June 7, 2023 • 26 mins
The three stories in chapter 15 stir feelings for the lost and the loser. In a few brief sentences, Jesus' parables tug at feelings of loss and remorse that lie buried beneath the surface in all of us.
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Let's talk about let's talk about money.
Let's talk about sex. Let's talkabout drugs.
Let's talk about you.
Let's talk about me.
As talking about us. Let's talkabout we
talk about you. Let's talk aboutme, let's talk about us. Let's
(00:28):
talk about the let's talk aboutwealth. Let's talk about green
let's talk being broke living inpoverty. Let's talk about black.
Let's talk about white. Let'stalk about how we still fight
for our rights. Let's talk aboutsex games and drugs. And let's
talk about God. Let's talk aboutlove. Let's discuss our
feelings. Hey, y'all welcome toblessed to be as I'm your
(00:48):
cousin, and Christ. 112 A bit.
And this is bougie Biblestudies. If you are new here,
I'd like to welcome you to thenumber one Bible study class
that you will ever come across.
If you are not new here. Youalready know how we get down as
we dive into the Bible and reada chapter a week for all of you
that is new here, we dive intothe Bible, and get an
(01:09):
understanding of the stories,see what God is trying to talk
to us about, because he talkedto us all individually. And the
Bible is just so important. Theycome in many different
languages. And it's just beenaround for centuries on top of
centuries. And you guys alreadyknow like it's preached all over
the world is very important toknow the words of the Bible and
(01:32):
to be able to recite scripturesover your life. Not only that,
but to live by Scripture. And tojust have that one on one
relationship with God is justsuper important. It is highly
recommended for anybody thatwants to live and enjoy an
everyday life where they canjust embrace who they are, learn
who they are get to knowthemselves all along while
(01:54):
getting to learn the highercreator, and one awesome in
charge of us all, which is themighty Lord Himself. If you are
new here, what I like to do is Ilike to go into the stories of
the Bible, I have a trackerBible here that's helping me go
through the Bible, and justreally, you know, understand the
stories, one chapter at a time.
I am not a preacher, I am notsomebody who prophesied over
(02:19):
other people. I'm really just abeliever, and I walk by faith
and not by sight. So what I dohere is solely for my
understanding, but I createdthis podcast to also share the
Word of God and just share myexperiences on what I've been
going through and how I managedto operate and live an enjoyable
(02:41):
life every day. So this podcastwas designed for me to express
myself and be able to talk aboutsome of the things that I don't
talk about what other people andjust really, you know, connect
with myself and get into theBible, because it's just really
important. You can go to church,and you can have people pray for
(03:01):
you. But it is somethingdifferent when you actually pick
up the Bible and have that oneon one time with God. And so I
just welcome you to the bestBible study class that you guys
will ever come across. Welcomeone welcome all, it doesn't
matter what background you'refrom you can be from any
religion or background youchoose to. We solely like to
just get a relationship with theCreator on this platform and
(03:24):
just have that relationship andour life with the Holy Spirit
with Jesus Christ who diedfirst. And as well as the higher
one who sent him, okay, which isthe one who sit in the middle of
the galaxy. But let me not boreyou with all this chitter
chatter today's class, we willbe in Luke chapter 15. And
(03:46):
today's title of our episode isthree stories about God's love.
Now, I did do Luke 15, in weekseven. So if you will go back to
episode seven, then you wouldn'tget an understanding and and get
(04:09):
the story that I read it before.
But that was like seven weekswhen I had just started reading
the Bible and start goingthrough my tracker of the Bible.
So I was fairly new on readingthe Bible, like out loud, which
is on his podcast. And theunderstanding that I had back
(04:30):
then has gradually grew and ithas progressed into more
understanding of knowing how Godis just talking to me. So I'm
really happy to read Lukechapter 15. Again, I really
enjoy the stories of the Bible.
It just, it makes me happy to toknow like in those times back,
(04:50):
back, back, back way back then,how important is just your
faith?
This is like how important whatyou believe in, really can help
you, you know, live that lifethat you need to live. So grab
your Bibles, you can read out ofany version you choose to read
(05:12):
out of, I read out of the NIVversion, because again, I have a
Bible here that has a trackerfor me. And I get to check out
my boxes that when I get to readcertain things, so if you don't
know we are literally in class46. So we are in Episode 46. And
(05:33):
we've been doing this for sometime. So again, if you want to
hear this story, and you want tojust go back and hear me read
it, the first time was in weekseven, which is episode seven.
But as you can see, we are nowin Episode 46. So yes, this is
very important for me to goahead and read it. And so if you
(05:55):
ready, go ahead and grab yourBibles, you can read out of any
version, I said that but you canalso just listen, you know,
listen along, or just just joinus, okay, come one come all, we
are all related to price. And ifyou already I am to take your
notes and do whatever you got todo. But let's go to the title of
(06:16):
our episode, three stories aboutGod's love. Luke, chapter 15,
starts like this, the parablesof the loss sheet.
Now the tax collectors andsinners, we're all gathered
around to hear Jesus, but thePharisees and the teachers of
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the law letter, this man welcomein with him.
Then Jesus told them thisparable. Suppose one of you has
100 sheep and loses one of them,doesn't he leave the 99 in the
open country and go after thelost sheep until he finds it.
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And when he finds it, hejoyfully puts it on his
shoulders and goes home. Then hecalls his friend and neighbors
together and says, Rejoice withme, I have found my lost sheep.
I tell you that in a same way,there will be more rejoicing in
heaven over one sinner whorepents and over 99 righteous
persons who do not need torepent. The parable of the lost
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coin are suppose a woman has to10 silver coins and loses one
doesn't she light a lamp sweepthe house and search carefully
until she finds it. And when shefinds it, she calls her friends
and neighbors together and saysRejoice with me. I have found my
last coin. In the same way Itell you there is rejoicing in
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the presence of the angels ofGod over one sinner who repents
the parable of the lost son,Jesus continued, There was a man
who had two sons. The youngerone says to his father, Father
gave me my share of the estate.
So he divided his propertybetween them. Not long after
that the younger son gottogether all he had set off for
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a distant country and theresquandered his wealth and wow,
living after he has spenteverything. There was a severe
famine in the whole country andhe began to be in need. So he
went and hired himself out to acitizen of that country who sent
him to his fields to feed pigs.
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He longed to fill his stomachwith the pods that the pigs were
eating, but no one gave himanything. When he came to his
senses, he said, How many of myfather's hired servants have
food to spare and here I amstarving to death. I will set
out and go back to my father andsay to him, Father, I have
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sinned against heaven andagainst you. I am no longer
worthy to be called your sonmake me like one of your higher
servants. So he got up and wentto his father. But while he was
still a long way off, his fathersaw him and was filled with
compassion for him. He rantedhis son threw his arms around
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him and kissed him. The son saidto him, Father, I have sinned
against heaven and against you.
I am no longer worthy to becalled your son. But the father
said to his servant quick,bringing the best rope and put
it on him. Put a ring on hisfinger and sandals on his feet.
Bring the fang cat and kill it.
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Let's have a feast andcelebrate. For this son of mine
was dead and is alive again. Hewas lost and is found so they
began to celebrate. Meanwhile,the older son was in the field.
When he came near the house heheard music and dancing. So he
called one of the servants andasked him what is going on
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If your brother has come, hereplied, and your father has
killed the fatted calf becausehe has him back safe and sound.
The older brother became angryand refused to go and so his
father went out and pleaded withhim, but he asked his father,
look, all these years I've beenslaving for you and never
disobeyed your orders yet younever gave me even a young girl
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so I could celebrate with myfriends. But when this son of
yours who has squandered yourproperty with prostitutes come
home, you kill the fatted calffor him. My son the father said,
You are always with me andeverything I have is yours. But
we have to celebrate and be gladbecause the brother of yours was
dead and is alive again. He waslost, and now is found. And
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that's the end of our chapteryour
sub will go on into our guidedtour. master storyteller, Jesus
conveys deep truth in grippingstories. Luke 15 Verse 32, this
brother of yours was dead and isalive again. He was lost and is
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found using simple homespunimages. Jesus Express profound
truth in a way that holds hisaudience captive. His parables
concise short stories have wonhigh praise even from literary
experts who do not accept theirspiritual message. Some of the
most famous of these parablesappears only in Luke's gospel.
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The three stories in chapter 15stir up feelings for the loss
and for the loser, a shepherdscours the hillside in a frantic
search for a missing sheep. Awoman turns her house upside
down over a loss silver coin, arunaway son thumbed his nose at
a life of comfort and ends uphalf starved in the pigpen. And
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a few brief sentences Jesusparables took as villains of
loss and remorse that lie buriedjust beneath the surface, and
all of us happy endings. Yet allthree parables in the same
spectacular good news flood andto replace the sadness and party
and breaks out all the parablespoints of the limitless love of
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God for those in real need. Godstands ready to forgive all
those who cry out to Him. Theparables of the lost son
actually tells the story of twosons. One irresponsible, the
other hard working one way sayshis life and comes home humbled,
the other proudly refuses tocelebrate his brother's
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homecoming, the story ends withone son inside and join a joyful
family celebration, his brotherlingers outside bitterly
unwilling to forget, which isreally lost life question, when
did you lose somethingimportant, and then find it
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again. So I enjoy the storiesbecause what God did what Jesus
did was try to break down how itis just super important for that
one person, or that one thing orthat one place to be found
again, this sheetwas found again, it was rejoice
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for over that the coin. Sheflipped the house upside down
when she found it is rejoice forover that. The son who went out,
spent all his money,did nothing and came back to his
father was still accepted inrejoice and came back. It
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reminds mind me of when I lostmyself. I lost myself or not
even just lost myself. Like Icouldn't identify who I was, who
I am, or even what I wanted tobe.
And I remember prior to startingmy spiritual journey, like I've
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always been a believer, yes, ofcourse, I was raised in church,
but it doesn't hit you until youare actually lost. Like in the
world of loss. And five yearsago, I was completely lost.
I didn't know like, you know, Ididn't know what to do. I didn't
know who I was. I didn't knowwhat I wanted. I
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I was lost. I didn't know me.
I didn't know the things that Iliked it really. I didn't know
what I couldn't stand or where Iwanted to be at. I was just lost
and the moment that I started myspiritual journey and I felt
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like God found me even though helike he never lost me. If
anything I lost him or herhowever you want to identify
your God butWhen God found me, right where I
was at last, it was a rejoiceover my life. I feel like
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like, I really can't explainfrom being lost or found. But
where I'm at right now, there'snothing like there's nothing
that excites me more than to befound by God. Because right
where he finds me at is right,where he accepts, accepts me, I
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lost my faith.
I lost a real bad, because youkind of don't want to just go
off for what people tell you,Oh, have faith in God, he works
it out. Like, it's so easy tohear that, but who truly
actually feels and believe that,like, Faith is not something
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that you can go and get fromsomebody else. You can't go into
a church and grab faith. Youcan't go into the presence of
people with faith and let theirfaith lingers on you. Like it
doesn't work like that the faiththat you have in our Creator
actually has to come from withinyou. So coming to the
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realization of when I found myfaith again, if because I found
myself right where I was at theright where I lost myself, I
found myself right. In God'sarms, in his like, he never lost
me, but I lost sight of God. Orher. I lost sight of Mother
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Nature, I lost. I lost sight ofwhat somebody came in different
my life like Jesus, I lost sightof, you know, just walking by
faith. And this was literallyfive years ago. I was like,
completely depressed and hurt.
Just heartbroken. I can say thatI was miserable. Because misery
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likes company. And it seemedlike every time that I will be
okay, there was like a miserylingering behind me saying like,
No, this is not okay. Like, youknow, you need to be, you need
to feel this.
So, yes, I have lost something.
And then I found it. Because Ilost my faith. I lost my faith
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to believe not only just in Godbut myself. I lost believing in
myself at one point, I didn'tknow my worth at one point. And
you know, when I say know, yourworth and add tax like is such a
reward when you find your worthagain, and they you started
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taxing people because you knowyou worth it. And not taxing
people in a way where I'mtalking about money, but taxing
people where maybe some peopleare not deserving to be in your
presence, or maybe some thingsare not deserving for you to
have because you deserve so muchmore that could go for anything
to like relationships and stuffwhen when people start falling
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off of you is because you startto find yourself you start to
find where you belong at even atthat moment. You notice like you
may not belong with certainpeople or certain places or
certain things you know, youkind of feel lost. And I was
like that at a point. Like Ireally lost myself. I lost
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myself I lost my faith I lost mybelief I lost the love that I
have. And I'm talking for myselfnot just just not for people
because when you lose things foryourself there is no way that
you can help anybody else our bearound enough people to get that
back. Like in order for me tofind myself find my faith find
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God find Jesus find a new belieffind hope. I literally had to
find one trail and I had toaccept one trail just the way
that God did or does and I hadto start blocking people
blocking society blocking thingsout that didn't align with how
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God see me are where he exceptme because a lot of times people
will like I say this all thetime people will put their
belief their religion their puttheir Bible on you they will put
words that never been in theBible and they will put them on
you oh you can do this God don'tlike this you you not right. Are
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shouldn't you be held with meain't that's what Christians do.
Are you can't feel that type ofway. Oh, you're a Christian. You
you can't be upset. You can't bemad. Like people just start
putting their own things on youand that's just not how it
works.
cuz that's not how it operateslike, God would rejoice when
you're lost. And you're you findyourself again, God rejoices
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when one sinner repent, over 99righteous people who don't even
need to repent. Because it'slike the 99 righteous people
will talk bad about that onesenator. And it's just like, you
know, like, I had to come toterms to realize that, and I had
to pick up this Bible on my own,no matter how many times I go to
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church, sometimes times I listento a preacher, or somebody that
can really speak the word ofGod, I still needed to find my
comfort in the Word of God,like, I need to find my comfort
here in the Bible. So this iswhy I read the stories. This is
why this podcast is so importantto me. And I'm so sorry, to all
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my listeners, and everybody, youknow, because I put it out there
that I was going to go visual.
But I, I don't like just notbeing me. Right? I don't want to
do something, to prove myself toanybody. Like, I don't have to
prove myself to anybody, becausewhat my life is between me and
God, and however God directs mylife, to be and to help whomever
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I need to be like, God isliterally directing my life. So
I just continue to pray and stayclose to God that I continue to
find me in the moments and thedays, like every day is to find
that person, find that person inme that may need help are, you
know, to overcome something soI'm not constantly searching for
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myself, because I've have foundmyself and it's an everyday
thing that I'm finding myselfevery day, because every day is
to prison something new god hasgiven a daily bread every every
day new. So have you ever lostsomething and then you found it
because I truly can say that. Iwant point out a long point in
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my life, I lost my faith. I lostmy trust in our Creator, I lost
that. Because not that I justreally had it pick on me. But
I've never discovered it. Inever found it enough. Until I
like started walking his journeyand I'm so happy that God found
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me right where I was at. And Ifound God right where I was at
is like I it was like a reunitenight at moment. That reunited
moment that just made it. Itmade sense. To me. It was like,
Okay, this, this makes sense.
Walk in a life with God everyday. It just makes sense. It
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makes it makes life so easierfor me. And it was like, I had
to find that I had to find God.
And I had to find God withinfinding me. And so for all of my
listeners out there, or whereveryou are, across the many states
and countries that this podcastgo out to.
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I pray you find yourself and notonly that, I pray that you find
God within you. That is going tobe the reward that No Man, No
Woman, No person, what can evertake from you is the best reward
of feeling ever and that's thelove of God. That's just
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irreplaceable. It means theworld to me to know that God
loves me just the way that I am.
He accepts accepts me just theway that I am Mother Nature
looks out for me just the waythat I am. And if I could just
accept how God accepts me,finding me will be very easy.
Finding what I like will be veryeasy what I don't like very
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easy. What's meant for me veryeasy. So I just encourage you
all to find which who last?
Because I'm sure it is you andwhen you find yourself come back
and holiday cousin man and tellme how I went and because one
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thing is Bible gonna do it'sgonna break down some some areas
and situations to know and showus and and give us that insight
we need that. God is alwaysworking on our behalf. And the
word God is just so vague. It isused in so many shapes and forms
but this Bible is the truth. AndI thank you all for tuning in
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today, you guys so don't forgetto check us out on social media.
And excuse me again for notbeing visual, but time has come
that when is supposed to happenis gonna happen. I really do
appreciate all my listenersbecause I got listeners from all
over the state. And next episodeI'm going to give you guys a
shout out I think it's just veryimportant to just just keep this
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momentum going and stayconsistent in the Bible.
Boy, that's just something thatI've been having struggled
troubles with. But this this,this is a story for the next
time, you know. So until nexttime you guys don't forget to
check us out on social mediablessed to be asked on Instagram
bougie Bible studies onFacebook, you can follow my
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personal page Legion underscorelove, if you choose to have it
posted nothing and really, Ireally want to be active in
social but you never know what'sgonna happen. I'm just want to
ask God to continue to guide mebecause you just never know
what's going to happen. The mostimportant thing is just to get
the stories out and, and sharewith the world how important
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this Bible is and, and just knowlike, you know, all these
stories literally can help uswith our lives today. And I just
really hope that you guys aretaking these stories and even
reading them on your own andjust remembering them, you know,
and just utilizing them in youreveryday life. Let God do a new
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thing in you today. And everyday that he gives you life it is
such a blessing you guys. I'myour cousin and Christ and your
host one trial of a you've beenrocking with me on blessed to be
f would you Bible studies anduntil next time, you guys I will
talk to you next week. Bye
Let's talk about let's talk about money.
Let's talk about sex. Let's talkabout drugs.
Let's talk about you.
Let's talk about me.
As talking about us. Let's talkabout we
talk about you. Let's talk aboutme, let's talk about us. Let's
(00:28):
talk about the let's talk aboutwealth. Let's talk about green
let's talk being broke living inpoverty. Let's talk about black.
Let's talk about white. Let'stalk about how we still fight
for our rights. Let's talk aboutsex games and drugs. And let's
talk about God. Let's talk aboutlove. Let's discuss our
feelings. Hey, y'all welcome toblessed to be as I'm your
(00:48):
cousin, and Christ. 112 A bit.
And this is bougie Biblestudies. If you are new here,
I'd like to welcome you to thenumber one Bible study class
that you will ever come across.
If you are not new here. Youalready know how we get down as
we dive into the Bible and reada chapter a week for all of you
that is new here, we dive intothe Bible, and get an
(01:09):
understanding of the stories,see what God is trying to talk
to us about, because he talkedto us all individually. And the
Bible is just so important. Theycome in many different
languages. And it's just beenaround for centuries on top of
centuries. And you guys alreadyknow like it's preached all over
the world is very important toknow the words of the Bible and
(01:32):
to be able to recite scripturesover your life. Not only that,
but to live by Scripture. And tojust have that one on one
relationship with God is justsuper important. It is highly
recommended for anybody thatwants to live and enjoy an
everyday life where they canjust embrace who they are, learn
who they are get to knowthemselves all along while
(01:54):
getting to learn the highercreator, and one awesome in
charge of us all, which is themighty Lord Himself. If you are
new here, what I like to do is Ilike to go into the stories of
the Bible, I have a trackerBible here that's helping me go
through the Bible, and justreally, you know, understand the
stories, one chapter at a time.
I am not a preacher, I am notsomebody who prophesied over
(02:19):
other people. I'm really just abeliever, and I walk by faith
and not by sight. So what I dohere is solely for my
understanding, but I createdthis podcast to also share the
Word of God and just share myexperiences on what I've been
going through and how I managedto operate and live an enjoyable
(02:41):
life every day. So this podcastwas designed for me to express
myself and be able to talk aboutsome of the things that I don't
talk about what other people andjust really, you know, connect
with myself and get into theBible, because it's just really
important. You can go to church,and you can have people pray for
(03:01):
you. But it is somethingdifferent when you actually pick
up the Bible and have that oneon one time with God. And so I
just welcome you to the bestBible study class that you guys
will ever come across. Welcomeone welcome all, it doesn't
matter what background you'refrom you can be from any
religion or background youchoose to. We solely like to
just get a relationship with theCreator on this platform and
(03:24):
just have that relationship andour life with the Holy Spirit
with Jesus Christ who diedfirst. And as well as the higher
one who sent him, okay, which isthe one who sit in the middle of
the galaxy. But let me not boreyou with all this chitter
chatter today's class, we willbe in Luke chapter 15. And
(03:46):
today's title of our episode isthree stories about God's love.
Now, I did do Luke 15, in weekseven. So if you will go back to
episode seven, then you wouldn'tget an understanding and and get
(04:09):
the story that I read it before.
But that was like seven weekswhen I had just started reading
the Bible and start goingthrough my tracker of the Bible.
So I was fairly new on readingthe Bible, like out loud, which
is on his podcast. And theunderstanding that I had back
(04:30):
then has gradually grew and ithas progressed into more
understanding of knowing how Godis just talking to me. So I'm
really happy to read Lukechapter 15. Again, I really
enjoy the stories of the Bible.
It just, it makes me happy to toknow like in those times back,
(04:50):
back, back, back way back then,how important is just your
faith?
This is like how important whatyou believe in, really can help
you, you know, live that lifethat you need to live. So grab
your Bibles, you can read out ofany version you choose to read
(05:12):
out of, I read out of the NIVversion, because again, I have a
Bible here that has a trackerfor me. And I get to check out
my boxes that when I get to readcertain things, so if you don't
know we are literally in class46. So we are in Episode 46. And
(05:33):
we've been doing this for sometime. So again, if you want to
hear this story, and you want tojust go back and hear me read
it, the first time was in weekseven, which is episode seven.
But as you can see, we are nowin Episode 46. So yes, this is
very important for me to goahead and read it. And so if you
(05:55):
ready, go ahead and grab yourBibles, you can read out of any
version, I said that but you canalso just listen, you know,
listen along, or just just joinus, okay, come one come all, we
are all related to price. And ifyou already I am to take your
notes and do whatever you got todo. But let's go to the title of
(06:16):
our episode, three stories aboutGod's love. Luke, chapter 15,
starts like this, the parablesof the loss sheet.
Now the tax collectors andsinners, we're all gathered
around to hear Jesus, but thePharisees and the teachers of
(06:37):
the law letter, this man welcomein with him.
Then Jesus told them thisparable. Suppose one of you has
100 sheep and loses one of them,doesn't he leave the 99 in the
open country and go after thelost sheep until he finds it.
(06:58):
And when he finds it, hejoyfully puts it on his
shoulders and goes home. Then hecalls his friend and neighbors
together and says, Rejoice withme, I have found my lost sheep.
I tell you that in a same way,there will be more rejoicing in
heaven over one sinner whorepents and over 99 righteous
persons who do not need torepent. The parable of the lost
(07:21):
coin are suppose a woman has to10 silver coins and loses one
doesn't she light a lamp sweepthe house and search carefully
until she finds it. And when shefinds it, she calls her friends
and neighbors together and saysRejoice with me. I have found my
last coin. In the same way Itell you there is rejoicing in
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the presence of the angels ofGod over one sinner who repents
the parable of the lost son,Jesus continued, There was a man
who had two sons. The youngerone says to his father, Father
gave me my share of the estate.
So he divided his propertybetween them. Not long after
that the younger son gottogether all he had set off for
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a distant country and theresquandered his wealth and wow,
living after he has spenteverything. There was a severe
famine in the whole country andhe began to be in need. So he
went and hired himself out to acitizen of that country who sent
him to his fields to feed pigs.
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He longed to fill his stomachwith the pods that the pigs were
eating, but no one gave himanything. When he came to his
senses, he said, How many of myfather's hired servants have
food to spare and here I amstarving to death. I will set
out and go back to my father andsay to him, Father, I have
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sinned against heaven andagainst you. I am no longer
worthy to be called your sonmake me like one of your higher
servants. So he got up and wentto his father. But while he was
still a long way off, his fathersaw him and was filled with
compassion for him. He rantedhis son threw his arms around
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him and kissed him. The son saidto him, Father, I have sinned
against heaven and against you.
I am no longer worthy to becalled your son. But the father
said to his servant quick,bringing the best rope and put
it on him. Put a ring on hisfinger and sandals on his feet.
Bring the fang cat and kill it.
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Let's have a feast andcelebrate. For this son of mine
was dead and is alive again. Hewas lost and is found so they
began to celebrate. Meanwhile,the older son was in the field.
When he came near the house heheard music and dancing. So he
called one of the servants andasked him what is going on
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If your brother has come, hereplied, and your father has
killed the fatted calf becausehe has him back safe and sound.
The older brother became angryand refused to go and so his
father went out and pleaded withhim, but he asked his father,
look, all these years I've beenslaving for you and never
disobeyed your orders yet younever gave me even a young girl
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so I could celebrate with myfriends. But when this son of
yours who has squandered yourproperty with prostitutes come
home, you kill the fatted calffor him. My son the father said,
You are always with me andeverything I have is yours. But
we have to celebrate and be gladbecause the brother of yours was
dead and is alive again. He waslost, and now is found. And
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that's the end of our chapteryour
sub will go on into our guidedtour. master storyteller, Jesus
conveys deep truth in grippingstories. Luke 15 Verse 32, this
brother of yours was dead and isalive again. He was lost and is
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found using simple homespunimages. Jesus Express profound
truth in a way that holds hisaudience captive. His parables
concise short stories have wonhigh praise even from literary
experts who do not accept theirspiritual message. Some of the
most famous of these parablesappears only in Luke's gospel.
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The three stories in chapter 15stir up feelings for the loss
and for the loser, a shepherdscours the hillside in a frantic
search for a missing sheep. Awoman turns her house upside
down over a loss silver coin, arunaway son thumbed his nose at
a life of comfort and ends uphalf starved in the pigpen. And
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a few brief sentences Jesusparables took as villains of
loss and remorse that lie buriedjust beneath the surface, and
all of us happy endings. Yet allthree parables in the same
spectacular good news flood andto replace the sadness and party
and breaks out all the parablespoints of the limitless love of
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God for those in real need. Godstands ready to forgive all
those who cry out to Him. Theparables of the lost son
actually tells the story of twosons. One irresponsible, the
other hard working one way sayshis life and comes home humbled,
the other proudly refuses tocelebrate his brother's
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homecoming, the story ends withone son inside and join a joyful
family celebration, his brotherlingers outside bitterly
unwilling to forget, which isreally lost life question, when
did you lose somethingimportant, and then find it
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again. So I enjoy the storiesbecause what God did what Jesus
did was try to break down how itis just super important for that
one person, or that one thing orthat one place to be found
again, this sheetwas found again, it was rejoice
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for over that the coin. Sheflipped the house upside down
when she found it is rejoice forover that. The son who went out,
spent all his money,did nothing and came back to his
father was still accepted inrejoice and came back. It
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reminds mind me of when I lostmyself. I lost myself or not
even just lost myself. Like Icouldn't identify who I was, who
I am, or even what I wanted tobe.
And I remember prior to startingmy spiritual journey, like I've
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always been a believer, yes, ofcourse, I was raised in church,
but it doesn't hit you until youare actually lost. Like in the
world of loss. And five yearsago, I was completely lost.
I didn't know like, you know, Ididn't know what to do. I didn't
know who I was. I didn't knowwhat I wanted. I
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I was lost. I didn't know me.
I didn't know the things that Iliked it really. I didn't know
what I couldn't stand or where Iwanted to be at. I was just lost
and the moment that I started myspiritual journey and I felt
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like God found me even though helike he never lost me. If
anything I lost him or herhowever you want to identify
your God butWhen God found me, right where I
was at last, it was a rejoiceover my life. I feel like
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like, I really can't explainfrom being lost or found. But
where I'm at right now, there'snothing like there's nothing
that excites me more than to befound by God. Because right
where he finds me at is right,where he accepts, accepts me, I
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lost my faith.
I lost a real bad, because youkind of don't want to just go
off for what people tell you,Oh, have faith in God, he works
it out. Like, it's so easy tohear that, but who truly
actually feels and believe that,like, Faith is not something
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that you can go and get fromsomebody else. You can't go into
a church and grab faith. Youcan't go into the presence of
people with faith and let theirfaith lingers on you. Like it
doesn't work like that the faiththat you have in our Creator
actually has to come from withinyou. So coming to the
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realization of when I found myfaith again, if because I found
myself right where I was at theright where I lost myself, I
found myself right. In God'sarms, in his like, he never lost
me, but I lost sight of God. Orher. I lost sight of Mother
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Nature, I lost. I lost sight ofwhat somebody came in different
my life like Jesus, I lost sightof, you know, just walking by
faith. And this was literallyfive years ago. I was like,
completely depressed and hurt.
Just heartbroken. I can say thatI was miserable. Because misery
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likes company. And it seemedlike every time that I will be
okay, there was like a miserylingering behind me saying like,
No, this is not okay. Like, youknow, you need to be, you need
to feel this.
So, yes, I have lost something.
And then I found it. Because Ilost my faith. I lost my faith
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to believe not only just in Godbut myself. I lost believing in
myself at one point, I didn'tknow my worth at one point. And
you know, when I say know, yourworth and add tax like is such a
reward when you find your worthagain, and they you started
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taxing people because you knowyou worth it. And not taxing
people in a way where I'mtalking about money, but taxing
people where maybe some peopleare not deserving to be in your
presence, or maybe some thingsare not deserving for you to
have because you deserve so muchmore that could go for anything
to like relationships and stuffwhen when people start falling
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off of you is because you startto find yourself you start to
find where you belong at even atthat moment. You notice like you
may not belong with certainpeople or certain places or
certain things you know, youkind of feel lost. And I was
like that at a point. Like Ireally lost myself. I lost
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myself I lost my faith I lost mybelief I lost the love that I
have. And I'm talking for myselfnot just just not for people
because when you lose things foryourself there is no way that
you can help anybody else our bearound enough people to get that
back. Like in order for me tofind myself find my faith find
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God find Jesus find a new belieffind hope. I literally had to
find one trail and I had toaccept one trail just the way
that God did or does and I hadto start blocking people
blocking society blocking thingsout that didn't align with how
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God see me are where he exceptme because a lot of times people
will like I say this all thetime people will put their
belief their religion their puttheir Bible on you they will put
words that never been in theBible and they will put them on
you oh you can do this God don'tlike this you you not right. Are
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shouldn't you be held with meain't that's what Christians do.
Are you can't feel that type ofway. Oh, you're a Christian. You
you can't be upset. You can't bemad. Like people just start
putting their own things on youand that's just not how it
works.
cuz that's not how it operateslike, God would rejoice when
you're lost. And you're you findyourself again, God rejoices
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when one sinner repent, over 99righteous people who don't even
need to repent. Because it'slike the 99 righteous people
will talk bad about that onesenator. And it's just like, you
know, like, I had to come toterms to realize that, and I had
to pick up this Bible on my own,no matter how many times I go to
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church, sometimes times I listento a preacher, or somebody that
can really speak the word ofGod, I still needed to find my
comfort in the Word of God,like, I need to find my comfort
here in the Bible. So this iswhy I read the stories. This is
why this podcast is so importantto me. And I'm so sorry, to all
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my listeners, and everybody, youknow, because I put it out there
that I was going to go visual.
But I, I don't like just notbeing me. Right? I don't want to
do something, to prove myself toanybody. Like, I don't have to
prove myself to anybody, becausewhat my life is between me and
God, and however God directs mylife, to be and to help whomever
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I need to be like, God isliterally directing my life. So
I just continue to pray and stayclose to God that I continue to
find me in the moments and thedays, like every day is to find
that person, find that person inme that may need help are, you
know, to overcome something soI'm not constantly searching for
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myself, because I've have foundmyself and it's an everyday
thing that I'm finding myselfevery day, because every day is
to prison something new god hasgiven a daily bread every every
day new. So have you ever lostsomething and then you found it
because I truly can say that. Iwant point out a long point in
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my life, I lost my faith. I lostmy trust in our Creator, I lost
that. Because not that I justreally had it pick on me. But
I've never discovered it. Inever found it enough. Until I
like started walking his journeyand I'm so happy that God found
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me right where I was at. And Ifound God right where I was at
is like I it was like a reunitenight at moment. That reunited
moment that just made it. Itmade sense. To me. It was like,
Okay, this, this makes sense.
Walk in a life with God everyday. It just makes sense. It
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makes it makes life so easierfor me. And it was like, I had
to find that I had to find God.
And I had to find God withinfinding me. And so for all of my
listeners out there, or whereveryou are, across the many states
and countries that this podcastgo out to.
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I pray you find yourself and notonly that, I pray that you find
God within you. That is going tobe the reward that No Man, No
Woman, No person, what can evertake from you is the best reward
of feeling ever and that's thelove of God. That's just
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irreplaceable. It means theworld to me to know that God
loves me just the way that I am.
He accepts accepts me just theway that I am Mother Nature
looks out for me just the waythat I am. And if I could just
accept how God accepts me,finding me will be very easy.
Finding what I like will be veryeasy what I don't like very
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easy. What's meant for me veryeasy. So I just encourage you
all to find which who last?
Because I'm sure it is you andwhen you find yourself come back
and holiday cousin man and tellme how I went and because one
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thing is Bible gonna do it'sgonna break down some some areas
and situations to know and showus and and give us that insight
we need that. God is alwaysworking on our behalf. And the
word God is just so vague. It isused in so many shapes and forms
but this Bible is the truth. AndI thank you all for tuning in
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today, you guys so don't forgetto check us out on social media.
And excuse me again for notbeing visual, but time has come
that when is supposed to happenis gonna happen. I really do
appreciate all my listenersbecause I got listeners from all
over the state. And next episodeI'm going to give you guys a
shout out I think it's just veryimportant to just just keep this
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momentum going and stayconsistent in the Bible.
Boy, that's just something thatI've been having struggled
troubles with. But this this,this is a story for the next
time, you know. So until nexttime you guys don't forget to
check us out on social mediablessed to be asked on Instagram
bougie Bible studies onFacebook, you can follow my
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personal page Legion underscorelove, if you choose to have it
posted nothing and really, Ireally want to be active in
social but you never know what'sgonna happen. I'm just want to
ask God to continue to guide mebecause you just never know
what's going to happen. The mostimportant thing is just to get
the stories out and, and sharewith the world how important
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this Bible is and, and just knowlike, you know, all these
stories literally can help uswith our lives today. And I just
really hope that you guys aretaking these stories and even
reading them on your own andjust remembering them, you know,
and just utilizing them in youreveryday life. Let God do a new
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thing in you today. And everyday that he gives you life it is
such a blessing you guys. I'myour cousin and Christ and your
host one trial of a you've beenrocking with me on blessed to be
f would you Bible studies anduntil next time, you guys I will
talk to you next week. Bye
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