Prodigal – Week 3 (4-2-23)
Prodigal
The Father
April 2, 2023
Luke 15:11-32
Very similar stories…
Younger
- Give me what is mine
- I’m entitled
- I’m unworthy
- I can earn it back
Older
- Give me what is mine
- I’m entitled
- I’m worthy
- I have earned it
Self-Discovery & Moral Conformity
Both roads lead to the brothers being on the outside of the father’s house looking in.
There was a man who had 3 sons…
Whose story will define you?
A Bigger Story…
- Sheep – search for it?
- Coin – search for it?
- Brother – search for it?
Luke 15:1-2
Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. 2 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
- Stand-Ins:
Younger Son – Tax Collectors & Sinners - Older Son – Pharisees & Teachers
- Home – Where the Father is
- The Feast – The Kingdom
- Father – God
- 3rd Son? —> looks just like the Father in the story…
Prodigal:
- Recklessly extravagant
- Having spent everything