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#523: Reaching the Lost

January 27, 2022 • Loren Hicks

The Big Idea:

The great passion of God’s heart is lost people. It’s the reason He sent his son into the world. In Luke 19:10, Jesus said he came “to seek and save those who are lost.” Every person that does not have a relationship with Jesus is lost and headed towards an eternity separated from God. This makes our message urgent.

Main Points:

1. While the term “lost” may be offensive to some, it is the word Jesus uses to describe someone who has not yet come to a point of faith and trust in Christ. In Luke chapter 15, Jesus tells three stories that illustrate that people away from God are lost.
2. A person who is spiritually lost is one who is unsaved, still in their sins, and headed for an eternity separated from God. Nothing is more urgent than the spiritually lost person being found.
3. God doesn’t expect lost people to find us; he expects us to find them. He expects us to look for them. It’s our responsibility.

Today’s Scripture Verse:

Romans 10:14-15 - “How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can anyone preach unless they are sent?”

2 Peter 3:9 - God is “…not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.”

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