24 (A)for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ And they began to be merry.

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(A)even when we were dead in trespasses, (B)made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

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13 And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses,

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10 (A)for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

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(A)“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it?

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16 (A)“I will seek what was lost and bring back what was driven away, bind up the broken and strengthen what was sick; but I will destroy (B)the fat and the strong, and feed them (C)in judgment.”

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By Grace Through Faith

And (A)you He made alive, (B)who were dead in trespasses and sins,

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32 It was right that we should make merry and be glad, (A)for your brother was dead and is alive again, and was lost and is found.’ ”

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For (A)the law of (B)the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from (C)the law of sin and death.

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11 Likewise you also, [a]reckon yourselves to be (A)dead indeed to sin, but (B)alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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  1. Romans 6:11 consider

But she who lives in [a]pleasure is dead while she lives.

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  1. 1 Timothy 5:6 indulgence

14 Therefore He says:

(A)“Awake, you who sleep,
Arise from the dead,
And Christ will give you light.”

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The Dead Church

“And to the [a]angel of the church in Sardis write,

‘These things says He who (A)has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: “I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead.

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  1. Revelation 3:1 Or messenger

14 For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that (A)if One died for all, then all died; 15 and He died for all, (B)that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.

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15 For if their being cast away is the reconciling of the world, what will their acceptance be (A)but life from the dead?

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13 And do not present your (A)members as [a]instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but (B)present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

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  1. Romans 6:13 Or weapons

25 Jesus said to her, “I am (A)the resurrection and the life. (B)He who believes in Me, though he may (C)die, he shall live.

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Life and Judgment Are Through the Son

24 “Most assuredly, I say to you, (A)he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, (B)but has passed from death into life. 25 Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when (C)the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live.

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21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, (A)even so the Son gives life to whom He will.

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I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents (A)than over ninety-nine [a]just persons who (B)need no repentance.

The Parable of the Lost Coin

“Or what woman, having ten silver [b]coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it? And when she has found it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I lost!’

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  1. Luke 15:7 upright
  2. Luke 15:8 Gr. drachma, a valuable coin often worn in a ten-piece garland by married women

12 Therefore they shall come and sing in (A)the height of Zion,
Streaming to (B)the goodness of the Lord
For wheat and new wine and oil,
For the young of the flock and the herd;
Their souls shall be like a (C)well-watered garden,
(D)And they shall sorrow no more at all.

13 “Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance,
And the young men and the old, together;
For I will turn their mourning to joy,
Will comfort them,
And make them rejoice rather than sorrow.
14 I will [a]satiate the soul of the priests with abundance,
And My people shall be satisfied with My goodness, says the Lord.”

Mercy on Ephraim

15 Thus says the Lord:

(E)“A voice was heard in (F)Ramah,
Lamentation and bitter (G)weeping,
Rachel weeping for her children,
Refusing to be comforted for her children,
Because (H)they are no more.”

16 Thus says the Lord:

“Refrain your voice from (I)weeping,
And your eyes from tears;
For your work shall be rewarded, says the Lord,
And they shall come back from the land of the enemy.
17 There is (J)hope in your future, says the Lord,
That your children shall come back to their own border.

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  1. Jeremiah 31:14 Fill to the full

10 And the (A)ransomed of the Lord shall return,
And come to Zion with singing,
With everlasting joy on their heads.
They shall obtain joy and gladness,
And (B)sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

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26 And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

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15 (A)Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.

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A Blind Man Healed at Bethsaida

22 Then He came to Bethsaida; and they brought a (A)blind man to Him, and begged Him to (B)touch him.

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