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PARABLE OF THE LOST COIN – THE LOST IS PRECIOUS
THURSDAY, JUNE 18
Luke 15:8-10

Memory verse: Luke 15:9-10

 

“…Rejoice with me;
for I have found the piece

which I had lost.”

 

PARABLE OF THE LOST COIN – THE LOST IS PRECIOUS
 
Every soul is precious in God’s eyes. But to man, the preciousness of souls is measured by their usefulness to society and the abundance of what they possess. By their standards, human life has become very cheap. Thus, the killings in wars and even during peacetime, abuses, abortions, euthanasia and the legalisation of mercy killing in many countries. When the powerful satisfy their greed through conquests, millions die for nothing! Evil leaders glorify themselves by having their names etched in the annals of time at the cost of millions of lives.
 
To her shame, the church did not and still does not fare any better. Tens of thousands of Christians have been persecuted for their faith because of the church’s blinded zeal that is not based on God’s truth. The falsehood that permeates throughout 21st-century Christianity is diabolical. The gospel preached today is tainted by errors, distortions and deceptions. The gospel of the Roman Catholic Church is one of superstition and is anchored in church traditions rather than God’s truth. The gospel of the Charismatics is carnal, promoting health and wealth, which Christ came to condemn. It is as if Christ died so that they could be healthy and wealthy on earth! This is blasphemy! Worst of all, perhaps, are the neo-evangelicals who proclaim the gospel from a Bible with mistakes. They are the worst and most dangerous because they are closest to the truth. They have the greatest capacity to deceive sinners, making them think they are believers, but in reality, they are still doomed to die in sin and be cast into hell.
 
All souls are precious to God. They are so precious that He gave His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to redeem us from our sins. All souls must be precious to every believer since they are precious to God. Do not stumble them. Do not deceive them with the false gospel. Live a holy life before God and all men, so that by your good works they will see Christ and glorify our Father who art in heaven.
 
THOUGHT: Are all souls in my life precious to me? Will I respond with my life of holiness?
PRAYER: Heavenly Father, teach me to love souls by living and dying for them as Christ did for me, for Christ’s sake. Amen.

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