A Father And Two Sons. Luke 15:11-32
It’s a parable The meaning is implied It is inferred It is suggestive It is significant A certain Father. Not any Father but a certain Father. There’s something unique about this Father….. Had two Sons names are mentioned but Let’s just Call them Jew and Gentile. It is important to note that these two sons had the same father. PART II INTRODUCTION: FAMILY REPRESENTS THE KINGDOM. THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND THE CHURCH ARE COMPRISED OF FAMILIES.
REMEMBER THEY ARE KINGDOM KIDS CHURCH KIDS…(TEMPTATION DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE)… BOTH HAVE THE SAME FATHER. BUT THE YOUNGER HAS A THOUGHT A TEMPTATION TO SEPARATE HIMSELF. NOW KNOW THAT TEMPTATION BY ITSELF IS NO SIN. HE COULD HAVE RECOVERED BY DISMISSING THE THE THOUGHT. BUT NEXT HE MAKES A CHOICE TO SEPARATE HIMSELF FROM… THIS IS
WHEN SIN OCCURRED.
EVERYTHING ELSE THAT HAPPENS IN HIS LIFE IS A CONSEQUENCE OF HIS DECISION TO SEPARATE HIMSELF FROM GOD. (PREACH PASTOR TALLEY) THAT IS WHAT SIN IS A DECLARATION OF ENMITY AGAINST GOD. A DIVORCING OF OUR SELVES FROM HIM….. AND THE ONLY PLACE TO GO WITHOUT HIM IS DOWN….
BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT SIN DOES NOT SILENCE THE VOICE OF GOD WE MIGHT SIN SO LONG THAT OUR DEPENDENCY MAKES US LESS SENSITIVE TO HIS VOICE. BUT
JESUS REIGNS EVEN OVER SIN
HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT
PASTOR WELL I’M GLAD YOU ASKED. VERSE 17. THE VOICE OF CONVICTION AND HE HEARD IT… WHEN YOU BELONG TO GOD HE NEVER STOPS SPEAKING TO YOU AND TO YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES. HE NEVER STOPS REMINDING YOU THAT YOU CANNOT GO TOO FAR OR DO TOO BAD FOR HIM TOO GIVE UPON YOU.
AND BELOVED JUST AS YOU MADE THE CHOICE TO LEAVE ONLY YOU CAN MAKE THE CHOICE TO RETURN BUT KNOW IT WILL BE THE BEST CHOICE YOU COULD EVER MAKE.
FATHERS RESPONSE………
INTRODUCTION (RECAP)
– SON LEAVES.. MESSES UP AND FALLS
REPENTS….. RETURNS… SEEKS FORGIVENESS.
FATHER: RECEIVES HIM…. FORGIVES HIM AND RESTORES AND CELEBRATES HIM.
BUT THEN THERE’S ANOTHER SON. WHO ACCORDING TO HIS RESUME LOOKS PRETTY GOOD. HE OBVIOUSLY HADN’T DONE ANY WRONG. AT LEAST NOT YET. HAD BEEN AROUND HIS FATHER’S KINGDOM ALL HIS LIFE…. (SAVED SANCTIFIED…YOU GET THE PICTURE DON’T YOU).
THE REALITY IS THAT THEY’RE ARE SOMETHINGS THAT ARE RELATIONSHIP ISSUES WITH HIS BROTHER THAT ARE NOT MANIFESTED UNTIL THE YOUNGER BROTHER RETURNS. YOU RECALL THAT HE HE HEARS THAT HIS YOUNGER BROTHER HAS RETURNED AND HIS RETURN HAS LED TO JUBILATION AND CELEBRATION. HE BECOMES ANGRY AND REFUSES TO ENTER INTO THE PARTY. (LOOK AT NEIGHBOR NOT EVERYBODY IS HAPPY AT YOUR RESTORATION. IN FACT SOME BROTHERS AND SISTERS REJOICE IN YOUR FALL.)
LISTEN TO THE DEPTH OF HIS SINFUL ENTITLEMENT. IN FACT HIS REFERENCE TO HIS FATHER IS THIS SON OF YOURS- NOT MY BROTHER…I HAVE BEEN HERE ALL THIS TIME. I HAVE NEVER TAKEN YOUR MONEY. I HAVE NEVER FROLICKED WITH PROSTITUTES. I HAVE NEVER TRICKED OFF ANYTHING THAT BELONGED TO YOU. AND YOU HAVEN’T NEVER GIVEN ME ANYTHING. ALL THIS TIME HE HAS BEEN LIVING AT WHOSE HOUSE??? ALL THIS TIME HE HAS BEEN THE RECIPIENT OF WHOSE GOODNESS AND MERCY???
IN FACT HE CAN’T ASSESS JUST HOW BLESSED HE IS BECAUSE HE IS SO BUSY COVETING WHAT THE FATHER HAS DONE FOR HIS BROTHER.
STILL HIS FATHER AFFECTIONATELY CALLS HIM SON AND REMINDS HIM THAT EVERY THING HE HAS WAS HIS. NOT FATHER’S OR BROTHER’S FAULT THAT HE SPENT SO MUCH OF HIS TIME LIVING AT THE KINGDOM THAT HE NEVER EXPERIENCED LIFE IN THE KINGDOM .
NOT THE FATHER’S OR BROTHER’S FAULT THAT HE CHOSE EXISTING OVER
LIVING.
NOT THE FATHER’S OR BROTHER’S FAULT THAT HE CHOSE BEING A KILL JOY OVER RECEIVING TRUE JOY.