WHAT ARE YOU MISSING?

I LIVE IN THE FATHERS HOUSE, BUT I’M NAKED.

WHAT’S MISSING:

purpose

authority

righteousness

LUKE 15:22 ““But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet.”

I. WHY DID JESUS USE THIS PARABLE?

GENERATIONS - 1ST GEN. TYPE OF CHRIST / 2ND MIRROR OPPOSITE THAT WOULD WILLINGLY LEAVE THE FATHERS HOUSE AND BE DEFILED…CREATE HIDDEN SHAME TO PREVENT THEM FROM SEEING THEIR WORTH TO THE WORLD. CREATING HOPELESS GENERATION.

SPIRITUAL PEDIGREE - PROCLIVITY TO BECOME PRIDEFUL AND NUMB TO THOSE WHO ARE OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE, WHILE BLIND TO OUR OWN NAKEDNESS WHILE INSIDE THE HOUSE. *TAKE CAUTION OF RESIDENCE WITHOUT RELATIONSHIP TO THE FAHTER.

CULTURAL IRRELEVANCE - TIMELESSNESS OF GRACE WITHIN A DEGRADING SOCIETY. THIS WORLD IS NAKED AND IGNORANT TO THE TRUTH OF THE FATHER. WE SHOULD NEVER SEEK TO EMBRACE THE SOCIETAL NORMS OUTSIDE OF THE FATHERS HOUSE. TO LIVE WITHOUT A ROBE, SANDALS, AND RING ARE TO DEVOID OF THE COVERING OF THE FATHER REGARDLESS OF CULTURAL STANDARDS. JESUS IS THE STANDARD.

A WORD TO JOSEPH:

GENESIS 49:22-26 ““Joseph is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a well; His branches run over the wall. The archers have bitterly grieved him, Shot at him and hated him. But his bow remained in strength, And the arms of his hands were made strong By the hands of the Mighty God of Jacob (From there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel), By the God of your father who will help you, And by the Almighty who will bless you With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that lies beneath, Blessings of the breasts and of the womb. The blessings of your father Have excelled the blessings of my ancestors, Up to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills. They shall be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.”

BOUND DEEP IN THE SPIRIT OF EVERY PRODIGAL IS THE BLESSING OF JOSEPH!

GET YOURSELF DRESSED!

II. THE PROCESS OF EXILE OR REBELLION IS THE SAME FOR THOSE IN CHRIST.

JESUS CAME OUT OF THE GRAVE A SON

WHETHER IT’S YOUR FAULT OR SOMEBODY ELSES, YOU ARE COMING OUT A SON!

THE GRAVE CREATED FOR YOUR CHILDREN IS AN INCUBATOR OF PREPARATION FOR THEIR RETURN TO THEIR PURPOSE, AUTHORITY, AND RIGHTEOUSNESS!

1. COAT - RIGHTEOUSNESS/FAVOR/BLESSING

THE ENEMY RESENTS YOUR COAT

WHY DOES THE ENEMY FIGHT YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

“RIGHTEOUSNESS IS THE FOUNDATION OF PERCEIVED REQUEST”

“YOUR PRAYERS WILL NEVER EXCEED YOUR INTERNAL BELIEF OF MERIT”

THE COAT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS SPEAKS OF THE POTENCY OF YOUR FAITH IN YOUR OWN SALVATION

WE MUST BECOME RESOLUTE IN THE POWER OF THE BLOOD!

2. SANDALS - PURPOSE

THE ENEMY WILL KEEP YOU SHOELESS!…GIANTS DON’T FALL FROM BELIEF, THEY FALL FROM PURPOSE!

“PURPOSE IS FAITH THAT GOES TO WORK!”

YOUR PURPOSE WILL GIVE YOU ENDURANCE IN PRISON OR PIG PENS

YOUR PURPOSE WILL TAKE YOU WHERE YOUR COURAGE WILL TEST YOU… FULFILLMENT IS NEVER FOUND IN EASY PATHS.

3. RING - ROYAL AUTHORITY *EDICTS

THE ENEMY FEARS THE IMPRESSION LEFT ON THE WORDS YOU DECLARE

YOUR IMPRESSION ON THIS GENERATION MUST BE FELT

IT IS TIME FOR A GENERATION TO FEEL THE WEIGHT OF YOUR FAITH’S PETITIONS.

YOUR WORDS ARE ONLY AS POWERFUL AS YOUR RING

THIS IS THE RING OF COVENANT THAT BINDS ONE ANOTHER TO THE OATH SWORN