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Introduction
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Sometimes we have to loose everything in order to remember God’s love.
The son in Jesus’ parable lost everything.
Warren W. Wiersbe put it this way:
But life in the far country was not what he expected.
His resources ran out, his friends left him, a famine came, and the boy was forced to do for a stranger what he would not do for his own father—go to work!
This scene in the drama is our Lord’s way of emphasizing what sin really does in the lives of those who reject the Father’s will.
Sin promises freedom, but it only brings slavery (John 8:34); it promises success, but brings failure; it promises life, but “the wages of sin is death” (Rom.
6:23).
The boy thought he would “find himself,” but he only lost himself!
When God is left out of our lives, enjoyment becomes enslavement.
Warren W. Wiersbe, The Bible Exposition Commentary, vol. 1 (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1996), 235.
But when life reached the bottom, the young man looked up!
Hardship has a wonderful way of bringing people to face facts.
The prodigal reflected on the contrast between the starvation he was experiencing and the full and plenty enjoyed not by his father and brother alone but by his father’s hired servants.
Even for them there was bread enough and to spare.
Repentance is a deliberate decision and act to change direction and follow Christ.
The young man resolved to go home.
If his initial motive was not particularly lofty (the desire to be better fed, 17), the confession he planned to make is a classic.
He expressed sorrow not for what he had lost but for what he had done: he had sinned.
He recognized that his sin was first against God,
Sin is always sin against God before anyone else
Admission and ownership of sin is essential to recognize the need to go in a new direction.
Transition
God loves you and longs for you to come back to Him.
No holding grudges in heaven!
God throws a party for all who repent!
What happens with the sinner meets up with God? Compassion, love, and grace.
Don't let the shame of sin keep you from receiving the Father's embrace.
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