Thematic Bible: Lost
Thematic Bible
Lost » Power » Sheep
"Israel is a hunted sheep driven away by lions. First the king of Assyria devoured him, and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has gnawed his bones.
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For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
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When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
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He answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
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but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
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"My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains. From mountain to hill they have gone. They have forgotten their fold.
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My sheep were scattered; they wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over all the face of the earth, with none to search or seek for them.
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What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray?
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Lost » Opportunity » For sympathy with the master - by the disciples
Then he came to the disciples and said to them, "Sleep and take your rest later on. See, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
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And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. And he said to Peter, "So, could you not watch with me one hour? Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."
Lost » Opportunity » For meeting the risen lord - by thomas
On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you."
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Now Thomas, one of the Twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came.
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Lost » Opportunity » For sympathetic service - by the castaways
Then they also will answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?' Then he will answer them, saying, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.'
Lost » Opportunity » For investment - by the one-talented man
But his master answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed? Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest.
Lost » Opportunity » For complete victory - by a half-hearted king
Then the man of God was angry with him and said, "You should have struck five or six times; then you would have struck down Syria until you had made an end of it, but now you will strike down Syria only three times."
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Lost » Opportunity » For providing oil - by the foolish virgins
And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.
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Lost » Opportunity » For accepting Christ- by jerusalem
And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, "Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
Lost » Opportunity » For repentance - by israel
"The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved."
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