“What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.”
Luke 15:4-5 KJV
Dr. Luke writes, “There once was a shepherd with a hundred lambs, but one of his lambs wandered away and was lost. So the shepherd left the ninety-nine lambs out in the open field and searched in the wilderness for that one lost lamb. He didn’t stop until he finally found it. With exuberant joy, he raised it up, placed it on his shoulders, and carried it back with cheerful delight!” There is this theory going around that shepherds take the errant lamb and break its leg to ensure that it doesn’t run away again. This is so not what Jesus does as here in the parable Jesus tells that the shepherd finds the lamb and raises it up and places it on his shoulders and brings it back, rejoicing. As Jesus said, “I Am the Good Shepherd: the Good Shepherd gives His Life for the sheep.” Let’s thank our Father God. Now may the God of peace Who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the Blood of the everlasting covenant, make us complete in every good work to do His will, working in us what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to Whom be glory forever and ever. Amen!
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