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Let me ask you a question, friend.

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Are you saved?

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Are you?

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Then let me ask you this.

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Have you ever been lost?

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How do you know you're saved if you've

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never been lost?

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Modern evangelism has omitted and ignored the connection

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which Jesus taught between a lost sinner and

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his need of repentance.

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In the Gospel of Luke, we have ample

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illustrations of these two truths as Jesus time

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and time again taught his men the path

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to eternal life.

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There are two verses found in Luke's Gospel

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that describe both Christ's purpose in salvation and

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man's duty regarding it, and they are like

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two mighty door hinges upon which the way

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of salvation opens and closes.

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These verses are Luke 5.32 and Luke

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19.10. Let us read these one by

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one.

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Here now is the word of God and

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may the Spirit of the Lord attend the

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reading of his holy word.

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Luke 5.32 declares, I came not to

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call the righteous but sinners to repentance.

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And Luke 19.10 states, For the Son

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of Man is come to seek and to

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save that which was lost.

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Jesus is looking for lost sinners who need

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to repent.

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This is better illustrated by his parables in

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Luke chapter 15 about the lost sheep, the

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lost coin, and the lost son.

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The man who lost his sheep said, Rejoice

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with me, for I found my sheep which

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was lost.

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And the key to understanding this is found

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in Luke 15.7 where Jesus states, I

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say unto you that likewise joy shall be

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in heaven over one sinner that repented more

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than over ninety and nine just persons which

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need no repentance.

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Then Jesus speaks a parable about a woman

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in a lost coin where she loses a

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silver coin and sweeps the whole house looking

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for it, and when she finds it she

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exclaims, Rejoice with me, for I have found

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the peace which I had lost.

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And I notice Christ's observation, Likewise I say

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unto you there is joy in the presence

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of angels, of God over one sinner that

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repenteth.

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The emphasis in these parables is on the

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words lost and repentance.

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Then Jesus relates the parable about the lost

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son who took his inheritance and squandered it

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and riotous living until he was forced to

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attach himself to a man who had some

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swine.

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And he fed those swine and ate of

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their husks.

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And we see this prodigal finally come to

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his senses and he returns to his father's

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house.

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And when he sees his father he says,

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Father I have sinned against heaven and in

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thy sight and am no more worthy to

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be called thy son.

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We see here how the relationship is restored

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once repentance is exercised.

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And in Luke chapter 13 we find a

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call to repentance by our Lord.

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In 13.3 we read, I tell you

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nay but except you repent ye shall all

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likewise perish.

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And that applies to the famous lost seminary

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professor who claimed that repentance was not necessary

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for salvation.

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It applies to the chairman of the deacon

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who has never exercised repentance.

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It applies to all baptized church members who

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rest upon an empty religious profession by being

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strangers to repentance.

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Friend have you ever been a lost sinner

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seeking a savior from sin?

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Have you ever felt your need of a

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remedy for sin in the person of Christ

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Jesus?

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If you merely walked an aisle and accepted

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Jesus as your personal savior chances are you've

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missed repentance.

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And if you miss repentance you miss faith.

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Because in Acts 20.21 we read how

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the apostle Paul preached the gospel testifying both

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to the Jews and also to the Greeks

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repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord

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Jesus Christ.

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Like I said friends if you miss repentance

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you miss faith.

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And if you miss faith you miss Jesus

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and end up with a false profession that

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will eventually send you to devil's hell.

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Repent before it's too late.