Lost Sheep

[burningbible]

Luke 15:4 says:

What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?

What does it meant to "leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness?"  Is there a sense in which God leaves believers in a wilderness in order to win an unbeliever?

Comments

[abbyjoymaas]

I think it's talking about the second context

[burningbible]

I'm gonna be picky- "context" isn't the word you want. Context is the stuff surrounding what you're saying.

Why do you think that? :D

[abbyjoymaas]

Alright, what you suggest instead of context, Jacob?

Cause I don't think God leaves believers in the wilderness in order to win an unbeliever. He's always with us, He never leaves us. I agree with the second point (is that a better word? :D)

[kaylajoym]

Give me my name back. I'll give you yours.

[stelimortan]

I think the second interpretation has a real hole in it, in that it kind of sounds like the nine and ninety are lost sheep! That sure doesn't make sense.

[burningbible]

That's a really good point. That's why I'm trying to make it mean something else. Although, doesn't Jesus do similar things elsewhere? "I am come not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentence," "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick," etc.