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God's Forgiveness
(NLT)
13 “A few days later this younger son packed all his belongings and moved to a distant land, and there he wasted all his money in wild living.
14 About the time his money ran out, a great famine swept over the land, and he began to starve.
15 He persuaded a local farmer to hire him, and the man sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.
16 The young man became so hungry that even the pods he was feeding the pigs looked good to him.
But no one gave him anything.
17 “When he finally came to his senses, he said to himself, ‘At home even the hired servants have food enough to spare, and here I am dying of hunger!
18 I will go home to my father and say, “Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you, 19 and I am no longer worthy of being called your son.
Please take me on as a hired servant.”
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20 “So he returned home to his father.
And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming.
Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.
21 His son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you, and I am no longer worthy of being called your son.*’
22 “But his father said to the servants, ‘Quick!
Bring the finest robe in the house and put it on him.
Get a ring for his finger and sandals for his feet.
23 And kill the calf we have been fattening.
We must celebrate with a feast, 24 for this son of mine was dead and has now returned to life.
He was lost, but now he is found.’
So the party began.
INTRODUCTION
A- Forgiveness begins with God
1. THE GOODNESS OF GOD (VS.
11-12).
"To illustrate the point further, Jesus told them this story: “A man had two sons.
2 The younger son told his father, ‘I want my share of your estate now before you
die.’
So his father agreed to divide his wealth between his sons."
A- He has declared his love for all people.
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eternal life."
1- In the story, the love of the father for both sons is evident.
a- In his relationship with both.
b- In his interaction with both.
2- In his story the provision for both sons is the same.
a- He made all people and provided for their needs.
( NLT)
live in man-made temples, 25 and human hands can’t serve his
needs—for he has no needs.
He himself gives life and breath to
everything, and he satisfies every need.
26 From one man* he
created all the nations throughout the whole earth.
He decided
beforehand when they should rise and fall, and he determined
their boundaries.
3- He allows all men to choose how they will relate to Him.
a- Just as the father gave the sons a choice.
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and even they rejected him.
12 But to all who believed him and
2. THE SERIOUSNESS OF SIN (VS.
12-16).
A- Sin begins with an attitude of extreme ingratitude.
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sky.
Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible
qualities—his eternal power and divine nature.
So they have no excuse
for not knowing God.
21 Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn’t worship
him as God or even give him thanks.
And they began to think up foolish
ideas of what God was like.
As a result, their minds became dark and
confused.
22 Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools.
23 And
instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshiped idols
made to look like mere people and birds and animals and reptiles.
1- The younger son was not thankful...he was demanding and ungrateful.
ungrateful.
(vs.
12) "The younger son told his father, ‘I want my share of your estate now before you die."
your estate now before you die."
B- Sin separates us from the one who most desires a relationship.
“A man had two sons...
So his father agreed to divide his wealth between his sons... while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming."
his sons... while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming."
1- The father want a relationship with us.
( (NLT)
29 Take my yoke upon you.
Let me teach you, because I am humble and
easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.”
C- Sin estranges us from the one who alone can meet our deepest needs.
“A few days later this younger son packed all his belongings and moved to a distant land, and there he wasted all his money in wild living.
14 About the time his money ran out, a great famine swept over the land, and he began to starve.
15 He persuaded a local farmer to hire him, and the man sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.
16 The young man became so hungry that even the pods he was feeding the pigs looked good to him.
But no one gave him anything."
moved to a distant land, and there he wasted all his money in wild
living.
14 About the time his money ran out, a great famine swept over
the land, and he began to starve.
15 He persuaded a local farmer to
hire him, and the man sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.
16 The
young man became so hungry that even the pods he was feeding
the pigs looked good to him.
But no one gave him anything."
1- The son's sin kept him in extreme need.
2- The only one who could meet the son's needs was the father.
3- Continuing in his separated state only led him to deeper despiration.
despiration.
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