Luke 15:10
"Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in
the presence of the angels of God
over one sinner that repenteth"
God's Concern For the Lost [PT-2] begins with The Lost Coin. Here Jesus speaks of a woman that had 10 pieces of silver and she lost one of the coins. So she lit a candle and swept until she found the lost coin. When she found it she called her friends and neighbors and said, "Rejoice with me for I have found the piece I had lost. The point being here is, that losing the coin brought sorrow, but finding the coin brought joy.
The Lost Son parable contains many spiritual truths and some described it as the "gospel within the gospel." And not without reason this has been called the greatest short story in the world. Under Jewish law a father was not free to leave his property as he liked. The elder son must get two-thirds and the younger one-third. "But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his, "(Deut. 21:17).
The details of this parable speaks volumes of truth. To note only the detail which describes human suffering and compassion is to fail to find the point illustrated by Jesus. Obviously, the son who strays from home depicts a sinner separated from God. The prodigal's sin is not involved simply in the waste of his inheritance or in his careless attitudes and behavior. It is a sin of a debauched life, (socially unacceptable) a rebellion against love.
My Friends, The parable illustrates the fall of man, "For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil," (Gen. 3:5). The love of God is seen in the activity of the father. When the son returned to his father, it was not for the purpose of gaining a new inheritance, but for the expressed purpose of becoming an obedient servant. Repentance like this brings forgiveness. The father was not merely accepting the son as a servant but was restoring him as a son. Are you a child of God that has strayed away, If so I pray with these illustrations of God's Concern For The Lost will guide you back to The Father.
Amen!
Reading: Luke 15:8-32
Ref: HG SB
The Lost Son parable contains many spiritual truths and some described it as the "gospel within the gospel." And not without reason this has been called the greatest short story in the world. Under Jewish law a father was not free to leave his property as he liked. The elder son must get two-thirds and the younger one-third. "But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his, "(Deut. 21:17).
The details of this parable speaks volumes of truth. To note only the detail which describes human suffering and compassion is to fail to find the point illustrated by Jesus. Obviously, the son who strays from home depicts a sinner separated from God. The prodigal's sin is not involved simply in the waste of his inheritance or in his careless attitudes and behavior. It is a sin of a debauched life, (socially unacceptable) a rebellion against love.
My Friends, The parable illustrates the fall of man, "For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil," (Gen. 3:5). The love of God is seen in the activity of the father. When the son returned to his father, it was not for the purpose of gaining a new inheritance, but for the expressed purpose of becoming an obedient servant. Repentance like this brings forgiveness. The father was not merely accepting the son as a servant but was restoring him as a son. Are you a child of God that has strayed away, If so I pray with these illustrations of God's Concern For The Lost will guide you back to The Father.
Amen!
Reading: Luke 15:8-32
Ref: HG SB
May God Bless You
And Your Family
Minister Robert Lail Sr.
The Cross life Ministry
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