Parables of JesusStrength in Scripture

The Parable of the Lost Coin – Explained [S02E26]

1.7kviews

The Parable of the Lost Coin is one of the parables of Jesus. It appears in Luke 15:8–10. In it, a woman searches for a lost coin, finds it, and rejoices. It is a member of a trilogy on redemption that Jesus tells after the Pharisees and religious leaders accuse him of welcoming and eating with “sinners.”

“As the coin falls on the floor, it falls onto one of the dirtiest places in the house making it useless and unclean, just as a person becomes unclean through sin. Like an unrepentant sinner is useless to God and of no benefit to others.
The coin, though lying among dust and rubbish, is a piece of silver still. Its owner seeks it because it is of value. So every soul, however degraded by sin, is in God’s sight accounted precious. As the coin bears the image and superscription of the reigning power, so man at his creation bore the image and superscription of God; and though now marred and dim through the influence of sin, the traces of this inscription remain upon every soul. God desires to recover that soul and to retrace upon it His own image in righteousness and holiness.

– Ellen. G. White
Christ Object Lessons, 194

To learn more about the project, visit our website:
https://goo.gl/s8iGyd

#StrengthInScripture