Heralds Digest

  ““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? And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭15:4-5‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/114/luk.15.4-5.nkjv Even when the passion for souls is driven as a number game, everyone agrees that the business of soul-winning is better measured as a need-based activity. The needs of every soul are personal and unique; and the shepherd’s efforts are appreciated when these needs are treated with unique identity and preciously isolated. While our passion in the relationships within our circle are often subjected to complicated interests, it is noteworthy that the love of the Lord for all His children is precious and not complicated. He knows our name, and the challenges attached to our engagements in life uniquely. Even if any of us is the only lost soul in the world, the Lord would have still ga...

“I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭15:7‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/114/luk.15.7.nkjv The parable of a lost sheep was presented by Jesus to address the complaints of the Pharisees about His being a friend of sinners. However, the clear concept for those who care to unravel the parable is that Jesus acclaimed that scribes are sinners who need no repentance. There are many comfortable sinners in religious assemblies: physically present, but spiritually absent; actively compliant, but passively corrupted; physically loyal, but emotionally lost; and outwardly consecrated, but inwardly conforming. And how can seated scribes on the gospel pew be possibly reached with the words of salvation? They have become a bunch of no-joy fellows in fellowship. In the words of Reinhard Bonnke “A church that does not save the lost is lost itself”. Invariably, an unappealing sain...