Luke 15:1-7

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

15 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. 2 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

3 Then Jesus told them this parable: 4 “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? 5 And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders 6 and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’ 7 I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.

John 14:6

6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 10:28-29

Pastor Joseph and Rev. Dorian lead a Bible Study of 1 Corinthians.

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Worshipping in truth and spirit.

Living for an audience of one.

It was while C.T. Studd was studying at Cambridge University in 1833, that he came across the following tract written by an anonymous atheist:

"If I firmly believed, as millions say they do, that the knowledge and practice of religion in this life, influence destiny in the eternal world--then religion would mean everything to me. I would cast away all . . .
earthly enjoyments as dross,
earthly cares as follies,
and earthly thoughts and feelings as vanity.

"I would esteem one soul gained for Heaven, worth a life of suffering. Earthly consequences would never stay my hand nor seal my lips. Earth--its joys and its griefs--would occupy no moment of my thoughts. I would strive to look upon eternity alone, and on the immortal souls around me--soon to be everlastingly happy or everlastingly miserable.

"I would speak to my fellow men in season and out of season; and as far as my influence reached, I would strive to save them from eternal doom.

"Yet, you Christians who profess to believe this truth, and who say that you have been saved from eternal damnation--you do nothing! You profess to believe that the unconverted are going to Hell, yet you are as unconcerned about your fellow men as if they were only brutes. If I believed what you claim to believe, I would not rest, day or night, until I had ensured that everyone I met heard and had the opportunity to be saved. My text would be: "What shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?" Mark 8:36