The Prodigal Father's Love

The Parable Known as “The Prodigal Son”

Luke 15:11–32 “And He said, “A man had two sons. The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate that is coming to me.’ And so he divided his wealth between them. And not many days later, the younger son gathered everything together and went on a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered his estate in wild living. Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country, and he began doing without. So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs. And he longed to have his fill of the carob pods that the pigs were eating, and no one was giving him anything. But when he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired laborers have more than enough bread, but I am dying here from hunger! ‘I will set out and go to my father, and will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight; I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me as…”

*To be used as a eulogy

The story is a fasrable. But while the father in this story is a metaphor, that does not mean that He isn't real

Jesus is called the door (ref); while this is obviously a metaphor- Jesus was not a door made up of wood or metal- nevertheless He most certainly is a door- in fact, the door for entrance to eternal life with Him, the Holy Spirit & the Father.