Who are the 99 and who is the 1 in the parable of the lost sheep?
I've read where someone said that the 99 was the world and the 1 was the person wanting to come out of the world. Is this true?
Luke 15:1 - 32
KJV - 1 Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. 2 And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
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Isaya Bitware
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Timothy Maas
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In my opinion, the ninety-nine represent people who are not characterized by egregious or obvious sin of which they need to repent (or, in the imagery of the parable, who stay close to Christ in His role as the shepherd), while the one is an individual who has committed visible sins that have separated him (either or both from his own choice, or from being shunned by others) from the "body (fellowship) of believers", and who returns to the "flock" by repentance in response to God actively seeking him. Of course, as the Bible indicates (James 2:10), the commission of even one sin is the same in God's sight as breaking the entirety of God's Law, so no one (other than Jesus) has lived (or is even capable of living) a sinless life.
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