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! Luke 15
1 ¶ Now the tax collectors and "sinners" were all gathering round to hear him.
2 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, "This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them."
3 Then Jesus told them this parable:
4 "Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them.
Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?
5 And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders
6 and goes home.
Then he calls his friends and neighbours together and says, `Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.'
7 I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.
8 "Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins {Greek ten drachmas, each worth about a day's wages} and loses one.
Does she not light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?
9 And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbours together and says, `Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.'
10 In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."
11 ¶ Jesus continued: "There was a man who had two sons.
12 The younger one said to his father, `Father, give me my share of the estate.'
So he divided his property between them.
13 "Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living.
14 After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need.
15 So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.
16 He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no-one gave him anything.
17 "When he came to his senses, he said, `How many of my father's hired men have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!
18 I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired men.'
20 So he got up and went to his father.
"But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.
21 "The son said to him, `Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
I am no longer worthy to be called your son.' {Some early manuscripts son.
Make me like one of your hired men.}
22 "But the father said to his servants, `Quick!
Bring the best robe and put it on him.
Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.
23 Bring the fattened calf and kill it.
Let's have a feast and celebrate.
24 For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.'
So they began to celebrate.
25 "Meanwhile, the older son was in the field.
When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing.
26 So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on.
27 `Your brother has come,' he replied, `and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.'
28 "The older brother became angry and refused to go in.
So his father went out and pleaded with him.
29 But he answered his father, `Look!
All these years I've been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders.
Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.
30 But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!'
31 "`My son,' the father said, `you are always with me, and everything I have is yours.
32 But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.'"
BACKGROUND:
Jesus is in Israel teaching when the religious leaders mutter about the kind of people who were showing up at church.
They knew the private lives of the type of people who were showing up to hear Jesus.
The entire story with the three parables is given by Jesus to show the attitude of God towards people.
We often tell this story as the prodigal son.
The truth is that it is a story of the prodigal father.
The word for prodigal means : LAVISH, UNRESTRAINED, EXTRAVAGANT.
It is more about the loving acceptance of the Father than it is of the son.
1.
LOST SHEEP
Verses 3-7
-The shepherd loses a sheep.
He leaves all the others to go after the one who is lost.
-I hate to lose something.
With my personality it drives me whacko to misplace something.
-The point here is that when the shepherd finds the sheep…he rejoices and celebrates.
He has a party and he is very happy.
-The point is the attitude of the shepherd not the sheep.
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LOST COIN
Verses 8-10
-Again, the point is the attitude of the one losing the coin.
-She tears the house apart to find it and when she does find it she is happy.
-In the time she lived in women carried their dowry in a headband.
-That is the equivalent of a girl losing her wedding ring.
-The Bible then says that heaven is happy when a sinner repents.
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LOST SONS
verses 11-32
-This is a parable about two lost sons.
-Jesus isn’t comparing the son who stayed home with the son who left.
-He is showing the continuous theme of God’s love throughout the three parables.
-He is comparing the lost sheep~/lost coin~/lost sons to the religious leaders.
-He is comparing the sheperd~/the woman~/the father to God’s attitude toward’s those who are away from Him.
-Let’s look at the parable in more detail.
Verse 12
-The man is saying…..FATHER, I WISH YOU WERE DEAD
-He said in other words, I don’t want to wait until you die…GIVE ME MY SHARE.
-Its one thing to leave, its another to insult him on the way out.
-He went off to a far country.
-He squandered his wealth with parties and prostitutes.
-At some point he CAME TO HIS SENSES.
-Its as if he woke up.
-How many of you remember that point in your life.
-The desire to find myself, be my own person was suddenly overcome with reality:
I’M EXPERIENCING LIFE WITH THE PIGS.
-All of a sudden you see yourself doing things that you didn’t think you were of capable of before.
Verse 19-20 shows the sons humility and brokenness.
He lost his haughtiness of when he wanted “his rights”.
-Now he wasn’t expecting anything.
-As great as that is that the son came back….that
isn’t the point Jesus is making.
-The main player here is the father.
-He is looking for the son.
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