Does Anyone Care For My Soul?

• Psalm 142:4 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
• Matthew 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
• THE PEOPLE THAT CAME TO JESUS
  • Luke 15:1 Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.
  • They were publicans
    • Luke 15:1 Then drew near unto him all the publicans…
  • They were sinners
    • Matthew 21:32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
    • Luke 15:2b…This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
    • James 4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
    • John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
• THE PEOPLE THAT COMPLAINED JESUS
  • Luke 15:2 And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
  • Their tragic attitude
  • Their troubling answer
    • Luke 15:2b…This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
• THE PEROPLE THAT CONNECT TO JESUS
  • Luke 15:3 And he spake this parable unto them, saying,
  • The sheep that was sought
    • Luke 15:4 What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
  • The sheep that was saved
    • Luke 15:5-7 And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost. 7I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
• Conclusion:
  • The People That Came To Jesus. The People That Complained To Jesus. The People That Connect To Jesus.
    • Psalm 142:4 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.

No one ever cared for me like Jesus

His faithful hand has held me all this way

And when I'm old and grey

And all my days are numbered on the earth

Let it be known in you alone

My joy was found

Oh my joy, my joy