10 “In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” Luke 15:8-10.
Today’s parable of the Lost Coin is very similar to yesterday’s parable of the Lost Sheep. We see two statements substantially repeated: “Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I had lost!” and “I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” Such repetition along with the emphasis “I tell you” warrants our deepest attention.
Today, we will focus on the statements “Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I had lost!”
Although there are many things that man loses and never finds, God always finds what He “lost”, so to speak. We can say that God truly never lost it.
“All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out. “For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. “This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of all that He has given Me I lose nothing, but raise it up on the last day. “For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day.” John 6:37-40. (Emphasis added.)
“While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name which You have given Me; and I guarded them and not one of them perished but the son of perdition, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.” John 17:12. (Emphasis added.)
“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. “My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. “I and the Father are one.” John 10:27-30.
This is “Perseverance of the Saints” also known as “Preservation of the Saints”, the “P” of “TULIP”, the Five Points of Calvinism also known as Reformed Doctrine. “Rejoice with me”!
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