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The parable of the Prodigal Son from Luke 15:11-32[1] concludes our sermon series Bible Stories You Should Know. Jesus’ most familiar parable shows God’s delight when someone turns their life around.
Based on the Parable of the Prodigal Son in Luke 15:11-32 this sermon higlights 3 lessons to take away from the Father, the Prodigal and the Older Son.
One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother. - John Ortberg. The true emphasis is not on the sons, but on the father. It is an unveiling of the heart of God. The central truth of the parable is the picture of the heavenly Fath.
Treat me as one of your hired servants” (Luke 15:18). These are three parts of the soul, the mind, the affections, and the will. We make choices with the will. And when the prodigal “came to his senses” his will was renewed too. True repentance begins in the soul.
Now in verses 11–24 Jesus gives a third answer to the Pharisees’s accusation. When he receives sinners and eats with them, it is like a father who finds a lost son and celebrates with all his house. All three parables have this in common: being lost and being found followed by great joy in heaven.
The Prodigal Son. Text: Luke 15:11-32. Jesus often used parables in His teaching – using an everyday illustration to describe a spiritual truth. In this parable, Jesus described a man with two sons – one demanded and squandered his inheritance, the other faithfully served his father.
As the father in the story, Jesus shows how God loves equally the prodigal who wallows in self-indulgence, the prodigal who wallows in self-pity and every other prodigal in between. Isn’t that what makes God’s grace so amazing?
The parable of the prodigal son marvelously depicts Christ’s extraordinary patience and mercy toward those He came to save. In this sermon, R.C. Sproul continues his series in the gospel of Luke, returning to this parable to reveal why we should rejoice every time a lost soul is found.
Scripture: Luke 15:11-32. Denomination: Congregational. Summary: Sometimes the worst thing God can do is to give us what we want. the prodigal leaves for a "far country", a place which exists first in our hearts. 1.