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To: kosta50; P-Marlowe; Dr. Eckleburg
It's a parable about sinners

Psalm 119:176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments

Isaiah 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Luke 15:3

And he spake this parable unto them, saying, 15:4

What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?

15:5 And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

15:6 And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.

15:7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

7,595 posted on 09/29/2007 9:59:55 AM PDT by 1000 silverlings
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To: 1000 silverlings

The sheep in this example didn’t repent.

He was kidnapped and forcibly brought back. No repentence. Forced repentence is no repentence at all.


7,598 posted on 09/29/2007 10:04:53 AM PDT by MarkBsnr (V. Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariae. R. Et concepit de Spiritu Sancto.)
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