Facing Mercy - Luke 15:1-10

Along with the hard truth of a sinner’s need for transformation, Jesus also teaches God’s intensive labor to save the sinner and accept his or her repentance. These lessons come as Jesus journeys toward His atoning work of salvation in Jerusalem. The context of humanity’s faithlessness, their rejection of Jesus’ visitation, their ignorance of His significance, and their misunderstanding of His Kingdom provide the framework for these salvation teachings. They also provide those God-lovers with wobbly faith an understanding of just how forgiving and caring God is. This provision fulfills Luke’s purpose of steadying the God-lovers’ faith.