LifesongCC TV Live Stream | 06.21.2026 | "When the Lost Are Found" - Daryl Murata

Luke 15 opens with tax collectors and sinners drawing near to Jesus, and the text sets that drawing near against the grumbling of the Pharisees and scribes. Jesus answers their grumbling with three parables, and each one shows what brings the Father great joy. The lost sheep, the lost coin, and the lost son all carry the same theme: something once lost is now found, and heaven smiles over that recovery.

The shepherd goes after the one sheep that wandered off, helpless and in danger, until he finds it. The woman lights a lamp, sweeps the house, and searches diligently until the coin is found. The father sees the son while he is still a long way off, feels compassion, runs, embraces him, kisses him, clothes him, and throws a party. Luke 15 keeps saying the same thing in different ways: “rejoice with me,” because one sinner has repented.

God earnestly seeks and saves the lost. The sheep may be lost through wandering, confusion, and aimlessness. The son may be lost through willful selfishness, sin, and chasing his own direction. Yet Luke 15 makes clear that apart from Christ, all are lost, all are sinners, and all need the saving joy of the Father.

Repentance appears as the sinner coming to his senses. The prodigal remembers how good it was in the father’s house, and that memory turns him home. The church is called to live in such a way that people at a crossroads might remember the family of faith as something beautiful, attractive, and filled with the light of Christ.

The phrase “listo para Christo” captures that mission. It means ready for Christ, ready to serve him, ready to follow him, ready to be used for his glory. Roberto’s tears in Mexico did not come merely from finishing a house, but from longing that a family and a neighborhood would become a shining light and that many would be saved. Luke 15 gives that same heart to the church: heaven celebrates when one lost sinner is found, so the church celebrates too.

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Key Takeaways

• 1. Lostness has more than one path The sheep wanders because sheep naturally drift, and the son leaves because sin wants its own way. Luke 15 does not flatten lostness into one story, but it does say that every path away from Christ is still lost. The good news is not that lost people find their own way back, but that the Lord earnestly seeks and saves sinners. [36:17]
• 2. Repentance remembers the Father’s house The prodigal comes to his senses when he remembers how good it was in his father’s house. Repentance is not only shame over sin, but a clear seeing of the Father’s goodness after sin has lied about freedom. The church’s life should leave a holy memory in people, so that at a crossroads, home looks beautiful again. [40:39]
• 3. Listo para Christo means readiness “Listo para Christo” means a life ready for Christ, not just a phrase that sounds catchy. Readiness means availability for God’s mission, even when the work is hot, tiring, and unseen. Roberto’s tears showed a heart that wanted more than a finished house; it wanted lost people to be found. [33:13]
• 4. Heaven’s celebration shapes earthly joy Luke 15 gives a picture of joy bigger than ordinary happiness, bigger even than a stadium celebration. Heaven rejoices over one sinner who repents because a soul has been rescued, welcomed, and made alive. Baptism becomes a visible moment where the church joins that joy and celebrates what God has done.
  
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Youtube Chapters

• [00:00] - Welcome
• [21:21] - Father’s Day Joy and Gifts
• [22:41] - Luke 15 and the Father’s Smile
• [23:36] - The Lost Sheep, Coin, and Son
• [25:59] - What Brings Heaven Joy
• [28:06] - The Shepherd Finds the Sheep
• [29:03] - The Woman Finds the Coin
• [29:32] - The Father Welcomes the Son
• [31:31] - God Seeks and Saves the Lost
• [33:13] - Listo Para Christo
• [36:17] - Different Ways of Being Lost
• [39:33] - Repentance and Salvation
• [40:39] - Coming to His Senses
• [43:41] - Heaven Celebrates, So the Church Celebrates
• [45:51] - Baptism and Closing Prayer

Bible Reading

Luke 15:1-32
“Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, ‘This man receives sinners and eats with them.’ So he told them this parable: ‘What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, “Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.” Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. “Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it? And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, “Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.” Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” And he said, “There was a man who had two sons. And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.’ And he divided his property between them. Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in reckless living. And when he had spent everything, a severe famine arose in that country, and he began to be in need. So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs. And he was longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate, and no one gave him anything. “But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants.”’ And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him. And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring quickly the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet. And bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate. For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to celebrate.”
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Romans 3:10-12
“as it is written: ‘None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.’”

Isaiah 53:6
“All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.”

Observation questions

1. In Luke 15, who is drawing near to Jesus, and who is grumbling about it? What does that tension set up at the start of the chapter? [23:47]
2. Across the three stories in Luke 15, what repeated words or actions show the same main theme? Look for phrases like “lost,” “found,” “rejoice,” and “celebrate.” [28:06]
3. In the story of the prodigal son, what does the father do while the son is still a long way off, and what does he order his servants to do once the son returns? [25:32]
4. What are the two different pictures of lostness shown by the sheep and the younger son? [36:17]

Interpretation questions

1. Luke 15 shows joy in heaven over one sinner who repents. What does that reveal about God’s heart toward lost people, especially compared to the attitude of the grumbling Pharisees and scribes? [39:33]
2. Romans 3:10-12 and Isaiah 53:6 say that no one is righteous and that all have gone astray. How do those verses help explain why both the wandering sheep and the rebellious son represent every person apart from Christ?
3. The prodigal “came to himself” and remembered how good it was in his father’s house. What does that suggest about repentance? Is repentance only feeling bad, or is it also seeing the Father’s goodness clearly again? [40:41]
4. “Listo para Christo” describes a life that is ready for Christ and ready for his mission. What might that kind of readiness look like in ordinary life, not only in big moments of ministry? [33:13]

Application questions

1. Which picture of lostness feels more familiar right now: drifting like the sheep or pushing one’s own way like the younger son? What signs of that can be seen in daily life? [36:17]
2. Repentance includes coming to one’s senses and turning back to the Father. Is there any area where sin has been dressed up as freedom, but it is starting to look empty? What would turning back look like in a concrete way this week? [39:45]
3. People at a crossroads often remember what the Father’s house was like. What kind of memory is being left with friends, family, neighbors, or children? Would they remember the life of faith as beautiful, warm, and full of Christ? [42:28]
4. God seeks and saves the lost, and his people are called to share that mission. Who is one person currently being placed on the heart to pray for, pursue, invite, or encourage? What is one simple next step that could be taken? [31:36]
5. “Listo para Christo” means being ready for Christ. In this season of life, what might readiness require: more availability, more courage, more prayer, more sacrifice, or more compassion? [33:23]
6. Heaven celebrates when one sinner repents. Does that joy shape what gets celebrated most in life? How could a group like this grow in celebrating salvation, repentance, baptism, and spiritual growth more openly? [43:51]
7. The father ran, embraced, and welcomed the son home. Is there any hesitation about coming fully to the Father with sin, shame, or failure? What makes that hard, and what in Luke 15 gives hope to come anyway? [25:32]