319 - Distress, Debt and Discontent
Napsal(a) Jonathan S. Rose
Title: Distress, Debt and Discontent
Topic: Salvation
Summary: The first part in us to turn toward the Lord is the part that has known spiritual distress, debt, and discontent.
References:
1 Samuel 22:1-2
Deuteronomy 4:30-31; 28:53-57
Judges 9:4; 11:1-3, 6-7
1 Samuel 1:9-11, 13, 15; 30:21-22
2 Samuel 24:13-14
Job 3:20-26; 20:22; 36:15-16
Psalms 18:1, 4-6, 16, 19; 118:5-6
Isaiah 29:5-8; 38:15-19; 42:3
Matthew 9:10-13; 11:28-30
Luke 15:1-7
Hebrews 12:1
This video is a part of the Spirit and Life Bible Study series, whose purpose is to look at the Bible, the whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible through a Swedenborgian lens.
Spirit and Life Bible Study broadcast from 10/11/2017. The complete series is available at: www.spiritandlifebiblestudy.com
Luke 15:1-7
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Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him.
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The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, "This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them."
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He told them this parable.
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"Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn't leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?
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When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
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When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!'
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I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.
