Working for a GentileFeeding Pigs“Desireing their food”
V.18 “Father, I have sinned against Heaven and before you”V.19a “I am no longer worthy to be called your son”V.19b “Treat me as one of your hired servants”
The Father’s Response to the Younger Son
“Sanctified Imagination”
The Older Son’s Response
The Father’s Response to the Older Son
V.31 “…Son, you are always with me”
– SecureV.31 “…all that is mine is yours”
– not a threatV.32 “It is fitting to make merry and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive, he was lost, and is found.”
– the appropriate response
Application & Meditation
Which Son are you?
What is Our Response to the Father Welcoming others Home?
What does the father’s action Show us about God (Heavenly Father)?
Mercy – forgiving
Grace – restoring
How do we return to God? (Three ways)
Return to God’s- Presence- Attitude- Desire
Luke 15:24 “For this son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.”