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 Luke 15, verses 11 to 32.

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 I will read out loud for us.

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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, he 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,

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 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,

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 and embraced him,

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 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,

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 and put it on him,

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 and put a ring on his hand,

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 and shoes on his feet,

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 and bring the fattened calf,

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 and kill it,

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 and let us eat and celebrate.

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 For this,

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 my son was dead,

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 and is alive again.

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 He was lost,

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 and is found.

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 And they began to celebrate.

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 Now,

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 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

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 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,

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 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,

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 these many years I have served you,

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 and I 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,

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 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,

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 your brother was dead

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 and is alive.

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 He was lost

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 and is found.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 Because apart from Christ,

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 we are self-righteous,

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 selfish human beings.

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 We have all,

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 at different points of our lives,

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 held a grudge against someone.

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 Maybe it's against a lazy,

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 calculating co-worker

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 that only works hard

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 when the supervisor is looking.

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 And when you get put in the same team

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 for a project,

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 he dumps all his work on you,

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 and you finish it,

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 but then afterward,

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 he takes all the credit for it.

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 And of course,

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 lo and behold,

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 when the time for promotion comes,

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 he gets promoted,

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 and you don't.

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 You hold a grudge

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 against that co-worker.

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 You begrudge that person's success

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 because you don't think he deserves it.

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 Maybe you hold a grudge

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 against a housemate

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 that eats your food

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 from your fridge

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 and never does dishes

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 or never vacuums the house,

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 never takes out the garbage.

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 And then you find out

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 that this inconsiderate slob

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 has started dating the guy

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 that you had been fantasizing about.

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 So you say to yourself,

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 if only he knew

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 what kind of a person

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 this woman really is.

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 You begrudge that person's

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 now successful relationship.

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 Maybe it's your neighbor

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 that has three kids upstairs

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 and they're always rowdy.

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 It seems when you're trying to sleep

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 is when the kids

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 are most alert and awake.

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 They're jumping up and down

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 and running up and down.

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 It sounds like a war zone.

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 And then you find out

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 that they're pregnant

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 with a fourth.

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 And you think to yourself,

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 they don't deserve

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 to have another child.

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 They can't even manage

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 the ones they have.

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 So you begrudge their success.

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 Don't they already have enough?

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 These people may be

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 truly undeserving,

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 but what all of these scenarios reveal

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 is something that we hate to admit,

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 that the begrudging spirit in us

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 also reveals

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 a profound selfishness,

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 a self-righteousness

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 within ourselves.

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 This is the point

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 that Jesus is making

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 here in Luke chapter 15.

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 To remind you of the backdrop

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 to this parable,

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 the Pharisees and the scribes

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 who are the Jewish religious leaders,

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 they are the moral cream

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 of the crop in society.

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 And they begrudged

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 the grace that Jesus

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 was extending to sinners

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 and tax collectors

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 who were the moral scum

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 of society.

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 And recognizing this grudge,

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 Jesus now addresses

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 the Pharisees and the scribes.

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 He teaches them

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 using these three illustrations

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 in chapter 15.

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 This is the third

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 and climactic parable

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 in illustration.

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 And his point is that

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 we should partake

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 in God's joy

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 of seeking and saving the lost

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 rather than begrudging

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 his grace.

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 That's his main point.

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 And this parable

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 is popularly called

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 the prodigal son

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 because it talks about

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 a wastefully extravagant son.

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 And that title goes back

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 all the way to the 4th century.

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 But the title itself

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 is not inspired

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 like the scripture.

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 In fact,

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 the focus of the parable

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 is really

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 on both sons,

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 not just the younger son,

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 the prodigal one,

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 but also the older son.

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 And really,

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 the main focus,

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 not even the sons,

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 but the father,

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 his heart,

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 his love.

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 So we'll examine

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 this parable

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 by looking at

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 the major characters

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 in the story.

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 First, we'll look at

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 the licentious son,

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 the lawless son.

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 And then the lavish father.

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 And then third,

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 the legalistic son.

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 So let's first look

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 at the licentious son.

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 He's the lawless one,

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 libertine,

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 spendthreat,

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 wasteful son.

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 And the parable begins

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 unassumingly in verse 11.

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 There was a man

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 who had two sons.

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 But it takes a sharp turn

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 in verse 12.

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 It says,

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 And the younger of them

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 said to his father,

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 Father,

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 give me the share

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 of property

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 that is coming to me.

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 The man had two sons.

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 That means Jewish law

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 stipulated that

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 the older son,

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 the firstborn,

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 gets a double portion.

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 Which means the younger son

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 is entitled to a third

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 of all of his father's property.

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 And so he's demanding

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 his share

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 of the inheritance,

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 which is in and of itself

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 is fine.

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 Son asking for,

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 a father for money,

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 of course,

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 is not an uncommon thing.

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 I mean,

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 I'm sure some of you

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 have asked your parents

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 for money.

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 It's not,

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 but there's something,

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 there's a little more sinister

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 going on here.

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 Because the younger son's request

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 was really quite rude

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 and impertinent.

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 And in order to see why,

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 we have to understand

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 ancient Jewish property law.

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 It was not uncommon

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 in the ancient Near East

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 for a father

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 to give his son's

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 legal right

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 to his inheritance

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 before his death.

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 The legal right

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 to possess it.

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 And it would belong to him.

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 It's signed away

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 to the son.

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 But even in that case,

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 the son would not have

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 the right to dispose

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 of the property.

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 He would have the right

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 to possess it legally,

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 but not the right

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 to dispose of it.

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 It doesn't come to him.

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 It's not disposable

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 until the father's death.

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 It's similar in a way,

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 maybe we think about

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 life insurance nowadays.

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 Imagine a father,

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 a loving father

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 who invests in life insurance

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 and pours money

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 into it every month.

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 So that after his death,

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 his two sons

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 have something to live on,

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 something that they can use.

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 That's legally,

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 they're the sons.

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 It belongs to them.

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 But it does not

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 become available to them

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 until the father has passed.

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 That's when it becomes

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 available for disposal.

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 Now, so it's similar

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 to that context.

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 And with that in mind,

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 look again at the son's request.

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 Father, give me the share

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 of property that is coming to me.

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 He's saying,

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 give me now

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 the share of property

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 that is coming to me later.

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 I know it's coming to me,

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 but I don't want to wait for it.

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 So give it to me now.

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 It's an unthinkable request

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 because it amounts

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 to telling the father,

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 I wish you were dead already.

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 I don't want you.

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 I want what is yours.

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 I want my inheritance.

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 You're living far too long.

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 The presumption of that request

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 is seen clearly

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 in the way the father responds

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 in verse 12.

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 It says that

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 he divided his property

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 between them.

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 He actually

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 grants this request.

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 It shows his graciousness.

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 And he says,

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 he divided his property

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 between the two sons.

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 And the word property here

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 literally means

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 life.

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 That's the word

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 that is used there.

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 The father divided

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 his life

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 between them.

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 He gave up

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 his livelihood,

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 the life earnings

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 away to his sons.

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 And the true intent

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 of the younger son's demand

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 is seen clearly

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 in verse 13.

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 Look with me.

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 Verse 13.

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 Not many days later,

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 the younger son

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 gathered all he had

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 and took a journey

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 into a far country

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 and there he squandered

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 his property

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 in reckless living.

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 His intention

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 wasn't to,

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 you know,

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 get the inheritance now

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 and then,

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 you know,

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 live and honor

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 his father

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 for the rest of his life

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 and take care of him.

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 No,

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 that's not his intention.

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 He doesn't lose

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 any time.

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 Not many days later,

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 then he's probably

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 selling off stuff

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 at less than

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 what he can get for it

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 because he's,

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 you know,

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 rushed to get out.

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 Not many days later,

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 the younger son

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 gathered all he had.

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 That's the technical term

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 used in a financial context

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 like this.

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 It means to convert

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 all of your assets

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 into cash.

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 He's liquidating

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 all his assets

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 so that he could

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 take it all with him

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 and go.

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 He's not trying

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 to take the flock

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 and herd with him

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 to start a new business,

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 a new life for himself.

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 He's getting rid of all of it

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 to leave

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 and get away

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 from his father

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 and his family.

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 He's sick of home.

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 He's sick of the family business.

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 Sick of living

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 on the family farm.

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 Sick of his brother.

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 Sick of his father.

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 So he goes,

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 journeys into a far country

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 away from the concerned

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 watching gaze

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 of his father

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 and he says that there

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 he squandered his property

00:12:27.639 --> 00:12:28.580
 in reckless living.

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 He takes his father's life,

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 his livelihood

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 and then he squanders.

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 It literally means

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 to scatter it,

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 throw it into the wind.

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 That's what he's doing.

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 In reckless living,

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 high living,

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 this young man

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 has expensive taste.

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 He's a high roller.

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 He goes on a spending spree.

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 He only thinks

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 about the pleasures

00:12:50.019 --> 00:12:50.740
 of life

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 without thinking

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 about their costs.

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 Swiping left and right

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 without checking his budget.

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 And later in verse 30,

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 the older son

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 says of him,

00:13:02.299 --> 00:13:02.980
 the younger brother,

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 that he devoured

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 his property

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 with prostitutes.

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 Probably something

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 he heard from

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 one of the servants.

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 So this younger son

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 is licentious.

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 He's lawless.

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 He's wasteful.

00:13:18.000 --> 00:13:18.939
 He's immoral.

00:13:22.019 --> 00:13:23.659
 The desire to get away

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 and his desire

00:13:24.559 --> 00:13:25.000
 to get away

00:13:25.000 --> 00:13:25.539
 from the father

00:13:25.539 --> 00:13:26.019
 is actually

00:13:26.019 --> 00:13:26.559
 at the heart

00:13:26.559 --> 00:13:28.079
 of every sin.

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 If you're not yet

00:13:30.039 --> 00:13:30.439
 a Christian,

00:13:30.559 --> 00:13:31.219
 then you're living

00:13:31.219 --> 00:13:32.379
 without reference

00:13:32.379 --> 00:13:33.759
 to this true God.

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 even if you live

00:13:36.439 --> 00:13:38.360
 a relatively moral life,

00:13:38.720 --> 00:13:40.279
 you have been living

00:13:40.279 --> 00:13:42.100
 in prideful unbelief

00:13:42.100 --> 00:13:43.019
 because you're living

00:13:43.019 --> 00:13:44.220
 without reference

00:13:44.220 --> 00:13:44.679
 to God.

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 You're living

00:13:46.259 --> 00:13:47.399
 as if God

00:13:47.399 --> 00:13:48.740
 didn't exist.

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 You're doing

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 exactly

00:13:50.120 --> 00:13:51.879
 what this younger son

00:13:51.879 --> 00:13:53.000
 wanted to do

00:13:53.000 --> 00:13:53.879
 to live

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 without the father.

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 In cruder terms,

00:13:57.039 --> 00:13:57.659
 your life

00:13:57.659 --> 00:13:58.779
 is an expression

00:13:58.779 --> 00:14:00.679
 of this younger son's

00:14:00.679 --> 00:14:01.840
 unspoken wish.

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 I wish you were

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 dead already

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 so I could have

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 what is yours.

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 You're enjoying

00:14:10.519 --> 00:14:11.620
 the gifts of God.

00:14:12.500 --> 00:14:13.639
 Every good thing

00:14:13.639 --> 00:14:14.220
 in your life,

00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:16.160
 your family,

00:14:16.740 --> 00:14:17.139
 love,

00:14:17.680 --> 00:14:18.660
 a charming pet,

00:14:19.540 --> 00:14:20.500
 delightful food,

00:14:21.399 --> 00:14:22.280
 pleasing sounds

00:14:22.280 --> 00:14:22.899
 and music,

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 a stable job,

00:14:24.280 --> 00:14:24.940
 your intellect,

00:14:25.800 --> 00:14:26.780
 your health,

00:14:27.080 --> 00:14:28.139
 the wonders of nature,

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 these are all

00:14:29.300 --> 00:14:31.019
 from God.

00:14:31.019 --> 00:14:31.500
 God.

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 They're his good gifts

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 and you're enjoying

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 them all

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 and yet

00:14:35.379 --> 00:14:37.379
 you're enjoying

00:14:37.379 --> 00:14:37.840
 the gifts

00:14:37.840 --> 00:14:38.759
 without acknowledging

00:14:38.759 --> 00:14:39.279
 the giver.

00:14:40.079 --> 00:14:41.000
 You want

00:14:41.000 --> 00:14:42.199
 what is God's

00:14:42.199 --> 00:14:43.220
 but you don't want

00:14:43.220 --> 00:14:44.480
 God himself.

00:14:44.919 --> 00:14:45.799
 That's the root

00:14:45.799 --> 00:14:46.740
 of unbelief.

00:14:49.220 --> 00:14:50.779
 And even for the Christian,

00:14:51.039 --> 00:14:52.179
 the desire to get away

00:14:52.179 --> 00:14:53.120
 from the father

00:14:53.120 --> 00:14:53.759
 is at the heart

00:14:53.759 --> 00:14:54.559
 of every sin.

00:14:55.039 --> 00:14:56.019
 When we indulge

00:14:56.019 --> 00:14:57.120
 our sinful desires,

00:14:57.340 --> 00:14:58.460
 when we buy something

00:14:58.460 --> 00:14:59.240
 we shouldn't buy

00:14:59.240 --> 00:15:00.360
 or say something

00:15:00.360 --> 00:15:01.019
 we shouldn't say

00:15:01.019 --> 00:15:01.840
 or do something

00:15:01.840 --> 00:15:02.799
 we shouldn't do,

00:15:03.220 --> 00:15:05.340
 we are to varying degrees

00:15:05.340 --> 00:15:06.639
 all saying this,

00:15:07.360 --> 00:15:07.659
 God,

00:15:07.799 --> 00:15:09.320
 living under your authority

00:15:09.320 --> 00:15:10.680
 in your household

00:15:10.680 --> 00:15:11.840
 is too restrictive.

00:15:11.840 --> 00:15:15.500
 I want to have

00:15:15.500 --> 00:15:16.220
 my own way.

00:15:17.639 --> 00:15:18.759
 I want to get away

00:15:18.759 --> 00:15:19.120
 from you.

00:15:23.160 --> 00:15:24.379
 Sex outside of marriage

00:15:24.379 --> 00:15:24.899
 is forbidden.

00:15:27.160 --> 00:15:27.980
 Marriage is only

00:15:27.980 --> 00:15:29.060
 between one man

00:15:29.060 --> 00:15:29.700
 and one woman.

00:15:31.860 --> 00:15:32.800
 I should give

00:15:32.800 --> 00:15:34.120
 my hard-earned money

00:15:34.120 --> 00:15:35.360
 to the ministry

00:15:35.360 --> 00:15:35.960
 of the church

00:15:35.960 --> 00:15:36.920
 and the service

00:15:36.920 --> 00:15:37.420
 of the poor.

00:15:37.419 --> 00:15:40.399
 I shouldn't get drunk

00:15:40.399 --> 00:15:41.039
 on alcohol.

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 I should consider

00:15:43.620 --> 00:15:44.799
 others more significant

00:15:44.799 --> 00:15:45.539
 than myself

00:15:45.539 --> 00:15:46.399
 and look out

00:15:46.399 --> 00:15:47.319
 for their interest

00:15:47.319 --> 00:15:48.019
 instead of mine.

00:15:48.579 --> 00:15:49.620
 I should forgive

00:15:49.620 --> 00:15:50.360
 the person

00:15:50.360 --> 00:15:52.019
 that gravely wronged me.

00:15:52.679 --> 00:15:53.500
 Oh, now you're

00:15:53.500 --> 00:15:54.500
 asking for

00:15:54.500 --> 00:15:55.379
 too much.

00:15:59.939 --> 00:16:01.099
 That's too constrained.

00:16:01.959 --> 00:16:02.679
 I'm out.

00:16:03.740 --> 00:16:04.659
 I can work under

00:16:04.659 --> 00:16:05.120
 your authority

00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:06.079
 in those other ways,

00:16:06.080 --> 00:16:07.100
 but this,

00:16:07.300 --> 00:16:07.759
 I gotta have

00:16:07.759 --> 00:16:08.320
 my own way.

00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:11.900
 Every act of sin

00:16:11.900 --> 00:16:13.080
 is an act

00:16:13.080 --> 00:16:13.700
 of rebellion

00:16:13.700 --> 00:16:14.680
 against God

00:16:14.680 --> 00:16:15.120
 and that's why

00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:15.860
 it's so damaging

00:16:15.860 --> 00:16:16.700
 to our relationship

00:16:16.700 --> 00:16:17.100
 with God

00:16:17.100 --> 00:16:17.840
 because it's actually

00:16:17.840 --> 00:16:18.460
 in essence

00:16:18.460 --> 00:16:19.580
 a vote of no confidence

00:16:19.580 --> 00:16:22.379
 in God's ability

00:16:22.379 --> 00:16:23.200
 to care for us

00:16:23.200 --> 00:16:24.060
 and do what's good

00:16:24.060 --> 00:16:24.560
 for us.

00:16:24.720 --> 00:16:25.500
 We're doubting

00:16:25.500 --> 00:16:26.240
 His goodness.

00:16:26.540 --> 00:16:27.720
 We are questioning

00:16:27.720 --> 00:16:28.860
 His fatherly care

00:16:28.860 --> 00:16:29.460
 for us

00:16:29.460 --> 00:16:30.560
 because we're believing

00:16:30.560 --> 00:16:32.000
 essentially the same lie

00:16:32.000 --> 00:16:32.780
 that Adam and Eve

00:16:32.780 --> 00:16:34.020
 believed in the Garden of Eden

00:16:34.020 --> 00:16:35.080
 because the serpent

00:16:35.080 --> 00:16:35.940
 asked them

00:16:35.940 --> 00:16:37.760
 in Genesis 3, 1.

00:16:37.900 --> 00:16:39.160
 Did God actually

00:16:39.160 --> 00:16:40.260
 say

00:16:40.260 --> 00:16:41.720
 you shall not eat

00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:42.200
 any

00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:43.640
 of the tree

00:16:43.640 --> 00:16:44.080
 in the garden?

00:16:44.300 --> 00:16:44.840
 You shall not eat

00:16:44.840 --> 00:16:45.420
 of any tree

00:16:45.420 --> 00:16:45.760
 in the garden?

00:16:46.460 --> 00:16:47.320
 Has God really

00:16:47.320 --> 00:16:48.380
 been that restrictive

00:16:48.380 --> 00:16:48.820
 with you?

00:16:49.500 --> 00:16:50.720
 Has God really

00:16:50.720 --> 00:16:51.700
 withheld that

00:16:51.700 --> 00:16:52.340
 good thing

00:16:52.340 --> 00:16:52.800
 from you?

00:16:53.460 --> 00:16:54.280
 But those things

00:16:54.280 --> 00:16:55.080
 are so good

00:16:55.080 --> 00:16:56.320
 and they're so desirable

00:16:56.320 --> 00:16:57.440
 God must not

00:16:57.440 --> 00:16:58.360
 love you

00:16:58.360 --> 00:17:00.020
 if He's withholding

00:17:00.020 --> 00:17:00.700
 that from you.

00:17:00.700 --> 00:17:06.480
 dear brothers and sisters

00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:08.019
 have you bought

00:17:08.019 --> 00:17:09.259
 into the lie

00:17:09.259 --> 00:17:09.880
 of the enemy?

00:17:13.880 --> 00:17:14.860
 In what ways

00:17:14.860 --> 00:17:15.360
 are you running

00:17:15.360 --> 00:17:16.360
 away from God

00:17:16.360 --> 00:17:16.880
 in pursuit

00:17:16.880 --> 00:17:17.519
 of sin?

00:17:17.620 --> 00:17:18.519
 Do you doubt

00:17:18.519 --> 00:17:20.880
 God's commands

00:17:20.880 --> 00:17:21.759
 that they are good?

00:17:23.259 --> 00:17:24.360
 That they are lovely?

00:17:24.680 --> 00:17:25.580
 That they are beautiful?

00:17:25.579 --> 00:17:28.099
 Do you think

00:17:28.099 --> 00:17:28.740
 that you can create

00:17:28.740 --> 00:17:29.359
 a better life

00:17:29.359 --> 00:17:30.099
 for yourself

00:17:30.099 --> 00:17:31.599
 apart from God?

00:17:32.939 --> 00:17:33.539
 A desire

00:17:33.539 --> 00:17:34.240
 to deviate

00:17:34.240 --> 00:17:34.899
 from God's

00:17:34.899 --> 00:17:35.460
 good plan

00:17:35.460 --> 00:17:36.579
 and good will

00:17:36.579 --> 00:17:37.000
 for us

00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:38.079
 always reveals

00:17:38.079 --> 00:17:39.339
 a defective view

00:17:39.339 --> 00:17:40.059
 of God Himself.

00:17:40.059 --> 00:17:43.919
 And it's because

00:17:43.919 --> 00:17:44.579
 the younger son

00:17:44.579 --> 00:17:45.619
 did not understand

00:17:45.619 --> 00:17:46.419
 his father's love

00:17:46.419 --> 00:17:46.700
 for him

00:17:46.700 --> 00:17:47.440
 that he left him.

00:17:48.159 --> 00:17:49.039
 He did not believe

00:17:49.039 --> 00:17:49.720
 that what the father

00:17:49.720 --> 00:17:50.359
 offered him

00:17:50.359 --> 00:17:51.639
 was his best

00:17:51.639 --> 00:17:53.179
 what was best for him

00:17:53.179 --> 00:17:54.139
 so he sought

00:17:54.139 --> 00:17:54.960
 to find his own

00:17:54.960 --> 00:17:55.960
 best life now

00:17:55.960 --> 00:17:57.220
 to find out

00:17:57.220 --> 00:17:57.639
 for himself

00:17:57.639 --> 00:17:58.179
 what he had

00:17:58.179 --> 00:17:58.940
 been missing out on.

00:18:00.539 --> 00:18:01.879
 And like all sinners

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 the younger son

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 soon realizes

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 how miserable

00:18:04.740 --> 00:18:05.460
 his life is

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 apart from God.

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 It says in verse 14

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 that when he had

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 spent everything

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 a severe famine

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 arose in that country

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 and he began

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 to be in need.

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 He lived like

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 there was no tomorrow

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 so when tomorrow

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 came with a severe famine

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 he began to be in need.

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 He has left

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 the safety net

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 of his family

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 his community

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 he has spent

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 all of his money

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 and now this young man

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 begins to taste

00:18:30.940 --> 00:18:32.259
 the bitter end

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 of his sweet

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 indulgence.

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 Did my mic

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 just go up?

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 I like it now.

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 Sorry about that guys.

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 I usually have help

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 for all these things

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 but summer

00:19:00.920 --> 00:19:01.340
 we're missing

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 a lot of people

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 and the man usually

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 who makes me

00:19:04.700 --> 00:19:05.360
 check the battery

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 is not here

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 and so

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 I forgot

00:19:09.000 --> 00:19:09.859
 to check the battery

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 and

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 so this young man

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 is now tasting

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 the bitter fruit

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 of his indulgence

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 and now

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 his poverty

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 forces him

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 to start

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 behaving like

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 an adult

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 kind of like

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 an adult

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 and he seeks

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 employment.

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 It says in verse 15

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 so he went

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 and hired himself

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 out to one of the

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 citizens of that country

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 who sent him

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 into his fields

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 to feed pigs.

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 So he used

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 to be

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 this esteemed

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 son of a wealthy

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 respected landlord

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 and now he is

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 a hireling

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 of one of

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 the citizens

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 of the far country.

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 He has been hired

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 by a Gentile master

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 and you can tell

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 that this is a Gentile

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 because he sent him

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 into his fields

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 to feed pigs.

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 Jews considered pigs

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 to be an unclean animal

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 and for that reason

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 you can see

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 that this is really

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 kind of a very

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 demeaning

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 dirty job

00:20:09.519 --> 00:20:10.259
 for this

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 Jewish

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 son.

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 This is a

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 it's kind of like

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 there used to be

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 a TV show

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 that I've never seen

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 but I've read about

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 on the Discovery Channel

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 called Dirty Jobs.

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 You guys remember that?

00:20:23.379 --> 00:20:23.479
 Yeah.

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 So it's like

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 I think the host

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 is Mike Rowe.

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 He performs

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 these difficult

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 and usually disgusting

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 jobs

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 alongside the

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 regular employees

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 and some of those

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 jobs included

00:20:33.259 --> 00:20:34.359
 being a zoo cleaner

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 or a roadkill

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 collector.

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 That might be

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 the closest

00:20:40.559 --> 00:20:41.119
 you can get

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 to what this

00:20:42.480 --> 00:20:43.099
 job would have been

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 like for this

00:20:43.740 --> 00:20:44.419
 younger son.

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 It's repulsive

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 to Jews

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 who consider

00:20:48.259 --> 00:20:49.259
 pigs unclean.

00:20:50.399 --> 00:20:51.039
 It's demeaning.

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 It's lowly.

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 Humiliating.

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 But the younger son

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 sinks even lower

00:20:56.839 --> 00:20:57.339
 than that.

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 It says in verse 16

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 that he was longing

00:20:59.279 --> 00:21:00.019
 to be fed

00:21:00.019 --> 00:21:00.720
 with the pods

00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:01.740
 that the pigs ate

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 and no one

00:21:02.819 --> 00:21:03.920
 gave him anything.

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 Not only was he

00:21:04.680 --> 00:21:06.119
 humiliated by the work

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 he went hungry

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 in spite of his work.

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 He was tasked

00:21:10.299 --> 00:21:11.359
 with feeding the pigs

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 but no one else

00:21:12.559 --> 00:21:13.579
 gave him something

00:21:13.579 --> 00:21:13.899
 to eat.

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 No one fed him.

00:21:15.539 --> 00:21:15.980
 He had sunk

00:21:15.980 --> 00:21:17.119
 lower than the pigs.

00:21:17.579 --> 00:21:18.279
 At least the pigs

00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:19.599
 get to have their fill

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 and so we don't know

00:21:20.759 --> 00:21:21.980
 exactly what kind of pods

00:21:21.980 --> 00:21:22.480
 that the pigs

00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:23.299
 were eating

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 but I imagine

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 it wasn't

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 very appetizing.

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 Yet as Proverbs 27

00:21:30.300 --> 00:21:31.120
 verse 7 says

00:21:31.120 --> 00:21:32.140
 one who is full

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 loathes honey

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 but to one who is hungry

00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:35.680
 everything bitter

00:21:35.680 --> 00:21:36.400
 is sweet.

00:21:37.600 --> 00:21:38.720
 We're picky eaters

00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:39.600
 because we're full.

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 Let's admit it.

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 If you're really starving

00:21:42.420 --> 00:21:43.460
 it all tastes good to us.

00:21:44.560 --> 00:21:45.980
 To this starving younger son

00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:47.340
 even pig slop

00:21:47.340 --> 00:21:48.820
 looks delicious.

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 And this is the sad condition

00:21:53.500 --> 00:21:56.299
 and the ultimate experience

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 of all sinners

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 who are alienated

00:21:59.059 --> 00:22:00.679
 from the Heavenly Father's care.

00:22:01.819 --> 00:22:03.259
 In our Father's house

00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:04.259
 we are cared for

00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:05.919
 we have the richest affairs

00:22:05.919 --> 00:22:06.539
 to enjoy.

00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:08.039
 We're treated as sons

00:22:08.039 --> 00:22:10.179
 but out in the far country

00:22:10.179 --> 00:22:11.480
 with a strange master

00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:12.379
 we are reduced

00:22:12.379 --> 00:22:13.500
 to slavery.

00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:14.899
 We're used

00:22:14.899 --> 00:22:16.319
 but not loved

00:22:16.319 --> 00:22:18.079
 not provided for.

00:22:18.819 --> 00:22:19.839
 We are valued

00:22:19.839 --> 00:22:20.419
 on the basis

00:22:20.419 --> 00:22:21.439
 of our utility

00:22:21.439 --> 00:22:22.519
 as servants

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 and not on the basis

00:22:23.779 --> 00:22:24.559
 of our identity

00:22:24.559 --> 00:22:26.019
 as sons.

00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:30.419
 When we leave

00:22:30.419 --> 00:22:31.179
 our Father's house

00:22:31.179 --> 00:22:32.679
 we are all reduced

00:22:32.679 --> 00:22:33.319
 to servitude

00:22:33.319 --> 00:22:34.299
 to another master

00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:35.939
 that the Bible calls

00:22:35.939 --> 00:22:37.240
 the ruler of this world

00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:38.579
 the prince of the power

00:22:38.579 --> 00:22:39.059
 of the air

00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:39.799
 Satan.

00:22:41.839 --> 00:22:44.119
 And this evil Lord

00:22:44.119 --> 00:22:45.339
 makes grand promises

00:22:45.339 --> 00:22:48.139
 but never delivers.

00:22:48.819 --> 00:22:50.639
 It's always a bait and switch.

00:22:51.859 --> 00:22:52.919
 The enticing pleasures

00:22:52.919 --> 00:22:53.480
 of sin

00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:55.299
 become less

00:22:55.299 --> 00:22:56.500
 and less satisfying

00:22:56.500 --> 00:22:57.639
 and we become

00:22:57.639 --> 00:22:59.019
 more and more enslaved

00:22:59.019 --> 00:23:00.679
 so that we long

00:23:00.679 --> 00:23:01.460
 to be fed

00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:02.879
 with the pods

00:23:02.879 --> 00:23:04.019
 that the pigs eat.

00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:06.079
 That's the reality

00:23:06.079 --> 00:23:07.179
 of all rebellious sinners

00:23:07.179 --> 00:23:08.079
 and that's the picture

00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:09.379
 of the licentious son.

00:23:12.139 --> 00:23:13.379
 In verse 17

00:23:13.379 --> 00:23:14.539
 the focus of the narrative

00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:15.579
 begins to shift

00:23:15.579 --> 00:23:17.159
 from the licentious son

00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:18.600
 to the lavish father.

00:23:19.420 --> 00:23:19.880
 It says,

00:23:19.980 --> 00:23:20.580
 but when he came

00:23:20.580 --> 00:23:21.160
 to himself

00:23:21.160 --> 00:23:21.660
 he said,

00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:23.160
 how many of my father's

00:23:23.160 --> 00:23:23.840
 higher servants

00:23:23.840 --> 00:23:25.380
 have more than enough bread

00:23:25.380 --> 00:23:27.160
 but I perish here

00:23:27.160 --> 00:23:27.920
 with hunger.

00:23:28.660 --> 00:23:29.519
 When the younger son

00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:30.560
 comes to his senses

00:23:30.560 --> 00:23:31.519
 he realizes

00:23:31.519 --> 00:23:33.400
 that even the higher servants

00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:34.880
 at his father's house

00:23:34.880 --> 00:23:36.560
 have more than enough bread

00:23:36.560 --> 00:23:38.860
 but he is here

00:23:38.860 --> 00:23:39.960
 perishing with hunger.

00:23:40.640 --> 00:23:41.080
 And the word

00:23:41.080 --> 00:23:42.060
 higher servant

00:23:42.060 --> 00:23:44.060
 is not a reference

00:23:44.059 --> 00:23:46.019
 to household servants

00:23:46.019 --> 00:23:47.659
 that live in the property

00:23:47.659 --> 00:23:48.980
 and have a permanent place

00:23:48.980 --> 00:23:49.639
 in the family.

00:23:50.099 --> 00:23:51.200
 These are references

00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:53.099
 to the day laborers

00:23:53.099 --> 00:23:54.179
 people that get hired

00:23:54.179 --> 00:23:55.480
 on a day-to-day basis

00:23:55.480 --> 00:23:56.919
 who have no job security

00:23:56.919 --> 00:23:58.179
 and they get hired

00:23:58.179 --> 00:23:58.879
 as needed.

00:23:59.679 --> 00:24:01.179
 Even these higher servants

00:24:01.179 --> 00:24:03.359
 have plenty to eat

00:24:03.359 --> 00:24:04.299
 in their father's house.

00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:08.759
 They occupy the lowest rung

00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:10.679
 of the social career ladder

00:24:10.679 --> 00:24:11.980
 yet they have plenty to eat.

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:12.940
 So son is here

00:24:12.940 --> 00:24:14.099
 remembering the generosity

00:24:14.099 --> 00:24:15.000
 of the father.

00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:17.440
 Why am I slaving away here

00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:18.799
 for this strange master

00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:19.720
 in a far country

00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:20.579
 that won't even feed me?

00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:22.900
 My father is a better master

00:24:22.900 --> 00:24:25.180
 and if I'm going to be

00:24:25.180 --> 00:24:26.380
 a higher servant anyway

00:24:26.380 --> 00:24:27.779
 I might as well be one

00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:28.539
 under my father.

00:24:28.660 --> 00:24:29.920
 At least he will feed me.

00:24:31.140 --> 00:24:32.319
 So the son

00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:33.519
 who was once sick of home

00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:34.620
 and therefore moved away

00:24:34.620 --> 00:24:35.039
 from home

00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:36.339
 is now homesick.

00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.799
 So he resolves

00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:39.500
 to return home

00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:40.680
 in verses 18 to 19.

00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:40.960
 He says,

00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:41.799
 I will arise

00:24:41.799 --> 00:24:42.860
 and go to my father

00:24:42.860 --> 00:24:44.279
 and I will say to him,

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:44.740
 Father,

00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:46.620
 I have sinned against heaven

00:24:46.620 --> 00:24:47.460
 and before you.

00:24:47.819 --> 00:24:49.400
 I am no longer worthy

00:24:49.400 --> 00:24:50.860
 to be called your son.

00:24:51.340 --> 00:24:52.100
 Treat me as one

00:24:52.100 --> 00:24:53.600
 of your hired servants.

00:24:54.660 --> 00:24:56.079
 The younger son realizes

00:24:56.079 --> 00:24:57.279
 how much shame

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:57.900
 he has brought

00:24:57.900 --> 00:24:59.039
 to his father

00:24:59.039 --> 00:25:00.079
 and not only that

00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:00.700
 he acknowledges

00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:01.519
 that he has sinned

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:02.460
 against God

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:03.620
 as well.

00:25:04.100 --> 00:25:04.819
 And he is not

00:25:04.819 --> 00:25:05.740
 so shameless

00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:06.880
 as to expect his father

00:25:06.880 --> 00:25:07.759
 to take him back

00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:08.400
 as a son

00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:09.120
 into his family.

00:25:09.119 --> 00:25:10.559
 He resolves to beg

00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:11.379
 to him

00:25:11.379 --> 00:25:12.259
 to treat him

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:13.279
 just as one of those

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:14.219
 day laborers,

00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:14.939
 higher servants.

00:25:16.739 --> 00:25:18.139
 This is a helpful picture

00:25:18.139 --> 00:25:19.259
 of repentance

00:25:19.259 --> 00:25:20.219
 for us,

00:25:20.399 --> 00:25:21.079
 for Christians.

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:23.000
 Because the younger son

00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.719
 here

00:25:23.719 --> 00:25:24.719
 realizes that he is

00:25:24.719 --> 00:25:25.779
 no longer worthy

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.719
 to be called

00:25:26.719 --> 00:25:27.619
 a son.

00:25:27.979 --> 00:25:28.679
 He admits

00:25:28.679 --> 00:25:30.000
 that he has forfeited

00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:31.139
 all worthiness.

00:25:31.779 --> 00:25:32.759
 He does not deserve

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.319
 to be received

00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:34.179
 back into the family.

00:25:34.180 --> 00:25:35.279
 The only thing

00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:36.080
 that he brings

00:25:36.080 --> 00:25:37.460
 back to his father

00:25:37.460 --> 00:25:39.340
 is his debt

00:25:39.340 --> 00:25:40.820
 and his shame.

00:25:42.180 --> 00:25:42.940
 The admission

00:25:42.940 --> 00:25:43.740
 that he has sinned

00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:44.480
 against God.

00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:46.480
 Normally,

00:25:46.640 --> 00:25:47.340
 a son that has

00:25:47.340 --> 00:25:47.880
 so dishonored

00:25:47.880 --> 00:25:48.380
 his father,

00:25:48.620 --> 00:25:49.200
 in order to have

00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:50.100
 any hope of being

00:25:50.100 --> 00:25:51.480
 reconciled to his dad,

00:25:51.560 --> 00:25:52.220
 would have to come

00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:53.100
 bearing gifts.

00:25:53.620 --> 00:25:54.220
 But here,

00:25:54.380 --> 00:25:55.259
 he has no gifts.

00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:56.500
 Nothing but sin

00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:56.980
 and shame.

00:25:59.019 --> 00:26:00.320
 His only hope

00:26:00.320 --> 00:26:01.299
 of acceptance

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:02.060
 by the father

00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:03.919
 is the lavishness

00:26:03.919 --> 00:26:04.799
 of the father.

00:26:05.940 --> 00:26:06.940
 The generosity,

00:26:07.359 --> 00:26:07.899
 the grace

00:26:07.899 --> 00:26:08.720
 of the father.

00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:10.779
 This is a helpful

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:11.679
 picture of our own

00:26:11.679 --> 00:26:12.679
 repentance before God.

00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:13.460
 William Temple,

00:26:13.619 --> 00:26:14.500
 who was the Archbishop

00:26:14.500 --> 00:26:15.099
 of Canterbury

00:26:15.099 --> 00:26:16.179
 from the 20th century,

00:26:16.339 --> 00:26:17.119
 puts it this way.

00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:17.819
 He says,

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:19.480
 All is of God.

00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:21.079
 The only thing

00:26:21.079 --> 00:26:22.179
 of my very own

00:26:22.179 --> 00:26:23.200
 to which I can

00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:24.279
 contribute to my own

00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:24.720
 redemption

00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:26.259
 is the sin

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:27.980
 from which I need

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.839
 to be redeemed.

00:26:30.119 --> 00:26:31.220
 That's all we bring

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:31.639
 to God.

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:34.740
 But even this

00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:35.519
 younger son,

00:26:35.579 --> 00:26:36.599
 who seems to understand

00:26:36.599 --> 00:26:37.460
 something of the

00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:38.279
 father's generosity,

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:39.799
 doesn't quite grasp

00:26:39.799 --> 00:26:41.200
 how lavish the father

00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:42.460
 really is.

00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:44.399
 It says in verse 20,

00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:46.159
 He rose and came

00:26:46.159 --> 00:26:46.799
 to his father.

00:26:47.399 --> 00:26:48.740
 But while he was still

00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:50.119
 a long way off,

00:26:50.599 --> 00:26:52.220
 his father saw him

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:53.819
 and felt compassion

00:26:53.819 --> 00:26:55.000
 and ran

00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:56.179
 and embraced him

00:26:56.179 --> 00:26:57.440
 and kissed him.

00:26:58.779 --> 00:26:59.299
 The word

00:26:59.299 --> 00:27:00.339
 long in,

00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:01.460
 long way off,

00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:02.380
 is the same word

00:27:02.380 --> 00:27:03.279
 that was translated

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:04.019
 as far

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:05.059
 in verse 13,

00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:06.799
 into a far country.

00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:07.920
 The repetition

00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:08.640
 of the word

00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:10.579
 reveals the father's heart.

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:12.079
 The younger son

00:27:12.079 --> 00:27:12.519
 left,

00:27:12.680 --> 00:27:13.220
 took a journey

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:14.539
 to a far country

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:15.700
 on his own,

00:27:15.840 --> 00:27:17.019
 disgracing the father

00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:17.440
 and yet,

00:27:17.660 --> 00:27:18.160
 his father

00:27:18.160 --> 00:27:19.600
 has not disowned him.

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:20.660
 In fact,

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.440
 it seems

00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:22.840
 that he has not

00:27:22.840 --> 00:27:24.180
 despaired of finding him.

00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:25.200
 He had been

00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:25.880
 looking out

00:27:25.880 --> 00:27:26.640
 on the horizon

00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:27.860
 for the sight

00:27:27.860 --> 00:27:29.000
 of his returning son

00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:30.220
 ever since.

00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:34.080
 And one day,

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:34.900
 while the son

00:27:34.900 --> 00:27:36.400
 is still far off,

00:27:37.420 --> 00:27:37.900
 the father

00:27:37.900 --> 00:27:38.759
 spots him.

00:27:42.340 --> 00:27:43.620
 He wells up

00:27:43.620 --> 00:27:44.360
 with compassion

00:27:44.360 --> 00:27:45.820
 and he begins

00:27:45.820 --> 00:27:46.420
 to run

00:27:46.420 --> 00:27:48.180
 to embrace him

00:27:48.180 --> 00:27:49.040
 and kiss him.

00:27:49.039 --> 00:27:50.720
 And in doing so,

00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:51.680
 this lavish father

00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:52.399
 is breaking

00:27:52.399 --> 00:27:53.460
 all ancient

00:27:53.460 --> 00:27:54.720
 Near Eastern protocol.

00:27:56.680 --> 00:27:57.720
 Elderly Jewish men

00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:58.379
 in this culture

00:27:58.379 --> 00:28:00.440
 do not run.

00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:04.500
 It was considered

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:05.820
 beneath their dignity

00:28:05.820 --> 00:28:06.940
 to do so.

00:28:07.360 --> 00:28:08.019
 Because men

00:28:08.019 --> 00:28:08.580
 in those days

00:28:08.580 --> 00:28:09.299
 wore long,

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:09.640
 you know,

00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:10.480
 flowing robes

00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:11.100
 that limited

00:28:11.100 --> 00:28:11.860
 their mobility.

00:28:12.660 --> 00:28:13.320
 You can't squad,

00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:14.160
 you can't really run,

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:15.180
 you can't kick anything.

00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:17.259
 In order to run

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:17.960
 or do anything

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:19.740
 that's mildly,

00:28:20.160 --> 00:28:21.059
 physically strenuous,

00:28:21.140 --> 00:28:21.620
 they would have to

00:28:21.620 --> 00:28:22.600
 roll up their

00:28:22.600 --> 00:28:24.299
 robes.

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:26.039
 If you have

00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:26.480
 a girdle,

00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:26.900
 a belt,

00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:27.820
 you can gird up

00:28:27.820 --> 00:28:28.400
 your loins.

00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:29.920
 Especially the Bible

00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:30.560
 uses sometimes.

00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:30.960
 Otherwise,

00:28:31.420 --> 00:28:31.880
 you just have to

00:28:31.880 --> 00:28:32.800
 hold it like a skirt

00:28:32.800 --> 00:28:33.720
 and run like this.

00:28:35.640 --> 00:28:36.519
 It's embarrassing.

00:28:37.800 --> 00:28:39.080
 It's indecent exposure.

00:28:40.620 --> 00:28:41.480
 It was considered

00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:42.640
 beneath the dignity

00:28:42.640 --> 00:28:44.620
 of an elderly gentleman

00:28:44.620 --> 00:28:46.160
 to run.

00:28:48.340 --> 00:28:49.680
 But in this moment,

00:28:49.860 --> 00:28:50.600
 when he spots

00:28:50.600 --> 00:28:51.840
 his son far away,

00:28:52.320 --> 00:28:53.120
 his overflowing

00:28:53.120 --> 00:28:53.800
 compassion

00:28:53.800 --> 00:28:54.779
 overrules

00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:56.300
 all cultural conventions

00:28:56.300 --> 00:28:57.560
 and this father

00:28:57.560 --> 00:28:58.120
 runs

00:28:58.120 --> 00:28:59.800
 however clumsily

00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:02.079
 can you imagine

00:29:02.079 --> 00:29:02.539
 the sight

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:03.039
 of this son

00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:03.659
 beholding

00:29:03.659 --> 00:29:05.119
 his elderly father

00:29:05.119 --> 00:29:05.819
 running to him

00:29:05.819 --> 00:29:06.759
 this way?

00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:10.279
 It must have been

00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:10.960
 quiet and moving

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.359
 inside.

00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:13.599
 And then

00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:14.680
 when he arrives,

00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:15.259
 the father

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:16.319
 embraces him

00:29:16.319 --> 00:29:17.619
 and kisses him.

00:29:17.659 --> 00:29:18.319
 The word embrace

00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:19.000
 literally means

00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:19.700
 to fall upon

00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:20.659
 someone's neck.

00:29:21.159 --> 00:29:22.220
 It's not a polite,

00:29:22.539 --> 00:29:22.779
 you know,

00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:24.039
 respectful

00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:25.379
 New England hug.

00:29:25.380 --> 00:29:28.280
 It's a bear hug.

00:29:28.680 --> 00:29:29.420
 You fall on

00:29:29.420 --> 00:29:30.040
 someone's neck,

00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:30.960
 you're chest to chest,

00:29:31.060 --> 00:29:31.760
 you're face rubbing

00:29:31.760 --> 00:29:32.980
 against their face

00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:34.820
 and he kisses him

00:29:34.820 --> 00:29:36.780
 affectionately,

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:37.660
 tenderly.

00:29:40.060 --> 00:29:41.240
 The younger son

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:42.320
 must have been filthy.

00:29:43.560 --> 00:29:44.420
 This penniless

00:29:44.420 --> 00:29:45.440
 pig feeder

00:29:45.440 --> 00:29:46.500
 returning from

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:47.400
 a long journey

00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:48.700
 and the father

00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:50.140
 does not care

00:29:50.140 --> 00:29:51.400
 before the son

00:29:51.400 --> 00:29:52.620
 even says

00:29:52.620 --> 00:29:53.220
 a word.

00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:55.660
 notice the son

00:29:55.660 --> 00:29:56.740
 hasn't said anything.

00:29:59.360 --> 00:30:00.819
 But just to see him

00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:01.539
 start to return,

00:30:01.620 --> 00:30:02.279
 the father already

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:03.019
 welcomes him

00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:04.200
 and loves him.

00:30:05.380 --> 00:30:06.440
 And then in verse 21,

00:30:06.539 --> 00:30:07.480
 the son finally

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:08.860
 works up the courage

00:30:08.860 --> 00:30:10.120
 to say the lines

00:30:10.120 --> 00:30:10.700
 that he had been

00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:11.539
 rehearsing probably

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:12.640
 all along his journey.

00:30:13.339 --> 00:30:13.700
 He says,

00:30:13.799 --> 00:30:14.039
 Father,

00:30:14.880 --> 00:30:15.740
 I have sinned

00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:16.539
 against heaven

00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:17.380
 and before you.

00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:18.759
 I am no longer

00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:20.100
 worthy to be called

00:30:20.100 --> 00:30:21.380
 your son.

00:30:21.380 --> 00:30:24.240
 But before the son

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:25.540
 could finish his lines,

00:30:26.640 --> 00:30:27.740
 before he could

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:28.340
 say the part

00:30:28.340 --> 00:30:29.080
 about being treated

00:30:29.080 --> 00:30:29.800
 as one of his

00:30:29.800 --> 00:30:30.560
 hired servants,

00:30:30.660 --> 00:30:31.420
 the father is already

00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:32.680
 motioning to his servants

00:30:32.680 --> 00:30:33.920
 in verses 22 to 23,

00:30:34.020 --> 00:30:35.100
 Bring quickly

00:30:35.100 --> 00:30:36.200
 the best robe,

00:30:36.280 --> 00:30:37.000
 put it on him,

00:30:37.560 --> 00:30:38.920
 put a ring on his hand,

00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:40.340
 shoes on his feet

00:30:40.340 --> 00:30:41.900
 and bring the fattened calf

00:30:41.900 --> 00:30:42.580
 and kill it.

00:30:42.900 --> 00:30:43.620
 Let us eat

00:30:43.620 --> 00:30:44.980
 and celebrate.

00:30:47.320 --> 00:30:48.480
 Taking his son

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:50.259
 back as a hired laborer

00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:51.640
 is far from

00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:52.480
 the father's mind.

00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:54.579
 He doesn't berate

00:30:54.579 --> 00:30:55.299
 this son

00:30:55.299 --> 00:30:56.579
 about his wastefulness

00:30:56.579 --> 00:30:57.579
 and foolishness.

00:30:57.799 --> 00:30:58.900
 He doesn't consign him

00:30:58.900 --> 00:30:59.759
 to slavery

00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:00.880
 until he can pay

00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:01.640
 back the money.

00:31:02.140 --> 00:31:03.160
 He doesn't nag him

00:31:03.160 --> 00:31:03.980
 about all the things

00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:04.700
 that he's done wrong.

00:31:04.920 --> 00:31:06.339
 All that preoccupies

00:31:06.339 --> 00:31:07.000
 this father

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:07.740
 in this moment

00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:08.860
 is the joy

00:31:08.860 --> 00:31:09.759
 of having

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:10.980
 his lost son

00:31:10.980 --> 00:31:11.559
 back.

00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:14.880
 And so he reinstates

00:31:14.880 --> 00:31:15.839
 the youngest son

00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:18.019
 with all the privileges

00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:18.799
 of sonship,

00:31:18.959 --> 00:31:19.359
 putting on him

00:31:19.359 --> 00:31:20.119
 the best robe,

00:31:20.199 --> 00:31:21.579
 a symbol of status,

00:31:21.699 --> 00:31:22.299
 giving to him

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:22.959
 a ring,

00:31:23.339 --> 00:31:24.299
 which is likely

00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:25.259
 a signet ring

00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:26.459
 with the family seal

00:31:26.459 --> 00:31:27.699
 representing his

00:31:27.699 --> 00:31:28.599
 re-inclusion

00:31:28.599 --> 00:31:30.179
 into the family membership

00:31:30.179 --> 00:31:32.879
 and shoes for his feet

00:31:32.879 --> 00:31:34.899
 to cover his dusty,

00:31:35.339 --> 00:31:36.019
 blistered feet.

00:31:37.899 --> 00:31:39.939
 The younger son

00:31:39.939 --> 00:31:41.019
 understands only then

00:31:41.019 --> 00:31:42.159
 that his father

00:31:42.159 --> 00:31:43.619
 will only take him back

00:31:43.619 --> 00:31:44.559
 as a son.

00:31:45.839 --> 00:31:49.779
 And as if that

00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:50.220
 weren't enough,

00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:50.959
 the father throws

00:31:50.959 --> 00:31:52.220
 a party to celebrate

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:53.359
 the return of his son.

00:31:53.819 --> 00:31:54.519
 They slaughter

00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:55.759
 the fattened calf.

00:31:56.559 --> 00:31:58.859
 The fattened calf.

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:01.399
 Meat was rare

00:32:01.399 --> 00:32:02.980
 in first century Palestine

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:04.779
 and the fattened calf

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:06.679
 was saved

00:32:06.679 --> 00:32:07.679
 for special occasions

00:32:07.679 --> 00:32:09.199
 like major religious holidays.

00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:10.879
 The meat of a young calf,

00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:11.199
 of course,

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:11.939
 is more tender

00:32:11.939 --> 00:32:13.199
 than aged cow.

00:32:13.579 --> 00:32:14.639
 And the fattened calf

00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:15.420
 is one that has been

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:16.540
 intentionally pampered

00:32:16.540 --> 00:32:17.620
 and fattened

00:32:17.620 --> 00:32:18.520
 for to be slaughtered

00:32:18.520 --> 00:32:19.360
 on special occasions

00:32:19.360 --> 00:32:19.940
 like this.

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:21.800
 It'd be enough

00:32:21.800 --> 00:32:23.120
 to feed the entire village.

00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:25.960
 The father spares

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:27.360
 no expenses.

00:32:28.020 --> 00:32:29.440
 He lavishes his son

00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:30.460
 with his love.

00:32:32.840 --> 00:32:33.720
 Some of you

00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:34.960
 in our church

00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:35.980
 have a hard time

00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:36.680
 relating to God

00:32:36.680 --> 00:32:37.540
 as your heavenly father

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:40.659
 because you did not

00:32:40.659 --> 00:32:41.240
 grow up with

00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:42.559
 the loving earthly father.

00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:46.659
 But you have to rely

00:32:46.659 --> 00:32:48.279
 not on how

00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:49.460
 your earthly father

00:32:49.460 --> 00:32:50.079
 represented

00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:51.099
 our heavenly father.

00:32:51.099 --> 00:32:52.259
 But you need to rely

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:53.720
 on how God's word

00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:54.480
 reveals

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:55.599
 our heavenly father.

00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:57.559
 What scripture tells us

00:32:57.559 --> 00:32:58.899
 about our loving

00:32:58.899 --> 00:32:59.920
 heavenly father.

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:00.779
 And this is one of the

00:33:00.779 --> 00:33:02.139
 most compelling pictures

00:33:02.139 --> 00:33:04.399
 of our own heavenly father.

00:33:04.400 --> 00:33:07.360
 When you feel like

00:33:07.360 --> 00:33:07.920
 you've been

00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:09.340
 a bad child of God

00:33:09.340 --> 00:33:10.640
 when you feel

00:33:10.640 --> 00:33:11.600
 burdened with guilt

00:33:11.600 --> 00:33:12.600
 do you feel like

00:33:12.600 --> 00:33:13.759
 you can't approach God?

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:17.940
 Do you think

00:33:17.940 --> 00:33:18.780
 you need to cry

00:33:18.780 --> 00:33:19.940
 a certain amount

00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:20.560
 of tears

00:33:20.560 --> 00:33:22.259
 feel a certain

00:33:22.259 --> 00:33:23.340
 intensity

00:33:23.340 --> 00:33:24.340
 of remorse

00:33:24.340 --> 00:33:25.360
 before you can

00:33:25.360 --> 00:33:26.259
 approach God again?

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:29.620
 Do you feel like

00:33:29.620 --> 00:33:30.400
 you need to spend

00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:30.980
 a certain number

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:31.680
 of hours

00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:32.360
 or days

00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:33.539
 in self-ordained

00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:34.199
 exile

00:33:34.199 --> 00:33:35.659
 just moaning

00:33:35.659 --> 00:33:38.779
 grieving your sins

00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:39.419
 before you can

00:33:39.419 --> 00:33:40.159
 approach him again?

00:33:43.919 --> 00:33:44.779
 Do you think

00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:45.240
 that you need

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:46.619
 to pay God back

00:33:46.619 --> 00:33:47.759
 with all of your

00:33:47.759 --> 00:33:48.439
 good works

00:33:48.439 --> 00:33:49.339
 before you can

00:33:49.339 --> 00:33:50.279
 be received back

00:33:50.279 --> 00:33:51.019
 into his family?

00:33:53.959 --> 00:33:54.899
 Our father

00:33:54.899 --> 00:33:56.219
 is not

00:33:56.219 --> 00:33:56.879
 looking you

00:33:56.879 --> 00:33:57.719
 up and down

00:33:57.719 --> 00:33:59.399
 in disgust

00:33:59.399 --> 00:34:00.439
 or disdain

00:34:00.439 --> 00:34:01.719
 or disappointment

00:34:01.720 --> 00:34:03.400
 our God

00:34:03.400 --> 00:34:04.299
 is a gracious

00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:04.880
 God

00:34:04.880 --> 00:34:06.579
 why do you

00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:07.100
 think of him

00:34:07.100 --> 00:34:07.819
 as such a hard

00:34:07.819 --> 00:34:08.199
 man?

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:10.059
 He is a loving

00:34:10.059 --> 00:34:10.559
 father

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:11.539
 he's a merciful

00:34:11.539 --> 00:34:12.119
 father

00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:13.220
 he's a gracious

00:34:13.220 --> 00:34:13.539
 father

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:14.099
 he's not

00:34:14.099 --> 00:34:14.880
 asking you

00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:15.340
 to spend

00:34:15.340 --> 00:34:15.960
 days and

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.360
 months and

00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:16.639
 years

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:17.519
 doing penance

00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:18.280
 trying to pay

00:34:18.280 --> 00:34:18.659
 him back

00:34:18.659 --> 00:34:19.119
 before you

00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:19.679
 return to

00:34:19.679 --> 00:34:19.960
 him

00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:20.840
 the moment

00:34:20.840 --> 00:34:21.500
 you turn

00:34:21.500 --> 00:34:22.039
 to return

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:22.639
 to him

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:23.500
 he is

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:24.059
 running

00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:25.199
 toward you

00:34:25.199 --> 00:34:28.980
 with compassion

00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:30.639
 in his eyes

00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:35.639
 there's no reason

00:34:35.639 --> 00:34:36.339
 to delay our

00:34:36.339 --> 00:34:36.799
 repentance

00:34:36.799 --> 00:34:39.980
 we should run

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:40.439
 to him

00:34:40.439 --> 00:34:41.960
 he's the first

00:34:41.960 --> 00:34:42.619
 person we should

00:34:42.619 --> 00:34:43.099
 run to

00:34:43.099 --> 00:34:44.599
 when we feel

00:34:44.599 --> 00:34:45.179
 that we have

00:34:45.179 --> 00:34:45.719
 done wrong

00:34:45.719 --> 00:34:51.239
 that's the heart

00:34:51.239 --> 00:34:51.719
 of the lavish

00:34:51.719 --> 00:34:52.059
 father

00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:54.939
 and in this

00:34:54.939 --> 00:34:55.539
 last section

00:34:55.539 --> 00:34:56.459
 verses 25

00:34:56.459 --> 00:34:56.919
 to 30

00:34:56.919 --> 00:34:58.939
 we see a

00:34:58.939 --> 00:34:59.239
 portrait

00:34:59.239 --> 00:35:00.199
 of the second

00:35:00.199 --> 00:35:00.559
 son

00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:01.919
 the legalistic

00:35:01.919 --> 00:35:02.259
 son

00:35:02.259 --> 00:35:04.139
 it says in

00:35:04.139 --> 00:35:04.879
 verses 25

00:35:04.879 --> 00:35:05.379
 to 26

00:35:05.379 --> 00:35:05.839
 now his

00:35:05.839 --> 00:35:06.459
 older son

00:35:06.459 --> 00:35:06.779
 was in

00:35:06.779 --> 00:35:07.319
 the field

00:35:07.319 --> 00:35:08.179
 and as he

00:35:08.179 --> 00:35:08.639
 came and

00:35:08.639 --> 00:35:09.019
 drew near

00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:09.519
 to the house

00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:09.919
 he heard

00:35:09.919 --> 00:35:10.559
 music and

00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:10.980
 dancing

00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:11.679
 and he

00:35:11.679 --> 00:35:12.179
 called one

00:35:12.179 --> 00:35:12.419
 of his

00:35:12.419 --> 00:35:12.719
 servants

00:35:12.719 --> 00:35:13.279
 and asked

00:35:13.279 --> 00:35:13.739
 what these

00:35:13.739 --> 00:35:14.439
 things meant

00:35:14.440 --> 00:35:16.240
 unlike the

00:35:16.240 --> 00:35:16.760
 younger son

00:35:16.760 --> 00:35:17.240
 who left

00:35:17.240 --> 00:35:17.940
 his father's

00:35:17.940 --> 00:35:18.320
 house

00:35:18.320 --> 00:35:18.860
 this older

00:35:18.860 --> 00:35:19.300
 son is

00:35:19.300 --> 00:35:19.599
 still

00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:20.200
 dutifully

00:35:20.200 --> 00:35:21.179
 at home

00:35:21.179 --> 00:35:21.519
 even though

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:21.820
 he did

00:35:21.820 --> 00:35:22.519
 receive his

00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:22.960
 share of

00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:23.400
 the inheritance

00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:23.920
 he stayed

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:24.280
 home to

00:35:24.280 --> 00:35:24.720
 take care

00:35:24.720 --> 00:35:24.960
 of his

00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:25.280
 father

00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:28.320
 but as

00:35:28.320 --> 00:35:28.820
 he approaches

00:35:28.820 --> 00:35:29.639
 the house

00:35:29.639 --> 00:35:30.019
 returning

00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:30.260
 home

00:35:30.260 --> 00:35:30.780
 he hears

00:35:30.780 --> 00:35:31.559
 music and

00:35:31.559 --> 00:35:31.940
 dancing

00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:32.179
 and he

00:35:32.179 --> 00:35:32.659
 begins to

00:35:32.659 --> 00:35:33.039
 wonder

00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:33.460
 there's a

00:35:33.460 --> 00:35:33.800
 party

00:35:33.800 --> 00:35:34.360
 going on

00:35:34.360 --> 00:35:35.119
 and I

00:35:35.119 --> 00:35:35.300
 hadn't

00:35:35.300 --> 00:35:35.460
 heard

00:35:35.460 --> 00:35:35.679
 anything

00:35:35.679 --> 00:35:36.059
 about it

00:35:36.059 --> 00:35:36.360
 what in

00:35:36.360 --> 00:35:36.579
 the world

00:35:36.579 --> 00:35:36.920
 is going

00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:37.220
 on

00:35:37.220 --> 00:35:38.280
 so he

00:35:38.280 --> 00:35:38.820
 calls out

00:35:38.820 --> 00:35:39.039
 one of

00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:39.539
 the servants

00:35:39.539 --> 00:35:40.099
 and asks

00:35:40.099 --> 00:35:40.440
 and his

00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:40.780
 servant

00:35:40.780 --> 00:35:41.420
 answers him

00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:41.659
 in verse

00:35:41.659 --> 00:35:42.119
 27

00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:43.059
 your brother

00:35:43.059 --> 00:35:43.599
 has come

00:35:43.599 --> 00:35:44.819
 and your

00:35:44.819 --> 00:35:45.319
 father has

00:35:45.319 --> 00:35:45.779
 killed the

00:35:45.779 --> 00:35:46.139
 fattened

00:35:46.139 --> 00:35:46.480
 calf

00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:47.039
 because he

00:35:47.039 --> 00:35:47.519
 has received

00:35:47.519 --> 00:35:47.980
 him back

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:48.900
 safe

00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:49.639
 and sound

00:35:49.639 --> 00:35:52.299
 the older

00:35:52.299 --> 00:35:53.119
 son gets

00:35:53.119 --> 00:35:53.779
 livid

00:35:53.779 --> 00:35:55.099
 over this

00:35:55.099 --> 00:35:58.440
 he was

00:35:58.440 --> 00:35:59.000
 angry

00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:59.339
 he says

00:35:59.339 --> 00:35:59.619
 in verse

00:35:59.619 --> 00:36:00.059
 28

00:36:00.059 --> 00:36:01.400
 and refused

00:36:01.400 --> 00:36:02.299
 to go

00:36:02.299 --> 00:36:02.679
 in

00:36:02.679 --> 00:36:03.839
 the father

00:36:03.839 --> 00:36:04.480
 is joyful

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:04.940
 for his

00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:05.259
 son's

00:36:05.259 --> 00:36:05.559
 return

00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:05.940
 the older

00:36:05.940 --> 00:36:06.360
 son is

00:36:06.360 --> 00:36:07.239
 angry about

00:36:07.239 --> 00:36:07.860
 this party

00:36:07.860 --> 00:36:08.299
 going on

00:36:08.299 --> 00:36:08.639
 for his

00:36:08.639 --> 00:36:08.980
 younger

00:36:08.980 --> 00:36:09.360
 brother

00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:10.679
 and interestingly

00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:11.859
 the younger

00:36:11.859 --> 00:36:12.519
 son that

00:36:12.519 --> 00:36:13.019
 was formerly

00:36:13.019 --> 00:36:13.679
 outside the

00:36:13.679 --> 00:36:13.879
 house

00:36:13.879 --> 00:36:14.219
 is now

00:36:14.219 --> 00:36:14.839
 inside the

00:36:14.839 --> 00:36:15.059
 house

00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:15.599
 celebrating

00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:16.039
 with his

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:16.419
 father

00:36:16.419 --> 00:36:17.399
 and this

00:36:17.399 --> 00:36:17.960
 older son

00:36:17.960 --> 00:36:18.239
 that had

00:36:18.239 --> 00:36:19.000
 always been

00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:19.779
 inside the

00:36:19.779 --> 00:36:20.159
 house

00:36:20.159 --> 00:36:21.219
 now is

00:36:21.219 --> 00:36:21.739
 sulking

00:36:21.739 --> 00:36:22.399
 outside

00:36:22.399 --> 00:36:23.599
 the house

00:36:23.599 --> 00:36:25.539
 so that

00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:25.980
 his father

00:36:25.980 --> 00:36:26.480
 must come

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:26.839
 out

00:36:26.839 --> 00:36:27.779
 to entreat

00:36:27.779 --> 00:36:28.119
 him

00:36:28.119 --> 00:36:29.159
 and the

00:36:29.159 --> 00:36:29.699
 oldest son

00:36:29.699 --> 00:36:30.219
 airs his

00:36:30.219 --> 00:36:30.639
 grievances

00:36:30.639 --> 00:36:31.059
 in verses

00:36:31.059 --> 00:36:31.659
 29 to

00:36:31.659 --> 00:36:32.019
 30

00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:33.000
 look

00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:34.359
 these many

00:36:34.359 --> 00:36:34.779
 ears

00:36:34.779 --> 00:36:35.159
 I have

00:36:35.159 --> 00:36:35.719
 served

00:36:35.719 --> 00:36:36.079
 you

00:36:36.079 --> 00:36:36.980
 and I

00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:37.539
 never

00:36:37.539 --> 00:36:38.159
 disobeyed

00:36:38.159 --> 00:36:38.679
 your command

00:36:38.679 --> 00:36:39.119
 yet you

00:36:39.119 --> 00:36:39.659
 never gave

00:36:39.659 --> 00:36:40.099
 me a young

00:36:40.099 --> 00:36:40.599
 goat

00:36:40.599 --> 00:36:41.099
 that I

00:36:41.099 --> 00:36:41.279
 might

00:36:41.279 --> 00:36:41.659
 celebrate

00:36:41.659 --> 00:36:42.099
 with my

00:36:42.099 --> 00:36:42.519
 friends

00:36:42.519 --> 00:36:43.440
 but when

00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:43.960
 this son

00:36:43.960 --> 00:36:44.380
 of yours

00:36:44.380 --> 00:36:44.759
 came

00:36:44.759 --> 00:36:44.980
 you

00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:45.000
 who

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:45.139
 has

00:36:45.139 --> 00:36:45.599
 devoured

00:36:45.599 --> 00:36:45.779
 your

00:36:45.779 --> 00:36:46.139
 property

00:36:46.139 --> 00:36:46.339
 with

00:36:46.339 --> 00:36:46.900
 prostitutes

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:47.259
 you

00:36:47.259 --> 00:36:47.739
 killed

00:36:47.739 --> 00:36:48.460
 a fattened

00:36:48.460 --> 00:36:48.739
 calf

00:36:48.739 --> 00:36:49.299
 for him

00:36:49.299 --> 00:36:51.400
 doesn't that

00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:52.000
 sound like a

00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:52.880
 fair complaint

00:36:52.880 --> 00:36:56.360
 haven't we all

00:36:56.360 --> 00:36:56.880
 said something

00:36:56.880 --> 00:36:57.440
 similar to

00:36:57.440 --> 00:36:57.719
 God

00:36:57.719 --> 00:37:01.199
 while this

00:37:01.199 --> 00:37:01.799
 son of yours

00:37:01.799 --> 00:37:02.599
 was squandering

00:37:02.599 --> 00:37:03.179
 your wealth

00:37:03.179 --> 00:37:04.019
 I was working

00:37:04.019 --> 00:37:04.739
 hard at home

00:37:04.739 --> 00:37:05.420
 building your

00:37:05.420 --> 00:37:06.000
 wealth dad

00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:08.339
 when this

00:37:08.339 --> 00:37:08.960
 son of yours

00:37:08.960 --> 00:37:09.880
 blatantly rebelled

00:37:09.880 --> 00:37:10.299
 against you

00:37:10.300 --> 00:37:10.980
 brought shame

00:37:10.980 --> 00:37:11.320
 to your

00:37:11.320 --> 00:37:11.519
 name

00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:11.820
 I've been

00:37:11.820 --> 00:37:12.140
 bringing

00:37:12.140 --> 00:37:12.900
 honor to

00:37:12.900 --> 00:37:13.380
 your name

00:37:13.380 --> 00:37:15.060
 and yet

00:37:15.060 --> 00:37:16.060
 you never

00:37:16.060 --> 00:37:16.740
 even grilled

00:37:16.740 --> 00:37:17.580
 hot dogs

00:37:17.580 --> 00:37:18.000
 for me to

00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:18.440
 celebrate

00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:18.860
 have a

00:37:18.860 --> 00:37:19.120
 barbecue

00:37:19.120 --> 00:37:19.420
 with my

00:37:19.420 --> 00:37:19.780
 friends

00:37:19.780 --> 00:37:21.420
 and this

00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:21.860
 son of yours

00:37:21.860 --> 00:37:22.280
 comes and

00:37:22.280 --> 00:37:22.920
 you're grilling

00:37:22.920 --> 00:37:23.740
 filet mignons

00:37:23.740 --> 00:37:24.580
 USDA prime

00:37:24.580 --> 00:37:24.880
 beef

00:37:24.880 --> 00:37:29.280
 what's going

00:37:29.280 --> 00:37:29.660
 on dad

00:37:29.660 --> 00:37:32.100
 where's

00:37:32.100 --> 00:37:32.720
 justice

00:37:32.720 --> 00:37:34.400
 where's

00:37:34.400 --> 00:37:34.860
 fairness

00:37:34.860 --> 00:37:36.680
 that's

00:37:36.680 --> 00:37:36.700
 that's

00:37:36.700 --> 00:37:37.000
 my

00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:37.420
 fattened

00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:37.880
 calf

00:37:37.880 --> 00:37:39.340
 remember

00:37:39.340 --> 00:37:39.860
 you gave

00:37:39.860 --> 00:37:40.160
 him all

00:37:40.160 --> 00:37:40.400
 of his

00:37:40.400 --> 00:37:40.840
 inheritance

00:37:40.840 --> 00:37:43.160
 it's all

00:37:43.160 --> 00:37:43.500
 mine

00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:43.880
 that you're

00:37:43.880 --> 00:37:44.220
 parting

00:37:44.220 --> 00:37:44.740
 with

00:37:44.740 --> 00:37:50.599
 the

00:37:50.599 --> 00:37:51.039
 relational

00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:51.720
 strain is

00:37:51.720 --> 00:37:52.180
 never more

00:37:52.180 --> 00:37:52.700
 obvious than

00:37:52.700 --> 00:37:53.180
 in the way

00:37:53.180 --> 00:37:53.780
 this son

00:37:53.780 --> 00:37:54.519
 addresses his

00:37:54.519 --> 00:37:54.840
 father

00:37:54.840 --> 00:37:55.940
 he doesn't

00:37:55.940 --> 00:37:56.440
 address him

00:37:56.440 --> 00:37:56.820
 as father

00:37:56.820 --> 00:37:57.740
 which is

00:37:57.740 --> 00:37:58.220
 a respectful

00:37:58.220 --> 00:37:58.579
 thing to me

00:37:58.579 --> 00:37:58.900
 he doesn't

00:37:58.900 --> 00:37:59.260
 call him

00:37:59.260 --> 00:37:59.500
 certain

00:37:59.500 --> 00:38:00.039
 he says

00:38:00.039 --> 00:38:01.280
 look

00:38:01.280 --> 00:38:04.039
 and look at

00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:04.480
 the way he

00:38:04.480 --> 00:38:05.320
 refers to his

00:38:05.320 --> 00:38:06.059
 younger brother

00:38:06.059 --> 00:38:06.480
 he doesn't

00:38:06.480 --> 00:38:07.059
 say my

00:38:07.059 --> 00:38:07.500
 brother

00:38:07.500 --> 00:38:09.280
 this son

00:38:09.280 --> 00:38:09.820
 of yours

00:38:09.820 --> 00:38:15.119
 he's

00:38:15.119 --> 00:38:15.539
 distancing

00:38:15.539 --> 00:38:16.239
 himself from

00:38:16.239 --> 00:38:16.699
 the family

00:38:16.699 --> 00:38:17.940
 disowning his

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:18.599
 relationship with

00:38:18.599 --> 00:38:19.019
 this brother

00:38:19.019 --> 00:38:20.400
 and this

00:38:20.400 --> 00:38:21.099
 reaction of

00:38:21.099 --> 00:38:21.380
 the older

00:38:21.380 --> 00:38:22.119
 son shows

00:38:22.119 --> 00:38:22.840
 that he

00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:23.639
 was just

00:38:23.639 --> 00:38:24.420
 as lost

00:38:24.420 --> 00:38:25.000
 as the

00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:25.239
 younger

00:38:25.239 --> 00:38:25.599
 son

00:38:25.599 --> 00:38:28.239
 the younger

00:38:28.239 --> 00:38:29.260
 son said

00:38:29.260 --> 00:38:29.920
 I am no

00:38:29.920 --> 00:38:30.560
 longer worthy

00:38:30.560 --> 00:38:30.960
 to be called

00:38:30.960 --> 00:38:31.200
 your son

00:38:31.200 --> 00:38:31.500
 treat me

00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:31.700
 as one

00:38:31.700 --> 00:38:31.840
 of your

00:38:31.840 --> 00:38:32.060
 hired

00:38:32.060 --> 00:38:32.640
 servants

00:38:32.640 --> 00:38:33.780
 and because

00:38:33.780 --> 00:38:34.740
 he doesn't

00:38:34.740 --> 00:38:35.260
 deserve to

00:38:35.260 --> 00:38:35.600
 be called

00:38:35.600 --> 00:38:35.900
 a son

00:38:35.900 --> 00:38:36.260
 the younger

00:38:36.260 --> 00:38:37.000
 son thought

00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:37.260
 that his

00:38:37.260 --> 00:38:37.700
 father might

00:38:37.700 --> 00:38:38.180
 hire him

00:38:38.180 --> 00:38:38.480
 as a

00:38:38.480 --> 00:38:38.760
 servant

00:38:38.760 --> 00:38:39.220
 instead

00:38:39.220 --> 00:38:40.260
 the older

00:38:40.260 --> 00:38:40.960
 son says

00:38:40.960 --> 00:38:41.300
 look

00:38:41.300 --> 00:38:41.900
 these many

00:38:41.900 --> 00:38:42.120
 years

00:38:42.120 --> 00:38:42.500
 I have

00:38:42.500 --> 00:38:43.180
 served

00:38:43.180 --> 00:38:43.500
 you

00:38:43.500 --> 00:38:43.820
 and I

00:38:43.820 --> 00:38:44.020
 never

00:38:44.020 --> 00:38:44.480
 disobey

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:44.680
 your

00:38:44.680 --> 00:38:44.960
 command

00:38:44.960 --> 00:38:45.500
 he

00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:46.060
 thinks

00:38:46.060 --> 00:38:46.320
 he

00:38:46.320 --> 00:38:46.960
 deserves

00:38:46.960 --> 00:38:47.640
 to be

00:38:47.640 --> 00:38:47.980
 called

00:38:47.980 --> 00:38:48.460
 a son

00:38:48.460 --> 00:38:49.860
 and only

00:38:49.860 --> 00:38:50.440
 because

00:38:50.440 --> 00:38:50.940
 he has

00:38:50.940 --> 00:38:51.620
 served

00:38:51.620 --> 00:38:52.280
 his father

00:38:52.280 --> 00:38:52.740
 for many

00:38:52.740 --> 00:38:53.240
 years

00:38:53.240 --> 00:38:54.860
 neither

00:38:54.860 --> 00:38:55.300
 of them

00:38:55.300 --> 00:38:55.980
 understands

00:38:55.980 --> 00:38:56.520
 the true

00:38:56.520 --> 00:38:57.000
 nature

00:38:57.000 --> 00:38:58.180
 of sonship

00:38:58.179 --> 00:38:59.119
 neither

00:38:59.119 --> 00:38:59.419
 of them

00:38:59.419 --> 00:39:00.019
 understands

00:39:00.019 --> 00:39:00.539
 the grace

00:39:00.539 --> 00:39:00.779
 of the

00:39:00.779 --> 00:39:01.099
 father

00:39:01.099 --> 00:39:01.679
 both

00:39:01.679 --> 00:39:02.219
 of them

00:39:02.219 --> 00:39:02.819
 though in

00:39:02.819 --> 00:39:03.139
 different

00:39:03.139 --> 00:39:03.639
 ways

00:39:03.639 --> 00:39:04.259
 have been

00:39:04.259 --> 00:39:04.899
 operating

00:39:04.899 --> 00:39:05.339
 like

00:39:05.339 --> 00:39:05.940
 they have

00:39:05.940 --> 00:39:06.099
 been

00:39:06.099 --> 00:39:06.799
 servants

00:39:06.799 --> 00:39:11.879
 the older

00:39:11.879 --> 00:39:12.199
 son

00:39:12.199 --> 00:39:12.500
 thinks

00:39:12.500 --> 00:39:13.000
 unless he

00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:13.359
 serves

00:39:13.359 --> 00:39:13.699
 like a

00:39:13.699 --> 00:39:13.960
 slave

00:39:13.960 --> 00:39:14.339
 he can

00:39:14.339 --> 00:39:14.559
 never

00:39:14.559 --> 00:39:14.839
 get

00:39:14.839 --> 00:39:15.079
 those

00:39:15.079 --> 00:39:15.319
 good

00:39:15.319 --> 00:39:15.659
 things

00:39:15.659 --> 00:39:15.859
 out

00:39:15.859 --> 00:39:15.960
 of

00:39:15.960 --> 00:39:16.099
 his

00:39:16.099 --> 00:39:16.480
 father

00:39:16.480 --> 00:39:17.759
 he

00:39:17.759 --> 00:39:17.960
 does

00:39:17.960 --> 00:39:18.179
 not

00:39:18.179 --> 00:39:18.659
 realize

00:39:18.659 --> 00:39:18.879
 that

00:39:18.879 --> 00:39:19.039
 he

00:39:19.039 --> 00:39:19.359
 gets

00:39:19.359 --> 00:39:19.739
 those

00:39:19.739 --> 00:39:20.339
 inheritance

00:39:20.339 --> 00:39:21.059
 those

00:39:21.059 --> 00:39:21.579
 blessings

00:39:21.579 --> 00:39:23.759
 simply

00:39:23.759 --> 00:39:24.199
 because

00:39:24.199 --> 00:39:24.519
 he

00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:24.719
 is

00:39:24.719 --> 00:39:24.960
 the

00:39:24.960 --> 00:39:25.440
 son

00:39:25.440 --> 00:39:27.099
 simply

00:39:27.099 --> 00:39:27.500
 because

00:39:27.500 --> 00:39:27.679
 he

00:39:27.679 --> 00:39:27.800
 is

00:39:27.800 --> 00:39:27.920
 the

00:39:27.920 --> 00:39:28.280
 child

00:39:28.280 --> 00:39:28.440
 of

00:39:28.440 --> 00:39:28.579
 the

00:39:28.579 --> 00:39:28.940
 father

00:39:28.940 --> 00:39:30.079
 instead

00:39:30.079 --> 00:39:30.280
 he

00:39:30.280 --> 00:39:30.460
 thinks

00:39:30.460 --> 00:39:30.579
 he

00:39:30.579 --> 00:39:30.720
 has

00:39:30.720 --> 00:39:30.840
 to

00:39:30.840 --> 00:39:31.059
 earn

00:39:31.059 --> 00:39:31.360
 it

00:39:31.360 --> 00:39:34.420
 he

00:39:34.420 --> 00:39:34.639
 thinks

00:39:34.639 --> 00:39:34.860
 of it

00:39:34.860 --> 00:39:35.139
 as a

00:39:35.139 --> 00:39:35.559
 wage

00:39:35.559 --> 00:39:36.119
 payment

00:39:36.119 --> 00:39:36.820
 not a

00:39:36.820 --> 00:39:37.200
 gift

00:39:37.200 --> 00:39:37.860
 an

00:39:37.860 --> 00:39:38.380
 inheritance

00:39:38.380 --> 00:39:40.760
 so

00:39:40.760 --> 00:39:40.900
 the

00:39:40.900 --> 00:39:41.079
 younger

00:39:41.079 --> 00:39:41.360
 son

00:39:41.360 --> 00:39:41.539
 was

00:39:41.539 --> 00:39:42.539
 licentious

00:39:42.539 --> 00:39:42.820
 but the

00:39:42.820 --> 00:39:42.980
 older

00:39:42.980 --> 00:39:43.220
 son

00:39:43.220 --> 00:39:43.360
 was

00:39:43.360 --> 00:39:44.019
 legalistic

00:39:44.019 --> 00:39:44.559
 the

00:39:44.559 --> 00:39:45.059
 younger

00:39:45.059 --> 00:39:45.599
 son

00:39:45.599 --> 00:39:46.340
 represents

00:39:46.340 --> 00:39:46.559
 the

00:39:46.559 --> 00:39:46.840
 tax

00:39:46.840 --> 00:39:47.139
 collectors

00:39:47.139 --> 00:39:47.380
 and

00:39:47.380 --> 00:39:47.639
 sinners

00:39:47.639 --> 00:39:47.820
 that

00:39:47.820 --> 00:39:47.940
 are

00:39:47.940 --> 00:39:48.159
 coming

00:39:48.159 --> 00:39:48.320
 to

00:39:48.320 --> 00:39:48.659
 Jesus

00:39:48.659 --> 00:39:49.159
 the

00:39:49.159 --> 00:39:49.400
 older

00:39:49.400 --> 00:39:49.679
 son

00:39:49.679 --> 00:39:50.139
 represents

00:39:50.139 --> 00:39:50.420
 the

00:39:50.420 --> 00:39:50.980
 Pharisees

00:39:50.980 --> 00:39:51.159
 and

00:39:51.159 --> 00:39:51.360
 the

00:39:51.360 --> 00:39:51.760
 scribes

00:39:51.760 --> 00:39:51.900
 that

00:39:51.900 --> 00:39:52.059
 are

00:39:52.059 --> 00:39:52.720
 resenting

00:39:52.720 --> 00:39:52.880
 and

00:39:52.880 --> 00:39:53.440
 begrudging

00:39:53.440 --> 00:39:54.200
 Jesus

00:39:54.200 --> 00:39:54.800
 receiving

00:39:54.800 --> 00:39:55.060
 these

00:39:55.060 --> 00:39:55.300
 sinners

00:39:55.300 --> 00:39:55.519
 and

00:39:55.519 --> 00:39:55.760
 tax

00:39:55.760 --> 00:39:56.160
 collectors

00:39:56.160 --> 00:39:57.160
 they

00:39:57.160 --> 00:39:57.640
 both

00:39:57.640 --> 00:39:57.940
 had

00:39:57.940 --> 00:39:58.120
 a

00:39:58.120 --> 00:39:58.440
 view

00:39:58.440 --> 00:39:58.740
 of

00:39:58.740 --> 00:39:59.220
 God

00:39:59.220 --> 00:39:59.900
 as

00:39:59.900 --> 00:40:00.160
 someone

00:40:00.160 --> 00:40:00.340
 who

00:40:00.340 --> 00:40:00.460
 is

00:40:00.460 --> 00:40:01.100
 stingy

00:40:01.100 --> 00:40:01.900
 and

00:40:01.900 --> 00:40:02.480
 strict

00:40:02.480 --> 00:40:04.660
 the

00:40:04.660 --> 00:40:05.000
 younger

00:40:05.000 --> 00:40:05.340
 son

00:40:05.340 --> 00:40:05.600
 type

00:40:05.600 --> 00:40:05.720
 of

00:40:05.720 --> 00:40:05.960
 people

00:40:05.960 --> 00:40:06.120
 the

00:40:06.120 --> 00:40:06.300
 tax

00:40:06.300 --> 00:40:06.519
 collectors

00:40:06.519 --> 00:40:06.680
 and

00:40:06.680 --> 00:40:06.940
 sinners

00:40:06.940 --> 00:40:07.480
 because

00:40:07.480 --> 00:40:07.820
 they

00:40:07.820 --> 00:40:08.060
 didn't

00:40:08.060 --> 00:40:08.320
 think

00:40:08.320 --> 00:40:08.500
 that

00:40:08.500 --> 00:40:08.680
 what

00:40:08.680 --> 00:40:08.920
 God

00:40:08.920 --> 00:40:09.140
 had

00:40:09.140 --> 00:40:09.260
 for

00:40:09.260 --> 00:40:09.380
 them

00:40:09.380 --> 00:40:09.560
 was

00:40:09.560 --> 00:40:09.760
 good

00:40:09.760 --> 00:40:10.100
 enough

00:40:10.100 --> 00:40:10.620
 that

00:40:10.620 --> 00:40:10.820
 to

00:40:10.820 --> 00:40:11.160
 leave

00:40:11.160 --> 00:40:11.480
 God

00:40:11.480 --> 00:40:11.620
 and

00:40:11.620 --> 00:40:11.780
 wanted

00:40:11.780 --> 00:40:11.960
 to

00:40:11.960 --> 00:40:12.180
 do

00:40:12.180 --> 00:40:12.500
 everything

00:40:12.500 --> 00:40:12.680
 that

00:40:12.680 --> 00:40:12.780
 they

00:40:12.780 --> 00:40:13.000
 want

00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:13.420
 themselves

00:40:13.420 --> 00:40:13.660
 to

00:40:13.660 --> 00:40:13.940
 find

00:40:13.940 --> 00:40:14.140
 that

00:40:14.140 --> 00:40:14.360
 good

00:40:14.360 --> 00:40:14.460
 for

00:40:14.460 --> 00:40:14.880
 themselves

00:40:14.880 --> 00:40:16.039
 the

00:40:16.039 --> 00:40:16.360
 older

00:40:16.360 --> 00:40:16.660
 son

00:40:16.660 --> 00:40:16.940
 type

00:40:16.940 --> 00:40:17.060
 of

00:40:17.060 --> 00:40:17.260
 people

00:40:17.260 --> 00:40:17.420
 the

00:40:17.420 --> 00:40:17.820
 Pharisees

00:40:17.820 --> 00:40:17.940
 and

00:40:17.940 --> 00:40:18.400
 scribes

00:40:18.400 --> 00:40:18.700
 because

00:40:18.700 --> 00:40:19.079
 they

00:40:19.079 --> 00:40:19.360
 don't

00:40:19.360 --> 00:40:19.639
 believe

00:40:19.639 --> 00:40:19.860
 God

00:40:19.860 --> 00:40:20.019
 is

00:40:20.019 --> 00:40:20.260
 good

00:40:20.260 --> 00:40:20.420
 and

00:40:20.420 --> 00:40:20.740
 generous

00:40:20.740 --> 00:40:21.300
 because

00:40:21.300 --> 00:40:21.599
 they

00:40:21.599 --> 00:40:21.840
 think

00:40:21.840 --> 00:40:22.039
 he's

00:40:22.039 --> 00:40:22.180
 a

00:40:22.180 --> 00:40:22.619
 stingy

00:40:22.619 --> 00:40:22.780
 and

00:40:22.780 --> 00:40:23.079
 strict

00:40:23.079 --> 00:40:23.440
 God

00:40:23.440 --> 00:40:23.840
 they

00:40:23.840 --> 00:40:24.019
 feel

00:40:24.019 --> 00:40:24.139
 like

00:40:24.139 --> 00:40:24.280
 I

00:40:24.280 --> 00:40:24.420
 need

00:40:24.420 --> 00:40:24.559
 to

00:40:24.559 --> 00:40:25.000
 pry

00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:25.280
 these

00:40:25.280 --> 00:40:25.800
 blessings

00:40:25.800 --> 00:40:26.099
 out

00:40:26.099 --> 00:40:26.220
 of

00:40:26.220 --> 00:40:26.579
 God's

00:40:26.579 --> 00:40:26.980
 fingers

00:40:26.980 --> 00:40:28.099
 by

00:40:28.099 --> 00:40:28.680
 obeying

00:40:28.680 --> 00:40:29.039
 him

00:40:29.039 --> 00:40:29.800
 observing

00:40:29.800 --> 00:40:30.079
 all

00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:30.240
 the

00:40:30.240 --> 00:40:30.460
 law

00:40:30.460 --> 00:40:30.639
 to

00:40:30.639 --> 00:40:30.760
 the

00:40:30.760 --> 00:40:31.019
 T

00:40:31.019 --> 00:40:31.940
 force

00:40:31.940 --> 00:40:32.340
 him

00:40:32.340 --> 00:40:32.840
 to

00:40:32.840 --> 00:40:33.240
 bless

00:40:33.240 --> 00:40:33.579
 me

00:40:33.579 --> 00:40:37.860
 that's

00:40:37.860 --> 00:40:38.119
 why

00:40:38.119 --> 00:40:38.840
 theologian

00:40:38.840 --> 00:40:39.700
 Sinclair

00:40:39.700 --> 00:40:40.180
 Ferguson

00:40:40.180 --> 00:40:40.840
 writes

00:40:40.840 --> 00:40:41.059
 in his

00:40:41.059 --> 00:40:41.220
 book

00:40:41.220 --> 00:40:41.559
 The Whole

00:40:41.559 --> 00:40:41.980
 Christ

00:40:41.980 --> 00:40:42.579
 that

00:40:42.579 --> 00:40:43.200
 legalism

00:40:43.200 --> 00:40:43.380
 and

00:40:43.380 --> 00:40:44.099
 licentiousness

00:40:44.099 --> 00:40:44.559
 are

00:40:44.559 --> 00:40:45.079
 actually

00:40:45.079 --> 00:40:46.240
 non-identical

00:40:46.240 --> 00:40:46.720
 twins

00:40:46.720 --> 00:40:47.360
 from the

00:40:47.360 --> 00:40:47.700
 same

00:40:47.700 --> 00:40:48.039
 womb

00:40:48.039 --> 00:40:54.900
 you

00:40:54.900 --> 00:40:55.279
 can't

00:40:55.279 --> 00:40:55.679
 cure

00:40:55.679 --> 00:40:56.739
 licentiousness

00:40:56.739 --> 00:40:57.400
 with

00:40:57.400 --> 00:40:57.960
 dosage

00:40:57.960 --> 00:40:58.279
 of

00:40:58.279 --> 00:40:58.599
 doses

00:40:58.599 --> 00:40:58.820
 of

00:40:58.820 --> 00:40:59.300
 legalism

00:40:59.300 --> 00:41:01.599
 you

00:41:01.599 --> 00:41:02.019
 can't

00:41:02.019 --> 00:41:02.400
 cure

00:41:02.400 --> 00:41:03.679
 legalism

00:41:03.679 --> 00:41:04.279
 with

00:41:04.279 --> 00:41:04.539
 doses

00:41:04.539 --> 00:41:04.739
 of

00:41:04.739 --> 00:41:05.579
 licentiousness

00:41:05.579 --> 00:41:06.039
 do

00:41:06.039 --> 00:41:06.259
 whatever

00:41:06.259 --> 00:41:06.440
 you

00:41:06.440 --> 00:41:06.719
 want

00:41:06.719 --> 00:41:07.420
 live

00:41:07.420 --> 00:41:07.920
 free

00:41:07.920 --> 00:41:08.860
 God

00:41:08.860 --> 00:41:09.119
 loves

00:41:09.119 --> 00:41:09.460
 you

00:41:09.460 --> 00:41:11.719
 you

00:41:11.719 --> 00:41:12.000
 can't

00:41:12.000 --> 00:41:12.179
 live

00:41:12.179 --> 00:41:12.340
 do

00:41:12.340 --> 00:41:12.519
 whatever

00:41:12.519 --> 00:41:12.699
 you

00:41:12.699 --> 00:41:12.820
 want

00:41:12.820 --> 00:41:13.179
 obey

00:41:13.179 --> 00:41:13.500
 do

00:41:13.500 --> 00:41:13.920
 everything

00:41:13.920 --> 00:41:14.340
 everything

00:41:14.340 --> 00:41:14.539
 God

00:41:14.539 --> 00:41:14.880
 commands

00:41:14.880 --> 00:41:15.639
 because

00:41:15.639 --> 00:41:15.840
 in

00:41:15.840 --> 00:41:16.139
 both

00:41:16.139 --> 00:41:16.480
 ways

00:41:16.480 --> 00:41:16.659
 we're

00:41:16.659 --> 00:41:16.820
 not

00:41:16.820 --> 00:41:17.099
 getting

00:41:17.099 --> 00:41:17.279
 to

00:41:17.279 --> 00:41:17.460
 the

00:41:17.460 --> 00:41:17.759
 heart

00:41:17.760 --> 00:41:18.020
 of

00:41:18.020 --> 00:41:18.140
 the

00:41:18.140 --> 00:41:18.480
 issue

00:41:18.480 --> 00:41:18.960
 the

00:41:18.960 --> 00:41:19.320
 heart

00:41:19.320 --> 00:41:19.500
 of

00:41:19.500 --> 00:41:19.640
 the

00:41:19.640 --> 00:41:19.960
 issue

00:41:19.960 --> 00:41:20.220
 is

00:41:20.220 --> 00:41:20.320
 an

00:41:20.320 --> 00:41:20.820
 erroneous

00:41:20.820 --> 00:41:21.100
 view

00:41:21.100 --> 00:41:21.320
 of

00:41:21.320 --> 00:41:21.700
 God

00:41:21.700 --> 00:41:24.800
 you

00:41:24.800 --> 00:41:24.980
 don't

00:41:24.980 --> 00:41:25.280
 see

00:41:25.280 --> 00:41:25.640
 God

00:41:25.640 --> 00:41:26.040
 rightly

00:41:26.040 --> 00:41:26.460
 relate

00:41:26.460 --> 00:41:26.660
 to

00:41:26.660 --> 00:41:26.920
 God

00:41:26.920 --> 00:41:27.240
 rightly

00:41:27.240 --> 00:41:27.660
 as

00:41:27.660 --> 00:41:27.820
 a

00:41:27.820 --> 00:41:28.200
 loving

00:41:28.200 --> 00:41:29.180
 generous

00:41:29.180 --> 00:41:30.220
 lavish

00:41:30.220 --> 00:41:30.740
 father

00:41:30.740 --> 00:41:31.260
 only

00:41:31.260 --> 00:41:31.740
 when

00:41:31.740 --> 00:41:32.220
 you

00:41:32.220 --> 00:41:32.660
 see

00:41:32.660 --> 00:41:33.140
 God

00:41:33.140 --> 00:41:33.340
 as

00:41:33.340 --> 00:41:33.520
 he

00:41:33.520 --> 00:41:33.940
 truly

00:41:33.940 --> 00:41:34.420
 is

00:41:34.420 --> 00:41:34.920
 as

00:41:34.920 --> 00:41:35.160
 this

00:41:35.160 --> 00:41:35.700
 lavish

00:41:35.700 --> 00:41:36.120
 father

00:41:36.120 --> 00:41:36.620
 who

00:41:36.620 --> 00:41:36.840
 is

00:41:36.840 --> 00:41:37.260
 eager

00:41:37.260 --> 00:41:37.520
 to

00:41:37.520 --> 00:41:38.060
 lavish

00:41:38.060 --> 00:41:38.280
 on

00:41:38.280 --> 00:41:38.480
 us

00:41:38.480 --> 00:41:38.920
 all

00:41:38.920 --> 00:41:39.120
 the

00:41:39.120 --> 00:41:39.340
 good

00:41:39.340 --> 00:41:39.620
 things

00:41:39.620 --> 00:41:39.780
 that

00:41:39.780 --> 00:41:39.920
 he

00:41:39.920 --> 00:41:40.420
 has

00:41:40.420 --> 00:41:41.680
 all

00:41:41.680 --> 00:41:41.980
 he

00:41:41.980 --> 00:41:42.420
 commands

00:41:42.420 --> 00:41:42.599
 is

00:41:42.599 --> 00:41:42.980
 good

00:41:42.980 --> 00:41:43.460
 and

00:41:43.460 --> 00:41:43.980
 beautiful

00:41:43.980 --> 00:41:44.300
 and

00:41:44.300 --> 00:41:44.559
 right

00:41:44.559 --> 00:41:45.079
 only

00:41:45.079 --> 00:41:45.360
 when

00:41:45.360 --> 00:41:45.539
 we

00:41:45.539 --> 00:41:45.780
 see

00:41:45.780 --> 00:41:46.139
 God

00:41:46.139 --> 00:41:46.700
 rightly

00:41:46.700 --> 00:41:47.380
 do

00:41:47.380 --> 00:41:47.559
 we

00:41:47.559 --> 00:41:48.000
 obey

00:41:48.000 --> 00:41:48.280
 him

00:41:48.280 --> 00:41:48.599
 not

00:41:48.599 --> 00:41:49.700
 reluctantly

00:41:49.700 --> 00:41:50.019
 or

00:41:50.019 --> 00:41:50.559
 dutifully

00:41:50.559 --> 00:41:51.260
 but

00:41:51.260 --> 00:41:52.180
 joyfully

00:41:52.180 --> 00:41:54.680
 lovingly

00:41:54.679 --> 00:42:00.859
 some

00:42:00.859 --> 00:42:00.980
 of

00:42:00.980 --> 00:42:01.099
 us

00:42:01.099 --> 00:42:01.279
 tend

00:42:01.279 --> 00:42:01.399
 to

00:42:01.399 --> 00:42:01.519
 be

00:42:01.519 --> 00:42:01.739
 more

00:42:01.739 --> 00:42:02.059
 like

00:42:02.059 --> 00:42:02.319
 the

00:42:02.319 --> 00:42:02.559
 older

00:42:02.559 --> 00:42:02.839
 brother

00:42:02.839 --> 00:42:03.019
 than

00:42:03.019 --> 00:42:03.139
 the

00:42:03.139 --> 00:42:03.339
 younger

00:42:03.339 --> 00:42:03.599
 one

00:42:03.599 --> 00:42:05.399
 I

00:42:05.399 --> 00:42:05.519
 think

00:42:05.519 --> 00:42:05.719
 there's

00:42:05.719 --> 00:42:06.000
 a lot

00:42:06.000 --> 00:42:06.099
 of

00:42:06.099 --> 00:42:06.299
 older

00:42:06.299 --> 00:42:06.559
 brothers

00:42:06.559 --> 00:42:06.739
 in

00:42:06.739 --> 00:42:07.139
 Cambridge

00:42:07.139 --> 00:42:10.379
 and

00:42:10.379 --> 00:42:10.559
 this

00:42:10.559 --> 00:42:10.719
 is

00:42:10.719 --> 00:42:10.919
 true

00:42:10.919 --> 00:42:11.119
 for

00:42:11.119 --> 00:42:11.500
 Christians

00:42:11.500 --> 00:42:11.699
 as

00:42:11.699 --> 00:42:11.879
 well

00:42:11.879 --> 00:42:12.019
 as

00:42:12.019 --> 00:42:12.179
 non

00:42:12.179 --> 00:42:12.539
 Christians

00:42:12.539 --> 00:42:13.179
 we

00:42:13.179 --> 00:42:13.679
 begrudge

00:42:13.679 --> 00:42:13.839
 the

00:42:13.839 --> 00:42:14.219
 blessings

00:42:14.219 --> 00:42:14.419
 that

00:42:14.419 --> 00:42:14.699
 others

00:42:14.699 --> 00:42:15.119
 enjoy

00:42:15.119 --> 00:42:15.399
 because

00:42:15.399 --> 00:42:15.559
 we

00:42:15.559 --> 00:42:15.739
 feel

00:42:15.739 --> 00:42:15.879
 that

00:42:15.879 --> 00:42:16.099
 we

00:42:16.099 --> 00:42:16.480
 deserve

00:42:16.480 --> 00:42:16.659
 them

00:42:16.659 --> 00:42:16.899
 more

00:42:16.899 --> 00:42:19.480
 we

00:42:19.480 --> 00:42:19.699
 think

00:42:19.699 --> 00:42:19.839
 that

00:42:19.839 --> 00:42:20.019
 God

00:42:20.019 --> 00:42:20.299
 owes

00:42:20.299 --> 00:42:20.440
 us

00:42:20.440 --> 00:42:20.699
 something

00:42:20.699 --> 00:42:21.099
 because

00:42:21.099 --> 00:42:21.419
 we

00:42:21.419 --> 00:42:21.519
 have

00:42:21.519 --> 00:42:21.599
 been

00:42:21.599 --> 00:42:21.839
 well

00:42:21.839 --> 00:42:22.359
 behaved

00:42:22.359 --> 00:42:22.799
 when

00:42:22.799 --> 00:42:22.919
 in

00:42:22.919 --> 00:42:23.339
 reality

00:42:23.339 --> 00:42:23.839
 we owe

00:42:23.840 --> 00:42:24.200
 God

00:42:24.200 --> 00:42:24.760
 everything

00:42:24.760 --> 00:42:28.140
 we

00:42:28.140 --> 00:42:28.340
 look

00:42:28.340 --> 00:42:28.480
 at

00:42:28.480 --> 00:42:28.940
 others

00:42:28.940 --> 00:42:30.079
 disdainfully

00:42:30.079 --> 00:42:30.300
 in

00:42:30.300 --> 00:42:30.579
 self

00:42:30.579 --> 00:42:30.920
 righteous

00:42:30.920 --> 00:42:31.420
 judgment

00:42:31.420 --> 00:42:31.940
 keenly

00:42:31.940 --> 00:42:32.240
 aware

00:42:32.240 --> 00:42:32.400
 of

00:42:32.400 --> 00:42:32.620
 their

00:42:32.620 --> 00:42:33.100
 sins

00:42:33.100 --> 00:42:34.260
 but

00:42:34.260 --> 00:42:34.960
 obtuse

00:42:34.960 --> 00:42:35.420
 to

00:42:35.420 --> 00:42:35.559
 our

00:42:35.559 --> 00:42:35.820
 own

00:42:35.820 --> 00:42:36.200
 sins

00:42:36.200 --> 00:42:39.180
 if

00:42:39.180 --> 00:42:39.480
 that's

00:42:39.480 --> 00:42:39.700
 you

00:42:39.700 --> 00:42:39.840
 you

00:42:39.840 --> 00:42:39.960
 need

00:42:39.960 --> 00:42:40.039
 to

00:42:40.039 --> 00:42:40.340
 hear

00:42:40.340 --> 00:42:40.539
 the

00:42:40.539 --> 00:42:40.840
 tender

00:42:40.840 --> 00:42:41.220
 words

00:42:41.220 --> 00:42:41.320
 of

00:42:41.320 --> 00:42:41.440
 the

00:42:41.440 --> 00:42:41.680
 father

00:42:41.680 --> 00:42:41.840
 in

00:42:41.840 --> 00:42:42.079
 verses

00:42:42.079 --> 00:42:42.760
 31

00:42:42.760 --> 00:42:43.059
 and

00:42:43.059 --> 00:42:43.539
 32

00:42:43.539 --> 00:42:45.000
 son

00:42:45.000 --> 00:42:46.480
 you

00:42:46.480 --> 00:42:46.680
 are

00:42:46.680 --> 00:42:47.120
 always

00:42:47.120 --> 00:42:47.360
 with

00:42:47.360 --> 00:42:47.579
 me

00:42:47.579 --> 00:42:48.980
 and

00:42:48.980 --> 00:42:49.579
 all

00:42:49.579 --> 00:42:49.820
 that

00:42:49.820 --> 00:42:49.960
 is

00:42:49.960 --> 00:42:50.220
 mine

00:42:50.220 --> 00:42:50.420
 is

00:42:50.420 --> 00:42:50.840
 yours

00:42:50.840 --> 00:42:52.079
 it

00:42:52.079 --> 00:42:52.280
 was

00:42:52.280 --> 00:42:52.720
 fitting

00:42:52.720 --> 00:42:53.079
 to

00:42:53.079 --> 00:42:53.760
 celebrate

00:42:53.760 --> 00:42:54.160
 and be

00:42:54.160 --> 00:42:54.620
 glad

00:42:54.620 --> 00:42:55.240
 for

00:42:55.240 --> 00:42:55.440
 this

00:42:55.440 --> 00:42:55.700
 your

00:42:55.700 --> 00:42:56.000
 brother

00:42:56.000 --> 00:42:56.280
 was

00:42:56.280 --> 00:42:56.700
 dead

00:42:56.700 --> 00:42:57.080
 and

00:42:57.080 --> 00:42:57.220
 is

00:42:57.220 --> 00:42:57.660
 alive

00:42:57.660 --> 00:42:58.100
 he

00:42:58.100 --> 00:42:58.300
 was

00:42:58.300 --> 00:42:58.880
 lost

00:42:58.880 --> 00:42:59.480
 and

00:42:59.480 --> 00:42:59.820
 is

00:42:59.820 --> 00:43:00.500
 found

00:43:00.500 --> 00:43:02.600
 the

00:43:02.600 --> 00:43:02.900
 older

00:43:02.900 --> 00:43:03.180
 son

00:43:03.180 --> 00:43:03.620
 refused

00:43:03.620 --> 00:43:03.780
 to

00:43:03.780 --> 00:43:04.220
 address

00:43:04.220 --> 00:43:04.500
 his

00:43:04.500 --> 00:43:04.820
 father

00:43:04.820 --> 00:43:05.000
 as

00:43:05.000 --> 00:43:05.400
 father

00:43:05.400 --> 00:43:05.600
 but

00:43:05.600 --> 00:43:05.740
 the

00:43:05.740 --> 00:43:06.160
 father

00:43:06.160 --> 00:43:06.480
 still

00:43:06.480 --> 00:43:06.880
 addresses

00:43:06.880 --> 00:43:07.200
 him

00:43:07.200 --> 00:43:07.420
 as

00:43:07.420 --> 00:43:07.860
 son

00:43:07.860 --> 00:43:09.140
 and

00:43:09.140 --> 00:43:09.260
 he

00:43:09.260 --> 00:43:09.700
 reminds

00:43:09.700 --> 00:43:09.940
 him

00:43:09.940 --> 00:43:10.120
 that

00:43:10.120 --> 00:43:10.260
 the

00:43:10.260 --> 00:43:10.480
 older

00:43:10.480 --> 00:43:10.820
 son

00:43:10.820 --> 00:43:11.000
 that

00:43:11.000 --> 00:43:11.140
 he

00:43:11.140 --> 00:43:11.720
 referred

00:43:11.720 --> 00:43:11.940
 to

00:43:11.940 --> 00:43:12.180
 as

00:43:12.180 --> 00:43:12.500
 this

00:43:12.500 --> 00:43:12.760
 son

00:43:12.760 --> 00:43:12.900
 of

00:43:12.900 --> 00:43:13.120
 yours

00:43:13.120 --> 00:43:13.300
 is

00:43:13.300 --> 00:43:13.680
 actually

00:43:13.680 --> 00:43:14.260
 this

00:43:14.260 --> 00:43:14.580
 brother

00:43:14.580 --> 00:43:14.800
 of

00:43:14.800 --> 00:43:15.200
 yours

00:43:15.200 --> 00:43:17.120
 and

00:43:17.120 --> 00:43:17.320
 he

00:43:17.320 --> 00:43:17.680
 reminds

00:43:17.680 --> 00:43:17.800
 him

00:43:17.800 --> 00:43:17.940
 that

00:43:17.940 --> 00:43:18.100
 even

00:43:18.100 --> 00:43:18.260
 though

00:43:18.260 --> 00:43:18.460
 you

00:43:18.460 --> 00:43:19.220
 complained

00:43:19.220 --> 00:43:19.440
 I

00:43:19.440 --> 00:43:19.720
 never

00:43:19.720 --> 00:43:19.940
 gave

00:43:19.940 --> 00:43:20.040
 you

00:43:20.040 --> 00:43:20.160
 a

00:43:20.160 --> 00:43:20.400
 young

00:43:20.400 --> 00:43:20.720
 go to

00:43:20.720 --> 00:43:20.940
 celebrate

00:43:20.940 --> 00:43:21.119
 with

00:43:21.119 --> 00:43:21.240
 your

00:43:21.240 --> 00:43:21.519
 friends

00:43:21.519 --> 00:43:21.700
 in

00:43:21.700 --> 00:43:21.920
 fact

00:43:21.920 --> 00:43:22.639
 everything

00:43:22.639 --> 00:43:22.980
 I

00:43:22.980 --> 00:43:23.300
 have

00:43:23.300 --> 00:43:23.460
 is

00:43:23.460 --> 00:43:23.860
 yours

00:43:23.860 --> 00:43:24.720
 I

00:43:24.720 --> 00:43:24.900
 have

00:43:24.900 --> 00:43:25.160
 given

00:43:25.160 --> 00:43:25.420
 you

00:43:25.420 --> 00:43:25.660
 my

00:43:25.660 --> 00:43:26.079
 entire

00:43:26.079 --> 00:43:26.579
 life

00:43:26.579 --> 00:43:31.019
 can

00:43:31.019 --> 00:43:31.160
 you

00:43:31.160 --> 00:43:31.440
 see

00:43:31.440 --> 00:43:31.880
 God's

00:43:31.880 --> 00:43:32.180
 heart

00:43:32.180 --> 00:43:32.380
 in

00:43:32.380 --> 00:43:32.639
 this

00:43:32.639 --> 00:43:33.039
 we

00:43:33.039 --> 00:43:33.260
 like

00:43:33.260 --> 00:43:33.460
 to

00:43:33.460 --> 00:43:33.860
 kind

00:43:33.860 --> 00:43:33.980
 of

00:43:33.980 --> 00:43:34.240
 make

00:43:34.240 --> 00:43:34.559
 fun

00:43:34.559 --> 00:43:34.700
 of

00:43:34.700 --> 00:43:34.840
 the

00:43:34.840 --> 00:43:35.220
 Pharisees

00:43:35.220 --> 00:43:35.340
 and

00:43:35.340 --> 00:43:35.500
 the

00:43:35.500 --> 00:43:35.940
 scribes

00:43:35.940 --> 00:43:36.059
 and

00:43:36.059 --> 00:43:36.240
 say

00:43:36.240 --> 00:43:36.460
 oh

00:43:36.460 --> 00:43:36.680
 man

00:43:36.680 --> 00:43:36.940
 these

00:43:36.940 --> 00:43:37.500
 legalistic

00:43:37.500 --> 00:43:37.780
 self

00:43:37.780 --> 00:43:38.000
 righteous

00:43:38.000 --> 00:43:38.380
 people

00:43:38.380 --> 00:43:38.780
 we

00:43:38.780 --> 00:43:38.880
 don't

00:43:38.880 --> 00:43:39.039
 want

00:43:39.039 --> 00:43:39.300
 anything

00:43:39.300 --> 00:43:39.480
 to

00:43:39.480 --> 00:43:39.599
 do

00:43:39.599 --> 00:43:39.760
 with

00:43:39.760 --> 00:43:39.960
 people

00:43:39.960 --> 00:43:40.160
 like

00:43:40.160 --> 00:43:40.539
 that

00:43:40.539 --> 00:43:41.460
 but

00:43:41.460 --> 00:43:41.599
 do

00:43:41.599 --> 00:43:41.700
 you

00:43:41.700 --> 00:43:41.940
 see

00:43:41.940 --> 00:43:42.180
 what

00:43:42.180 --> 00:43:42.440
 God

00:43:42.440 --> 00:43:42.599
 is

00:43:42.599 --> 00:43:42.880
 doing

00:43:42.880 --> 00:43:43.099
 with

00:43:43.099 --> 00:43:43.380
 this

00:43:43.380 --> 00:43:43.900
 parable

00:43:43.900 --> 00:43:45.000
 God

00:43:45.000 --> 00:43:45.260
 is

00:43:45.260 --> 00:43:45.940
 entreating

00:43:45.940 --> 00:43:46.300
 the

00:43:46.300 --> 00:43:46.920
 Pharisees

00:43:46.920 --> 00:43:47.040
 and

00:43:47.040 --> 00:43:47.200
 the

00:43:47.200 --> 00:43:47.780
 scribes

00:43:47.780 --> 00:43:50.180
 Jesus

00:43:50.180 --> 00:43:50.440
 is

00:43:50.440 --> 00:43:50.720
 telling

00:43:50.720 --> 00:43:51.100
 them

00:43:51.100 --> 00:43:51.900
 join

00:43:51.900 --> 00:43:52.260
 me

00:43:52.260 --> 00:43:53.600
 in

00:43:53.600 --> 00:43:53.780
 my

00:43:53.780 --> 00:43:54.120
 mission

00:43:54.120 --> 00:43:54.320
 to

00:43:54.320 --> 00:43:54.580
 seek

00:43:54.580 --> 00:43:54.740
 and

00:43:54.740 --> 00:43:54.940
 save

00:43:54.940 --> 00:43:55.100
 the

00:43:55.100 --> 00:43:55.500
 lost

00:43:55.500 --> 00:43:56.360
 rejoice

00:43:56.360 --> 00:43:56.780
 with

00:43:56.780 --> 00:43:57.100
 me

00:43:57.100 --> 00:43:58.440
 don't

00:43:58.440 --> 00:43:58.700
 stay

00:43:58.700 --> 00:43:59.220
 outside

00:43:59.220 --> 00:43:59.420
 the

00:43:59.420 --> 00:43:59.760
 party

00:43:59.760 --> 00:44:00.480
 I

00:44:00.480 --> 00:44:00.680
 want

00:44:00.680 --> 00:44:00.920
 you

00:44:00.920 --> 00:44:01.100
 to

00:44:01.100 --> 00:44:01.400
 be

00:44:01.400 --> 00:44:01.760
 the

00:44:01.760 --> 00:44:02.060
 part

00:44:02.060 --> 00:44:03.020
 I

00:44:03.020 --> 00:44:03.220
 want

00:44:03.220 --> 00:44:03.380
 you

00:44:03.380 --> 00:44:03.500
 to

00:44:03.500 --> 00:44:03.620
 be

00:44:03.620 --> 00:44:03.740
 a

00:44:03.740 --> 00:44:03.940
 part

00:44:03.940 --> 00:44:04.040
 of

00:44:04.040 --> 00:44:04.200
 this

00:44:04.200 --> 00:44:04.720
 celebration

00:44:04.720 --> 00:44:05.960
 join

00:44:05.960 --> 00:44:06.320
 me

00:44:06.320 --> 00:44:08.360
 he's

00:44:08.360 --> 00:44:08.680
 reaching

00:44:08.680 --> 00:44:08.880
 out

00:44:08.880 --> 00:44:09.100
 even

00:44:09.100 --> 00:44:09.360
 to

00:44:09.360 --> 00:44:10.040
 legalistic

00:44:10.040 --> 00:44:10.520
 sinners

00:44:10.520 --> 00:44:11.460
 self

00:44:11.460 --> 00:44:11.800
 righteous

00:44:11.800 --> 00:44:12.360
 sinners

00:44:12.360 --> 00:44:15.740
 and

00:44:15.740 --> 00:44:15.860
 we

00:44:15.860 --> 00:44:16.019
 don't

00:44:16.019 --> 00:44:16.280
 know

00:44:16.280 --> 00:44:16.559
 how

00:44:16.559 --> 00:44:16.780
 this

00:44:16.780 --> 00:44:17.019
 older

00:44:17.019 --> 00:44:17.300
 son

00:44:17.300 --> 00:44:17.920
 responds

00:44:17.920 --> 00:44:18.480
 this

00:44:18.480 --> 00:44:18.900
 parable

00:44:18.900 --> 00:44:19.200
 ends

00:44:19.200 --> 00:44:19.300
 on

00:44:19.300 --> 00:44:19.400
 the

00:44:19.400 --> 00:44:19.620
 cliff

00:44:19.620 --> 00:44:19.860
 hanger

00:44:19.860 --> 00:44:21.220
 because

00:44:21.220 --> 00:44:21.400
 it's

00:44:21.400 --> 00:44:21.519
 an

00:44:21.519 --> 00:44:21.940
 invitation

00:44:21.940 --> 00:44:22.240
 to

00:44:22.240 --> 00:44:22.440
 all

00:44:22.440 --> 00:44:22.579
 the

00:44:22.579 --> 00:44:22.800
 older

00:44:22.800 --> 00:44:23.120
 brothers

00:44:23.120 --> 00:44:23.380
 among

00:44:23.380 --> 00:44:23.740
 us

00:44:23.740 --> 00:44:24.640
 how

00:44:24.640 --> 00:44:24.860
 will

00:44:24.860 --> 00:44:25.099
 you

00:44:25.099 --> 00:44:25.660
 respond

00:44:25.660 --> 00:44:27.000
 will

00:44:27.000 --> 00:44:27.200
 you

00:44:27.200 --> 00:44:27.760
 begrudge

00:44:27.760 --> 00:44:28.220
 God's

00:44:28.220 --> 00:44:28.480
 grace

00:44:28.480 --> 00:44:28.880
 sinners

00:44:28.880 --> 00:44:29.120
 or

00:44:29.120 --> 00:44:29.360
 will

00:44:29.360 --> 00:44:29.519
 you

00:44:29.519 --> 00:44:30.099
 celebrate

00:44:30.099 --> 00:44:31.420
 rejoice

00:44:31.420 --> 00:44:31.860
 and

00:44:31.860 --> 00:44:32.160
 join

00:44:32.160 --> 00:44:32.400
 him

00:44:32.400 --> 00:44:32.519
 on

00:44:32.519 --> 00:44:32.660
 his

00:44:32.660 --> 00:44:32.960
 mission

00:44:32.960 --> 00:44:33.160
 to

00:44:33.160 --> 00:44:33.380
 seek

00:44:33.380 --> 00:44:33.559
 and

00:44:33.559 --> 00:44:33.760
 save

00:44:33.760 --> 00:44:33.940
 the

00:44:33.940 --> 00:44:34.280
 lost

00:44:34.280 --> 00:44:37.800
 this

00:44:37.800 --> 00:44:37.880
 is

00:44:37.880 --> 00:44:37.960
 a

00:44:37.960 --> 00:44:38.260
 wonderful

00:44:38.260 --> 00:44:38.740
 parable

00:44:38.740 --> 00:44:39.880
 but

00:44:39.880 --> 00:44:40.059
 the

00:44:40.059 --> 00:44:40.620
 lavishness

00:44:40.620 --> 00:44:40.840
 of the

00:44:40.840 --> 00:44:41.079
 father

00:44:41.079 --> 00:44:41.360
 comes

00:44:41.360 --> 00:44:41.539
 with

00:44:41.539 --> 00:44:41.680
 a

00:44:41.680 --> 00:44:42.180
 cost

00:44:42.179 --> 00:44:43.159
 that

00:44:43.159 --> 00:44:43.279
 we

00:44:43.279 --> 00:44:43.460
 need

00:44:43.460 --> 00:44:43.599
 to

00:44:43.599 --> 00:44:43.919
 account

00:44:43.919 --> 00:44:44.199
 for

00:44:44.199 --> 00:44:45.559
 because

00:44:45.559 --> 00:44:45.759
 the

00:44:45.759 --> 00:44:46.019
 father

00:44:46.019 --> 00:44:46.339
 has

00:44:46.339 --> 00:44:46.519
 to

00:44:46.519 --> 00:44:46.759
 bear

00:44:46.759 --> 00:44:46.980
 the

00:44:46.980 --> 00:44:47.440
 shame

00:44:47.440 --> 00:44:48.059
 and

00:44:48.059 --> 00:44:48.559
 loss

00:44:48.559 --> 00:44:48.779
 that

00:44:48.779 --> 00:44:48.960
 this

00:44:48.960 --> 00:44:49.179
 younger

00:44:49.179 --> 00:44:49.460
 son

00:44:49.460 --> 00:44:49.599
 has

00:44:49.599 --> 00:44:49.779
 brought

00:44:49.779 --> 00:44:50.039
 upon

00:44:50.039 --> 00:44:50.299
 him

00:44:50.299 --> 00:44:51.519
 likewise

00:44:51.519 --> 00:44:51.859
 this

00:44:51.859 --> 00:44:52.279
 elder

00:44:52.279 --> 00:44:52.679
 brother

00:44:52.679 --> 00:44:53.319
 has

00:44:53.319 --> 00:44:53.539
 to

00:44:53.539 --> 00:44:53.739
 bear

00:44:53.739 --> 00:44:53.960
 the

00:44:53.960 --> 00:44:54.419
 shame

00:44:54.419 --> 00:44:54.699
 and

00:44:54.699 --> 00:44:55.059
 loss

00:44:55.059 --> 00:44:55.299
 that

00:44:55.299 --> 00:44:55.899
 his

00:44:55.899 --> 00:44:56.199
 younger

00:44:56.199 --> 00:44:56.500
 brother

00:44:56.500 --> 00:44:56.759
 has

00:44:56.759 --> 00:44:57.079
 brought

00:44:57.079 --> 00:44:57.500
 upon

00:44:57.500 --> 00:44:57.799
 him

00:44:57.799 --> 00:44:59.599
 after

00:44:59.599 --> 00:44:59.839
 all

00:44:59.839 --> 00:45:00.059
 all

00:45:00.059 --> 00:45:00.199
 that

00:45:00.199 --> 00:45:00.319
 is

00:45:00.319 --> 00:45:00.500
 left

00:45:00.500 --> 00:45:00.599
 of

00:45:00.599 --> 00:45:00.699
 the

00:45:00.699 --> 00:45:01.019
 father's

00:45:01.019 --> 00:45:01.399
 inheritance

00:45:01.399 --> 00:45:01.899
 is

00:45:01.899 --> 00:45:02.399
 technically

00:45:02.399 --> 00:45:02.899
 his

00:45:02.899 --> 00:45:03.739
 and

00:45:03.739 --> 00:45:04.879
 now

00:45:04.879 --> 00:45:05.059
 he

00:45:05.059 --> 00:45:05.239
 must

00:45:05.239 --> 00:45:05.639
 share

00:45:05.639 --> 00:45:06.039
 that

00:45:06.039 --> 00:45:07.159
 with

00:45:07.159 --> 00:45:07.299
 the

00:45:07.299 --> 00:45:07.500
 younger

00:45:07.500 --> 00:45:07.759
 brother

00:45:07.759 --> 00:45:07.940
 that

00:45:07.940 --> 00:45:08.079
 has

00:45:08.079 --> 00:45:08.319
 come

00:45:08.319 --> 00:45:09.919
 so

00:45:09.919 --> 00:45:10.099
 there's

00:45:10.099 --> 00:45:10.259
 a

00:45:10.259 --> 00:45:10.539
 heavy

00:45:10.539 --> 00:45:11.079
 cost

00:45:11.079 --> 00:45:11.920
 to

00:45:11.920 --> 00:45:12.400
 forgiveness

00:45:12.400 --> 00:45:13.980
 reconciliation

00:45:13.980 --> 00:45:15.259
 and

00:45:15.259 --> 00:45:15.539
 this

00:45:15.539 --> 00:45:15.699
 is

00:45:15.699 --> 00:45:16.039
 where

00:45:16.039 --> 00:45:16.699
 Jesus

00:45:16.699 --> 00:45:17.239
 comes

00:45:17.239 --> 00:45:17.759
 into

00:45:17.759 --> 00:45:17.960
 the

00:45:17.960 --> 00:45:18.320
 picture

00:45:18.320 --> 00:45:21.719
 Romans

00:45:21.719 --> 00:45:22.039
 8

00:45:22.039 --> 00:45:22.420
 29

00:45:22.420 --> 00:45:23.099
 describes

00:45:23.099 --> 00:45:23.559
 Jesus

00:45:23.559 --> 00:45:23.940
 as

00:45:23.940 --> 00:45:24.119
 the

00:45:24.119 --> 00:45:24.800
 firstborn

00:45:24.800 --> 00:45:25.079
 among

00:45:25.079 --> 00:45:25.480
 many

00:45:25.480 --> 00:45:25.920
 brothers

00:45:25.920 --> 00:45:26.739
 he's

00:45:26.739 --> 00:45:26.880
 the

00:45:26.880 --> 00:45:27.300
 first

00:45:27.300 --> 00:45:27.500
 who

00:45:27.500 --> 00:45:27.920
 sets

00:45:27.920 --> 00:45:28.119
 the

00:45:28.119 --> 00:45:28.500
 pattern

00:45:28.500 --> 00:45:28.699
 for

00:45:28.699 --> 00:45:28.960
 all

00:45:28.960 --> 00:45:29.199
 those

00:45:29.199 --> 00:45:29.380
 whom

00:45:29.380 --> 00:45:29.639
 God

00:45:29.639 --> 00:45:29.820
 will

00:45:29.820 --> 00:45:30.300
 save

00:45:30.300 --> 00:45:31.059
 similarly

00:45:31.059 --> 00:45:31.599
 Colossians

00:45:31.599 --> 00:45:31.820
 1

00:45:31.820 --> 00:45:32.019
 18

00:45:32.019 --> 00:45:32.480
 describes

00:45:32.480 --> 00:45:32.820
 Jesus

00:45:32.820 --> 00:45:33.079
 as

00:45:33.079 --> 00:45:33.259
 the

00:45:33.259 --> 00:45:33.920
 firstborn

00:45:33.920 --> 00:45:34.279
 from

00:45:34.279 --> 00:45:34.460
 the

00:45:34.460 --> 00:45:34.739
 dead

00:45:34.739 --> 00:45:35.559
 Jesus

00:45:35.559 --> 00:45:35.940
 is

00:45:35.940 --> 00:45:36.099
 the

00:45:36.099 --> 00:45:36.619
 eternal

00:45:36.619 --> 00:45:37.059
 son

00:45:37.059 --> 00:45:37.199
 of

00:45:37.199 --> 00:45:37.500
 God

00:45:37.500 --> 00:45:37.940
 who

00:45:37.940 --> 00:45:38.579
 always

00:45:38.579 --> 00:45:39.079
 obeyed

00:45:39.079 --> 00:45:39.219
 the

00:45:39.219 --> 00:45:39.539
 father

00:45:39.539 --> 00:45:40.259
 perfectly

00:45:40.260 --> 00:45:40.840
 and

00:45:40.840 --> 00:45:41.000
 he

00:45:41.000 --> 00:45:41.280
 not

00:45:41.280 --> 00:45:41.540
 only

00:45:41.540 --> 00:45:42.100
 obeyed

00:45:42.100 --> 00:45:42.260
 the

00:45:42.260 --> 00:45:42.560
 father

00:45:42.560 --> 00:45:42.860
 he

00:45:42.860 --> 00:45:43.520
 loved

00:45:43.520 --> 00:45:43.820
 the

00:45:43.820 --> 00:45:44.140
 father

00:45:44.140 --> 00:45:44.780
 perfectly

00:45:44.780 --> 00:45:45.400
 from

00:45:45.400 --> 00:45:46.020
 eternity

00:45:46.020 --> 00:45:46.600
 past

00:45:46.600 --> 00:45:47.760
 but

00:45:47.760 --> 00:45:47.940
 the

00:45:47.940 --> 00:45:48.440
 people

00:45:48.440 --> 00:45:48.780
 whom

00:45:48.780 --> 00:45:49.140
 God

00:45:49.140 --> 00:45:49.740
 created

00:45:49.740 --> 00:45:50.240
 and

00:45:50.240 --> 00:45:50.840
 chose

00:45:50.840 --> 00:45:51.300
 for

00:45:51.300 --> 00:45:51.860
 himself

00:45:51.860 --> 00:45:52.700
 rebelled

00:45:52.700 --> 00:45:53.220
 against

00:45:53.220 --> 00:45:53.640
 him

00:45:53.640 --> 00:45:54.480
 brought

00:45:54.480 --> 00:45:54.920
 shame

00:45:54.920 --> 00:45:55.140
 and

00:45:55.140 --> 00:45:55.500
 loss

00:45:55.500 --> 00:45:55.740
 into

00:45:55.740 --> 00:45:56.140
 his

00:45:56.140 --> 00:45:56.860
 family

00:45:56.860 --> 00:45:57.380
 into

00:45:57.380 --> 00:45:57.720
 his

00:45:57.720 --> 00:45:58.160
 kingdom

00:45:58.160 --> 00:45:59.640
 and

00:45:59.640 --> 00:45:59.840
 in

00:45:59.840 --> 00:46:00.240
 Jesus

00:46:00.240 --> 00:46:00.720
 the

00:46:00.720 --> 00:46:01.020
 elder

00:46:01.020 --> 00:46:01.380
 brother

00:46:01.380 --> 00:46:01.600
 the

00:46:01.600 --> 00:46:02.160
 firstborn

00:46:02.160 --> 00:46:02.540
 instead

00:46:02.540 --> 00:46:02.880
 of

00:46:02.880 --> 00:46:03.440
 taking

00:46:03.440 --> 00:46:03.700
 on

00:46:03.700 --> 00:46:03.860
 the

00:46:03.860 --> 00:46:04.280
 posture

00:46:04.280 --> 00:46:04.440
 and

00:46:04.440 --> 00:46:04.720
 attitude

00:46:04.720 --> 00:46:04.960
 of

00:46:04.960 --> 00:46:05.080
 the

00:46:05.080 --> 00:46:05.300
 older

00:46:05.300 --> 00:46:05.580
 son

00:46:05.580 --> 00:46:05.720
 in

00:46:05.720 --> 00:46:05.880
 this

00:46:05.880 --> 00:46:06.360
 parable

00:46:06.360 --> 00:46:07.240
 says

00:46:07.240 --> 00:46:07.500
 I

00:46:07.500 --> 00:46:07.680
 will

00:46:07.680 --> 00:46:07.900
 be

00:46:07.900 --> 00:46:08.120
 the

00:46:08.120 --> 00:46:08.400
 true

00:46:08.400 --> 00:46:08.680
 older

00:46:08.680 --> 00:46:09.020
 brother

00:46:09.019 --> 00:46:10.039
 I

00:46:10.039 --> 00:46:10.280
 will

00:46:10.280 --> 00:46:10.759
 go

00:46:10.759 --> 00:46:11.460
 and

00:46:11.460 --> 00:46:11.820
 seek

00:46:11.820 --> 00:46:12.039
 and

00:46:12.039 --> 00:46:12.539
 save

00:46:12.539 --> 00:46:12.960
 my

00:46:12.960 --> 00:46:13.340
 lost

00:46:13.340 --> 00:46:13.739
 brother

00:46:13.739 --> 00:46:14.460
 and

00:46:14.460 --> 00:46:14.619
 he

00:46:14.619 --> 00:46:14.940
 comes

00:46:14.940 --> 00:46:15.139
 to

00:46:15.139 --> 00:46:15.420
 earth

00:46:15.420 --> 00:46:15.940
 he

00:46:15.940 --> 00:46:16.759
 dies

00:46:16.759 --> 00:46:17.539
 he

00:46:17.539 --> 00:46:18.000
 pays

00:46:18.000 --> 00:46:18.219
 the

00:46:18.219 --> 00:46:18.619
 debt

00:46:18.619 --> 00:46:19.519
 that

00:46:19.519 --> 00:46:19.900
 we

00:46:19.900 --> 00:46:21.300
 incurred

00:46:21.300 --> 00:46:21.539
 to

00:46:21.539 --> 00:46:21.679
 the

00:46:21.679 --> 00:46:22.000
 loss

00:46:22.000 --> 00:46:22.159
 of

00:46:22.159 --> 00:46:22.300
 our

00:46:22.300 --> 00:46:22.539
 heavenly

00:46:22.539 --> 00:46:22.940
 father

00:46:22.940 --> 00:46:23.559
 he

00:46:23.559 --> 00:46:24.139
 pays

00:46:24.139 --> 00:46:24.460
 that

00:46:24.460 --> 00:46:24.960
 debt

00:46:24.960 --> 00:46:25.579
 on

00:46:25.579 --> 00:46:25.739
 the

00:46:25.739 --> 00:46:26.019
 cross

00:46:26.019 --> 00:46:26.199
 by

00:46:26.199 --> 00:46:26.480
 dying

00:46:26.480 --> 00:46:26.679
 for

00:46:26.679 --> 00:46:26.900
 our

00:46:26.900 --> 00:46:27.239
 sins

00:46:27.239 --> 00:46:27.759
 and

00:46:27.759 --> 00:46:27.920
 he

00:46:27.920 --> 00:46:28.059
 is

00:46:28.059 --> 00:46:28.440
 raised

00:46:28.440 --> 00:46:28.599
 to

00:46:28.599 --> 00:46:28.739
 new

00:46:28.739 --> 00:46:29.199
 life

00:46:29.199 --> 00:46:29.679
 so

00:46:29.679 --> 00:46:29.800
 that

00:46:29.800 --> 00:46:29.940
 when

00:46:29.940 --> 00:46:30.219
 we

00:46:30.219 --> 00:46:30.780
 repent

00:46:30.780 --> 00:46:30.980
 of

00:46:30.980 --> 00:46:31.139
 our

00:46:31.139 --> 00:46:31.340
 sins

00:46:31.340 --> 00:46:31.480
 and

00:46:31.480 --> 00:46:31.719
 believe

00:46:31.719 --> 00:46:31.900
 in

00:46:31.900 --> 00:46:32.239
 Jesus

00:46:32.239 --> 00:46:33.019
 it

00:46:33.019 --> 00:46:33.159
 can

00:46:33.159 --> 00:46:33.340
 be

00:46:33.340 --> 00:46:33.500
 said

00:46:33.500 --> 00:46:33.659
 of

00:46:33.659 --> 00:46:33.920
 us

00:46:33.920 --> 00:46:34.099
 that

00:46:34.099 --> 00:46:34.299
 we

00:46:34.299 --> 00:46:34.559
 who

00:46:34.559 --> 00:46:34.739
 were

00:46:34.739 --> 00:46:35.079
 dead

00:46:35.079 --> 00:46:35.259
 is

00:46:35.259 --> 00:46:35.480
 now

00:46:35.480 --> 00:46:35.940
 alive

00:46:35.940 --> 00:46:36.400
 again

00:46:36.400 --> 00:46:37.880
 we

00:46:37.880 --> 00:46:38.139
 who

00:46:38.139 --> 00:46:38.460
 once

00:46:38.460 --> 00:46:38.679
 were

00:46:38.679 --> 00:46:39.159
 lost

00:46:39.159 --> 00:46:39.739
 we

00:46:39.739 --> 00:46:39.920
 who

00:46:39.920 --> 00:46:40.119
 once

00:46:40.119 --> 00:46:40.239
 were

00:46:40.239 --> 00:46:40.539
 lost

00:46:40.539 --> 00:46:41.119
 are

00:46:41.119 --> 00:46:41.219
 now

00:46:41.219 --> 00:46:41.699
 found

00:46:41.699 --> 00:46:42.119
 again

00:46:42.119 --> 00:46:44.679
 that's

00:46:44.679 --> 00:46:44.960
 what

00:46:44.960 --> 00:46:45.319
 Jesus

00:46:45.319 --> 00:46:45.659
 has

00:46:45.659 --> 00:46:45.940
 done

00:46:45.940 --> 00:46:46.239
 he's

00:46:46.239 --> 00:46:46.380
 the

00:46:46.380 --> 00:46:46.779
 true

00:46:46.779 --> 00:46:47.739
 older

00:46:47.739 --> 00:46:48.799
 brother

00:46:48.800 --> 00:46:55.060
 and

00:46:55.060 --> 00:46:55.340
 because

00:46:55.340 --> 00:46:55.539
 of

00:46:55.539 --> 00:46:55.700
 what

00:46:55.700 --> 00:46:55.960
 Jesus

00:46:55.960 --> 00:46:56.160
 has

00:46:56.160 --> 00:46:56.460
 done

00:46:56.460 --> 00:46:57.060
 there

00:46:57.060 --> 00:46:57.160
 is

00:46:57.160 --> 00:46:57.280
 a

00:46:57.280 --> 00:46:57.780
 celebration

00:46:57.780 --> 00:46:59.519
 there's

00:46:59.519 --> 00:46:59.640
 a

00:46:59.640 --> 00:46:59.800
 note

00:46:59.800 --> 00:46:59.940
 of

00:46:59.940 --> 00:47:00.360
 celebration

00:47:00.360 --> 00:47:00.600
 that

00:47:00.600 --> 00:47:00.880
 runs

00:47:00.880 --> 00:47:01.080
 through

00:47:01.080 --> 00:47:01.240
 the

00:47:01.240 --> 00:47:01.560
 entire

00:47:01.560 --> 00:47:02.039
 chapter

00:47:02.039 --> 00:47:02.740
 when

00:47:02.740 --> 00:47:02.900
 the

00:47:02.900 --> 00:47:03.120
 shepherd

00:47:03.120 --> 00:47:03.560
 finds

00:47:03.560 --> 00:47:03.700
 the

00:47:03.700 --> 00:47:03.900
 lost

00:47:03.900 --> 00:47:04.240
 sheep

00:47:04.240 --> 00:47:04.460
 in

00:47:04.460 --> 00:47:04.620
 verse

00:47:04.620 --> 00:47:04.880
 six

00:47:04.880 --> 00:47:05.080
 when

00:47:05.080 --> 00:47:05.300
 the

00:47:05.300 --> 00:47:05.840
 woman

00:47:05.840 --> 00:47:06.160
 finds

00:47:06.160 --> 00:47:06.280
 the

00:47:06.280 --> 00:47:06.460
 lost

00:47:06.460 --> 00:47:06.720
 coin

00:47:06.720 --> 00:47:06.860
 in

00:47:06.860 --> 00:47:07.019
 verse

00:47:07.019 --> 00:47:07.400
 nine

00:47:07.400 --> 00:47:07.880
 and

00:47:07.880 --> 00:47:08.140
 here

00:47:08.140 --> 00:47:08.340
 when

00:47:08.340 --> 00:47:08.500
 the

00:47:08.500 --> 00:47:08.740
 father

00:47:08.740 --> 00:47:09.200
 recovers

00:47:09.200 --> 00:47:09.400
 his

00:47:09.400 --> 00:47:09.720
 lost

00:47:09.720 --> 00:47:10.180
 son

00:47:10.180 --> 00:47:10.680
 they

00:47:10.680 --> 00:47:10.960
 throw

00:47:10.960 --> 00:47:11.200
 a

00:47:11.200 --> 00:47:11.560
 party

00:47:11.560 --> 00:47:12.560
 I

00:47:12.560 --> 00:47:12.760
 hope

00:47:12.760 --> 00:47:12.980
 you

00:47:12.980 --> 00:47:13.420
 see

00:47:13.420 --> 00:47:13.840
 that

00:47:13.840 --> 00:47:14.240
 that's

00:47:14.240 --> 00:47:14.560
 God's

00:47:14.560 --> 00:47:14.780
 heart

00:47:14.780 --> 00:47:14.980
 for

00:47:14.980 --> 00:47:15.220
 you

00:47:15.220 --> 00:47:17.320
 if

00:47:17.320 --> 00:47:17.480
 you're

00:47:17.480 --> 00:47:17.660
 not

00:47:17.660 --> 00:47:17.820
 a

00:47:17.820 --> 00:47:18.120
 believer

00:47:18.120 --> 00:47:18.400
 the

00:47:18.400 --> 00:47:18.660
 moment

00:47:18.659 --> 00:47:18.819
 you

00:47:18.819 --> 00:47:19.259
 return

00:47:19.259 --> 00:47:19.519
 to

00:47:19.519 --> 00:47:19.839
 him

00:47:19.839 --> 00:47:20.539
 come

00:47:20.539 --> 00:47:20.739
 to

00:47:20.739 --> 00:47:21.000
 follow

00:47:21.000 --> 00:47:21.359
 him

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