Lessons are for instruction
so they build on each other
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Plan our service to God
Be ready for His return
Serve Him with urgency
Jesus loves the lost
With this lesson we will
look at seven reasons why
we should love the lost.
I. All human beings
are made in the
image of God.
Genesis 1: 26-28
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image,
according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the
fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over
the cattle and over all the earth, and over every
creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27 God
created man in His own image, in the image of God
He created him; male and female He created them.
Even after man sinned, God
still said man was in His image.
Genesis 9: 6
Whoever sheds man’s blood, By man his blood shall
be shed, for in the image of God He made man.
Jesus taught that the soul
of man is beyond value.
Mark 8: 36-37
For what does it profit a man to gain the whole
world, and forfeit his soul? 37 “For what will a
man give in exchange for his soul?
II. The two greatest
Commandments :
love for God’s sake
love for their sakes
Matthew 22: 36-39
Teacher, which is the great commandment in
the Law? 37 And He said to him, “ ‘You shall
love the Lord your God with all your heart, and
with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38
This is the great and foremost commandment.
39 The second is like it, ‘You shall love your
neighbor as yourself.’
We love the lost because
we love God and desire
for Him to be glorified.
2nd command :
Love your neighbor as yourself
We love the lost for their sake
III. All who die outside
of Christ will most
certainly perish.
The scriptures are clear
and unambiguous about
the doctrine of judgment.
Romans 3: 10, 23
as it is written, “There is none righteous,
not even one; …. 23 for all have sinned
and fall short of the glory of God,
Romans 6: 23
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift
of God is eternal life IN Christ Jesus our Lord.
II Timothy 2: 10 –
… I endure all things … so that they also may
obtain the salvation which is IN Christ Jesus
and with it eternal glory.
Spiritual death is
eternal separation
from God in a
place called Hell.
II Thessalonians 1: 6-10
… when the Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven
with His mighty angels in flaming fire, 8 dealing out
retribution to those who do not know God and to those
who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 These
will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from
the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His
power, 10 when He comes to be glorified in His saints
on that day, and to be marveled at among all who have
believed—for our testimony to you was believed.
IV. God has a deep and
abiding love for the
souls of lost men.
II Peter 3: 9
The Lord is not slow about His promise, as
some count slowness, but is patient toward
you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to
come to repentance.
I Timothy 2: 3-4
This is good and acceptable in the sight of God
our Savior, 4 who desires all men to be saved
and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
God is repulsed by the idea
of anyone being condemned
to eternal destruction.
Ezekiel 18: 23
Do I have any pleasure in the death of the
wicked,” declares the Lord God, “rather than
that he should turn from his ways and live?
V. Jesus demonstrated
a sincere love for
the lost.
Jesus loved the rich young ruler.
Mark 10: 17-27
Vs. 21 – Looking at him, Jesus felt a love for him
and said to him, "One thing you lack: go and sell all
you possess and give to the poor, and you will have
treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me."
Jesus felt a genuine love for the
lost in Jerusalem.
Luke 19: 41
When He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city
and wept over it.
( cf. Lk 13: 34 ... gather your children as hen )
What do we feel when we see the lost ?
VI. The Apostle Paul
manifested a deep
love for lost people.
Romans 9: 1-3
I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying,
my conscience testifies with me in the Holy
Spirit, 2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing
grief in my heart. 3 For I could wish that I
myself were accursed, separated from Christ
for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen
according to the flesh,
II Cor. 5: 14, 20
For the love of Christ controls us, having
concluded this, that one died for all, therefore
all died; ..... 20 Therefore, we are ambassadors
for Christ, as though God were making an
appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of
Christ, be reconciled to God.
VII. The nature of the
gospel demands that
we share it with lost
people.
Romans 1: 14-16
I am under obligation both to Greeks and to
barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.
15 So, for my part, I am eager to preach the
gospel to you also who are in Rome. 16 For I
am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the
power of God for salvation to everyone who
believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
I Cor. 9: 16-17
For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast
of, for I am under compulsion; for woe is me if I do
not preach the gospel. 17 For if I do this voluntarily,
I have a reward; but if against my will, I have a
stewardship entrusted to me.
Mark 16: 15
And He said to them, “Go into all the world and
preach the gospel to all creation.”
Act. 4: 18-21
And when they had summoned them, they
commanded them not to speak or teach at
all in the name of Jesus. 19 But Peter and
John answered and said to them, “Whether
it is right in the sight of God to give heed to
you rather than to God, you be the judge; 20
for we cannot stop speaking about what we
have seen and heard.”
Two suggestions for growing
in our love for the lost.
1. Grow in our love for God.
Immerse ourselves in His word until
He is constantly on our minds.
2. Personalize these truths.
“The lost” is abstract, put a name on it.
We can visualize a Bill, Fred or Joyce.
I pray we all see the direct
correlation between love
God and loving the lost.
In this life every one is
either a missionary or a
mission field.
Which are you? If you’re
not a Christian come now.