“There once was a shepherd with a hundred lambs, but one of his lambs wandered away and was lost. So the shepherd left the ninety-nine lambs out in the open field and searched in the wilderness for that one lost lamb. He didn’t stop until he finally found it. With exuberant joy, he raised it up, placed it on his shoulders, and carried it back with cheerful delight! Returning home, he called all his friends and neighbors together and said, ‘Let’s have a party! Come and celebrate with me the return of my lost lamb. It wandered away, but I found it and brought it home.’ ” Jesus continued, “In the same way, there will be a glorious celebration in heaven over the rescue of one lost sinner who repents, comes back home, and returns to the fold—more so than for all the righteous people who never strayed away.”
C. S. Lewis reminds us that Jesus:
“died not for men, but for each man. If each man had been the only man made, He would have done no less.”
Scripture informs us that Jesus’ death was for the individual human person.
Each, and every human being is of equal importance to The Good Shepherd.
While Biblical metaphor reflects on flocks of sheep, Our Father knows only the individual human person living their life in human society.
C. S. Lewis wisely teaches us if you, or me had been the only one on earth The Good Shepherd would have acted to save you, me et al from our reckless decision to leave Our Father's protection.
11"`For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them.
12 As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep.
I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness
~ Ezekiel 34
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