Shock #1: “you can’t ask that”!

Shock #2: the prodigal is welcomed home

Lk 15:1 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear

Jesus. 2 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man

welcomes sinners and eats with them.” 3 Then Jesus told them this parable:

(vv4-7 = the lost sheep; vv8-10 = the lost coin)

Shock #3: you can be lost without ever leaving home

Shock #4: no failure is too big to be forgiven

So what, for us?