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“What woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?” (Luke 15:8).
A lost piece of silver is something different, for a coin cannot lose itself. A coin does not fall on the floor by itself, and then get hidden in a corner. No, someone must lose it by dropping it, or carrying it away.
That is like children, who perhaps are too young to understand their actions, but who are lost because they are born as part of a sinful race. When Adam and Eve sinned, they brought upon themselves all the consequences of sin, and each child born into this world is lost by nature.
Although they did not lose themselves, all those children are lost, and need to be found. The woman needed to light a candle and sweep the floor carefully, in order to find that lost silver piece. But when she found it, she was happy, and she told her neighbors about it too.
The Lord reminds us that there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repents. Even the angels are happy when someone gets saved!
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