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Once Lost, Now Found Part 2: Good Regrets | Pastor David Welch











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

  1. He lays them on his Son - Jesus Christ. Isaiah 53:6

  2. Christ takes them away. John 1:29

  3. They are removed an immeasurable distance - as far East as is from West. Psalm 123:12

  4. When sought for, they are not found. Jeremiah 50:20

  5. The Lord forgives them. Ephesians 1:7

  6. He cleanses them ALL away by the blood of his son. 1 John 1:7

  7. He cleanses them as white as snow. Isaiah 1:18; Psalm 51:7

  8. He abundantly pardons them. Isaiah 55:7

  9. He tramples them under foot. Micah 7:19 (RV)

  10. He remembers them no more. Hebrews 10:17

  11. He casts them behind his back. Isaiah 38:17

  12. He casts them into the depths of the sea. Micah 7:19

  13. He covers them. Romans 4:7

  14. He blots them out. Isaiah 43:25

  15. He blots them out as a thick cloud. Isaiah 44:22

  16. He blots out even the proof against us, nailing it to his Son's Cross. Colossians 2:14



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