"More Than Enough" -2

"Then drew near unto Him all the publicans and sinners for to hear Him. And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. And He spake this parable unto them, saying..." (Luke 15:1-3) The following 29 verses in the chapter of Luke 15, have to do with three separate issues: the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the lost son. All these issues have one thing very distinctive in common, which is that the father who loses his son, the woman who loses her coin, and the shepherd who loses his sheep, do not give up the right of ownership. In the same manner, God is presented as still claiming His right of ownership even of those who are lost. When they are reclaimed, it is not He who becomes their Father or their rightful owner, but they become His again. I cannot stress enough how important it is to remember that we are His child, because this is what keeps us from giving up!!! God will never give up on us; Never! He will never dismiss ownership of those that are His; even in judgement, He will be judge of that which is His. I hope you got that? "He came unto His own (His!!!), and His own received Him not. But as many as received Him, to them gave He power (Authority!!!) to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His Name." (John 1:11 & 12)