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Luke
Chapter 15
{The
Parable of the Lost Sheep and Coin}
15:1``
Now all the tax collectors and sinners
were
continually crowding close
for
the purpose of hearing and obeying {akouo}
Him
{Jesus}.
15:2``But
the Pharisees
and
the experts in the sacred scriptures/law
were
'grumbling in a low undertone muttering, conferring secretly
with
one another and discontentedly complaining' {diagogguzo},
"This
one gives access to Himself
and
His companionship to sinners
and
eats with them."
15:3-4``So
Jesus told {lego} this parable
face
to face with them, saying,4``
"Which
one of you,
having
a hundred sheep and having one lost {apollumi},
would
not leave the ninety-nine 'unprotected in the desert/pasture'
and
go look for the one that is lost until he finds it?"
15:5``And,
having found/discovered it {the lost sheep},
he
lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing/'has inner happiness'."
15:6``
"And, having come to his house,
he
calls together his friends {philos - a rapport type relationship}
and
neighbors,
saying
{lego} to them,
'Rejoice
with {sugchairo} me,
because
I have found my sheep
that
was lost {apollumi- 'thought to have perished'}.' "
15:7``
I {Jesus} am saying {lego} to you,
in
the same way,
joy
{ chara} will be in heaven
over
one sinner who 'changes his mind' {metanoeo}
than
over ninety-nine 'just and righteous' { dikaios} people
who
need no repentance/'change of mind'.
{Note: Metanoeo - is the counterpart to 'homologeo'. Homologeo means to 'change your mind' with no emotion attached to it. Metanoeo is a word of the emotion. In this parable a lot of emotion is expressed in one sinner/lost sheep finding salvation. So this is referring to the point of salvation, not rebound.}
{Note: Dikaios means justice and righteousness. The act of being just and righteous is called dikaiosune. RBT defines the state of spiritual maturity as sharing the dikaiosune of God. Dikaiosune then is defined as 'the total fulfillment of spiritual maturity'. Our righteousnesses are worthless. Only the righteousnesses of God have value. So the dikaios ones share the righteousness of God - meaning they are already believers and saved.}
15:8``
"Or what woman,
having
ten silver coins/drachma {drachme},
if
she loses one of them
-
maybe she does, maybe she does not -
does
not light a lamp, sweep the house,
and
search thoroughly until she finds it?"
15:9``
"And, having found {it},
she
calls together her friends {philos - a rapport type relationship}
and
neighbors,
saying
{lego} to them,
'Rejoice
with {sugchairo} me,
because
I have found the coin
that
was lost {apollumi}.' "
15:10``
"In the same way,
I
{Jesus} am saying {lego} to you,
joy
{ chara} arises/begins in the presence of the angels of God
over
one sinner who 'changes his mind' {metanoeo}."
{Parable
about the Prodigal Son - a REBOUND parable}
11~~
And he said,
"A
certain man had two sons {Two believers - 'sons of God'}."
12~~
And the younger of them said to his father,
"Father,
give me the portion of goods that falls to me."
And,
he divided unto them his living.
13~~
And not many days after
the
younger son gathered all together,
and
took his journey into a far country,
and
there wasted his substance with riotous living.
14~~
And when he had spent all,
there
arose a mighty famine in that land.
And
he began to be in want.
15~~
And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country;
and
he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
16~~ And he kept on longing to have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat.
And
no man gave unto him
{he didn't even get paid - must have done a lousy job}.
17~~
And then he said to himself
{Idiom - literally 'when he came to himself '},
he
said, "How many hired servants of my father's
have
bread enough and to spare,
and
I perish with hunger!"
18~~
I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him,
"Father,
I have sinned against heaven {rebound} . . .
and
before you."
19~~
"And am no more worthy to be called your son.
Make
me as one of your hired servants."
{Note: Here he is having a guilt reaction.}
20~~ And he arose, and came to his father.
But
when he was yet a great way off,
his
father saw him, and had compassion,
and
ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
{Note: This is an analogy to God the Father's reaction when we rebound.}
21~~
And the son said unto him,
"Father,
I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight,
and
am no more worthy to be called your son . . . "
{Note: Trying to repeat what was said in verse 19 but the father cut him off from the nonsense - once a son ALWAYS a son - eternal salvation.}
22~~
But the father said to his servants,
"Bring
forth the best robe, and put it on him.
And
put a ring on his hand
{father's checkbook in those day's was his ring signature},
and
shoes on his feet."
23~~"And
bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it;
and
let us eat, and be merry."
24~~ "For this my son was dead {temporal death- out of fellowship}, and is alive again.
He was lost, and is found."
And they began to be merry.
25~~ Now his elder son was in the field.
And
as he came and drew near to the house,
he
heard music and dancing.
26~~
And he called one of the servants, and asked,
"What
is going on? What is going on?"
27~~
And he said unto him,
"Your
brother is come.
And
your father hath killed the fatted calf,
because
he has received him safe and sound."
28~~
And he was angry
{mental attitude sin - went right out of fellowship in self-
righteousness},
and
would not go in.
Therefore came his father out, and entreated him.
29~~ And he answering, said to his father,
"Lo,
these many years do I serve you,
neither
transgressed I at any time your commandment.
And
yet you never gave me a kid,
that
I might make merry with my friends."
30~~
"But as soon as this your son was come,
which
has devoured your living with harlots
{he doesn't know this! Maligns his brother - may be true but makes
no matter!},
you
have killed for him the fatted calf."
31~~
And he said unto him,
"Son,
you are ever with me, and all that I have is yours."
32~~ "Is it not fitting that we should celebrate and be happy?
For
this your brother was dead {carnality},
and
is alive again {rebound}.
And
was lost to us {out of fellowship},
and
is found {back in fellowship}."
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