In St. Luke, Chapter 15, Jesus answers the Pharisees' grumbling over sinners by telling the parables of the Lost Sheep, the Lost Coin and the Lost Son. The Israelites were Lost in Exodus 32, when they decided to gather themselves according to their own desires. St. Paul had been lost in ignorance but was found by the patience of God and His desire to save all sinners (1Timothy 1).
