Luke 15:17–24 KJV 1900

And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

Finding God

I. Spiritual Reasoning

Luke 15:17 KJV 1900

And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!

Reasoning - the action of thinking about something in a logical, sensible way.

How are you going to get to heaven if you don’t know the way.

John 14:6 KJV 1900

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

II. Speedy Return

Luke 15:18 KJV 1900

I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,

Proverbs 18:10 KJV 1900

The name of the Lord is a strong tower: The righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

2 Corinthians 6:2 KJV 1900

(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)

Now - The present time.

Jeremiah 8:20 KJV 1900

The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.

III. Sorrowful Repentance

2 Corinthians 7:10 KJV 1900

For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

Luke 15:18 KJV 1900

I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,

Luke 15:19 KJV 1900

And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

When you come back to God you will soon realize the devil is a liar and a deceiver, and that if you allow the door of you heart to be open unguarded satan arrow will pierce.

His position in God as a son had not changed.

a. If you had stay outside of Gods will and remained unrepented and died in that state, he

would have being eternally lost.

1 John 1:9 KJV 1900

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

What he assume God would say and do was completely wrong.

IV. Saving Reunion

Luke 15:20 KJV 1900

And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

Luke 15:22 KJV 1900

But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: