In the parable of the lost sheep, which sheep does the shepherd focus on?
The shepherd focuses on the one lost sheep out of a hundred—the little lamb that knew it was lost and in trouble. The ninety-nine roamed the wilderness without a shepherd, lost but unaware, yet the shepherd concerned himself with the one that recognized its lost condition.
Les explains that in the parable of Luke 15, the shepherd concerns himself with the one sheep out of a hundred. That little lamb knew he was lost and was in trouble. The ninety and nine went out roaming in the desert or wilderness without a shepherd, and sheep without a shepherd are lost, but they do not know it. The difference is that the one lamb knew its lost condition, while the rest roamed around lost and never knew it. This illustrates being separated, that God lost the human race.
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Why has the parable of the lost sheep in Luke 15 often been confused?
A song writer is partly to blame for the total confusion surrounding the Luke 15 parable of the lost sheep.