Luke 15:3-7 in the ESV "What man of you, having a
hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in
the open country, and go after the one that is lost? And when he has found it,
he lays it on his shoulders rejoicing. And when he comes home, he calls
together his friends and his neighbors saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I
have found the sheep that was lost.' Just so, I tell you, there will be more
joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous
persons who need no repentance.
Twice in the verses above, He mentions the one lost sheep
the ninety-nine were not lost. So, if you are saved you are not lost. The lost
sheep is the sinner who repents and makes things right with God. The other
ninety-nine people need no repentance. They are already righteous.
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