Section 4
woman having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek carefully until she finds it?"
The lamp signifies the word of God (Psa. 119:105, 130) used by the Spirit to enlighten and expose the sinner's position and condition so that he may repent.
According to Luke 15:8, the woman sweeps the house and seeks carefully until she finds the lost coin. The word "sweep" indicates the search ing and cleansing of the inside of a sinner. The Son's finding in verse 4 is outside the sinner, completed at the cross through His redemptive death. The Spirit's seeking here is inside, carried out by His working within the repenting sinner.
The Spirit's work is to enlighten us inwardly. As this seeking woman, the Spirit enlightens our inner being little by little in a fine, careful way. The Spirit enlightens our mind, then our emo tion and will, and then our conscience and our entire heart. It is in this way that the Spirit "finds" us.
As the result of the Spirit's finding us through enlightening us, we wake up and come to our selves and realize how foolish it is to stay where we are. We do not wake ourselves up; on the con trary, we are awakened by the enlightening of