Luke 15:4-7
Day 1
God joyfully carries us when he pursues and we accept his invitation. Jesus came to call sinners to repentance. This parable given was in response to the leaders’ muttering and complaining.
Day 2
Sinner- hamartolos– someone devoted to sin
Repent- metanoeo– change mind/think differently
Righteous- dikaios– upright/right in God’s eyes/do right by God
Day 3
The Pharisees couldn’t believe Jesus was eating with the outcast of society. The Pharisees were certainly ones that needed to repent and think differently about the world.
Day 4
Eating with someone in this day meant that you accepted and recognized them. This does not mean Jesus accepted their behavior but accepted them as people who could inherit the kingdom. The shepherd theme in the parable was common to most everyone there.
Day 5
The parable of the lost sheep echoes Exekiel 34:11-12, 16 where Israel is the sheep and God is the shepherd. The Pharisees should have been better shepherds to the people of Israel like Jesus was in that moment.
Day 6/7
Tax collectors, many of them Jews, would have been considered “lost sheep” of Israel since they “betrayed” their people by working for the Romans. This parable should make us rejoice for we have been rescued by God through Jesus.
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