SF102 - WHAT HOMECOMING IS ALL ABOUT (Luke 15 11-32)

@PAGE NUMBER = SF102

@TITLE = WHAT HOMECOMING IS ALL ABOUT

@LEVEL ONE = LUKE 15:11‑32

@LEVEL ONE = INTRODUCTION

@LEVEL TWO = Homecoming is about

@LEVEL FOUR = Food

@LEVEL FOUR = Friends

@LEVEL FOUR = Family

@LEVEL FOUR = Fellowship

@LEVEL FOUR = Fun

@LEVEL TWO = But Not Supremely

@LEVEL THREE = Supremely It Is About...

@LEVEL ONE = 1A. THE SON'S REBELLION (vv.11‑16)

@LEVEL TWO = 1B. His Disregard For His Father (vv.11‑12)

@LEVEL THREE = At best simple greed

@LEVEL THREE = At worst he was wishing his father was dead

@LEVEL TWO = 2B. His Desire For His Freedom (v.13)

@LEVEL THREE = The far country is more an attitude than a location.

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@LEVEL TWO = 3B. His Despair In His Famine (vv.14‑16)

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. What he lost

@LEVEL FOUR = Food

@LEVEL FOUR = Friends

@LEVEL FOUR = Fortune

@LEVEL FOUR = Freedom

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. What he learned

@LEVEL FOUR = Sin promises freedom but brings slavery

@LEVEL FOUR = Sin promises success but brings failure

@LEVEL FOUR = Sin promises life but brings death

@LEVEL FOUR = When God is left out of our lives ‑ enjoyment becomes enslavement

@LEVEL ONE = 2A. THE SON'S REPENTANCE (vv.17‑19)

@LEVEL TWO = 1B. Begins With Right Thinking

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. About Self

@SCRIPTURE = "Came to himself" = regained his right mind

@SCRIPTURE = "I have sinned..." = confession

@SCRIPTURE = ISA 1:18<R>Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

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@LEVEL THREE = 2C. About God

@LEVEL FOUR = The Father is mentioned three times in these verse

@LEVEL FOUR = Repentance will cause you to think "right" about God.

@LEVEL FOUR = Plea for mercy not justice

@LEVEL FOUR = Not "give me" But "make me"

@SCRIPTURE = ROM 8:7<R>Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

@LEVEL FOUR = See God not as our enemy but as our ally

@LEVEL TWO = 2B. Ends With Right Doing

@LEVEL THREE = Involves the will

@SCRIPTURE = "I will arise..."

@SCRIPTURE = "I will go..."

@SCRIPTURE = "I will say..."

@SCRIPTURE = ACT 26:20<R>...they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.

@LEVEL ONE = 3A. THE SON'S REJOICING (vv.20‑24)

@LEVEL TWO = 1B. His Reception (v.20‑21)

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. The returning son

@LEVEL FOUR = Beaten

@LEVEL FOUR = Broken

@LEVEL FOUR = Bruised

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@LEVEL THREE = 2C. The running father

@LEVEL FOUR = Rare ‑ demonstrates

@LEVEL FOUR = His love

@LEVEL FOUR = His protection ‑ the law demanded the son's death (DEU 21:18‑21)

@LEVEL TWO = 2B. His Restoration (vv.22‑24)

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. The robe

@LEVEL FOUR = A symbol of acceptance ‑ honor

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. The ring

@LEVEL FOUR = A symbol of authority ‑ sonship

@LEVEL THREE = 3C. The shoes

@LEVEL FOUR = A symbol of freedom ‑ victory

@LEVEL FOUR = Slaves did not were shoes

@LEVEL THREE = 4C. The calf

@LEVEL FOUR = A symbol of redemption ‑ celebration

@LEVEL FOUR = The choice calf ‑ possibly set aside for sacrifice

@LEVEL ONE = CONCLUSION

@LEVEL TWO = Join The Joy ‑ Come Home!

@ILL TITLE = SOFLY AND TENDERLY