In the three parables that Luke records for us in Luke 15 we see the lost sheep, the lost coin and the lost sons. In the first parable the coin is lost by just wondering away. The writer of Hebrews warns us against that in Hebrews 2. In the second parable the coin is lost by carelessness. Again we see that warning in Hebrews when the writer tells us to guard our hearts. In the third parable the son was lost by deliberate choice. Whatever the reason they were all lost.
Interesting is the conclusion. In both of the first two parables Jesus draws the parallel of the joy on earth with the joy in heaven. In the third parable the conclusion is the same except where was the joy on earth when the son returned?
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