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Please take your copy of God's Word, which I hope that you have with you, that it's well read and treasured in your heart, and turn with me to the book of Luke chapter 15.
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If you've been part of our fellowship for very long, it might be a little unsettling to you that we're turning to the middle of a book of the Bible.
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Well, as last week we concluded our, I think, 59 sermon study of the book of Acts. We started in February of 2016 and finished up last week.
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Many people have asked me, what's next? Where are we headed? What are we doing? So I'm going to tell you that.
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I'll give you the plan, at least the penciled-in plan for the rest of the year, so you can take a couple deep breaths and just enjoy being here with us on Sunday mornings and hearing God's Word exposited as we study it together.
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So today and the next two weeks, we're going to look at chapter 15 of Luke. It's been three weeks on the story of the prodigal son.
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The five following weeks, we're going to do a topical exposition of the five solas of the Reformation.
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So we're headed up to 500th year anniversary. You heard me telling that to the children earlier.
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The five solas were kind of like the banner cries of the Reformation.
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And I want to be really clear, just as a little primer to looking to that in just a couple of weeks,
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that Christianity did not begin with the Reformation.
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It began much, much further before that.
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And there were groups of people that managed, right?
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The truth of God went forth and managed to skirt even around what the Reformers were reforming from.
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But we don't want to neglect our family history, right?
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And the Reformation is part of that.
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We stand on the shoulders of many of the Reformers who helped, in large measure, recapture biblical doctrine for us.
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And so the solas help us to think about those things.
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A sola, if you're not aware, is Latin, and it means only.
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So those five solas are sola scriptura, only scripture.
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Sola gratia, only grace.
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Sola fide, only faith.
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Sola Christus, only Christ.
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And soli deo gloria, to God alone be the glory.
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And so you can think of it in these terms.
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By scripture alone do we know that we are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, to the glory of God alone.
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So we'll spend five weeks on the solas.
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Four weeks beyond that, we're just going to do some various text and topics, likely from the Psalms.
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And then the rest of the year, as we've done in many years past, we'll preach through the Advent candle themes.
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We're not preaching candles, but they're hope, joy, peace, love, Christ.
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And we light those candles together, leading up to keeping our minds fixed on why we celebrate Christmas.
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And we'll open up texts that speak of those various privileges we have in Christ and exposit through them.
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So that's where we're going across the rest of the year.
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But today we are in Luke chapter 15.
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And I'm going to read the entire chapter for our benefit before we narrow in on verses 11 through 19 this morning.
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But all of it carries together.
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So I want to read it all to you probably over the next few weeks as well.
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We'll read it together at the beginning and then we'll narrow in on some verses from the text.
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Before I read, I want to remind you that this is God's word to us, that it was written for his glory and for our good.
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And as such, we would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and obey its commands.
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Beginning in verse 1 of Luke chapter 15.
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Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to Jesus.
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And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying,
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This man receives sinners and eats with them.
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So he told them this parable.
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What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them,
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does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the one that is lost until he finds it?
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And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
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And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them,
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Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.
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Just so I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents
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than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
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Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin,
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does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it?
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And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying,
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Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.
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Just so I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.
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And he said,
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There was a man who had two sons.
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And the younger of them said to his father,
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Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.
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And he divided his property between them.
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Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had
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and took a journey into a far country,
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and there squandered his property in reckless living.
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And when he had spent everything,
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a severe famine arose in that country,
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and he began to be in need.
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So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country
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who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
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And he was longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate,
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and no one gave him anything.
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But when he came to himself, he said,
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How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread,
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but I perish here with hunger?
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I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him,
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Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.
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I am no longer worthy to be called your son.
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Treat me as one of your hired servants.
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And he arose and came to his father.
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But while he was still a long way off,
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his father saw him and felt compassion,
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and ran and embraced him and kissed him.
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And the son said to him,
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Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.
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I am no longer worthy to be called your son.
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But the father said to his servants,
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Bring quickly the best robe and put it on him,
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and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet,
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and bring the fattened calf and kill it,
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and let us eat and celebrate.
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For this my son was dead and is alive again.
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He was lost and is found.
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And they began to celebrate.
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Now his older son was in the field,
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and as he came and drew near to the house,
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he heard music and dancing.
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And he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant.
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And he said to him,
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Your brother has come,
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and your father has killed the fattened calf,
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because he has received him back safe and sound.
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But he was angry and refused to go in.
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His father came out and entreated him.
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But he answered his father,
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Look, these many years I have served you,
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and I have never disobeyed your command,
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yet you never gave me a young goat
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that I might celebrate with my friends.
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But when this son of yours came,
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who has devoured your property with prostitutes,
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you killed the fattened calf for him.
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And he said to him,
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Son, you are always with me,
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and all that is mine is yours.
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It was fitting to celebrate and be glad,
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for this your brother was dead and is alive.
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He was lost and is found.
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The contemporary pastor and commentator,
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John MacArthur,
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has called the story of the prodigal son
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the greatest short story ever told.
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I agree.
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This story has been often cited,
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and it exists in the collective consciousness
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of our culture.
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You will hear,
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and if you haven't already been aware of this,
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you will begin to hear mention of the story
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of the prodigal son in all sorts of places.
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But,
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this story is often misunderstood.
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It is my prayer that over the next couple of weeks,
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we will arrive at a clearer understanding
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of its meaning
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as we study it together.
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This story is primarily told by Jesus
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in order to address
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the attitudes of the religious elite,
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who Luke tells us about
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at the beginning of chapter 15.
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Verse 2 says,
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And the Pharisees and scribes grumbled.
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Those lawyers and those of this elite class
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called the Pharisees.
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And what did they say?
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This man receives sinners
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and eats with them.
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So in response,
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Luke records what Jesus said.
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Verse 3,
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that he told them this parable,
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and then continues.
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Verse 8,
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Or what woman?
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And then without skipping a beat,
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to verse 11.
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And he said,
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There was a man who had two sons.
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So we need to see
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that it connects back
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to the very beginning of chapter 15
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and this conflict that's going on
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and this type of judgmentalism
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that the Pharisees and the scribes have
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for Jesus,
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who is gathering
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with those who need to hear
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the good news
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of the coming kingdom of God.
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Now as we look at
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any of Jesus' parables,
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but I think particularly this one,
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there's a great temptation
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to allegorize the parables,
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to make everything in the text
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take on some complex symbolic meaning.
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If you just have some time to kill,
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go search for explanations of symbolism
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and the prodigal son.
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You will find some crazy explanations
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out there.
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We need to be really careful
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across these three weeks
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to see that Jesus is driving
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a solitary point.
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He's heading us to
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a particular thing
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that he wants us
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to understand.
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And that is this.
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He is juxtaposing
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the attitudes of the Pharisees
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and the scribes
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with the rejoicing of heaven
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over lost souls
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being found.
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That's what the drive is.
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The rejoicing
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of heaven
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and therefore
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the need for our rejoicing
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in the lost being found.
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We need to keep this in mind
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as we consider the story
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of the prodigal son.
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It sits within a chapter of parables
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with an even larger
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cultural reality.
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And we need to do some faithful work
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to understand its meaning
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and bearing on us today.
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So, I'm going to break
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across these next three weeks
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the characters out.
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So, we're going to look
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at the younger son
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who we'll call the prodigal
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the prodigal son
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the father
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and then the eldest son
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who we'll see
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as really the point
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of the story
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this attitude
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of the eldest son.
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But for today
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we'll look at the
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youngest son
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the younger of the two
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and with fair ease
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as we look at the prodigal
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we can find ourselves
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in him.
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In some measure.
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The word prodigal
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means licentious
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or lavish.
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It's not a word
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we tend to use very often
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unless you hear it
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in reference
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to this particular story.
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Or as the ESV translation
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puts it
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as I'm reading from
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in verse 13
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reckless.
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Luke records
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the ESV text
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that he went
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and squandered
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his inheritance
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and reckless living.
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The prodigal son
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is prodigal
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he is reckless
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in his sin
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in his rebellion
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against his father.
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Now there are various
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stages in the history
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of a sinner.
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And this is true
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of the prodigal
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and these stages
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are worth noting
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in this text
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for our benefit.
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This is especially
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important for you
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this morning
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if you have not
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believed
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in Jesus Christ.
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To take a look
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at the stages
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these history stages
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in the life
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of the prodigal.
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But if you have believed
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do not think
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that a careful
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consideration
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of who you
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once were
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is a fruitless
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effort.
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It is always
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good
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to remember
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the grace of God
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to us
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in Jesus Christ.
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For me to remember
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that I was once
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prodigal
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but that I have been
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restored
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to my father.
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To be reminded
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of what we were
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saved from
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makes us revel
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in who
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we have been
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saved to.
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So let's do that
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together
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in the following
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outlines.
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Here is the outline
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for this morning
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and then I will
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go back to it.
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Number one
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independence
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from God.
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Number two
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indulgence
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of self.
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And number three
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insanity
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of soul.
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So these are the
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stages
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in this history
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of the sinner
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that we can
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observe here
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in the text
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of the
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prodigal son.
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And then
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fourthly
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for those of us
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who are in Christ
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who have been
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justified before God
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we can readily
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relate with this
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fourth step
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and I hope
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that this will be
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a true step
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for each and
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every one of us
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repentance
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and faith.
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So number one
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independence
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from God.
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Verses 11 and 12
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and he said
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there was a man
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who had two sons
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and the younger
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of them said
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to his father
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father give me
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the share of property
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that is coming to me
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and he divided
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his property
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between them.
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We first learn
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of a man
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who has two sons.
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Inheritance
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in Jesus' day
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was governed
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by the law
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of primogenitor.
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You don't have
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to remember that word
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but there it is
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for you right
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this law
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that governed
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the way
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in which
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inheritance
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was handed
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down
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and it was
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strictly adhered
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to.
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The eldest son
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under this law
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received a double
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portion of the
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inheritance
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which means
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in the case
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of two sons
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that the older
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son would receive
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two thirds
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of the inheritance
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and the younger
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one third.
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You get to learn
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math on Sunday
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mornings as well.
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Upon the request
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of his inheritance
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the father
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not only grants
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the younger brother
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what he asked
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for but also
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the older
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he also grants
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it.
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It says
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and he divided
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his property
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between them.
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The fact
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that he does
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this bears
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a great deal
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of significance
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later on.
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This morning
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what we need
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to understand
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about the
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prodigal's request
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is that it
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was audacious.
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Under this law
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of inheritance
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the inheritance
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was only granted
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upon the death
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of the father.
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There was no
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pre-granting
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of inheritance
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under the law.
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So the younger
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son in requesting
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his inheritance
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was wishing
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his father
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dead.
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So remember
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Jesus is talking
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to the Pharisees
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and the scribes
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as he's telling
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this story
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and this is their
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first gasping
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moment in the
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telling of this
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thing right out
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of the gate.
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Greatest short
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story ever told.
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They are in awe.
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How could a son
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ask such a thing
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of his father?
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I wish
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you were dead.
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Give me
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what is
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mine.
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And this is
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the nature
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of sin.
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Rejection
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of God's
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good
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loving
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rule.
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The pastor
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John Piper
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once defined
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sin like this.
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Sin is
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the glory
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of God
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not honored
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the holiness
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of God
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not reverenced
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the greatness
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of God
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not admired
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the power
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of God
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not praised
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the truth
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of God
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not sought
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the wisdom
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of God
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not esteemed
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the beauty
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of God
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not treasured
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the goodness
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of God
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not savored
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the faithfulness
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of God
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not trusted
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the promise
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of God
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not believed
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the commandments
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of God
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not obeyed
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the justice
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of God
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not respected
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the wrath
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of God
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not feared
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the grace
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of God
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not cherished
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the presence
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of God
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not prized
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and the person
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of God
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not loved
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in our sin
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we say
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to God
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I wish
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you were
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dead
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and we can
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observe the
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prodigal's expression
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of sin
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in the very
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first
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sin
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found in
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Genesis
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chapter 3
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and I begin
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reading in verse 1
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now the serpent
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was more crafty
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than any other
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beast of the field
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that the Lord God
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had made
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he said to the woman
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did God
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actually say
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you shall not eat
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of any tree
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in the garden
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and the woman
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said to the serpent
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we may eat
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of the fruit
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of the trees
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in the garden
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but God said
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you shall not
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eat of the fruit
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of the tree
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that is in the midst
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of the garden
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neither shall you
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touch it
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lest you die
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and here's the
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crafty deception
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verse 4
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but the serpent
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said to the woman
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woman
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you will not
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surely die
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for God knows
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that when you
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eat of it
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your eyes
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will be opened
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and you will be
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like God
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knowing
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good and evil
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what was the
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deception
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of the devil
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that Adam and Eve
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could themselves
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be
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gods
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Adam and Eve
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in their
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very first
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sin
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the start
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of all
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of our
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problems
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was that they
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wanted God
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dead
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they themselves
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wanted to be
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God
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verse 6
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says
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so when the
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woman saw
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the tree
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was good
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for food
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and that it
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was a delight
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to the eyes
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and that the
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tree was to be
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desired to make
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one wise
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she took of
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its fruit
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and ate
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and she
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she also
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gave some
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to her
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husband
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who was
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with her
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and he
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ate
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Adam and Eve
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said to their
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father
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God
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father
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give us the
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share of
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property
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that is
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coming to us
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they wished
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they wished
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God
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dead
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they sought
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independence
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from God
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and his
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good rule
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over them
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just as the
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prodigal son
18:34
desired independence
18:35
from his
18:36
father
18:37
as this should
18:39
be a shock
18:39
to us
18:40
it should be
18:41
if you're not
18:42
feeling that
18:42
as a shock
18:43
I pray that
18:44
God would
18:44
stir in your
18:45
heart
18:45
recognize
18:46
the offense
18:47
of sin
18:48
as it should
18:50
be a shock
18:50
to us
18:50
that the
18:50
younger son
18:51
would ask
18:51
that it
18:51
would have
18:52
been even
18:52
greater
18:53
to Jesus
18:53
listeners
18:55
in a culture
18:56
where honor
18:56
was massively
18:57
important
18:58
and the
18:59
fifth command
18:59
and honor
18:59
your father
19:00
and mother
19:00
was not
19:01
only part
19:02
of the
19:02
moral law
19:02
but also
19:03
the
19:03
judicial
19:04
law
19:05
this request
19:06
was more
19:07
than just
19:07
a little
19:08
scandalous
19:09
listen to
19:11
the law
19:12
found in
19:13
Deuteronomy
19:13
chapter 21
19:14
verses 18
19:15
through 21
19:15
this is
19:16
the command
19:19
against rebellious
19:19
children
19:20
children you
19:20
should listen
19:21
to this
19:21
if a man
19:24
is a
19:24
stubborn
19:25
and rebellious
19:25
son who
19:25
will not
19:26
obey the
19:26
voice of
19:27
his father
19:27
or the
19:27
voice of
19:28
his mother
19:28
and though
19:30
they discipline
19:30
him will not
19:31
listen to
19:32
them
19:32
then his
19:33
father and
19:33
mother shall
19:34
take hold
19:34
of him
19:34
and bring
19:35
him out
19:35
to the
19:35
elders of
19:36
his city
19:36
at the
19:37
gate
19:37
of the
19:37
place
19:38
where he
19:38
lives
19:38
and they
19:39
shall say
19:40
to the
19:40
elders
19:40
of his
19:41
city
19:41
this our
19:42
son is
19:43
stubborn
19:43
and rebellious
19:44
he will
19:44
not obey
19:44
our voice
19:45
he is a
19:45
glutton
19:46
and a
19:46
drunkard
19:47
then all
19:48
the men
19:48
of the
19:48
city
19:48
shall stone
19:49
him to
19:49
death
19:50
with stones
19:50
so you
19:52
shall purge
19:52
the evil
19:53
from your
19:53
midst
19:54
and all
19:54
israel
19:54
shall hear
19:55
and fear
19:56
so the
19:59
command to
19:59
obey your
20:00
father and
20:01
mother was
20:02
serious
20:03
and god
20:04
meant it
20:04
when he
20:05
said it
20:06
so in
20:07
this culture
20:08
insolence
20:09
was a
20:10
serious
20:11
infraction
20:12
young people
20:13
you did not
20:14
get to yell
20:14
I hate you
20:15
and slam
20:15
the door
20:16
to your
20:16
room
20:16
and your
20:17
parents just
20:17
don't know
20:18
how they
20:18
lost you
20:18
as a
20:19
friend
20:19
you were
20:22
meant to
20:22
honor your
20:23
mother and
20:24
your father
20:25
and while the
20:26
instruction of
20:26
Deuteronomy 21
20:27
was rarely
20:28
followed
20:28
please know
20:29
that
20:29
very few
20:30
sons were
20:31
stoned to
20:32
death
20:32
because they
20:33
knew what
20:33
was coming
20:33
to them
20:34
if they
20:35
weren't
20:35
obedient
20:35
a son
20:37
like the
20:37
prodigal
20:38
would be
20:38
publicly
20:39
shamed
20:39
and disowned
20:40
here however
20:43
what does the
20:43
father do
20:44
he does
20:44
something
20:44
that's so
20:45
surprising
20:45
and again
20:46
we don't
20:47
understand it
20:47
as a
20:47
culture
20:48
but what
20:48
does the
20:48
father do
20:49
instead of
20:49
public
20:50
shaming
20:50
him
20:50
and disowning
20:51
him
20:52
the father
20:52
divides his
20:53
property
20:53
between them
20:55
gives them
20:56
exactly what
20:57
he asked
20:57
for
20:58
we have
21:01
sought
21:01
the same
21:02
we have
21:03
said
21:04
to God
21:05
in our
21:06
willful
21:06
rebellion
21:07
against
21:07
God's
21:08
good
21:08
instruction
21:09
whether we
21:10
know it
21:10
from the
21:10
pages of
21:11
scripture
21:11
or whether
21:11
just the
21:12
law that's
21:12
written on
21:13
our hearts
21:13
we have
21:14
all rebelled
21:15
against God
21:15
and wished
21:16
him dead
21:17
we have
21:17
all sought
21:18
independence
21:19
from our
21:19
good father
21:20
we have
21:20
all wanted
21:21
ourselves
21:22
to be
21:23
gods
21:24
so this
21:25
is a
21:27
stage in
21:28
the history
21:29
of every
21:29
sinner as
21:30
we see it
21:30
in the stage
21:31
of the
21:32
prodigal
21:32
independence
21:33
is a desire
21:33
for independence
21:34
from God
21:36
but secondly
21:38
we see another
21:38
stage
21:39
we see the
21:40
indulgence
21:41
of self
21:42
just in
21:44
verse 13
21:44
we see that
21:45
not many
21:46
days later
21:46
the younger
21:47
son gathered
21:47
all he had
21:48
and took a
21:49
journey into
21:49
a far
21:50
country
21:50
and there
21:51
he squandered
21:52
his property
21:52
in reckless
21:53
living
21:54
so the
21:56
son leaves
21:56
which appears
21:58
to have been
21:58
his plan
21:59
all along
22:00
as Jesus
22:00
states
22:01
not many
22:02
days
22:03
later
22:03
the son
22:05
took a
22:06
couple of
22:06
days
22:06
to liquidate
22:08
his inheritance
22:08
to take all
22:09
of the things
22:10
that have been
22:10
given to him
22:10
the livestock
22:11
and the land
22:11
to liquidate
22:12
it
22:13
into
22:13
transportable
22:14
cash
22:15
needed to
22:16
take it
22:16
with him
22:18
recall that
22:19
Jesus is
22:20
speaking to
22:20
this Jewish
22:21
audience
22:22
so the
22:23
statement
22:23
that the
22:24
son took
22:24
a journey
22:25
into a
22:26
far country
22:26
while to
22:27
us that
22:27
just sounds
22:27
like well
22:28
he took
22:28
a trip
22:29
would have
22:30
been
22:31
understood
22:31
to be a
22:32
journey
22:32
to
22:32
Gentile
22:33
lands
22:34
again
22:34
the next
22:35
gasping
22:36
moment
22:36
for his
22:38
listeners
22:38
to Jesus
22:39
listeners
22:40
there is a
22:40
compounding
22:41
audacity
22:42
of the
22:42
son
22:42
going to
22:43
live
22:43
among
22:44
unclean
22:45
people
22:46
to carry
22:47
out
22:47
unclean
22:48
motives
22:49
recall that
22:51
people in
22:51
Jesus'
22:52
day when
22:52
they returned
22:53
to Jerusalem
22:53
would go
22:54
straight to
22:55
the temple
22:55
to be
22:55
cleansed
22:56
of the
22:57
uncleanliness
22:57
of Gentile
22:58
lands
22:59
so this is
22:59
an audacious
23:00
thing
23:01
that this
23:02
young man
23:03
has gone
23:03
to do
23:04
he takes
23:05
the inheritance
23:05
that the
23:06
father granted
23:06
him
23:06
and he
23:07
spends it
23:08
on himself
23:09
he spends
23:10
it on
23:11
his
23:12
desires
23:12
we find
23:12
out from
23:13
the older
23:13
son
23:14
later in
23:14
the text
23:15
that he
23:15
spends it
23:16
on
23:16
prostitutes
23:17
he does
23:18
not seek
23:18
to do
23:18
good with
23:19
it
23:19
but rather
23:19
indulges
23:20
his
23:21
every
23:22
whim
23:23
earlier
23:25
in Luke's
23:26
narrative
23:27
we find
23:27
this in
23:27
chapter 12
23:28
you may
23:28
want to
23:29
turn there
23:29
with me
23:29
to verse
23:30
13
23:30
Luke
23:37
records
23:37
another
23:38
parable
23:38
that
23:41
similarly
23:41
drives
23:41
at this
23:42
point
23:42
being
23:43
made
23:43
verse 13
23:47
Luke
23:47
records
23:47
someone in
23:48
the crowd
23:48
said to
23:48
him
23:49
teacher
23:49
tell my
23:50
brother
23:51
to divide
23:52
the inheritance
23:52
with me
23:53
we can
23:54
presume
23:54
that the
23:54
inheritance
23:55
has been
23:55
granted
23:55
at this
23:56
point
23:56
the father
23:56
has
23:57
died
23:57
but Jesus
23:59
says to
23:59
him
24:00
man
24:00
who made
24:00
me a
24:00
judge
24:01
or
24:01
arbiter
24:01
over
24:01
you
24:02
and then
24:04
he says
24:04
to them
24:04
perceiving
24:06
the motivation
24:07
of this
24:08
young man
24:09
take care
24:10
and be on
24:11
your guard
24:12
against all
24:12
covetousness
24:13
for one's
24:15
life does
24:15
not consist
24:16
in the
24:16
abundance
24:17
of his
24:18
possessions
24:18
and he
24:20
told them
24:20
a parable
24:20
saying
24:21
the land
24:21
of a
24:21
rich
24:22
man
24:22
produced
24:22
plentifully
24:23
and he
24:24
thought to
24:24
himself
24:25
what shall
24:26
I do
24:26
for I
24:26
have
24:26
nowhere
24:27
to store
24:27
my
24:28
crops
24:28
and he
24:28
said
24:28
I
24:29
will
24:29
do
24:29
this
24:29
I
24:30
will
24:30
tow
24:30
down
24:30
my
24:31
barns
24:31
and build
24:31
larger
24:31
ones
24:32
and there
24:32
I
24:32
will
24:32
store
24:33
all
24:33
my
24:33
grain
24:33
and my
24:35
goods
24:35
and I
24:36
will
24:36
say to
24:36
my soul
24:37
soul
24:38
you have
24:38
ample goods
24:39
laid up for
24:40
many years
24:40
relax
24:41
eat
24:41
drink
24:42
be
24:43
merry
24:43
but God
24:44
so
24:45
so
24:46
so
24:47
so
24:59
the
24:59
sinner
25:00
indulges
25:01
in
25:01
self
25:03
right
25:03
and
25:04
and not
25:04
just
25:05
financially
25:05
although
25:06
that's
25:06
what we
25:06
see
25:06
this
25:06
young
25:07
man
25:07
doing
25:07
right
25:08
but in
25:08
everything
25:09
they seek
25:10
their
25:10
own
25:10
pleasure
25:11
not the glory
25:11
of God
25:12
or the good
25:12
of their
25:13
fellow
25:13
man
25:14
and we
25:15
have all
25:16
been selfish
25:17
in this
25:18
way
25:18
seeking our
25:19
good
25:20
seeking our
25:21
gain
25:21
seeking our
25:22
pleasure
25:23
right
25:23
we've rejected
25:24
God
25:25
we want to live in
25:26
independence from
25:26
him
25:27
and we have
25:28
indulged the
25:29
sinfulness
25:29
of our
25:31
flesh
25:31
Paul
25:33
writes to
25:33
Titus
25:34
in Titus
25:35
3
25:35
3
25:35
for we
25:36
ourselves
25:37
were once
25:38
foolish
25:38
disobedient
25:40
led astray
25:41
slaves to
25:43
various passions
25:44
and pleasures
25:45
passing our
25:47
days in
25:47
malice and
25:48
envy
25:48
hated by
25:49
others
25:50
and hating
25:51
one another
25:52
so we
25:54
did see the
25:54
stage in the
25:55
history of
25:55
this young
25:56
man
25:57
indulging
25:58
the self
25:59
and we
26:00
have all
26:01
been and
26:02
are still
26:03
at times
26:04
guilty
26:04
of the
26:05
very same
26:06
third
26:08
stage we
26:08
see
26:08
is
26:11
insanity
26:12
of soul
26:13
verses
26:16
14
26:17
through 16
26:17
and when
26:17
he had
26:17
spent
26:18
everything
26:19
a severe
26:21
famine arose
26:21
in that
26:22
country
26:22
and he
26:22
began
26:23
to be
26:24
in need
26:25
just as
26:26
an aside
26:27
this is a
26:27
parable
26:28
clearly
26:28
so Jesus
26:29
is just
26:29
telling the
26:29
story
26:30
so we
26:30
don't
26:30
as I
26:31
said
26:32
before
26:32
we
26:32
don't
26:32
want to
26:32
extrapolate
26:33
too much
26:33
out of
26:34
it
26:34
but
26:34
had
26:36
this
26:36
happened
26:36
I
26:38
would
26:38
just
26:38
like
26:38
to
26:38
suggest
26:39
that
26:39
this
26:39
famine
26:40
the
26:40
severe
26:41
famine
26:41
was a
26:42
providence
26:43
of God
26:43
for the
26:43
benefit
26:44
of this
26:44
young
26:44
man
26:45
so the
26:46
severe
26:46
famine
26:46
arise
26:47
in the
26:47
country
26:47
he has
26:47
nothing
26:48
left
26:48
and he
26:49
begins
26:49
to be
26:50
in need
26:50
verse
26:50
15
26:51
so he
26:51
went
26:52
and
26:52
hired
26:52
himself
26:52
out
26:52
to
26:53
one
26:53
of
26:53
the
26:53
citizens
26:53
of
26:53
that
26:53
country
26:54
who
26:54
sent
26:55
him
26:55
into
26:55
his
26:55
fields
26:56
to
26:57
feed
26:57
pigs
26:58
and he
26:59
was
26:59
longing
26:59
to be
27:00
fed
27:00
with
27:00
the
27:00
pods
27:01
that
27:01
the
27:01
pigs
27:01
ate
27:02
and no
27:03
one
27:03
gave
27:03
him
27:04
anything
27:05
so Jesus
27:06
next
27:06
tells us
27:07
here
27:07
the
27:07
young
27:07
man
27:08
spent
27:08
all
27:08
of
27:08
his
27:08
inheritance
27:09
and
27:09
found
27:09
himself
27:10
in
27:11
a
27:11
desperate
27:11
spot
27:12
as
27:12
there's
27:13
a
27:13
famine
27:13
in
27:14
the
27:14
land
27:21
and
27:21
they
27:21
are
27:21
fleeting
27:22
we
27:23
don't
27:24
know
27:24
how
27:24
long
27:24
he
27:24
spends
27:25
in
27:25
the
27:25
land
27:25
in
27:25
Jesus
27:26
parable
27:26
right
27:27
but
27:27
it
27:27
doesn't
27:27
seem
27:28
to be
27:28
very
27:29
long
27:29
right
27:30
in
27:30
reckless
27:30
living
27:31
he
27:31
spends
27:32
it
27:32
all
27:32
and
27:32
finds
27:33
himself
27:33
in
27:34
a
27:34
desperate
27:35
place
27:36
the
27:37
author
27:37
of
27:37
the
27:37
book
27:38
of
27:38
Hebrews
27:38
tells
27:38
us
27:38
in
27:38
Hebrews
27:39
11
27:39
25
27:39
that
27:40
Moses
27:40
chose
27:41
rather
27:42
to be
27:42
mistreated
27:43
with
27:43
the
27:43
people
27:43
of
27:44
God
27:44
than
27:44
to
27:45
enjoy
27:45
the
27:45
fleeting
27:46
pleasures
27:47
!
27:51
!
27:51
He
27:52
experiences
27:51
the
27:52
temporal
27:53
pleasure
27:53
of
27:53
sin
27:54
in
27:54
a
27:55
very
27:55
stark
27:55
way
27:56
He
27:57
ventures
27:57
rapidly
27:58
from
27:58
reckless
27:59
living
27:59
to
27:59
abject
28:00
poverty
28:01
and
28:02
his
28:02
sin
28:02
has
28:02
placed
28:03
him
28:03
in
28:03
a
28:03
dreadful
28:04
spot
28:04
If
28:06
you
28:06
have
28:06
not
28:07
believed
28:07
in
28:08
Christ
28:08
I
28:09
pray
28:09
that
28:10
you
28:10
would
28:10
repent
28:10
and
28:11
believe
28:11
before
28:11
you
28:12
find
28:12
yourself
28:13
in
28:14
such
28:14
a
28:15
place
28:15
The
28:16
prodigal
28:17
becomes
28:18
a
28:18
keeper
28:18
of
28:19
pigs
28:20
which
28:21
I
28:21
think
28:21
to
28:22
us
28:22
has
28:23
some
28:23
resonation
28:24
sounds
28:24
kind
28:24
of
28:24
horrible
28:25
to
28:25
me
28:26
but
28:26
it
28:26
would
28:27
have
28:27
been
28:27
additionally
28:27
shocking
28:28
to
28:28
Jesus
28:28
Jewish
28:29
hearers
28:30
remember
28:31
to
28:32
the
28:32
Jews
28:33
in
28:33
this
28:33
day
28:33
and
28:34
now
28:34
for
28:35
many
28:35
the
28:35
pig
28:36
was
28:36
an
28:36
unclean
28:36
animal
28:37
so
28:37
not
28:37
only
28:37
is
28:38
he
28:38
in
28:38
an
28:38
unclean
28:38
land
28:39
doing
28:39
unclean
28:39
things
28:40
now
28:40
he's
28:41
caring
28:41
for
28:42
he's
28:42
the
28:42
caretaker
28:43
of
28:43
an
28:44
unclean
28:45
animal
28:46
the
28:47
prodigal
28:47
is
28:48
further
28:48
forsaking
28:48
his
28:49
father
28:49
and
28:50
his
28:50
nationality
28:51
and
28:52
he's
28:53
become
28:53
so
28:53
desperately
28:54
hungry
28:55
that
28:56
he
28:56
desires
28:57
to
28:57
eat
28:57
something
28:58
that
28:59
could
28:59
never
28:59
satisfy
29:00
Jesus
29:02
said
29:02
he
29:02
was
29:02
longing
29:03
to
29:03
be
29:03
fed
29:03
with
29:04
the
29:04
pods
29:04
that
29:05
the
29:05
pigs
29:06
ate
29:06
these
29:07
pods
29:07
if
29:08
you
29:08
look
29:08
at
29:08
the
29:08
Greek
29:09
you
29:09
can
29:09
understand
29:09
that
29:09
they
29:09
would
29:10
have
29:10
been
29:10
carob
29:11
pods
29:12
the
29:13
carob
29:13
plant
29:13
has
29:13
very
29:14
little
29:14
use
29:15
although
29:15
if
29:17
you
29:17
are
29:17
into
29:17
cooking
29:18
you
29:18
can
29:18
grind
29:18
carob
29:19
seeds
29:19
into
29:20
something
29:20
that's
29:20
like
29:20
a
29:20
replacement
29:21
for
29:21
chocolate
29:22
it's
29:22
kind
29:23
of
29:23
interesting
29:23
but
29:24
it's
29:24
not
29:24
an
29:25
attractive
29:25
thing
29:25
here
29:26
!
29:26
it's
29:28
a
29:28
really
29:28
hardy
29:29
plant
29:29
so
29:30
in
29:30
the
29:30
midst
29:30
of
29:30
this
29:31
famine
29:31
it
29:32
seems
29:32
that
29:32
this
29:32
is
29:32
a
29:33
plant
29:33
that
29:33
would
29:33
have
29:33
survived
29:34
and
29:35
it
29:35
produced
29:35
these
29:36
tough
29:36
leathery
29:37
pod
29:38
shells
29:39
long
29:39
shells
29:40
that
29:40
contain
29:41
within
29:41
it
29:41
a
29:41
really
29:42
hard
29:42
bean
29:43
this
29:46
carob
29:46
pod
29:46
is
29:47
barely
29:47
digestible
29:48
for
29:49
pigs
29:49
so
29:49
remember
29:50
this
29:50
is
29:50
a
29:50
famine
29:50
and
29:51
pigs
29:51
will
29:51
just
29:51
eat
29:51
anything
29:52
but
29:53
they're
29:53
being
29:53
fed
29:53
these
29:53
!
29:54
pod
29:54
!
29:54
So
29:59
catch
30:00
what
30:00
Jesus
30:00
is
30:00
saying
30:00
here
30:01
this
30:01
man
30:01
is
30:02
finding
30:02
himself
30:02
in
30:02
such
30:02
a
30:03
desperate
30:03
place
30:03
that
30:04
he
30:04
wants
30:04
to
30:04
eat
30:05
something
30:05
that
30:05
he
30:05
knows
30:06
full
30:06
well
30:06
will
30:06
not
30:07
be
30:07
nourishing
30:07
to
30:08
him
30:08
he's
30:09
that
30:09
desperate
30:10
that
30:11
soul
30:12
sick
30:12
that
30:12
he's
30:13
looking
30:13
to
30:13
something
30:13
that
30:13
is
30:14
not
30:14
the
30:14
answer
30:15
to
30:16
his
30:16
issue
30:16
this
30:19
is
30:19
the
30:19
way
30:19
of
30:19
sin
30:20
seeking
30:21
to be
30:22
satisfied
30:22
with
30:22
that
30:22
which
30:23
will
30:23
never
30:23
satisfy
30:25
and
30:26
this
30:26
is
30:26
an
30:26
insanity
30:27
of
30:28
the
30:28
soul
30:28
we
30:29
are
30:29
offered
30:30
abundant
30:31
satisfaction
30:31
in
30:32
relationship
30:32
with
30:32
God
30:33
but
30:33
we
30:33
have
30:34
turned
30:34
and
30:35
are
30:35
possibly
30:35
turning
30:36
to
30:37
worthless
30:37
things
30:38
God
30:41
writes
30:41
through
30:42
the
30:42
pen
30:42
of
30:43
the
30:43
prophet
30:43
Jeremiah
30:44
chapter
30:44
2
30:44
verses
30:45
12
30:45
to
30:45
13
30:45
be
30:47
appalled
30:48
oh
30:48
heavens
30:49
at
30:50
this
30:50
be
30:50
shocked
30:51
be
30:51
utterly
30:52
desolate
30:53
declares
30:53
the
30:54
Lord
30:54
for
30:55
my
30:55
people
30:55
have
30:56
committed
30:56
two
30:57
evils
30:58
they
30:59
have
30:59
forsaken
30:59
me
30:59
the
31:00
fountain
31:00
of
31:00
living
31:00
waters
31:01
and
31:02
hewed
31:02
out
31:03
cisterns
31:03
for
31:04
themselves
31:04
broken
31:05
cisterns
31:06
that
31:06
can
31:06
hold
31:07
no
31:08
water
31:08
so
31:09
they
31:09
have
31:09
given
31:09
up
31:09
that
31:10
thing
31:10
which
31:10
truly
31:11
satisfies
31:12
is the
31:12
first
31:13
evil
31:13
to
31:14
rather
31:14
try
31:16
to
31:16
be
31:16
satisfied
31:17
with
31:18
an
31:18
impossibility
31:19
Paul
31:20
expresses
31:21
the
31:21
same
31:21
in
31:21
Romans
31:22
chapter
31:22
1
31:22
verses
31:22
21
31:23
through
31:23
22
31:24
for
31:25
although
31:25
they
31:25
knew
31:25
God
31:26
they
31:26
did
31:26
not
31:26
honor
31:27
him
31:27
as
31:27
God
31:27
or
31:27
give
31:27
thanks
31:31
Christian
31:40
you
31:40
have
31:41
been
31:41
delivered
31:41
from
31:42
such
31:42
futility
31:43
by
31:43
the
31:43
grace
31:44
of
31:44
God
31:44
rejoice
31:46
in
31:46
him
31:46
as
31:46
you
31:46
remember
31:46
what
31:47
you
31:47
have
31:47
been
31:47
delivered
31:48
and
31:48
spared
31:49
from
31:50
this
31:50
insanity
31:51
of
31:52
soul
31:52
if
31:53
you
31:53
have
31:54
not
31:54
placed
31:54
believing
31:54
faith
31:55
in
31:55
Jesus
31:55
Christ
31:55
this
31:56
morning
31:56
take
31:57
a
31:58
moment
31:58
to
31:58
consider
31:59
the
31:59
prodigal
32:00
and
32:00
his
32:00
desperate
32:01
state
32:02
he
32:03
surely
32:03
would
32:04
have
32:04
died
32:05
had
32:05
he
32:05
stayed
32:06
in
32:06
this
32:06
state
32:07
Jesus
32:08
concludes
32:08
this
32:08
portion
32:09
of the
32:09
text
32:09
with
32:09
a
32:09
statement
32:10
and
32:10
no
32:10
one
32:11
gave
32:11
him
32:12
anything
32:13
he
32:14
had
32:15
left
32:15
the
32:15
goodness
32:15
of
32:16
his
32:16
father's
32:16
house
32:17
to
32:17
find
32:17
himself
32:18
desperately
32:18
lost
32:19
in
32:20
a
32:20
foreign
32:20
land
32:21
if
32:22
you
32:22
are
32:22
not
32:23
in
32:23
Christ
32:23
this
32:23
morning
32:24
whether
32:24
you
32:25
recognize
32:25
it
32:25
or
32:25
not
32:26
you
32:27
find
32:27
yourself
32:27
in
32:28
the
32:28
very
32:28
same
32:29
state
32:30
listen to
32:32
the words
32:32
of
32:32
Charles
32:33
Spurgeon
32:33
who
32:34
was a
32:34
19th
32:35
century
32:35
British
32:36
Baptist
32:37
pastor
32:37
one of my
32:38
favorites
32:39
you'll learn
32:40
and this is found on the front of your bulletin
32:42
if you'd like to
32:43
follow it along
32:44
he wrote this
32:46
in a sermon
32:47
on the
32:47
prodigal son
32:48
on this portion
32:49
of
32:50
the
32:50
parable
32:51
of the
32:51
prodigal son
32:52
he wrote this
32:53
if you must
32:54
play the fool
32:54
I think the preference would be that we would never be fools
32:57
but if you must
32:57
play the fool
32:58
take some lighter things to trifle with
33:01
than your souls
33:02
and your eternal
33:03
destinies
33:04
right
33:04
he's saying
33:05
be a fool about things that don't really matter
33:07
but don't be a fool about these things
33:10
he says
33:11
shut yourselves up
33:12
alone
33:12
for a while
33:13
go through the matter
33:15
steadily
33:16
lay it out in order
33:17
make a plan of it
33:19
see
33:20
where you
33:21
are going
33:22
he encouraged us earlier in the sermon
33:24
to actually write
33:25
to write it out
33:26
actually take the time to consider the state of your soul
33:29
and then to consider
33:31
the goodness of God to us
33:33
in Christ
33:34
he says
33:34
see where you are going
33:35
think over the way of salvation
33:36
the story of the cross
33:38
the love of God
33:39
the readiness
33:40
of Christ
33:42
to save
33:43
find
33:44
in the prodigal
33:46
yourself
33:47
and then I hope
33:50
I pray
33:50
turn to God
33:53
in repentance
33:54
and faith
33:55
so fourthly
33:56
repentance
33:56
and faith
33:57
I'm so glad
33:58
the story goes here
33:59
verse 17
34:01
but when he came to himself
34:02
he said
34:03
how many of my father's hired servants
34:05
have more than enough bread
34:07
but I perish here
34:08
with hunger
34:09
I will arise
34:10
and go to my father
34:11
and I will say to him
34:11
father I have sinned against heaven
34:12
and before you
34:14
I am no longer worthy
34:15
to be called your son
34:16
treat me as one of your hired servants
34:19
praise God
34:21
that the prodigal
34:22
of Jesus story
34:23
does not stay
34:24
in this desperate state
34:26
let us learn from that
34:27
but Jesus says
34:29
he came
34:30
to himself
34:32
and that is to say
34:33
that he returned
34:34
to his right mind
34:35
right
34:35
he recognized
34:36
the goodness
34:37
of his father
34:38
he remembered
34:39
that even
34:39
his father's hired servants
34:41
had more than enough bread
34:43
and that he was being foolish
34:45
to stay
34:46
where he was
34:47
and perish
34:48
with hunger
34:49
so he makes a plan
34:51
he decides to go back
34:54
to his father
34:54
humbly admitting
34:56
!
34:56
the error of his way
34:58
saying
34:59
I have sinned
35:00
against heaven
35:01
and before you
35:02
recognizing
35:04
that he has said
35:05
to his father
35:05
I wish
35:06
you were dead
35:07
seeing that that was wrong
35:09
and repenting
35:10
before his father
35:10
and being willing
35:12
to live
35:13
once again
35:14
under his father's
35:15
good
35:16
instruction
35:17
you see that
35:19
that he is turning
35:19
from his wickedness
35:20
and he is turning
35:20
back to his father
35:22
saying it is good
35:23
to be
35:23
in my father's house
35:25
he doesn't have
35:27
the expectation
35:27
that he will get
35:28
to live
35:28
as a son
35:30
but he is willing
35:30
to live
35:31
as a servant
35:32
to be under
35:33
his father's
35:34
good care
35:35
the prodigal
35:36
turns from
35:37
his wickedness
35:37
the foolishness
35:38
and error
35:39
of his way
35:39
we call this
35:42
repentance
35:42
and he turns
35:44
to his father
35:45
believing that
35:46
his father
35:47
will be good
35:48
to him
35:48
and this is
35:50
the prodigal's
35:50
faith
35:51
believes
35:53
in who his father
35:54
is
35:54
and that he will
35:55
care for him
35:56
we will see
35:57
next week
35:58
the loving kindness
35:59
of the father
35:59
toward the son
36:01
it is my favorite
36:01
part of the parable
36:02
we will see
36:03
that as the son
36:04
returns in repentance
36:06
and faith
36:06
the father
36:07
becomes humble
36:08
himself
36:09
in order to love
36:10
his son
36:10
and to spare him
36:12
from his deserved
36:13
punishment
36:13
the father
36:15
takes on
36:16
the son's
36:17
shame
36:17
to restore
36:18
him
36:19
to sonship
36:21
and there is
36:22
much rejoicing
36:23
dear listener
36:26
if you have
36:26
not humbled
36:27
yourself
36:28
before God
36:28
recognizing
36:30
that you have
36:30
sought independence
36:31
from him
36:32
as you have
36:33
lived in a state
36:34
of indulgence
36:35
of self
36:35
and that
36:36
if you are
36:36
not already
36:37
there
36:38
you risk
36:39
an insanity
36:40
of your soul
36:41
my plea to you
36:42
this morning
36:43
is
36:43
flee to Christ
36:45
let this day
36:48
be a day
36:48
of repentance
36:49
and faith
36:51
that there will
36:52
be a great rejoicing
36:53
in heaven
36:53
over the salvation
36:54
of your soul
36:55
beloved
36:57
those of us
36:58
who are
36:58
in Christ
36:59
we have
37:00
much to rejoice
37:01
in
37:01
having been
37:02
delivered
37:02
having all
37:03
once been
37:04
the prodigal
37:05
and now being
37:06
called
37:06
sons of the
37:08
most high
37:08
God
37:09
in closing
37:10
God through
37:12
the prophet
37:12
Isaiah said
37:13
in Isaiah
37:14
43
37:14
verses 6
37:15
and 7
37:16
I will say
37:17
to the north
37:18
give up
37:19
and to the south
37:21
do not withhold
37:22
bring my sons
37:24
from afar
37:25
and my daughters
37:25
from the end
37:26
of the earth
37:27
everyone who
37:28
was called
37:29
by my name
37:29
whom I created
37:30
for my glory
37:31
whom I formed
37:33
and made
37:34
let's pray together