As we continue with our mission minded series where we have been looking at the mission Jesus called us to, we know that He is calling us to do essentially 2 things-make disciples and teach them what he commanded. The first 4 sermons were about who and how he made disciples. Now we are looking at what Jesus commanded specifically about saving the lost.

Jesus taught and sought the lost. And so, we have focused on 2 parables he told about the lost-remember what the first one was about? Lost what? SHEEP  then last week Justin preached about lost what? COIN  now this week we’ll encounter a third parable, one of the most beloved stories in the Bible about a lost son. -remember these were told to lost people-pharisees and sinners….

The prodigal son is a story that transcends the ages-it’s characters and action are universal and as fresh today as 2,000 years ago. This parable has many layers of application and could in itself be a series-but not today. Here is your sermon in a sentence that will focus our time:

God wants no one to stay lost.

Now let’s open or Bibles to Luke 15:11-31....