The Lost Sheep Made Simple

He goes after that which is lost until he finds it.

Of all the pictures Jesus could have chosen to describe salvation, He chose a lost sheep — the most helpless, directionless animal in the ancient world. Sheep do not find their way home. They do not fight off wolves. They follow the next tuft of grass until they look up and the flock is gone. Jesus knew exactly what He was saying about us.

The Lost Sheep Made Simple (Made Simple Framework, Volume 521) walks through Jesus' parable of the seeking Shepherd in twenty devotional-practical chapters: the Shepherd who seeks until He finds (Luke 15:1-7), the sheep known by name, the universal straying of Isaiah 53:6, why sheep stray, the Father's heart, Jesus the Good Shepherd, the Holy Spirit who convicts and seals, repentance as the turn toward home, the joy of being found, the carried life, becoming seekers ourselves, the wilderness, the thorns, the Shepherd's voice, the ninety-nine, the lost coin and the lost son, straying after being found, the valley, and the final homecoming. Each chapter opens with Scripture — because God's Word leads and man's ideas never do — then reflection, then application.

Explicitly Trinitarian: the Father who runs to meet the returning; Jesus Christ, Lord and Savior — Son of God, Son of Man — the Good Shepherd who seeks, finds, lifts, and carries; and the Holy Spirit who convicts, draws, seals, and keeps. Prayer to the Father, through Jesus Christ, by the Holy Spirit.

Includes a full discussion/reflection question guide for every chapter, ideal for personal study or small groups, plus a closing prayer and benediction.

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