Conclusion of Rejoicing Over the Sinner Who Repents

Reinforcing his point that the restoration of lost sinners is a cause for great rejoicing in heaven, Jesus presents another illustration, one set in a family home:  "What woman who has ten drachma coins, if she loses one of the drachmas, does not light a lamp and sweep her hourse and search carefully until  she finds it?  And when she had found it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma coin that I had lost." - LUKE 15:8, 9. 

The application Jesus makes is similar to the one he made after giving the illustration of the lost sheep. he now says:  "In the same way, I tell you, joy arises among the angels of God over one sinner who repents." - LUKE 15:10. 

Imagine, God's angels show deep interest in the restoration of lost sinners!  That is particularly significant because the sinners who repent gain a place in God's heavenly  Kingdom will have a position higher than that of the angels themselves!  (1 Corinthians 6:2, 3)  Yet the angels do not feel jealous. How, then, should we feel when a sinner turns to God in full repentances?

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