Lost

- (dictionary meaning) not made use of, won, or claimed; 2 a: no longer possessed b: no longer known; 3: ruined or destroyed physically or morally : desperate; 4 a: taken away or beyond reach or attainment
- physically alive but spiritually disconnected from God
- typically relies on knowledge gained from books, the media, academic instruction
- rationalizing based on one’s mental capacity and intellect
- does not have the privilege to see from God’s perspective
- yet is priceless and very much loved and precious to God


Found

- one who is BORN AGAIIN
- loves God and, like the lost, are immensely loved by God.
- blessed with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ (Eph. 1:3)
- have access to God’s throne and have the privilege of claiming His exceedingly great and precious promises


Dumbfounded

- confounded briefly and usually with astonishment
- not your typical Christian
- with mouth agape, it is not unusual for them to say, “Wow, God you did THAT?!” (THAT meaning forgiving the unforgiveable, loving without partiality, letting the rain fall on both the lost and the found; overlooking our offense, betrayal, and unremitting doubt in His awesome power – just one more time…THAT kind of “WOW!”
- the elite among the Found
- experts on Ephesians 1:18-19
- the ones who, having somehow noticed a few of what God has done and is continuing to do, are gently humbled, can’t help but be grateful, and have the “in spite of, no matter what, despite this” kind of faith…you know, the kind of faith that looks foolish to the Lost, and sadly, sometimes even to the Found.
- Found DUMB (by the world, that is).
- Qualified to be called Christ’s sheep, and He, their Shepherd.

The Lost are lost, and the Found are found; but not all who are found are dumbfounded, yet all who are Dumbfounded are found.

Which one are you?