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Explore powerful biblical verses urging us to search carefully for the lost, truth, and to please God. Let's heed the call to spread the gospel, seek truth, and do what is pleasing in His sight.
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Searching Carefully • The Parable of the Lost Coin • Luke 15:8-10 • “sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it” • Are we Searching Carefully?
Searching Carefully • For the Lost
For the Lost • Matthew 18:11-17 – “the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost” • I Timothy 1:15 – “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” • James 5:19-20 – “save a soul from death”
For the Lost • Mark 16:15-16 – “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature” • Matthew 9:35-38 – “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few”
Searching Carefully • For the Lost • For the Truth
For the Truth • Matthew 13:45-46 – “sold all that he had and bought it” • Proverbs 23:23 – “Buy the truth, and do not sell it” • John 8:31-32 – “you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make your free”
For the Truth • Acts 17:11 – “searched the Scriptures daily” • Hebrews 5:12-14 – “senses exercised to discern both good and evil” • II Timothy 2:15 – “rightly dividing the word of truth”
Searching Carefully • For the Lost • For the Truth • To Please God
To Please God • II Corinthians 5:9-10 – “we make it our aim… to be will pleasing to Him” • Ephesians 5:8-10 – “finding out what is acceptable to the Lord”
To Please God • John 4:23-24 – “the Father is seeking such to worship Him” • Colossians 1:9-14 – “walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him”
Searching Carefully • Example of the Ethiopian Eunuch: • Acts 8:26-39