I feel this message needs to get out now to the remnant, to respond to, by reaching these people where they are at now. Whether it's because they believe God won't forgive them or they've went too far for God to bring them back, but God said he's married to the backsliders. These people, God has a very important call on their lives that will change things in the last call of God, in these last moments here on earth. Whether this message gets out by phone, mail, word of mouth, or the Internet, it must go out. He that is willing to hear what the Spirit is saying (Revelation 2:7-17) ...
What exactly is an outcast? In Luke 15, the outcasts are those who have been rejected as failures by society and by the church. They include those who feel rejected by God because of a moral failure (Luke 15:4). Jesus' message that day was meant not only for those who gathered before Him; it was intended for every generation and especially for our present one.
Christ's message in these parables is for all who have fallen into sinful bondage. This can include pastors or teachers or simply any believer. It is for those who once were on fire for the Lord, but who now are drifting, growing cold, feeling unloved by God or the church. God never gives up on anyone who belongs to Him but has gone astray. He never allows the downfallen to drift so far they can't be brought back. Instead, God goes out to find that sheep, embraces it, and brings it back into the fold.
But I do believe, as David said in Psalms 139:8, "If I make my bed in hell, behold, Thou art there."
Whether beyond the pig pen, which I believe to be hell, that maybe that bed that you've made, you'll have to lay in it. Maybe because of pride or just a hardened heart, may not listen to the Spirit. Could be a place of no-return - that's something that you may not want to go to, or through. Amen. If you're going deeper and deeper into hell, you may or may not ever get back to God. One of the greatest lies of Satan is that you can't get back to where you were supposed to be, but the deeper you go, the more difficult it is.
In Joel 2:21, 25-27, God said He will restore you and all that was taken, but you must let God be God. Amen. Once the Shepherd brings you back, you are fully redeemed.
My favorite parable is the Lost Son. This parable is about returning. It is also about grace, forgiveness, and restoration. The prodigal's father never rebuked him, never condemned him, never even spoke about his son running away. Instead, he threw a party.
I believe that love brought this young man home, but it was the father's delight that kept him there. Everything in that young man's life that had been eaten by the cankerworm was being restored.
Dear friend, if you're one of these lost ones, please do as the prodigal did, and fall on your face, and cry out to God, "Please help me, take me back!" The one who has been going after you for years is ready to receive you. It is time to come home to Jesus. Amen!
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