088. Does Luke 15:4 give clear warrant that Christ is going to continue to seek and to save a...

Does Luke 15:4 give clear warrant that Christ is going to continue to seek and to save after death the lost who have had a good opportunity here to repent and come to Christ?

It certainly does not. All that is taught is that the shepherd goes after the lost sheep until he finds it; but not all men are “sheep.” The whole argument to prove that this verse teaches that all men will ultimately be found and saved proceeds upon the supposition that all men are sheep. But we are distinctly taught in the Word of God that this is not the case. There are sheep and there are goats (Matthew 25:31-32). There are sheep and there are swine and dogs (2 Peter 2:22). Doubtless Jesus Christ will find every one of His sheep sooner or later. The Bible teaches that He will find them in the life that now is. But the Bible also teaches that some men are goats and will remain goats up to the judgment day, and to the goats will be said: “Depart from Me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the Devil and his angels” (Matthew 25:41). These are the words of Jesus Himself.