Who came?
Jesus came.
What’s lost?
The whole human race, starting from Adam on down to the present, except One. Jesus avoided this sinful gene because of virgin birth.
Luke 19:10 – 10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.”
We’re lost. The first thing every human being has to be able to do is look around them and realize something is drastically wrong with me and the creation around me. If can’t see that, one is not going to seek truth or redemption.
Look at people. They lie when they don’t even have to. Why? Look at ourselves. We get upset and treat people, usually the ones we love most terribly at times. Why? Others are so evil that even if we want to fool ourselves, we can’t ignore the obvious.
Alright you say, but what’s this about creation being drastically wrong. When Adam fell along with Eve they turned things over to Satan. He hates…everything. No love in him. The curse has not only man, but also the creation.
Tornados, Earthquakes, Hurricanes, Tsunamis, Hail Storms, etc. All of these things that wreak havoc on this earth.
Gracefully, most animals still have instincts to fear humans. Not so sure that will be the case in the Tribulation.
Revelation 6:8 – I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.
These beasts could clearly be that kind we may not see in the form of viruses, but if the animals did turn on humans it would be a nightmare and very deadly. In any event we don’t want to be here to find out first hand.
Jesus came to earth to die for our transgressions. We’re lost. He came to seek what was lost. We’re like a bunch of sheep roaming out in a dark pasture.
Many of the sheep are coming across things in the creation and saying, “Look at this. I will make this my God.” It can be in the form of almost anything.
The real Shepherd has come back and is calling out in His voice.
John 10:27 – 27My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
His sheep hear His voice. They follow him. Those that are not His sheep follow after other things and not Him.
Follow Jesus, not everything else that is preoccupying our busy lives. You can’t invent another way back to God, no matter how sincere one wants to be towards that way.