Emphasis Preaching Journal
Lost and Found!
Commentary
The promise of the resurrection is not only for Jesus, but for all who are lost – we shall be found. In the Acts passage, the Holy Spirit is found to be already present among those once far off who are now found near. The outsiders Cornelius and his household are welcomed into the fellowship. Jeremiah pines for those lost northern tribes dragged away by the Assyrian conquerors. They will return. Paul in Colossians puts it plainly – Christ is revealed in our infirmities, in our death, in our shortcomings, in our lostness, and so we are found, so we are raised in Christ.
