What Is An Example Of Lostness Found In The Parable Of The Lost Sheep?

The second example of lostness is found in the “Parable of the Lost Sheep”. This parable was told in response to when the Pharisees criticized Jesus for accepting the sinners and eating with them. He asks a similar question as before, saying: “Which of you who has a hundred sheep and loses one, will not go out of your way to leave the ninety-nine sheep alone and go after the lost one until you find it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home. Calling his friends together and says, “Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep” (Luke 15: 3-6, CEB). Jesus then reveals that this tale is a metaphor for how heaven will rejoice over a person who repents than over the other “ninety-nine” righteous people. Jesus portrays

The passage states: “When the older brother heard of the news, he was angry and said to his father: All these years I have been your slave and never neglected any of your orders, but you never gave me a calf. But when this son of yours comes back, the one who ate up your livelihood, in the company of whores, you slaughter the fattened calf for him. The father said: My child, you are always with me, all that is mine is yours; but we had to rejoice, because your brother was a dead man and came to life, he was lost and has been found” (NAWL B, 27). This parable shows the kind, forgiving nature of God. He is the ultimate father figure, and our earthly fathers are supposed to reflect his nature. Instead of being nasty about what happened, his father refers to his son as being “a dead man that came back to life”. In no way was he dead, in a physical sense, or even dead to his father, but dead to his spiritual self. His father did not care about the betrayal, he was just overjoyed that his son had come home to be with him

Penelope, Odysseus’ wife, waited for her husband, never giving up hope to choose another king, even though she had many suitors. The story quotes: “Oh, yes indeed, she remains in your halls, her heart enduring the bitter days and nights. But the honor that was yours has not passed to any man” (NAWL B, 455). Everyone had fate that the beloved king would return, even so that his son went out seeking him to ensure that he was still alive. Once he returned home, everyone rejoiced and was merry because their king had returned to the kingdom in which he