Once Lost, Now Found Part 2: Good Regrets | Pastor David Welch
- Bear Creek Church
- May 5
- 2 min read
THE IDEA:
This parable is about how we forget God and then find Him again.
Luke 15:13-20
How to Come Back to God
I. I Wake Up From My Spiritual Coma
Luke 15:17
"But when he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my father's hired men have more than enough bread, but I am dying here with hunger!"
II. I Run to the Father Who Runs to Me
Luke 15:20-24
"So he got up and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion for him, and ran and embraced him and kissed him."
What is mercy?
It is God's response to our unworthiness
It's the offer of a LOVE we do not DESERVE
It's the offer of FORGIVENESS you cannot EARN
It's the offer of RESTORATION you should not RECEIVE
It's receiving everything good you are not worthy of.
What mercy does -
It's your Father freely offering you everything good you DON'T actually deserve
The Robe; the Ring; the sandals; you celebrated
It's RESTORATION!
What God Does With Our Sins
He lays them on his Son - Jesus Christ. Isaiah 53:6
Christ takes them away. John 1:29
They are removed an immeasurable distance - as far East as is from West. Psalm 123:12
When sought for, they are not found. Jeremiah 50:20
The Lord forgives them. Ephesians 1:7
He cleanses them ALL away by the blood of his son. 1 John 1:7
He cleanses them as white as snow. Isaiah 1:18; Psalm 51:7
He abundantly pardons them. Isaiah 55:7
He tramples them under foot. Micah 7:19 (RV)
He remembers them no more. Hebrews 10:17
He casts them behind his back. Isaiah 38:17
He casts them into the depths of the sea. Micah 7:19
He covers them. Romans 4:7
He blots them out. Isaiah 43:25
He blots them out as a thick cloud. Isaiah 44:22
He blots out even the proof against us, nailing it to his Son's Cross. Colossians 2:14
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