All Christians believe Jesus is
Everyone else believes that Jesus is
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. – Isaiah 9:6 (KJV) (700’s BC)
Luke 14:35-15:1
“Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear (akouo).” Now the tax collectors and sinners (non-observant Jews [AMP]) were all gathering around to hear (akouo) Jesus. – Luke 14:35 – 15:1 (NIV)
(v.2)Why did Jesus eat with irreligious people?
Because they Him and Him
How does God really feel about me? (vv.15-24)
The father in our story represents
The son in our story is a picture of
In essence the son is saying I want to as though you are and I don’t want a with you
The son’s leaving will the father’s but the father will respect the son’s
(The father) divided his wealth between them (v.12) (NASB)
(vv.13-15)
Ultimately the of the son’s life
And the pig, …is unclean to you. – Leviticus 11:7 (NASB)
(vv.16-17)
The son realizes, this isn’t who I’m
And having come to himself… – Luke 15:17 (LSV)
(vv.18-19) The son decides to return to the not to an
(v.20) The son begins to back to his father but the father to the son
…and running (trecho), fell on his neck, and kissed him again and again. (v.20) (HNT)
ran/running: trecho – of those who run in a stadium or public race (CWSBD)
(vv.22-24) All that mattered to the father is that the son was
The father doesn’t bring up
Point: There’s a place for in God’s
Point: The father wants to me than I
Best robe: The father meets the son’s
Ring: The father meets the son’s
Sandals: In that culture servants went but family wore
When the son comes home the father is not
(vv.29-30)
It’s possible to be in the father’s but not share the father’s
“…this son of yours” (v.30) (NASB) (saying “he’s my brother”)
…the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight’… – Luke 15:21 (NASB)
…all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God – Romans 3:23 (NASB)
…the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. – Romans 6:23 (NKJV)