so much that He when the ONE comes .

NEXT STEPS:

God us just as we are, but He loves us too much to us this way.

To find new life in Jesus, we have to recognize that we are the .