What If They're Not Bad...Just Lost? // Jarrod Martin

What If They’re Not Bad… Just Lost? is for the moment when frustration, judgment, or self-righteousness begins to shape the way you see the people around you. In Luke 15, Jesus tells the stories of the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the lost son to completely redefine how God views people—not as good or bad, but as lost or found.

The same shift can happen in you.

Sometimes the biggest breakthrough in your faith is not changing someone else—it’s allowing Jesus to change the way you see them. The people you’re most tempted to write off may be the very people the Father is still pursuing with compassion, grace, and hope.

You’ll discover:

Why self-righteousness quietly pushes people away
How Jesus reveals the Father’s heart for lost people
What Luke 15 teaches about grace, compassion, and celebration
Why seeing people as lost or found changes how you respond
How your love and patience can help someone take a step toward home

This message is for anyone wrestling with difficult relationships, resentment, church hurt, family tension, parenting frustration, or the temptation to label people by their worst decisions.

What if the people around you aren’t problems to fix, but people the Father deeply values? When you begin to see people the way Jesus does, your response can become part of how they find their way home.

👉 Prayer for this week:
Jesus, help me stop writing people off. Give me eyes to see people the way You do—with grace, compassion, and hope.

📖 Scripture: Luke 15:1–32

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