The Parable Of The Fathers Heart.
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The main character in the parable isn’t the Prodigal son or even the older son, it’s the Father.
The main character in the parable isn’t the Prodigal son or even the older son, it’s the Father.
Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”
The Pharisee and scribes didn’t know the true nature of God.
The Pharisee and scribes didn’t know the true nature of God.
No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.
Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
So showing mercy to the sinners and tax collecters was the Father working through Him.
So showing mercy to the sinners and tax collecters was the Father working through Him.
And he said, “There was a man who had two sons. And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.’ And he divided his property between them.
The Father could have stopped him, but he didn’t he let him go.
Not only did he let him go, he gave him all that he wanted and more.
Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
At times we have used his grace as a licence to sin.
Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in reckless living. And when he had spent everything, a severe famine arose in that country, and he began to be in need. So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs. And he was longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate, and no one gave him anything.
We believe in Gods Providence. The Fathers providence over all human affairs and circumstances.
We believe in Gods Providence. The Fathers providence over all human affairs and circumstances.
There is a way that seems right to a man,
but its end is the way to death.
A man’s heart plans his way,
But the Lord directs his steps.
I know, O Lord, that the way of man is not in himself,
that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
Many are the plans in the mind of a man,
but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.
Providential failure
Providential failure
“But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants.” ’
Memories of the Fathers kindness stir within Him.
He is depending and relying on his Fathers mercy at this point.
He is depending and relying on his Fathers mercy at this point.
So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.
When we are depending on Gods mercy, rather than our own performance, we are in a right frame of mind.
The Fathers foreknowledge, The Father knew the Son would try and return.
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.
When we come seeking the Father, we find that the Father is already there waiting.
The Father of providence is at the end of all His works. Orchestrating events according to His will.
And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
He was never worthy in the first place, he just didn’t know it. This was his moment of self discovery.
For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not.
But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet. And bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate. For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to celebrate.
“Now his older son was in the field, and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing. And he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant. And he said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and sound.’ But he was angry and refused to go in. His father came out and entreated him,
The older sons rejection of grace and anger at the Fathers mercy.
but he answered his father, ‘Look, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command, yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might celebrate with my friends. But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’
The older son could not enter in and enjoy the Fathers kindness because he was to busy trying to work for the Fathers approval.
The older son could not enter in and enjoy the Fathers kindness because he was to busy trying to work for the Fathers approval.
The Fathers response
And he said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours. It was fitting to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.’ ”