Who are the lost? We can generalize and say the lost person is anyone who is not in his or her God appointed place. Those are the people Christ came to restore to Himself. We all fall into that category of the lost at one time or other due to ignorance, disobedience, or agreements that take us away from God. And since those sent to gather the lost did not do it, Christ came. Ezekiel 34:1-16.