a tale of two brothers
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Repentance is necessary for our salvation, but what does it mean? The Parable of the Prodigal Son provides a beautiful picture of repentance demonstrating the necessity of honesty, humility and action.TRANSCRIPT
A Tale ofTwoBrothers
Luke 15.11-32CB p. 138 NT
“For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief
produces death.”—2 Corinthians 7.10
CB p. 319 NT
Honesty
“I perish here with hunger!”
“I have sinned.”
“How many of my
father’s hired
servants have more
than enough bread.”
“These many years I have served you”
“I have never disobeyed your command”
“You never gave me a young goat”
“When this son of yours”
“who has devoured your property with prostitutes”
Honesty
Honesty
Honesty
Humility
“I have sinned.”
“I am no longer worthy to be called your son.”
“Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.”
Luke 5.8CB p. 110 NT
“Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of
unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of hosts!”
Isaiah 6.5CB p. 1083 OT
Humility
Action
“Father, I have sinned against
heaven and before you.”
“I am no longer worthy to be called your
son.”
“...that they should repent and turn to God,
performing deeds in keeping with their
repentance.”
Acts 26.20CB p. 258 NT
“Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the
poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it
fourfold.”Luke 19.8
CB p. 145 NT
Action
Where areYOU?
Where shouldYOU be?
Will youREPENT
today?
Will today be the day you repent of
your sins and return home?
FELLOWSHIP WITH GODGod’s Plan for Our Salvation
#09
A Tale of Two BrothersLuke 15.11-32
Compiled and Presented by:
Dave Stewart29 November, 2009
Las Cruces, NMwww.churchofchristmiranda.com
Synopsis: Repentance is necessary for our salvation, but what does it mean? The Parable of the Prodigal Son provides a beautiful picture of repentance demonstrating the necessity of honesty, humility and action.
“Let all that you do be done with love.”
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Photo Credits:
Father and Sons: by GordonsLife: iStock_000004173113Small: http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-4173113-dad-and-son-with-blue-sky.php
Prodigal Son illustrations by Geoff Draper: http://www.cs.utah.edu/~draperg/stories/prodigal/prodigal_1.html