Thematic Bible: Lost
Thematic Bible
Lost » Power » Sheep
A scattered sheep is Israel, lions have driven away, At first, devour him did the king of Asshur, And now, at last, broken his bone Hath Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.
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for ye were as sheep going astray, but ye turned back now to the shepherd and overseer of your souls.
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And having seen the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, that they were faint and cast aside, as sheep not having a shepherd,
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and he answering said, 'I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.'
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and be going rather unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
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A perishing flock hath My people been, Their shepherds have caused them to err, To the mountains causing them to go back, From mountain unto hill they have gone, They have forgotten their crouching-place.
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Go astray do My flock on all the mountains, And on every high hill, And on all the face of the land have My flock been scattered, And there is none inquiring, and none seeking.
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What think ye? if a man may have an hundred sheep, and there may go astray one of them, doth he not -- having left the ninety-nine, having gone on the mountains -- seek that which is gone astray?
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Lost » Opportunity » For sympathy with the master - by the disciples
then cometh he unto his disciples, and saith to them, 'Sleep on henceforth, and rest! lo, the hour hath come nigh, and the Son of Man is delivered up to the hands of sinners.
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And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and he saith to Peter, 'So! ye were not able one hour to watch with me! watch, and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation: the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.'
Lost » Opportunity » For meeting the risen lord - by thomas
It being, therefore, evening, on that day, the first of the sabbaths, and the doors having been shut where the disciples were assembled, through fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and saith to them, 'Peace to you;'
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And Thomas, one of the twelve, who is called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came;
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Lost » Opportunity » For sympathetic service - by the castaways
'Then shall they answer, they also, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or infirm, or in prison, and we did not minister to thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of these, the least, ye did it not to me.
Lost » Opportunity » For investment - by the one-talented man
'And his lord answering said to him, Evil servant, and slothful, thou hadst known that I reap where I did not sow, and I gather whence I did not scatter! it behoved thee then to put my money to the money-lenders, and having come I had received mine own with increase.
Lost » Opportunity » For complete victory - by a half-hearted king
And the man of God is wroth against him, and saith, 'By smiting five or six times then thou hadst smitten Aram till consuming; and now, three times thou dost smite Aram.'
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Lost » Opportunity » For providing oil - by the foolish virgins
'And while they are going away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those ready went in with him to the marriage-feasts, and the door was shut;
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Lost » Opportunity » For accepting Christ- by jerusalem
And when he came nigh, having seen the city, he wept over it, saying -- 'If thou didst know, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things for thy peace; but now they were hid from thine eyes.
Lost » Opportunity » For repentance - by israel
Harvest hath passed, summer hath ended, And we -- we have not been saved.
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