Luke 15 and the lost cell phone

In Luke 15 the pharisees attack Jesus because "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them." (a side note if you're a "sinner" you would be very comfortable hanging out and partying with Jesus, those were the people he hung with in his day. It is the religious people who were mad at "sinners" and Jesus.)

In respose Jesus tells 3 parables about how if somebody lost a sheep, a coin, or a son they would forget the others and look intently for that thing. In the same way Jesus is seeking those he has "lost", or those who do not know him.

As I was thinking about this chapter I was reminded how the senior pastor at our church lost his cell phone this week, and it is almost commical to watch how intently he is focused on finding his phone. He has had numerous conversations with me about the last time I called him on it, he has call movie theaters, and everywhere he has been in the last two weeks trying to find his phone. He has turned his house upside down, and lays awake at night thinking about where he left it. Most of us would have given up a week ago and bought a new one, but not Steve. Finding his phone is all that matters.

THAT is what Jesus is saying, that is what Jesus wants from his followers. To be that passionate; to love and find people who have drifted from God.

If you are a pharisee quit condemning and start looking.