Go! And Proclaim The Seeker Of The Lost - Luke 19:10 Series

Go! And Proclaim the Seeker of the Lost

Luke 19:10 (NLT): "For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost."

Introduction

Today, we continue our “Go! And…” series with a vital call: Go! And Proclaim the Seeker of the Lost.

Luke 19:10 is one of the most beautiful and powerful summaries of Jesus’ mission.

It captures the heartbeat of the Gospel and the burning passion of Heaven itself:

The Son of Man, Jesus Christ, came to seek and to save those who are lost.

This verse is simple enough for a child to memorise and deep enough for a lifetime of study.

Today, we will dig deep into this truth.

We will see the urgency of Christ’s mission, the mercy of His seeking, and the power of His saving!

May our hearts be stirred anew to worship Jesus as Lord and Saviour—and to go out boldly, seeking the lost, just as He did.

1. Christ Came to Seek the Lost

Luke 19:10 – "For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost."

The Greek word for "seek" here is "zeteo" (??t??), meaning "to actively pursue, to search diligently."

Jesus did not wait for sinners to find Him; He came into the world actively pursuing the lost!

Luke 19 is the story of Zacchaeus, a tax collector despised and rejected by society.

Yet Jesus sought him out, looked up at him in the tree, and called him by name.

Jesus still seeks the broken, the outcast, the sinner—you and me.

Jesus is not just a passive observer of human history—He is the active, loving Saviour who came from Heaven to earth to seek and save.

John 10:11 (NLT) – "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd sacrifices his life for the sheep."

The Good Shepherd seeks the sheep.

He lays down His life to bring the lost sheep home.

If Jesus sought you, who are you seeking today?

We must reflect His heart and pursue the lost, in love and grace.

Charles Spurgeon said, "You and I might have sought Christ if He had not first sought us, but it would have been like seeking a grain of wheat hidden in a field of weeds."

How true! We are not naturally seeking God; He is the Great Seeker.

Thank God He looked for us when we were lost in the weeds of sin!

2. Christ Came to Save the Lost

The word for "save" is "sozo" (s???), meaning "to rescue, deliver, heal, and preserve."

It speaks of total salvation—spiritual, eternal, and complete.

In Jesus’ day, to be "lost" (Greek: "apollymi" – destroyed, perished) was to be outside of covenant relationship with God.

Salvation meant being brought back into life, into fellowship, into the family of God.

Jesus does not merely offer advice or self-help tips; He offers salvation—life from death!

1 Timothy 1:15 (NLT) – "This is a trustworthy saying, and everyone should accept it: ‘Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners’—and I am the worst of them all."

Paul knew the magnitude of Christ’s saving power—and he never forgot it.

Romans 5:8 (NLT) – "But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners."

He loved us when we were unlovely and unlovable!

Christ’s mission is not finished in you if you have not surrendered your life to Him.

It’s not enough to admire Him—you must trust Him for salvation.

John Piper says, "Christ did not come into the world to assist us in meeting the demands of the law. He came to fulfill the demands of the law for us, so that by faith we would be saved."

Christ is not our helper to heaven—He is our only way to heaven.

3. The Urgency of the Lost Being Found

Imagine a mother who loses her child in a busy shopping centre.

Does she say, "Oh well, I’ll look for him next week"?

No! She drops everything to find her child.

Tears, panic, urgency—she will not stop until her child is safe.

This is the heartbeat of our Saviour.

2 Peter 3:9 (NLT) – "The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed but wants everyone to repent."

What a beautiful reminder of the heart of our God! His seeming delay is not a failure to act—it is mercy extended. Every moment that Christ has not yet returned is a moment saturated with divine patience, giving sinners another opportunity to repent and turn to Him.

Our God does not delight in judgment; He delights in salvation.

He is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.