Untitled Sermon (6)

A lesson from the pigs pin

Luke 15:11-17

Luke 15:11–16 MEV

Then He said, “A man had two sons. The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the property that falls to me.’ So he divided his estate between them. “Not many days later, the younger son gathered everything together, and journeyed to a distant country, and there squandered his possessions in prodigal living. When he had spent everything, there came a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in want. So he went and hired himself to a citizen of that county, who sent him into his fields to feed swine. He would gladly have filled his stomach with the husks that the swine were eating, but no one gave him any.

Here we find a young man looking to spread his wings.

This was a strong young man

He was full of himself

He has all the answers

No one can tell him what to do

You have been there

I know I have been there

He really did feel like he was ready to leave his daddy’s house

He felt like he could make it on his own

Daddy did not know everything

Daddy’s rules were way outdated

And to be honest he was just tired of all the rules of daddy’s house

So he asks for his inheritance

His father went against what he really felt was best and gave his son his inheritance

But it did not make the son happy

He still was in his fathers house

Gone are the rules of his dad’s house

Still having to live in the shadow of big brother

Still having to follow daddy’s rules

Still having to live by the standards that daddy set

So the young man decides it is time to move to the big city where he can make a living on his own

But we know what happens

It is the same story we hear time and time again

This young man ends up losing it all

All his money gone

All his so called friends gone

All his hopes and dreams gone

So here we find this young man feeding the pigs

If you understand the Jewish culture you would understand that no self respecting Jewish man would ever have anything to do with pigs.

So here he is

Him asking and receiving his inheritance didn’t do it

Losing all his money in the big city didn’t do it