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• Sermon
• Labor For
• Lambs and Loonies
• Luca 151-10

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Luke 151-10

• The Parable of the Lost Sheep
• 1 Now the tax collectors and "sinners" were all
  gathering around to hear him.
• 2 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law
  muttered, "This man welcomes sinners and eats
  with them."

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Luke 151-10

• The Parable of the Lost Sheep
• 3 Then Jesus told them this parable
• 4 "Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and
  loses one of them. Does he not leave the
  ninety-nine in the open country and go after the
  lost sheep until he finds it?

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Luke 151-10

• The Parable of the Lost Sheep
• 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.'

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Luke 151-10

• The Parable of the 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.

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Luke 151-10

• The Parable of the Lost Coin
• 8 "Or suppose a woman has ten silver coinsa
  and loses one. Does she not light a lamp, sweep
  the house and search carefully until she finds
  it?
• 9 And when she finds it, she calls her friends
  and neighbors together and says, 'Rejoice with
  me I have found my lost coin.'

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Luke 151-10

• The Parable of the Lost Coin
• 10 In the same way, I tell you, there is
  rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God
  over one sinner who repents."

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• I. The
• Lostness
• of Lambs
• and
• Loonies

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SHEEP
LAMBS
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Luke 151-10

• The Parable of the Lost Sheep
• 1 Now the tax collectors and "sinners" were all
  gathering around to hear him.
• 2 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law
  muttered, "This man welcomes sinners and eats
  with them."

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THE NINETY AND NINEWords Elizabeth C.
Clephane, 1868.Music Ira D. Sankey, Sacred
Songs and Solos, 1874

• There were ninety and nine that safely lay
• In the shelter of the fold.
• But one was out on the hills away,
• Far off from the gates of gold.
• Away on the mountains wild and bare.
• Away from the tender Shepherds care.
• Away from the tender Shepherds care.

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THE NINETY AND NINEWords Elizabeth C.
Clephane, 1868.Music Ira D. Sankey, Sacred
Songs and Solos, 1874

• Kìa chín möôi chín con naèm bình yeân,
• Trong boán vaùch töôøng raøn chieân,
• Moät con bô vô nôi doác nuùi xa,
• Xa caùch cöûa vaøng nhaø Cha
• Ngô Ngaùc quaån quanh non nuùi goác gai,
• Vaéng boùng Cöùu Chuùa, Ngöôøi chaên eâm aùi,
• Vaéng boùng Cöùu Chuùa dìu daét ñeâm ngaøy.

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THE NINETY AND NINEWords Elizabeth C.
Clephane, 1868.Music Ira D. Sankey, Sacred
Songs and Solos, 1874

• Lord, Thou hast here Thy ninety and nine
• Are they not enough for Thee?
• But the Shepherd made answer
• This of Mine
• Has wandered away from Me
• And although the road be rough and steep,
• I go to the desert to find My sheep,
• I go to the desert to find My sheep.

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• II. The
• Labor
• of Looking
• For
• Lost Lambs
• and Loonies

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Luke 151-10

• The Parable of the Lost Sheep
• 3 Then Jesus told them this parable
• 4 "Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and
  loses one of them. Does he not leave the
  ninety-nine in the open country and go after the
  lost sheep until he finds it?

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Luke 151-10

• The Parable of the Lost Coin
• 8 "Or suppose a woman has ten silver coinsa
  and loses one. Does she not light a lamp, sweep
  the house and search carefully until she finds
  it?

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THE NINETY AND NINEWords Elizabeth C.
Clephane, 1868.Music Ira D. Sankey, Sacred
Songs and Solos, 1874

• Lord, Thou hast here Thy ninety and nine
• Are they not enough for Thee?
• But the Shepherd made answer
• This of Mine
• Has wandered away from Me
• And although the road be rough and steep,
• I go to the desert to find My sheep,
• I go to the desert to find My sheep.

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THE NINETY AND NINEWords Elizabeth C.
Clephane, 1868.Music Ira D. Sankey, Sacred
Songs and Solos, 1874

• But none of the ransomed ever knew
• How deep were the waters crossed
• Nor how dark was the night the Lord passed
  through
• Ere He found His sheep that was lost.
• Out in the desert He heard its cry,
• Sick and helpless and ready to die
• Sick and helpless and ready to die.

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THE NINETY AND NINEWords Elizabeth C.
Clephane, 1868.Music Ira D. Sankey, Sacred
Songs and Solos, 1874

• Lord, whence are those blood drops all the way
• That mark out the mountains track?
• They were shed for one who had gone astray
• Ere the Shepherd could bring him back.
• Lord, whence are Thy hands so rent and torn?
• They are pierced tonight by many a thorn
• They are pierced tonight by many a thorn.

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• III. The
• deLight
• of Finding
• Lost Lambs
• and Loonies

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Luke 151-10

• The Parable of the Lost Sheep
• 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.'

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Luke 151-10

• The Parable of the 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.

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Luke 151-10

• The Parable of the Lost Coin
• 9 And when she finds it, she calls her friends
  and neighbors together and says, 'Rejoice with
  me I have found my lost coin.'

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Luke 151-10

• The Parable of the Lost Coin
• 10 In the same way, I tell you, there is
  rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God
  over one sinner who repents."

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THE NINETY AND NINEWords Elizabeth C.
Clephane, 1868.Music Ira D. Sankey, Sacred
Songs and Solos, 1874

• Ñieäu ca nghe nhö loâi ñình doäi vang,
• Rung nuùi lôùn, daäy röøng hoang,
• Vöôït qua khoâng trung leân ñeán thaùnh moân
• "Vui quaù ñaõ tìm ñöôïc con!"
• Thieân söù ñöùng quanh beân Chuùa xöôùng ca
• "Cöùu Chuùa ñaõ kieám ñöôïc chieân vui quaù,
• Cöùu Chuùa ñaõ kieám ñöôïc chieân voâ nhaø!"

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THE NINETY AND NINEWords Elizabeth C.
Clephane, 1868.Music Ira D. Sankey, Sacred
Songs and Solos, 1874

• And all through the mountains, thunder riven
• And up from the rocky steep,
• There arose a glad cry to the gate of Heaven,
• Rejoice! I have found My sheep!
• And the angels echoed around the throne,
• Rejoice, for the Lord brings back His own!
• Rejoice, for the Lord brings back His own!

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