Section 2
by Christ's death on the cross is the base of God's salvation. Once this foundation has been laid, we can build upon it. In order to accomplish re demption, the Son, portrayed in Luke 15 as the good shepherd, comes first.
Now that the Son has accomplished redemp tion, the Spirit comes to find us. The book of Acts indicates this. In the Gospels the Son came to accomplish redemption. After the accom plishment of redemption by the Son, we see from the book of Acts that the Spirit comes to seek us and find us. Because of the Spirit's finding us, we repent and come back to God the Father. Then, according to the third parable in Luke 15, the Father is waiting for us to come back.
What a wonderful sequence we have in Luke 15! The sequence here is not according to the Persons of the Trinity; the sequence is accord ing to the steps of God's salvation, the salvation based on Christ's redemption. God's salvation is by the Son, through the Spirit, and unto the Father.
THE PARABLE OF A GOOD SHEPHERD
Luke 15:4 says, "What man of you, having a hundred sheep and having lost one of them, does