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 Let me pray now for the reading and preaching of God's Word.

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 Heavenly Father, in our own flesh, we cannot grasp your amazing love for us.

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 Heavenly Father, we need you by the power of your Spirit today to open our blind eyes, to dig open our ears, so that we might hear and believe.

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 Lord, I cannot, I am incapable of conveying the depth of your love for your people.

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 Amen.

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 So won't you do what only you can do in the reading and preaching of your Word, so your Word might pierce the hearts of every single man and woman and child here.

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 Speak to us.

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 In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

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 If you are able, please stand and join me as I read Luke 15, 11-32.

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 And he said,

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 There was a man who had two sons, 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 and took a journey into a far country.

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 And there he squandered his property in recklessly.

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 And when he had spent everything, a severe famine arose in that country, 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, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

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 And he was longing to be fed with the pigs.

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 And no one gave him any.

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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, and embraced him, and kissed him.

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 And the son said to him,

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 Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.

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 I am no longer worthy to be called your son.

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 But the father said to his servants,

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 Bring quickly the best brood, and put it on him.

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 And put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.

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 And bring the fattened calf and kill it.

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 And let us eat and celebrate.

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 For this my son was dead, and is alive again.

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 He was lost, and is found.

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 And they began to celebrate.

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 Now his older son was in the field,

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 and as he came and drew near to the house,

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 he heard music and dance.

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 And he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant.

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 And he said to him,

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 Your brother has come,

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 and your father has killed a fattened calf,

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 because he has received him back safe and sound.

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 But he was angry, and refused to go in.

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 His father came out and entreated him.

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 But he answered his father,

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 Look, these many years I have served you,

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 and I 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 a fattened calf for him.

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 And he said to him,

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 Son, you are always with me,

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 and all that is mine is yours.

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 It was fitting to celebrate and be glad,

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 for this your brother was dead,

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 and is alive.

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 He was lost, and is found.

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 Scott's holy and authoritative word may be seated.

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 Every culture and every society and religion

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 has a system of morality that tells us

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 what is right and what is wrong.

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 But all the moral systems of this world

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 can only produce two kinds of people.

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 The first kind that they produce are the law keepers.

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 They are those who keep the law

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 better than some others, relatively speaking,

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 and they keep the laws in order to get what they want.

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 They look good on the outside,

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 but their self-perceived observance of the law

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 spawns an arrogant, corrosive pride

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 that makes them self-righteous

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 and judgmental and patronizing.

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 They look down on other people

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 who are not as good or wealthy or successful.

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 The moral systems of our world

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 also produce a second kind of people.

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 And these second kind of people

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 are the law breakers.

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 People who break the law

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 to get what they want.

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 But their lawlessness

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 spawns deep guilt

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 and shame

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 that plague and haunt them

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 and eat them up from the inside.

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 And the point I want to prove to you this morning

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 is that the gospel

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 or the good news of Jesus Christ

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 produces a third kind of people.

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 People whose pride has been blown up

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 because they recognize that they are worse sinners

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 and worse failures

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 than they have ever imagined.

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 But simultaneously,

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 a people whose guilt and shame

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 have been defused

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 and defanged

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 by the unchanging love of God

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 who sent his only son,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 to die for our sins on the cross

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 and then rise again

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 from the dead

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 to save all those

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 who put their trust in Christ alone.

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 Do Christians still struggle with pride

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 and guilt and shame sometimes?

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 Of course.

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 But that's to the extent

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 that we are not living in light

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 of the good news of Jesus Christ.

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 And yet,

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 every day,

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 every year,

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 we are

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 being transformed

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 from one degree of glory to another

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 as we behold

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 the light of the gospel

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 of the glory of Christ.

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 Why?

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 Because there is a fundamental

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 pride-crushing

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 and shame-vaporizing

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 power in the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 And I want to prove that to you

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 this morning

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 through this famous parable

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 in Luke 15,

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 11-32.

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 The parable is popularly known

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 as the parable

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 of the prodigal son.

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 Prodigal meaning

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 wastefully extravagant son.

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 But the parable

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 is really about two sons.

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 The law-breaking one,

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 the younger one,

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 and then the law-keeping one,

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 the older one.

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 And it's really

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 even more than the two sons.

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 It's about the father's love

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 and his response

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 to both of them.

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 So we're going to first look

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 at the law-breaking son

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 and then we'll look

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 at the loving father

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 and then thirdly,

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 the law-keeping son.

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 The parable begins

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 in verse 11.

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 There was a man

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 who had two sons,

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 ordinary enough.

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 And it takes a sharp turn

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 in verse 12.

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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 of property

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 that is coming to me.

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 The man had two sons

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 and the Jewish law

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 at the time stipulated

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 that the first son

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 received a double portion

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 of the second son

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 in terms of the inheritance,

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 which meant that

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 in this case,

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 the younger son

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 was entitled

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 to receive one-third

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 of the inheritance

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 of the father's property.

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 And this younger son

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 is now asking his father

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 for his share

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 of the inheritance.

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 And a son asking

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 his father for money

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 is obviously not

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 an uncommon event,

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 but there's something

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 deeply evil

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 and selfish

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 about what he's doing here.

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 Because the way

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 inheritance is worked

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 back then

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 is similar

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 to how life insurance

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 works in our present context.

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 A father names

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 his two sons

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 as the beneficiaries

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 of his inheritance

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 or his life insurance,

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 so to speak.

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 And all of it

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 belonged to them

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 legally

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 at some point

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 in time.

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 But that property

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 does not become

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 available

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 and disposable

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 to the sons

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 until the father died.

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 And that was the case

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 also with his inheritance.

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 But the son is saying,

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 give me now

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 the share

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 of the property

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 that is coming to me.

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 I know it's coming to me,

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 but I want it now.

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 He's essentially

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 telling the father,

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 I wish you were dead already.

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 You're taking

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 a little too long.

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 I don't want you.

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 I want what's yours.

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 The presumption

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 of the request

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 is seen

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 in the father's response

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 in verse 12.

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 It said that he divided

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 his property

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 between them.

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 That word property

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 translated more literally

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 is life.

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 He divided his life

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 between them.

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 He gave his livelihood,

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 his very life,

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 all that he had

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 son of her,

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 all that he had

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 between his two sons.

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 And then the true intent

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 of the son

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 is seen clearly

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 in verse 13.

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 He doesn't even wait long.

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 There's no pretense here.

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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 the journey

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 into far country

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 and there he squandered

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 his property

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 and records.

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 He's not trying

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 to receive

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 his inheritance early

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 so he could

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 stay as a loyal son

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 by his father's side

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 and then honor him

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 and provide for him,

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 take care of him

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 in old age.

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 No, he gathers

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 all he had,

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 meaning he has

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 commercial overtones

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 of basically

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 selling everything

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 and turning

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 and converting

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 everything he has

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 into cash.

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 And then with that

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 wad of cash,

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 he goes to a far country.

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 He is sick of home,

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 sick of running

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 the family business,

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 sick of living

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 on a family farm,

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 sick of his father,

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 sick of his brother.

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 He's out of that.

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 Not a neighboring town,

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 a far country,

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 away from the

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 watchful,

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 concerned gave

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 his father.

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 And he said

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 that he squandered

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 his property

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 in reckless living.

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 The word squander

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 is to literally

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 scatter, right?

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 And in reckless living

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 is referring

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 to luxurious living.

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 This guy is

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 throwing money

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 into the wind,

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 throwing all caution

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 and cost aside,

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 running up

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 his credit cards.

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 And later in

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 verse 30,

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 the older son

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 says that his

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 younger brother

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 devoured the property

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 with prostitutes,

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 which tells us

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 about some

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 of the sordid ways

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 in which this

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 younger son

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 spent his father's

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 heart on life.

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 This is a selfish

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 lawbreaker.

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 This desire to get

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 away from the

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 father is at the

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 heart of every

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 sin, even the

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 seemingly more

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 benign sins that

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 we commit in our

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 own life.

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 If you are not

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 a Christian,

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 you're here this

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 morning, then you

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 are living your

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 life without

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 reference to God.

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 Even if you live

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 a relatively moral

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 life, and I'll get

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 to that when we

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 talk about the

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 older son, you

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 are still living

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 in prideful

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 unbelief, which

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 is at the root

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 of all sin.

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 You're living as

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 if God didn't

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 exist.

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 And in doing so,

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 you are doing

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 exactly what this

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 younger son sets

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 out to do, to

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 live without his

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 father.

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 In crude terms,

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 your life is an

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 expression of this

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 younger son's

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 unspoken wish.

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 I wish you were

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 dead so I could

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 have what is yours.

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 God is from God.

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 You are enjoying

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 the good gifts of

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 God in this world.

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 Every good thing

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 in this world is

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 from God who is

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 good, who alone

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 is good.

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 Love, family,

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 delightful food and

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 drink, pleasing

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 sounds, music, a

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 stable job, your

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 intellect, health,

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 beauty in art and

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 nature, all of these

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 are from God.

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 They all belong to

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 him, and yet you are

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 enjoying those gifts

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 without acknowledging

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 the one who gave

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 him.

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 That is the ugly

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 reality behind all

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 unbelief.

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 Even for the

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 Christian, the

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 desire to get away

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 from the Father to

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 do what we want is

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 at the heart of

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 everything.

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 When we indulge

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 our sinful desire,

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 when we do what

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 we should not do,

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 when we say what

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 we should not say,

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 when we don't do

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 what we should do,

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 when we don't say

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 what we should say,

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 we don't do what

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 to varying degrees,

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 we are all saying

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 to God, living

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 under your

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 authority in your

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 household is a

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 little too

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 restrictive.

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 I want to have

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 my own way.

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 I want to get

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 away from it.

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 Sex outside of

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 marriage is forbidden.

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 Marriage is only

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 between one man

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 and one woman.

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 I should give my

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 hard-earned money

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 to the ministry of

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 the church and

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 service to the

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 poor.

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 I shouldn't get

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 drunk on alcohol.

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 I should submit

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 to the governing

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 authority.

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 I should consider

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 others more

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 significant than

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 myself and look

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 out for their

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 interests and not

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 just my own.

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 I should forgive

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 that person that

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 has wronged me

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 again and again.

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 Okay, stop

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 right now.

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 That's a little

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 too far.

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 I've had enough

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 of your authority.

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 I've had enough

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 of you.

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 of you.

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 every act of sin

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 from the least

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 to the greatest

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 is a vote of

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 no confidence

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 against God.

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 God, I don't

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 think you're as

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 good as you say

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 you are.

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 I don't think

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 you're as generous

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 as you say you

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 are.

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 I don't think

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 you're as gracious

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 as you say you

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 are.

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 And so you

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 know what?

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 I'm going to

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 find my own

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 way.

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 I'm going to

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 make my own

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 life.

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 I think I can

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 do a little

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 better for myself

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 than what you

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 have for me.

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 Every act of

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 sin is an act

00:15:47.120 --> 00:15:47.779
 of rebellion

00:15:47.779 --> 00:15:48.500
 against God

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 and that's why

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 it's so damaging

00:15:50.200 --> 00:15:51.320
 to your

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 relationship with

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 God.

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 If you think

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 that you can

00:15:54.940 --> 00:15:55.779
 create a better

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 life for yourself

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 apart from God's

00:15:58.340 --> 00:15:59.220
 revealed will

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 for us in

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 scripture,

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 then this

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 story of the

00:16:02.179 --> 00:16:02.720
 younger son

00:16:02.720 --> 00:16:03.639
 is a stern

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 warning to you.

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 And like all

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 sinners, the

00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:08.279
 younger son soon

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 realizes how

00:16:08.960 --> 00:16:09.699
 miserable life

00:16:09.699 --> 00:16:10.279
 apart from the

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 father really

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 is.

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 He says in

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 verse 14,

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 when he had

00:16:13.079 --> 00:16:13.840
 spent everything,

00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:14.899
 a severe famine

00:16:14.899 --> 00:16:15.559
 arose in that

00:16:15.559 --> 00:16:16.299
 country and he

00:16:16.299 --> 00:16:17.120
 began to be in

00:16:17.120 --> 00:16:17.439
 need.

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 He has left

00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:19.799
 the safety net

00:16:19.799 --> 00:16:20.500
 of his family,

00:16:20.620 --> 00:16:21.179
 his community,

00:16:21.279 --> 00:16:21.620
 he has spent

00:16:21.620 --> 00:16:22.279
 all of his

00:16:22.279 --> 00:16:23.000
 money and now

00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:24.120
 this young man

00:16:24.120 --> 00:16:25.019
 begins to taste

00:16:25.019 --> 00:16:26.159
 the bitter end

00:16:26.159 --> 00:16:27.439
 of his sweet

00:16:27.439 --> 00:16:27.879
 indulgence.

00:16:27.879 --> 00:16:31.639
 poverty forces

00:16:31.639 --> 00:16:32.220
 him to seek

00:16:32.220 --> 00:16:32.740
 employment.

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 It says in

00:16:33.299 --> 00:16:33.779
 verse 15,

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 so he went

00:16:34.259 --> 00:16:35.059
 out and hired

00:16:35.059 --> 00:16:35.799
 himself out to

00:16:35.799 --> 00:16:36.100
 one of the

00:16:36.100 --> 00:16:36.460
 citizens of

00:16:36.460 --> 00:16:36.960
 that country

00:16:36.960 --> 00:16:37.860
 who sent him

00:16:37.860 --> 00:16:38.139
 into the

00:16:38.139 --> 00:16:38.559
 fields to

00:16:38.559 --> 00:16:40.120
 feed pigs.

00:16:40.120 --> 00:16:40.220
 pigs.

00:16:42.019 --> 00:16:42.580
 That's as

00:16:42.580 --> 00:16:43.240
 on dignifying

00:16:43.240 --> 00:16:43.560
 as that

00:16:43.560 --> 00:16:43.779
 sounds.

00:16:44.679 --> 00:16:45.279
 He used to

00:16:45.279 --> 00:16:46.159
 be an esteemed

00:16:46.159 --> 00:16:46.820
 son of a

00:16:46.820 --> 00:16:47.200
 wealthy,

00:16:47.379 --> 00:16:47.860
 respected

00:16:47.860 --> 00:16:48.399
 landlord.

00:16:48.620 --> 00:16:49.440
 Now he's a

00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:50.379
 hireling of

00:16:50.379 --> 00:16:50.740
 one of the

00:16:50.740 --> 00:16:51.259
 citizens of

00:16:51.259 --> 00:16:51.700
 the far

00:16:51.700 --> 00:16:52.200
 country.

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 He's been

00:16:52.840 --> 00:16:54.460
 hired, as

00:16:54.460 --> 00:16:54.899
 the context

00:16:54.899 --> 00:16:55.639
 implies, by

00:16:55.639 --> 00:16:56.879
 a Gentile, a

00:16:56.879 --> 00:16:57.879
 non-Jewish

00:16:57.879 --> 00:16:59.580
 master, which

00:16:59.580 --> 00:17:00.419
 we can tell by

00:17:00.419 --> 00:17:00.820
 the fact that

00:17:00.820 --> 00:17:01.220
 he's sent

00:17:01.220 --> 00:17:01.620
 into the

00:17:01.620 --> 00:17:02.019
 field to

00:17:02.019 --> 00:17:02.879
 feed pigs.

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 Not only do

00:17:04.240 --> 00:17:05.420
 pigs physically

00:17:05.420 --> 00:17:06.400
 bathe in mud,

00:17:06.500 --> 00:17:07.119
 which is why we

00:17:07.119 --> 00:17:07.700
 associate them

00:17:07.700 --> 00:17:09.339
 with filth,

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 but they were

00:17:10.859 --> 00:17:11.319
 considered

00:17:11.319 --> 00:17:12.459
 ritually unclean,

00:17:12.619 --> 00:17:13.959
 ceremonially unclean

00:17:13.959 --> 00:17:14.579
 by Jews,

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 unfit for

00:17:16.099 --> 00:17:17.039
 consumption by

00:17:17.039 --> 00:17:17.659
 God's people

00:17:17.659 --> 00:17:18.319
 because of

00:17:18.319 --> 00:17:19.059
 Leviticus 11

00:17:19.059 --> 00:17:19.639
 verse 7.

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 For this

00:17:20.979 --> 00:17:21.779
 reason, Jewish

00:17:21.779 --> 00:17:22.639
 people never

00:17:22.639 --> 00:17:23.379
 grew pigs.

00:17:24.599 --> 00:17:25.119
 So whenever

00:17:25.119 --> 00:17:25.759
 in the Bible

00:17:25.759 --> 00:17:26.819
 you see

00:17:26.819 --> 00:17:28.099
 pigs, they're

00:17:28.099 --> 00:17:29.019
 always in the

00:17:29.019 --> 00:17:29.939
 Gentile region,

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 and this is no

00:17:31.399 --> 00:17:31.799
 exception.

00:17:32.719 --> 00:17:33.059
 The younger

00:17:33.059 --> 00:17:34.039
 son has taken

00:17:34.039 --> 00:17:34.979
 on what is

00:17:34.979 --> 00:17:35.659
 possibly the

00:17:35.659 --> 00:17:36.859
 most humiliating

00:17:36.859 --> 00:17:38.379
 job that a

00:17:38.379 --> 00:17:38.919
 Jew can take.

00:17:38.920 --> 00:17:42.240
 but he

00:17:42.240 --> 00:17:43.120
 sinks still

00:17:43.120 --> 00:17:43.420
 lower.

00:17:44.580 --> 00:17:45.039
 He says in

00:17:45.039 --> 00:17:45.779
 verse 16 that

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 he was longing

00:17:46.720 --> 00:17:47.720
 to be fed

00:17:47.720 --> 00:17:48.519
 with the

00:17:48.519 --> 00:17:49.279
 pods that

00:17:49.279 --> 00:17:49.860
 the pigs

00:17:49.860 --> 00:17:51.900
 ate, and

00:17:51.900 --> 00:17:52.560
 no one gave

00:17:52.560 --> 00:17:53.039
 him anything.

00:17:54.500 --> 00:17:55.279
 Not only was

00:17:55.279 --> 00:17:56.080
 he humiliated

00:17:56.080 --> 00:17:56.539
 by the

00:17:56.539 --> 00:17:58.259
 work, he

00:17:58.259 --> 00:17:58.900
 still went

00:17:58.900 --> 00:17:59.960
 hungry despite

00:17:59.960 --> 00:18:00.480
 his work.

00:18:00.660 --> 00:18:01.820
 The pigs are

00:18:01.820 --> 00:18:02.620
 treated and

00:18:02.620 --> 00:18:03.700
 fed better

00:18:03.700 --> 00:18:04.360
 than he is.

00:18:05.400 --> 00:18:05.660
 We don't

00:18:05.660 --> 00:18:06.220
 know exactly

00:18:06.220 --> 00:18:07.160
 what those

00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:07.980
 pods were that

00:18:07.980 --> 00:18:08.259
 the pigs

00:18:08.259 --> 00:18:08.519
 were eating,

00:18:08.620 --> 00:18:08.980
 but I

00:18:08.980 --> 00:18:09.700
 think we

00:18:09.700 --> 00:18:10.140
 can safely

00:18:10.140 --> 00:18:10.599
 assume that

00:18:10.599 --> 00:18:10.900
 it wasn't

00:18:10.900 --> 00:18:11.460
 fine dying.

00:18:16.420 --> 00:18:17.240
 The younger

00:18:17.240 --> 00:18:17.880
 son is so

00:18:17.880 --> 00:18:18.599
 hungry that

00:18:18.599 --> 00:18:19.860
 pig slop

00:18:19.860 --> 00:18:21.579
 looks appetizing

00:18:21.579 --> 00:18:21.900
 to him.

00:18:21.900 --> 00:18:23.900
 he is

00:18:23.900 --> 00:18:23.900


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 He is

00:18:25.660 --> 00:18:26.200
 the sad

00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:27.240
 condition and

00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:27.780
 the ultimate

00:18:27.780 --> 00:18:28.740
 fate of all

00:18:28.740 --> 00:18:29.540
 who are alienated

00:18:29.540 --> 00:18:30.200
 from the

00:18:30.200 --> 00:18:30.960
 heavenly father's

00:18:30.960 --> 00:18:31.240
 love.

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 In our

00:18:32.560 --> 00:18:33.340
 father's house,

00:18:33.460 --> 00:18:33.680
 we are

00:18:33.680 --> 00:18:34.320
 cared for.

00:18:35.080 --> 00:18:35.440
 We are

00:18:35.440 --> 00:18:35.860
 loved.

00:18:36.160 --> 00:18:36.880
 We have to

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 enjoy the

00:18:37.500 --> 00:18:38.460
 richest affairs.

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 We're treated

00:18:39.220 --> 00:18:39.880
 as sons,

00:18:39.980 --> 00:18:40.320
 but when we

00:18:40.320 --> 00:18:40.820
 leave our

00:18:40.820 --> 00:18:41.580
 father's house

00:18:41.580 --> 00:18:43.440
 and we deliver

00:18:43.440 --> 00:18:44.259
 ourselves to the

00:18:44.259 --> 00:18:45.000
 strangers out in

00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:45.580
 the far country,

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 we're reduced to

00:18:46.420 --> 00:18:47.740
 servitude by a

00:18:47.740 --> 00:18:48.440
 cruel master

00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:50.059
 named Satan.

00:18:51.700 --> 00:18:52.539
 Sin is

00:18:52.539 --> 00:18:54.120
 always a

00:18:54.120 --> 00:18:54.500
 bait and

00:18:54.500 --> 00:18:54.840
 switch.

00:18:57.460 --> 00:18:58.460
 The enticing

00:18:58.460 --> 00:18:59.120
 pleasures of

00:18:59.120 --> 00:18:59.779
 sin leave us

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 less and less

00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:01.660
 pleased and

00:19:01.660 --> 00:19:02.440
 satisfied and

00:19:02.440 --> 00:19:03.340
 more and more

00:19:03.340 --> 00:19:04.380
 enslaved.

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 So we long to

00:19:07.019 --> 00:19:07.920
 be fed with the

00:19:07.920 --> 00:19:08.640
 pods that

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 came.

00:19:11.180 --> 00:19:11.860
 Then in

00:19:11.860 --> 00:19:12.440
 verse 17,

00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:13.200
 the focus of the

00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:13.940
 narrative begins to

00:19:13.940 --> 00:19:14.600
 shift from the

00:19:14.600 --> 00:19:15.620
 law-breaking son to

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 the loving father.

00:19:16.480 --> 00:19:18.059
 He says,

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 but when he

00:19:18.500 --> 00:19:19.299
 came to himself,

00:19:19.380 --> 00:19:19.720
 he said,

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 how many of my

00:19:20.539 --> 00:19:21.299
 father's hired

00:19:21.299 --> 00:19:22.420
 servants have

00:19:22.420 --> 00:19:23.299
 more than enough

00:19:23.299 --> 00:19:23.680
 bread?

00:19:24.120 --> 00:19:25.000
 But I perish

00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:25.860
 here with hunger.

00:19:26.799 --> 00:19:27.279
 The hired

00:19:27.279 --> 00:19:27.880
 servants,

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 it's a reference

00:19:29.539 --> 00:19:30.680
 to the lowest

00:19:30.680 --> 00:19:31.339
 rung, the

00:19:31.339 --> 00:19:32.700
 lowest class of

00:19:32.700 --> 00:19:34.019
 common laborers.

00:19:35.059 --> 00:19:35.480
 And yet,

00:19:35.579 --> 00:19:36.220
 when they are

00:19:36.220 --> 00:19:36.920
 hired for the

00:19:36.920 --> 00:19:37.819
 day, they eat

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 bread aplenty at

00:19:39.079 --> 00:19:39.740
 his father's

00:19:39.740 --> 00:19:40.059
 house.

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 The son is

00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:42.000
 finally remembering

00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:43.019
 the generosity of

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 the father.

00:19:44.579 --> 00:19:45.240
 Why am I

00:19:45.240 --> 00:19:45.980
 slaving away

00:19:45.980 --> 00:19:46.460
 here for a

00:19:46.460 --> 00:19:47.340
 strange master

00:19:47.340 --> 00:19:47.799
 in a far

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 country when

00:19:48.519 --> 00:19:49.160
 they don't

00:19:49.160 --> 00:19:50.059
 even feed me?

00:19:50.600 --> 00:19:51.440
 My father is a

00:19:51.440 --> 00:19:52.000
 better master,

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 and if I'm going

00:19:52.579 --> 00:19:53.140
 to be a

00:19:53.140 --> 00:19:53.759
 hired servant

00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:54.799
 anyway, I

00:19:54.799 --> 00:19:55.160
 might as well

00:19:55.160 --> 00:19:55.840
 be my father's

00:19:55.840 --> 00:19:56.420
 hired servant.

00:19:57.220 --> 00:19:57.779
 Then at least

00:19:57.779 --> 00:19:58.500
 I won't go

00:19:58.500 --> 00:19:58.860
 hungry.

00:20:00.980 --> 00:20:01.920
 So he resolves

00:20:01.920 --> 00:20:02.500
 to return home

00:20:02.500 --> 00:20:03.220
 in verse 18

00:20:03.220 --> 00:20:03.700
 and 19.

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 I will arise

00:20:04.759 --> 00:20:05.539
 and go to my

00:20:05.539 --> 00:20:06.460
 father, and I

00:20:06.460 --> 00:20:06.980
 will say to

00:20:06.980 --> 00:20:07.480
 him, Father,

00:20:07.620 --> 00:20:08.340
 I have sinned

00:20:08.340 --> 00:20:09.120
 against heaven

00:20:09.120 --> 00:20:09.880
 and before you.

00:20:10.180 --> 00:20:10.920
 I am no longer

00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:11.700
 worthy to be

00:20:11.700 --> 00:20:12.579
 called your son.

00:20:12.880 --> 00:20:13.519
 Treat me as

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 one of your

00:20:13.980 --> 00:20:14.960
 hired servants.

00:20:14.960 --> 00:20:36.079
 He admits that he

00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:37.420
 has forfeited all

00:20:37.420 --> 00:20:38.180
 worthiness.

00:20:38.180 --> 00:20:39.680
 He does not

00:20:39.680 --> 00:20:40.680
 deserve to be

00:20:40.680 --> 00:20:41.440
 received back

00:20:41.440 --> 00:20:42.519
 into the

00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:42.880
 family.

00:20:43.759 --> 00:20:44.660
 Normally, a

00:20:44.660 --> 00:20:45.440
 son who has

00:20:45.440 --> 00:20:46.380
 so dishonored

00:20:46.380 --> 00:20:47.060
 his father

00:20:47.060 --> 00:20:48.920
 should bring

00:20:48.920 --> 00:20:50.080
 lavish gifts

00:20:50.080 --> 00:20:51.620
 in return to

00:20:51.620 --> 00:20:52.160
 his father's

00:20:52.160 --> 00:20:52.860
 house in

00:20:52.860 --> 00:20:53.460
 hope of

00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:54.120
 reconciliation

00:20:54.120 --> 00:20:54.720
 and forgiveness.

00:20:55.519 --> 00:20:56.299
 But this

00:20:56.299 --> 00:20:57.220
 son has nothing

00:20:57.220 --> 00:20:57.860
 to bring.

00:20:58.860 --> 00:20:59.180
 He comes

00:20:59.180 --> 00:20:59.920
 empty-handed.

00:20:59.920 --> 00:21:02.820
 And that's

00:21:02.820 --> 00:21:03.180
 the case

00:21:03.180 --> 00:21:03.560
 for all

00:21:03.560 --> 00:21:03.900
 sinners.

00:21:05.400 --> 00:21:06.279
 We must

00:21:06.279 --> 00:21:07.100
 first get

00:21:07.100 --> 00:21:07.840
 to the end

00:21:07.840 --> 00:21:09.039
 of the

00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:09.460
 road of

00:21:09.460 --> 00:21:09.860
 self

00:21:09.860 --> 00:21:11.900
 before we

00:21:11.900 --> 00:21:13.039
 can return

00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:14.039
 to God.

00:21:15.940 --> 00:21:16.360
 Have you

00:21:16.360 --> 00:21:18.120
 been, have

00:21:18.120 --> 00:21:18.720
 you gotten

00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:19.539
 to that place

00:21:19.539 --> 00:21:20.860
 of despairing,

00:21:21.720 --> 00:21:22.680
 despairing of

00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:23.220
 your own

00:21:23.220 --> 00:21:23.720
 righteousness,

00:21:24.700 --> 00:21:25.519
 despairing of

00:21:25.519 --> 00:21:26.140
 your own

00:21:26.140 --> 00:21:27.320
 worthiness

00:21:27.320 --> 00:21:28.019
 before God?

00:21:28.019 --> 00:21:29.379
 Only then,

00:21:29.920 --> 00:21:30.740
 only when you

00:21:30.740 --> 00:21:31.539
 have reached

00:21:31.539 --> 00:21:32.079
 that point

00:21:32.079 --> 00:21:32.599
 of deep

00:21:32.599 --> 00:21:33.200
 despair,

00:21:33.920 --> 00:21:34.279
 can you

00:21:34.279 --> 00:21:34.759
 start to

00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:35.299
 rise from

00:21:35.299 --> 00:21:35.660
 the dead

00:21:35.660 --> 00:21:36.400
 and live

00:21:36.400 --> 00:21:37.859
 and receive

00:21:37.859 --> 00:21:38.639
 eternal life.

00:21:42.539 --> 00:21:43.119
 Put all

00:21:43.119 --> 00:21:43.619
 your hope

00:21:43.619 --> 00:21:43.879
 in the

00:21:43.879 --> 00:21:44.379
 lavish love

00:21:44.379 --> 00:21:44.559
 of the

00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:44.839
 father.

00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:47.339
 It says

00:21:47.339 --> 00:21:47.619
 in verse

00:21:47.619 --> 00:21:47.940
 20,

00:21:48.059 --> 00:21:48.220
 And he

00:21:48.220 --> 00:21:49.000
 arose and

00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:50.019
 came to

00:21:50.019 --> 00:21:50.480
 his father.

00:21:50.859 --> 00:21:51.259
 But while

00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:51.759
 he was still

00:21:51.759 --> 00:21:52.700
 a long

00:21:52.700 --> 00:21:53.379
 way off,

00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:54.460
 his father

00:21:54.460 --> 00:21:55.200
 saw him

00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:55.599
 and felt

00:21:55.599 --> 00:21:56.339
 compassion

00:21:56.339 --> 00:21:57.500
 and ran

00:21:57.500 --> 00:21:58.180
 and embraced

00:21:58.180 --> 00:21:58.619
 him and

00:21:58.619 --> 00:21:59.180
 kissed him.

00:22:00.019 --> 00:22:00.500
 The word

00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:01.140
 long,

00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:02.079
 a long

00:22:02.079 --> 00:22:02.460
 way off

00:22:02.460 --> 00:22:02.660
 is the

00:22:02.660 --> 00:22:03.059
 same word

00:22:03.059 --> 00:22:03.279
 that was

00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:03.680
 translated

00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:04.539
 as far

00:22:04.539 --> 00:22:05.359
 in verse

00:22:05.359 --> 00:22:05.819
 13.

00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:07.339
 The repetition

00:22:07.339 --> 00:22:08.319
 reveals the

00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:09.160
 father's heart.

00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:10.160
 The younger

00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:10.720
 son took a

00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:11.180
 journey into

00:22:11.180 --> 00:22:11.819
 the far

00:22:11.819 --> 00:22:12.319
 country

00:22:12.319 --> 00:22:12.660
 because he

00:22:12.660 --> 00:22:12.960
 didn't want

00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:13.440
 anything to

00:22:13.440 --> 00:22:13.799
 do with

00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:14.339
 his father.

00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:16.240
 Disgracing

00:22:16.240 --> 00:22:16.799
 his father.

00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:17.740
 And yet,

00:22:17.819 --> 00:22:18.400
 his father

00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:18.940
 has not

00:22:18.940 --> 00:22:19.420
 disowned

00:22:19.420 --> 00:22:19.859
 him.

00:22:20.640 --> 00:22:20.940
 He has

00:22:20.940 --> 00:22:21.400
 not given

00:22:21.400 --> 00:22:21.819
 up on

00:22:21.819 --> 00:22:22.119
 him.

00:22:23.339 --> 00:22:23.900
 It seems

00:22:23.900 --> 00:22:24.319
 that the

00:22:24.319 --> 00:22:24.980
 father still

00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:25.859
 spends much

00:22:25.859 --> 00:22:26.179
 of his

00:22:26.179 --> 00:22:27.139
 days scanning

00:22:27.139 --> 00:22:27.939
 the horizon

00:22:27.939 --> 00:22:29.359
 in the

00:22:29.359 --> 00:22:30.419
 far country

00:22:30.419 --> 00:22:31.439
 to see

00:22:31.439 --> 00:22:31.779
 if he

00:22:31.779 --> 00:22:32.759
 could just

00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:33.419
 see his

00:22:33.419 --> 00:22:33.719
 son,

00:22:35.119 --> 00:22:35.519
 perhaps

00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:36.119
 finding his

00:22:36.119 --> 00:22:36.579
 way back.

00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:39.359
 And one

00:22:39.359 --> 00:22:39.799
 day when

00:22:39.799 --> 00:22:40.259
 the son

00:22:40.259 --> 00:22:40.979
 comes into

00:22:40.979 --> 00:22:41.319
 view,

00:22:41.419 --> 00:22:42.079
 still far

00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:42.679
 away from

00:22:42.679 --> 00:22:42.879
 him,

00:22:42.979 --> 00:22:43.779
 he spots

00:22:43.779 --> 00:22:44.659
 him and

00:22:44.659 --> 00:22:45.459
 the father's

00:22:45.459 --> 00:22:46.219
 heart wells

00:22:46.219 --> 00:22:46.639
 up with

00:22:46.639 --> 00:22:47.919
 compassion and

00:22:47.919 --> 00:22:48.679
 then he runs

00:22:48.679 --> 00:22:49.419
 to embrace

00:22:49.419 --> 00:22:50.279
 him and to

00:22:50.279 --> 00:22:50.939
 kiss him.

00:22:51.779 --> 00:22:52.079
 And in

00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:52.679
 doing so,

00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:53.559
 this loving

00:22:53.559 --> 00:22:54.599
 father breaks

00:22:54.599 --> 00:22:55.679
 all ancient

00:22:55.679 --> 00:22:56.240
 Near Eastern

00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:56.819
 norms.

00:22:59.819 --> 00:23:00.299
 Elderly

00:23:00.299 --> 00:23:01.179
 Jewish men,

00:23:01.899 --> 00:23:03.240
 well,

00:23:03.299 --> 00:23:03.899
 elderly men

00:23:03.899 --> 00:23:04.359
 in general

00:23:04.359 --> 00:23:04.959
 don't rhyme

00:23:04.959 --> 00:23:05.579
 very much,

00:23:06.119 --> 00:23:07.359
 but elderly

00:23:07.359 --> 00:23:08.559
 Jewish men

00:23:08.559 --> 00:23:09.759
 never run.

00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:11.339
 Not in

00:23:11.339 --> 00:23:11.740
 this culture.

00:23:14.919 --> 00:23:15.579
 Think about

00:23:15.579 --> 00:23:16.119
 it, right?

00:23:16.579 --> 00:23:16.980
 He's not

00:23:16.980 --> 00:23:17.559
 wearing athletic

00:23:17.559 --> 00:23:18.059
 shorts and

00:23:18.059 --> 00:23:18.519
 do balances.

00:23:20.099 --> 00:23:20.699
 He's got

00:23:20.699 --> 00:23:21.819
 these open

00:23:21.819 --> 00:23:22.559
 toed sandals.

00:23:22.659 --> 00:23:22.919
 Have you ever

00:23:22.919 --> 00:23:23.339
 tried running

00:23:23.339 --> 00:23:23.980
 with flip-flops?

00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:25.360
 There was my

00:23:25.360 --> 00:23:25.539
 shoe.

00:23:25.660 --> 00:23:26.140
 Can I go get

00:23:26.140 --> 00:23:26.339
 that?

00:23:26.500 --> 00:23:26.880
 Come back

00:23:26.880 --> 00:23:27.059
 up.

00:23:27.380 --> 00:23:27.640
 And on

00:23:27.640 --> 00:23:28.019
 top of that,

00:23:28.059 --> 00:23:28.480
 he's wearing

00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:28.980
 these long

00:23:28.980 --> 00:23:29.500
 robes.

00:23:31.779 --> 00:23:32.259
 If you

00:23:32.259 --> 00:23:32.700
 tried running

00:23:32.700 --> 00:23:33.019
 with the

00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:33.339
 dress,

00:23:34.140 --> 00:23:34.599
 you haven't

00:23:34.599 --> 00:23:34.900
 had pure

00:23:34.900 --> 00:23:35.140
 men,

00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:35.380
 you don't

00:23:35.380 --> 00:23:35.579
 know,

00:23:35.680 --> 00:23:36.400
 but you

00:23:36.400 --> 00:23:38.019
 gotta roll

00:23:38.019 --> 00:23:38.519
 it up,

00:23:39.079 --> 00:23:40.819
 grab it,

00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:43.299
 and then

00:23:43.299 --> 00:23:43.860
 you're running.

00:23:45.819 --> 00:23:46.079
 Like,

00:23:46.140 --> 00:23:46.640
 just imagine

00:23:46.640 --> 00:23:47.779
 how undignified

00:23:47.779 --> 00:23:48.440
 that looks.

00:23:49.380 --> 00:23:49.680
 That's

00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:50.160
 embarrassing.

00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:52.100
 And in

00:23:52.100 --> 00:23:52.500
 honor,

00:23:52.680 --> 00:23:52.880
 shame

00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:53.220
 culture,

00:23:53.320 --> 00:23:53.680
 you just

00:23:53.680 --> 00:23:53.980
 don't

00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:54.560
 do that.

00:24:01.040 --> 00:24:01.720
 But the

00:24:01.720 --> 00:24:02.300
 father is

00:24:02.300 --> 00:24:03.220
 overflowing

00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:03.480
 with

00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:04.200
 compassion.

00:24:05.120 --> 00:24:05.400
 And it

00:24:05.400 --> 00:24:06.120
 overrides,

00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:06.640
 his compassion

00:24:06.640 --> 00:24:07.420
 overrides all

00:24:07.420 --> 00:24:08.380
 cultural norms.

00:24:08.840 --> 00:24:09.240
 And so he

00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:09.880
 runs,

00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:11.540
 however clumsily,

00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:12.019
 through the

00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:12.920
 dusty roads of

00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:13.300
 the ancient

00:24:13.300 --> 00:24:13.779
 Near East.

00:24:13.860 --> 00:24:14.500
 And imagine

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:16.160
 that sight from

00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:16.840
 the perspective

00:24:16.839 --> 00:24:17.480
 name of

00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:18.039
 the sun.

00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:21.539
 Who is

00:24:21.539 --> 00:24:21.959
 that man

00:24:21.959 --> 00:24:23.599
 running,

00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:24.679
 heating up

00:24:24.679 --> 00:24:25.019
 guys?

00:24:25.539 --> 00:24:25.980
 Must be

00:24:25.980 --> 00:24:26.480
 an emergency.

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:29.339
 Wait a minute.

00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:31.459
 That's an elderly

00:24:31.459 --> 00:24:31.879
 man.

00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:34.359
 He should be

00:24:34.359 --> 00:24:34.779
 a little more

00:24:34.779 --> 00:24:35.099
 careful.

00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:38.740
 Wait,

00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:39.139
 I think

00:24:39.139 --> 00:24:39.759
 he's running

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:40.359
 toward me.

00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:43.399
 Wait,

00:24:43.679 --> 00:24:44.159
 he looks

00:24:44.159 --> 00:24:44.599
 familiar.

00:24:46.839 --> 00:24:47.419
 Is that

00:24:47.419 --> 00:24:48.039
 my father?

00:24:49.899 --> 00:24:50.359
 Is he running

00:24:50.359 --> 00:24:50.859
 toward you?

00:24:54.559 --> 00:24:55.119
 Why?

00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:02.720
 And when

00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:03.199
 the father

00:25:03.199 --> 00:25:04.199
 arrives,

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:05.619
 he embraces

00:25:05.619 --> 00:25:06.659
 him and

00:25:06.659 --> 00:25:07.359
 kisses him.

00:25:07.459 --> 00:25:07.899
 The word

00:25:07.899 --> 00:25:08.699
 embrace is

00:25:08.699 --> 00:25:09.259
 not this

00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:11.439
 polite hug.

00:25:12.379 --> 00:25:13.199
 It means

00:25:13.199 --> 00:25:13.899
 literally to

00:25:13.899 --> 00:25:14.819
 fall upon

00:25:14.819 --> 00:25:15.399
 someone's

00:25:15.399 --> 00:25:15.720
 neck.

00:25:16.839 --> 00:25:18.159
 It's a

00:25:18.159 --> 00:25:19.379
 bear hug

00:25:19.379 --> 00:25:20.319
 that

00:25:20.319 --> 00:25:21.679
 takes the

00:25:21.679 --> 00:25:22.139
 breath from

00:25:22.139 --> 00:25:22.720
 your chest.

00:25:23.839 --> 00:25:24.399
 Embrace.

00:25:24.939 --> 00:25:25.720
 Chest to chest,

00:25:26.099 --> 00:25:26.539
 cheek to

00:25:26.539 --> 00:25:26.899
 cheek,

00:25:27.439 --> 00:25:28.179
 tears streaming

00:25:28.179 --> 00:25:28.659
 down their

00:25:28.659 --> 00:25:29.039
 faces.

00:25:30.179 --> 00:25:30.519
 And the

00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:31.399
 father kisses

00:25:31.399 --> 00:25:32.039
 his son

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:32.779
 affectionately.

00:25:33.579 --> 00:25:33.959
 The younger

00:25:33.959 --> 00:25:34.480
 son must

00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:34.740
 have been

00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.480
 filthy,

00:25:36.019 --> 00:25:36.699
 a penniless

00:25:36.699 --> 00:25:37.379
 servant that

00:25:37.379 --> 00:25:37.699
 had been

00:25:37.699 --> 00:25:38.599
 working with

00:25:38.599 --> 00:25:39.139
 the pigs.

00:25:39.939 --> 00:25:40.240
 And it

00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:40.759
 doesn't stop

00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:41.199
 the father.

00:25:41.339 --> 00:25:42.459
 Before the

00:25:42.459 --> 00:25:42.959
 son is able

00:25:42.959 --> 00:25:43.419
 to say a

00:25:43.419 --> 00:25:43.599
 word,

00:25:43.699 --> 00:25:44.039
 the father

00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:44.480
 is already

00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:45.179
 welcoming him.

00:25:45.180 --> 00:25:48.160
 loving him.

00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:49.759
 And then

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:50.100
 in verse

00:25:50.100 --> 00:25:50.580
 21,

00:25:51.120 --> 00:25:51.500
 the son

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:52.320
 begins the

00:25:52.320 --> 00:25:53.019
 I'm sorry

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:53.600
 speech that

00:25:53.600 --> 00:25:53.900
 he's been

00:25:53.900 --> 00:25:54.440
 rehearsing

00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:55.259
 his whole

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:55.660
 journey to

00:25:55.660 --> 00:25:56.080
 the father.

00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:57.039
 Father,

00:25:57.140 --> 00:25:57.600
 I've sinned

00:25:57.600 --> 00:25:58.320
 against heaven

00:25:58.320 --> 00:25:58.799
 and before

00:25:58.799 --> 00:25:59.220
 you.

00:25:59.380 --> 00:25:59.759
 I'm no

00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:00.480
 longer worthy

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:01.100
 to be called

00:26:01.100 --> 00:26:01.720
 your son.

00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:03.759
 But before

00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:04.420
 the son

00:26:04.420 --> 00:26:05.000
 could even

00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:06.000
 finish his

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.880
 rehearsed lines

00:26:06.880 --> 00:26:07.600
 about take

00:26:07.600 --> 00:26:08.220
 me on as

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:08.600
 one of your

00:26:08.600 --> 00:26:09.600
 hired servants,

00:26:10.200 --> 00:26:10.700
 the father

00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:11.220
 is already

00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:12.080
 motioning to

00:26:12.080 --> 00:26:12.600
 his servants

00:26:12.600 --> 00:26:12.960
 in verses

00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:14.039
 22 and 23,

00:26:14.039 --> 00:26:14.980
 bring quickly

00:26:14.980 --> 00:26:16.180
 the best

00:26:16.180 --> 00:26:16.700
 robe,

00:26:17.079 --> 00:26:17.619
 put it on

00:26:17.619 --> 00:26:17.920
 him,

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.839
 put a ring

00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:19.200
 on his

00:26:19.200 --> 00:26:19.619
 hand,

00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:20.659
 shoes on

00:26:20.659 --> 00:26:21.359
 his feet,

00:26:21.940 --> 00:26:22.339
 and bring

00:26:22.339 --> 00:26:23.000
 the fattened

00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:23.559
 calf and

00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:23.980
 chill it,

00:26:24.420 --> 00:26:24.799
 and let us

00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:25.839
 eat and

00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:26.339
 celebrate.

00:26:28.819 --> 00:26:29.619
 Taking his

00:26:29.619 --> 00:26:30.420
 son back as

00:26:30.420 --> 00:26:31.700
 a hireling

00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:32.639
 doesn't even

00:26:32.639 --> 00:26:33.359
 occur to the

00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:33.700
 father.

00:26:37.399 --> 00:26:38.279
 He doesn't

00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:39.059
 berate him

00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:39.659
 about his

00:26:39.659 --> 00:26:40.299
 wastefulness

00:26:40.299 --> 00:26:41.659
 and foolishness.

00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:42.139
 He doesn't

00:26:42.139 --> 00:26:43.019
 consign him to

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:43.759
 slavery for

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.180
 the rest of

00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:44.559
 his life

00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:44.920
 until he

00:26:44.920 --> 00:26:45.519
 can't pay

00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:45.980
 back that

00:26:45.980 --> 00:26:46.220
 money.

00:26:46.279 --> 00:26:46.639
 He doesn't

00:26:46.639 --> 00:26:47.339
 nag him.

00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:48.980
 All that

00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:49.920
 preoccupies the

00:26:49.920 --> 00:26:50.619
 father in that

00:26:50.619 --> 00:26:51.220
 moment is the

00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:52.779
 joy of having

00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:53.799
 his son back.

00:26:56.559 --> 00:26:57.220
 And he

00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:58.539
 reinstates the

00:26:58.539 --> 00:26:59.160
 younger son

00:26:59.160 --> 00:27:00.319
 with all of

00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:01.639
 his privileges

00:27:01.639 --> 00:27:02.440
 of sonship,

00:27:02.720 --> 00:27:03.319
 putting on his

00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:04.160
 best robe,

00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:05.119
 a symbol of

00:27:05.119 --> 00:27:05.539
 status,

00:27:05.639 --> 00:27:06.339
 the ring on

00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:06.639
 his finger,

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:07.220
 which probably

00:27:07.220 --> 00:27:07.720
 has the

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.139
 signet,

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:09.720
 the seal of

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:10.460
 the family,

00:27:11.539 --> 00:27:12.120
 a sign of

00:27:12.120 --> 00:27:12.579
 membership,

00:27:12.860 --> 00:27:13.559
 the shoes on

00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:14.180
 his feet to

00:27:14.180 --> 00:27:14.860
 cover his

00:27:14.860 --> 00:27:16.039
 blistered,

00:27:16.100 --> 00:27:16.640
 dusty feet.

00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:18.559
 The younger

00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:19.500
 son understands

00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:20.319
 at that point

00:27:20.319 --> 00:27:21.180
 finally that his

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:22.660
 father will

00:27:22.660 --> 00:27:23.440
 take him back,

00:27:23.880 --> 00:27:24.860
 but not as a

00:27:24.860 --> 00:27:25.120
 servant,

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:26.200
 only as his

00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:26.559
 son.

00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:30.480
 And if that

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:30.839
 went enough,

00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:31.480
 the father throws

00:27:31.480 --> 00:27:32.259
 a party to

00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:32.839
 celebrate the

00:27:32.839 --> 00:27:33.420
 return of his

00:27:33.420 --> 00:27:33.640
 son.

00:27:35.140 --> 00:27:35.940
 They slaughtered

00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:36.720
 the fattened

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.100
 calf,

00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:38.640
 the fattened

00:27:38.640 --> 00:27:38.980
 calf.

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:42.240
 Meat was a

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:43.160
 rare treat in

00:27:43.160 --> 00:27:43.420
 the first

00:27:43.420 --> 00:27:44.079
 century Israel,

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:44.799
 not like our

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:45.059
 day.

00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:46.360
 The fattened

00:27:46.360 --> 00:27:46.960
 calf was eaten

00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:47.839
 only on the

00:27:47.839 --> 00:27:48.559
 very special

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:49.100
 occasions,

00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:49.940
 like major

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:50.319
 holiday.

00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:52.940
 The meat of

00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:53.799
 a young calf

00:27:53.799 --> 00:27:55.100
 is more tender

00:27:55.100 --> 00:27:56.220
 than the meat

00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:56.860
 of an adult

00:27:56.860 --> 00:27:57.860
 cow.

00:27:58.360 --> 00:27:59.299
 And the fattened

00:27:59.299 --> 00:27:59.940
 calf is one

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:00.440
 that has been

00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:01.059
 specifically

00:28:01.059 --> 00:28:02.299
 pampered and

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:03.980
 fattened for

00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:05.319
 just a special

00:28:05.319 --> 00:28:05.720
 occasion.

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:09.720
 would have

00:28:09.720 --> 00:28:10.299
 been enough

00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:10.740
 to feed the

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.220
 whole village.

00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:13.740
 This is one

00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:14.259
 of the most

00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:14.860
 compelling

00:28:14.860 --> 00:28:15.779
 pictures of

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:16.240
 our heavenly

00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:17.299
 father's love

00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:18.180
 in the

00:28:18.180 --> 00:28:18.420
 Bible.

00:28:20.700 --> 00:28:21.440
 When you

00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:22.220
 feel like you

00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:23.440
 haven't been a

00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:24.180
 good kid,

00:28:24.819 --> 00:28:25.799
 when you feel

00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:26.600
 burdened with

00:28:26.600 --> 00:28:27.220
 guilt, do you

00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:28.299
 feel like you

00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:29.279
 cannot approach

00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:29.559
 God?

00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:35.099
 do you

00:28:35.099 --> 00:28:35.740
 think that you

00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:37.519
 need to cry a

00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:38.019
 certain amount

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:38.740
 of tears and

00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:40.259
 feel this

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:41.099
 certain level

00:28:41.099 --> 00:28:42.119
 of remorse

00:28:42.119 --> 00:28:43.019
 and regret

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:44.980
 that you have

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:45.700
 to spend a

00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:46.220
 certain number

00:28:46.220 --> 00:28:47.039
 of hours and

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.579
 days in

00:28:47.579 --> 00:28:48.700
 self-imposed

00:28:48.700 --> 00:28:49.559
 exile from

00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:50.079
 God in the

00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:51.379
 doghouse before

00:28:51.379 --> 00:28:52.019
 you can come

00:28:52.019 --> 00:28:52.679
 back to God?

00:28:55.179 --> 00:28:56.139
 Do you think

00:28:56.139 --> 00:28:56.539
 that you need

00:28:56.539 --> 00:28:57.519
 to pay God

00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:58.299
 back for

00:28:58.299 --> 00:28:59.059
 everything with

00:28:59.059 --> 00:28:59.700
 all these

00:28:59.700 --> 00:29:00.279
 good works

00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:00.720
 that you can

00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:01.379
 do before

00:29:01.379 --> 00:29:02.119
 you can be

00:29:02.119 --> 00:29:02.839
 received and

00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:03.359
 welcomed into

00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:03.859
 his family?

00:29:04.379 --> 00:29:05.000
 Before you can

00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:05.740
 really be loved

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:06.180
 by him?

00:29:10.740 --> 00:29:11.500
 Some of you

00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:12.259
 have already

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:13.079
 learned this

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:13.599
 love of God

00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:13.819
 and the

00:29:13.819 --> 00:29:14.339
 grace of God,

00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:14.720
 but you're

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:15.579
 living in

00:29:15.579 --> 00:29:16.899
 with yesterday's

00:29:16.899 --> 00:29:17.220
 mercy,

00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:19.259
 when his

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.819
 mercies are

00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:20.440
 new every

00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:20.799
 morning.

00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:22.559
 Do you

00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:23.159
 think that

00:29:23.159 --> 00:29:23.919
 God sees

00:29:23.919 --> 00:29:24.379
 you and looks

00:29:24.379 --> 00:29:24.980
 you up and

00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:25.480
 down with

00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:26.119
 disdain?

00:29:26.119 --> 00:29:28.799
 with this

00:29:28.799 --> 00:29:29.199
 pleasure?

00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:34.199
 When God

00:29:34.199 --> 00:29:34.759
 the Father

00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:37.119
 loves you,

00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:39.939
 runs after

00:29:39.939 --> 00:29:40.199
 you,

00:29:41.599 --> 00:29:42.199
 welcomes

00:29:42.199 --> 00:29:42.559
 you,

00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:47.319
 why do you

00:29:47.319 --> 00:29:48.179
 see God as

00:29:48.179 --> 00:29:48.919
 a heart of

00:29:48.919 --> 00:29:49.119
 him?

00:29:49.119 --> 00:29:52.500
 God is

00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:54.099
 gracious and

00:29:54.099 --> 00:29:55.019
 merciful and

00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:56.199
 forgiving and

00:29:56.199 --> 00:29:57.000
 loving God.

00:29:59.000 --> 00:30:00.399
 No matter how

00:30:00.399 --> 00:30:01.759
 far you're

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.519
 straight from

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:03.199
 him, the

00:30:03.199 --> 00:30:03.979
 moment you

00:30:03.979 --> 00:30:04.799
 confess your

00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:05.879
 sins and

00:30:05.879 --> 00:30:06.699
 turn toward

00:30:06.699 --> 00:30:09.219
 him, he's

00:30:09.219 --> 00:30:09.839
 right there

00:30:09.839 --> 00:30:11.599
 seeing you far

00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:12.199
 off already

00:30:12.199 --> 00:30:12.579
 well in

00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:12.779
 upper

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:13.319
 compassion.

00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:16.619
 he's running

00:30:16.619 --> 00:30:17.700
 to embrace,

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:18.259
 to kiss,

00:30:18.359 --> 00:30:18.819
 to welcome

00:30:18.819 --> 00:30:19.419
 and rejoice

00:30:19.419 --> 00:30:20.059
 over you.

00:30:20.119 --> 00:30:20.460
 Why?

00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:21.899
 Because you

00:30:21.899 --> 00:30:22.700
 are his

00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:23.779
 son.

00:30:24.439 --> 00:30:25.299
 Because you

00:30:25.299 --> 00:30:26.079
 are his

00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:26.859
 daughter.

00:30:30.659 --> 00:30:31.259
 That's the

00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:31.619
 heart of the

00:30:31.619 --> 00:30:32.139
 loving Father.

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.700
 And then we

00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:36.359
 see the third

00:30:36.359 --> 00:30:37.200
 portrait of the

00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:38.019
 law-keeping son

00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:39.119
 in verse 25.

00:30:40.319 --> 00:30:40.839
 It says,

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.559
 now his

00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:42.379
 older son was

00:30:42.379 --> 00:30:42.960
 in the field,

00:30:43.319 --> 00:30:44.659
 and as he

00:30:44.659 --> 00:30:45.220
 came and

00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:45.859
 drew near to

00:30:45.859 --> 00:30:46.279
 the house,

00:30:46.359 --> 00:30:47.059
 he heard music

00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:47.599
 and dancing,

00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:48.200
 and he called

00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:48.639
 one of the

00:30:48.639 --> 00:30:49.179
 servants and

00:30:49.179 --> 00:30:49.799
 asked what

00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:50.439
 these things

00:30:50.439 --> 00:30:50.720
 meant.

00:30:54.139 --> 00:30:54.939
 Unlike the

00:30:54.939 --> 00:30:55.619
 younger son,

00:30:56.099 --> 00:30:56.819
 who left

00:30:56.819 --> 00:30:57.659
 his father's

00:30:57.659 --> 00:30:58.399
 house, this

00:30:58.399 --> 00:30:59.179
 older son is

00:30:59.179 --> 00:30:59.980
 still dutifully

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:00.819
 working at

00:31:00.819 --> 00:31:01.339
 the house,

00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:03.019
 working in

00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:03.439
 the field.

00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:04.859
 But as he

00:31:04.859 --> 00:31:05.559
 approaches the

00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:06.659
 house, he

00:31:06.659 --> 00:31:07.240
 hears music

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:07.740
 and dancing,

00:31:07.859 --> 00:31:08.079
 and he

00:31:08.079 --> 00:31:08.839
 wonders what

00:31:08.839 --> 00:31:10.359
 this surprise

00:31:10.359 --> 00:31:11.279
 party is all

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:11.639
 about.

00:31:11.640 --> 00:31:13.180
 if he's

00:31:13.180 --> 00:31:13.580
 like me,

00:31:13.640 --> 00:31:14.020
 he's probably

00:31:14.020 --> 00:31:14.460
 thinking to

00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:14.820
 himself,

00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:17.000
 well, I

00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:17.300
 don't see

00:31:17.300 --> 00:31:17.980
 anybody else

00:31:17.980 --> 00:31:18.800
 that this

00:31:18.800 --> 00:31:19.440
 party would

00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:19.740
 be worth

00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:20.320
 throwing for.

00:31:21.120 --> 00:31:21.700
 It's got to

00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:22.220
 be for me.

00:31:25.020 --> 00:31:25.620
 Maybe that's

00:31:25.620 --> 00:31:25.840
 what he

00:31:25.840 --> 00:31:26.080
 thinks.

00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:28.300
 He gets

00:31:28.300 --> 00:31:28.840
 his hopes up

00:31:28.840 --> 00:31:29.320
 and then he

00:31:29.320 --> 00:31:30.220
 grabs one of

00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:30.420
 the servants,

00:31:30.520 --> 00:31:30.840
 hey, what's

00:31:30.840 --> 00:31:31.380
 going on here?

00:31:32.520 --> 00:31:32.860
 And the

00:31:32.860 --> 00:31:33.460
 servant tells

00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:34.040
 them, some

00:31:34.040 --> 00:31:35.000
 rude awakening,

00:31:35.200 --> 00:31:36.100
 verse 27,

00:31:36.099 --> 00:31:36.839
 your brother

00:31:36.839 --> 00:31:37.459
 has come,

00:31:38.459 --> 00:31:39.699
 and your

00:31:39.699 --> 00:31:40.259
 father has

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:40.779
 killed the

00:31:40.779 --> 00:31:41.339
 fattened

00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:43.039
 calf, because

00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:43.299
 he has

00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:43.919
 received him

00:31:43.919 --> 00:31:44.699
 back safe

00:31:44.699 --> 00:31:45.219
 and sound.

00:31:47.619 --> 00:31:48.259
 And the

00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:49.779
 older son is

00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:50.500
 not happy.

00:31:53.619 --> 00:31:54.459
 It says in

00:31:54.459 --> 00:31:55.339
 verse 28, he

00:31:55.339 --> 00:31:57.059
 was angry and

00:31:57.059 --> 00:31:58.000
 refused to

00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:58.399
 go in.

00:32:01.439 --> 00:32:02.199
 Look at the

00:32:02.199 --> 00:32:03.519
 dynamic shift.

00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:05.099
 the younger

00:32:05.099 --> 00:32:05.639
 son was

00:32:05.639 --> 00:32:06.019
 formerly

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:07.299
 outside the

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:07.740
 house, but

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:08.180
 now he

00:32:08.180 --> 00:32:08.700
 has been

00:32:08.700 --> 00:32:09.359
 welcomed in.

00:32:10.339 --> 00:32:11.079
 The older

00:32:11.079 --> 00:32:11.519
 son, who's

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:12.039
 always been

00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:12.339
 at the

00:32:12.339 --> 00:32:13.119
 house, now

00:32:13.119 --> 00:32:13.859
 finds himself

00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:14.259
 on the

00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:14.879
 outside of

00:32:14.879 --> 00:32:15.339
 the house

00:32:15.339 --> 00:32:16.400
 looking.

00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:20.240
 The

00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:20.779
 positions are

00:32:20.779 --> 00:32:21.160
 reversed.

00:32:22.379 --> 00:32:22.779
 And the

00:32:22.779 --> 00:32:23.619
 father comes

00:32:23.619 --> 00:32:24.480
 out to

00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:25.139
 entreat him.

00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:27.139
 And the

00:32:27.139 --> 00:32:27.619
 older son

00:32:27.619 --> 00:32:28.500
 airs all his

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:29.139
 grievances in

00:32:29.139 --> 00:32:29.799
 verse 29 and

00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:29.980
 30.

00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:30.579
 Look!

00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:33.039
 Many years,

00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:33.659
 these many

00:32:33.659 --> 00:32:34.119
 years I've

00:32:34.119 --> 00:32:34.940
 served you,

00:32:35.379 --> 00:32:35.659
 and I

00:32:35.659 --> 00:32:35.920
 never

00:32:35.920 --> 00:32:36.519
 disobeyed

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:36.960
 your command,

00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:37.259
 yet you

00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:37.799
 never gave

00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:38.059
 me a

00:32:38.059 --> 00:32:39.180
 young goat,

00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:40.460
 yet I

00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:41.000
 might celebrate

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:41.440
 with my

00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:41.839
 friends.

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:42.339
 But when

00:32:42.339 --> 00:32:43.119
 this son

00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:43.559
 of yours

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:44.399
 came, who

00:32:44.399 --> 00:32:44.960
 has devoured

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:45.559
 your property

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:46.659
 with prostitutes,

00:32:46.839 --> 00:32:47.619
 you killed

00:32:47.619 --> 00:32:49.000
 the fattened

00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:49.500
 calf for

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:49.759
 him.

00:32:52.019 --> 00:32:52.480
 Can you

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:52.940
 relate to

00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:53.519
 his complaint?

00:32:57.259 --> 00:32:58.139
 While this

00:32:58.139 --> 00:32:58.759
 son of yours

00:32:58.759 --> 00:32:59.539
 was scattering

00:32:59.539 --> 00:33:00.359
 all your wealth

00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:01.240
 with prostitutes,

00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:01.980
 I was

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:02.759
 working hard

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:03.640
 building your

00:33:03.640 --> 00:33:04.200
 assets.

00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:08.859
 While he

00:33:08.859 --> 00:33:09.599
 blatantly

00:33:09.599 --> 00:33:10.759
 besmirched our

00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:11.579
 family name,

00:33:13.160 --> 00:33:14.319
 I was here

00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:15.099
 serving you

00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:15.859
 under your

00:33:15.859 --> 00:33:16.140
 name.

00:33:18.640 --> 00:33:19.500
 And yet,

00:33:19.579 --> 00:33:20.079
 you have never

00:33:20.079 --> 00:33:21.819
 even grilled

00:33:21.819 --> 00:33:22.539
 hot dogs for

00:33:22.539 --> 00:33:22.799
 me.

00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:26.359
 And you're

00:33:26.359 --> 00:33:26.720
 going to serve

00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:27.299
 this guy

00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:27.900
 prime

00:33:27.900 --> 00:33:28.420
 wagyu

00:33:28.420 --> 00:33:28.960
 beef.

00:33:33.420 --> 00:33:34.380
 That's my

00:33:34.380 --> 00:33:34.940
 fattened

00:33:34.940 --> 00:33:35.299
 calf.

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:38.579
 He's already

00:33:38.579 --> 00:33:39.299
 squandered all

00:33:39.299 --> 00:33:40.039
 his inheritance.

00:33:40.400 --> 00:33:40.779
 This is all

00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:41.180
 mine.

00:33:44.960 --> 00:33:45.960
 The relational

00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:47.539
 strain is

00:33:47.539 --> 00:33:48.240
 obvious in the

00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:49.000
 way he addresses

00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:50.019
 his father.

00:33:50.100 --> 00:33:50.819
 He doesn't say

00:33:50.819 --> 00:33:51.519
 that he should

00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:52.339
 have respectfully

00:33:52.339 --> 00:33:53.360
 father or

00:33:53.360 --> 00:33:53.900
 sir.

00:33:53.900 --> 00:33:54.259
 even.

00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:55.320
 He simply

00:33:55.320 --> 00:33:55.600
 says,

00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:56.500
 look.

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:00.980
 And then,

00:34:01.320 --> 00:34:01.720
 he's referring

00:34:01.720 --> 00:34:02.440
 to his younger

00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:02.780
 brother.

00:34:02.900 --> 00:34:03.320
 He says,

00:34:03.440 --> 00:34:03.980
 not my

00:34:03.980 --> 00:34:04.360
 brother,

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:05.660
 but this

00:34:05.660 --> 00:34:06.259
 son of

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:06.680
 yours.

00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:11.680
 He's

00:34:11.680 --> 00:34:12.539
 distancing

00:34:12.539 --> 00:34:13.180
 himself from

00:34:13.180 --> 00:34:13.619
 his father

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:14.000
 and from

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:14.380
 his brother.

00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:19.599
 This reaction

00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:20.320
 of the older

00:34:20.320 --> 00:34:21.539
 son reveals

00:34:21.539 --> 00:34:22.260
 that he was

00:34:22.260 --> 00:34:23.119
 just as

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:23.880
 lost as

00:34:23.900 --> 00:34:24.280
 the younger

00:34:24.280 --> 00:34:24.639
 son.

00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:28.340
 The younger

00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:29.039
 son says,

00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:30.300
 I'm no longer

00:34:30.300 --> 00:34:31.119
 worthy to be

00:34:31.119 --> 00:34:31.500
 called your

00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:31.740
 son.

00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:32.300
 Treat me as

00:34:32.300 --> 00:34:32.619
 one of your

00:34:32.619 --> 00:34:33.880
 hired servants.

00:34:34.440 --> 00:34:34.559
 Right?

00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:35.900
 Because he

00:34:35.900 --> 00:34:36.660
 doesn't deserve

00:34:36.660 --> 00:34:37.360
 to be called

00:34:37.360 --> 00:34:38.000
 a son,

00:34:38.139 --> 00:34:38.740
 he thinks his

00:34:38.740 --> 00:34:39.360
 father might

00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:39.920
 hire him as

00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:40.539
 a servant

00:34:40.539 --> 00:34:41.240
 instead.

00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:41.940
 And look at

00:34:41.940 --> 00:34:42.539
 what the older

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:43.059
 son says.

00:34:43.139 --> 00:34:43.460
 Look,

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:44.440
 these many

00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:45.240
 years I have

00:34:45.240 --> 00:34:46.820
 served you.

00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:49.480
 And I never

00:34:49.480 --> 00:34:50.039
 disobeyed

00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:50.400
 your command.

00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:51.639
 He thinks

00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:52.740
 he deserves

00:34:52.740 --> 00:34:53.740
 to be called

00:34:53.739 --> 00:34:54.299
 the son,

00:34:55.299 --> 00:34:55.939
 but only

00:34:55.939 --> 00:34:56.639
 because he

00:34:56.639 --> 00:34:57.459
 was slaving

00:34:57.459 --> 00:34:57.879
 away for

00:34:57.879 --> 00:34:58.939
 him all

00:34:58.939 --> 00:34:59.379
 these years.

00:35:02.319 --> 00:35:02.919
 Neither

00:35:02.919 --> 00:35:03.559
 of them

00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:05.219
 understand the

00:35:05.219 --> 00:35:06.019
 nature of

00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:06.879
 sonship.

00:35:08.679 --> 00:35:09.539
 Neither of

00:35:09.539 --> 00:35:10.439
 them understands

00:35:10.439 --> 00:35:11.839
 the love and

00:35:11.839 --> 00:35:12.599
 the grace of

00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:13.119
 the father.

00:35:13.119 --> 00:35:13.939
 They both

00:35:13.939 --> 00:35:15.139
 relate to

00:35:15.139 --> 00:35:15.759
 God as

00:35:15.759 --> 00:35:16.719
 servants.

00:35:16.719 --> 00:35:17.719
 God.

00:35:17.719 --> 00:35:19.539
 I can only

00:35:19.539 --> 00:35:20.579
 find acceptance

00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:21.699
 as a servant

00:35:21.699 --> 00:35:23.059
 if I serve

00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:23.419
 him,

00:35:23.419 --> 00:35:24.659
 if I do

00:35:24.659 --> 00:35:25.079
 what he

00:35:25.079 --> 00:35:25.639
 wants me

00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:26.119
 to do.

00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:32.559
 But the

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:33.379
 father loves

00:35:33.379 --> 00:35:33.719
 them,

00:35:34.279 --> 00:35:36.199
 not because

00:35:36.199 --> 00:35:36.579
 they have

00:35:36.579 --> 00:35:37.439
 served him,

00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:39.419
 not because

00:35:39.419 --> 00:35:39.739
 of their

00:35:39.739 --> 00:35:40.339
 utility,

00:35:41.339 --> 00:35:42.599
 but because

00:35:42.599 --> 00:35:43.239
 they are

00:35:43.239 --> 00:35:44.119
 his son.

00:35:44.119 --> 00:35:54.480
 And this

00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:54.880
 is what the

00:35:54.880 --> 00:35:55.400
 older son

00:35:55.400 --> 00:35:55.880
 failed to

00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:56.199
 grasp.

00:35:59.759 --> 00:36:00.420
 If he

00:36:00.420 --> 00:36:01.159
 understood

00:36:01.159 --> 00:36:02.019
 that all

00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:02.900
 that the

00:36:02.900 --> 00:36:03.539
 father gives

00:36:03.539 --> 00:36:04.219
 is a gift,

00:36:05.579 --> 00:36:06.319
 that his

00:36:06.319 --> 00:36:06.859
 inheritance

00:36:06.859 --> 00:36:08.059
 is a gift,

00:36:08.659 --> 00:36:09.519
 not a wage

00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:10.099
 for him to

00:36:10.099 --> 00:36:10.359
 earn,

00:36:10.460 --> 00:36:11.339
 not a salary,

00:36:11.340 --> 00:36:12.120
 a gift,

00:36:13.100 --> 00:36:16.420
 then he

00:36:16.420 --> 00:36:17.000
 would have

00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:17.579
 understood

00:36:17.579 --> 00:36:18.340
 the father's

00:36:18.340 --> 00:36:18.700
 love.

00:36:20.220 --> 00:36:21.019
 Then he

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:21.660
 would have

00:36:21.660 --> 00:36:22.920
 not been

00:36:22.920 --> 00:36:23.840
 so begrudging

00:36:23.840 --> 00:36:24.400
 about his

00:36:24.400 --> 00:36:24.960
 brother's

00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:25.180
 return.

00:36:33.500 --> 00:36:34.240
 If you

00:36:34.240 --> 00:36:34.600
 are like

00:36:34.600 --> 00:36:35.140
 this older

00:36:35.140 --> 00:36:35.519
 son,

00:36:36.760 --> 00:36:37.120
 and you

00:36:37.120 --> 00:36:37.579
 think that

00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:37.920
 you're going

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:38.340
 to find

00:36:38.340 --> 00:36:39.280
 your standing,

00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:39.880
 gain your

00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:40.700
 standing with

00:36:40.699 --> 00:36:40.919
 God,

00:36:40.980 --> 00:36:41.759
 your acceptance

00:36:41.759 --> 00:36:42.639
 with God,

00:36:43.279 --> 00:36:44.179
 by observing

00:36:44.179 --> 00:36:45.039
 these commands,

00:36:45.819 --> 00:36:46.659
 by serving

00:36:46.659 --> 00:36:47.099
 him and

00:36:47.099 --> 00:36:47.799
 slaving away

00:36:47.799 --> 00:36:48.359
 this life,

00:36:50.019 --> 00:36:50.480
 then you

00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:50.799
 will,

00:36:50.980 --> 00:36:51.239
 in the end,

00:36:51.319 --> 00:36:51.899
 find yourself

00:36:51.899 --> 00:36:52.219
 on the

00:36:52.219 --> 00:36:52.739
 outside of

00:36:52.739 --> 00:36:53.099
 the house

00:36:53.099 --> 00:36:53.460
 of him.

00:36:54.519 --> 00:36:55.439
 Because only

00:36:55.439 --> 00:36:55.939
 those who

00:36:55.939 --> 00:36:56.439
 know the

00:36:56.439 --> 00:36:57.139
 father and

00:36:57.139 --> 00:36:58.099
 know his

00:36:58.099 --> 00:36:59.239
 love and

00:36:59.239 --> 00:36:59.819
 relate to

00:36:59.819 --> 00:37:00.419
 him as a

00:37:00.419 --> 00:37:01.259
 beloved son

00:37:01.259 --> 00:37:01.719
 and a

00:37:01.719 --> 00:37:01.980
 beloved

00:37:01.980 --> 00:37:03.119
 child will

00:37:03.119 --> 00:37:03.460
 endure.

00:37:08.059 --> 00:37:08.960
 The law

00:37:08.960 --> 00:37:09.379
 breaking

00:37:09.380 --> 00:37:10.160
 younger son

00:37:10.160 --> 00:37:10.700
 represents

00:37:10.700 --> 00:37:11.220
 the tax

00:37:11.220 --> 00:37:11.599
 collectors

00:37:11.599 --> 00:37:12.300
 and sinners

00:37:12.300 --> 00:37:12.900
 who are

00:37:12.900 --> 00:37:13.400
 flocking

00:37:13.400 --> 00:37:14.140
 to Jesus,

00:37:14.640 --> 00:37:15.099
 repenting

00:37:15.099 --> 00:37:15.380
 of their

00:37:15.380 --> 00:37:15.820
 sin and

00:37:15.820 --> 00:37:16.119
 finding

00:37:16.119 --> 00:37:16.599
 acceptance

00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:17.039
 in him.

00:37:17.640 --> 00:37:18.240
 The law

00:37:18.240 --> 00:37:18.619
 keeping

00:37:18.619 --> 00:37:19.579
 older son

00:37:19.579 --> 00:37:20.140
 represents

00:37:20.140 --> 00:37:21.119
 the Pharisees

00:37:21.119 --> 00:37:21.700
 and the

00:37:21.700 --> 00:37:22.260
 scribes

00:37:22.260 --> 00:37:22.480
 who were

00:37:22.480 --> 00:37:23.260
 begrudging

00:37:23.260 --> 00:37:23.640
 Jesus'

00:37:23.880 --> 00:37:24.340
 forgiveness

00:37:24.340 --> 00:37:24.980
 of such

00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:25.340
 people.

00:37:26.500 --> 00:37:27.140
 The

00:37:27.140 --> 00:37:27.800
 younger son

00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:28.280
 left his

00:37:28.280 --> 00:37:28.760
 home because

00:37:28.760 --> 00:37:29.400
 he imagined

00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:29.840
 that his

00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:30.599
 father is

00:37:30.599 --> 00:37:31.559
 stingy and

00:37:31.559 --> 00:37:32.320
 strict.

00:37:33.119 --> 00:37:33.519
 He thought

00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:33.800
 that his

00:37:33.800 --> 00:37:34.900
 father was

00:37:34.900 --> 00:37:35.440
 needlessly

00:37:35.440 --> 00:37:36.300
 depriving of

00:37:36.300 --> 00:37:36.740
 the pleasures

00:37:36.740 --> 00:37:37.240
 of life.

00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:38.519
 The older

00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:39.240
 son stayed

00:37:39.240 --> 00:37:39.800
 at home

00:37:39.800 --> 00:37:40.260
 and worked

00:37:40.260 --> 00:37:40.760
 hard because

00:37:40.760 --> 00:37:41.360
 he too

00:37:41.360 --> 00:37:42.340
 imagined that

00:37:42.340 --> 00:37:42.840
 his father

00:37:42.840 --> 00:37:43.560
 is stingy

00:37:43.560 --> 00:37:44.240
 and strict.

00:37:44.800 --> 00:37:45.400
 He believed

00:37:45.400 --> 00:37:45.780
 that the

00:37:45.780 --> 00:37:46.460
 only way to

00:37:46.460 --> 00:37:47.220
 pry those

00:37:47.220 --> 00:37:47.960
 blessings out

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:48.400
 of his

00:37:48.400 --> 00:37:49.360
 tight grip

00:37:49.360 --> 00:37:50.260
 is by

00:37:50.260 --> 00:37:50.960
 obeying him

00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:51.560
 always and

00:37:51.560 --> 00:37:51.980
 doing what

00:37:51.980 --> 00:37:52.460
 he commanded.

00:37:55.680 --> 00:37:56.440
 At the

00:37:56.440 --> 00:37:56.920
 heart of

00:37:56.920 --> 00:37:58.320
 both licentious

00:37:58.320 --> 00:37:59.140
 lawbreakers

00:37:59.140 --> 00:38:00.740
 and legalistic

00:38:00.740 --> 00:38:01.380
 lawkeepers

00:38:01.380 --> 00:38:04.200
 is a

00:38:04.200 --> 00:38:05.059
 distorted

00:38:05.059 --> 00:38:07.119
 view of

00:38:07.119 --> 00:38:07.700
 God the

00:38:07.700 --> 00:38:08.079
 Father.

00:38:12.240 --> 00:38:13.260
 That's why

00:38:13.260 --> 00:38:13.579
 in his

00:38:13.579 --> 00:38:14.019
 book The

00:38:14.019 --> 00:38:14.340
 Whole

00:38:14.340 --> 00:38:14.920
 Christ,

00:38:15.160 --> 00:38:15.579
 theologian

00:38:15.579 --> 00:38:15.960
 Sinclair

00:38:15.960 --> 00:38:16.740
 Ferguson writes

00:38:16.740 --> 00:38:17.680
 that legalism

00:38:17.680 --> 00:38:19.260
 and licentiousness

00:38:19.260 --> 00:38:20.400
 are in fact

00:38:20.400 --> 00:38:21.700
 non-identical

00:38:21.700 --> 00:38:22.500
 twins that

00:38:22.500 --> 00:38:23.240
 emerge from

00:38:23.240 --> 00:38:24.039
 the same

00:38:24.039 --> 00:38:24.559
 womb.

00:38:29.180 --> 00:38:29.980
 Licentiousness

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:31.079
 says God

00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:31.739
 doesn't want

00:38:31.739 --> 00:38:32.279
 to give me

00:38:32.279 --> 00:38:33.079
 what is good

00:38:33.079 --> 00:38:34.960
 so I'm

00:38:34.960 --> 00:38:35.159
 going to

00:38:35.159 --> 00:38:35.559
 take things

00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:35.799
 into my

00:38:35.799 --> 00:38:36.179
 own hands

00:38:36.179 --> 00:38:36.519
 and run

00:38:36.519 --> 00:38:37.019
 after those

00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:37.900
 things apart

00:38:37.900 --> 00:38:38.420
 from God.

00:38:40.579 --> 00:38:41.059
 Legalism

00:38:41.059 --> 00:38:42.279
 says God

00:38:42.279 --> 00:38:42.960
 doesn't want

00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:43.420
 to give me

00:38:43.420 --> 00:38:44.079
 what is good

00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:46.039
 so I must

00:38:46.039 --> 00:38:46.539
 take things

00:38:46.539 --> 00:38:47.079
 into my own

00:38:47.079 --> 00:38:47.759
 hands and

00:38:47.759 --> 00:38:48.799
 earn those

00:38:48.799 --> 00:38:49.719
 good things

00:38:49.719 --> 00:38:50.799
 and force

00:38:50.799 --> 00:38:51.179
 it out of

00:38:51.179 --> 00:38:51.599
 his hands.

00:38:56.799 --> 00:38:57.599
 Some of us

00:38:57.599 --> 00:38:58.019
 tend to be

00:38:58.019 --> 00:38:58.400
 more like

00:38:58.400 --> 00:38:58.980
 this older

00:38:58.980 --> 00:38:59.319
 son.

00:39:01.079 --> 00:39:06.880
 if you

00:39:06.880 --> 00:39:07.199
 tend to

00:39:07.199 --> 00:39:07.940
 begrudge

00:39:07.940 --> 00:39:09.380
 the

00:39:09.380 --> 00:39:09.960
 generosity

00:39:09.960 --> 00:39:11.139
 and graciousness

00:39:11.139 --> 00:39:11.639
 and

00:39:11.639 --> 00:39:12.519
 mercifulness

00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:13.019
 of God

00:39:13.019 --> 00:39:14.659
 if you

00:39:14.659 --> 00:39:15.299
 tend to

00:39:15.299 --> 00:39:17.039
 be self-righteous

00:39:17.039 --> 00:39:18.980
 to see

00:39:18.980 --> 00:39:19.860
 other people's

00:39:19.860 --> 00:39:20.259
 sins

00:39:20.259 --> 00:39:20.739
 with

00:39:20.739 --> 00:39:22.480
 acute

00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:23.119
 clarity

00:39:23.119 --> 00:39:25.159
 but you're

00:39:25.159 --> 00:39:25.759
 oblivious to

00:39:25.759 --> 00:39:26.199
 your own

00:39:26.199 --> 00:39:26.460
 and you

00:39:26.460 --> 00:39:26.819
 tend to

00:39:26.819 --> 00:39:26.980
 be.

00:39:27.920 --> 00:39:28.420
 And you

00:39:28.420 --> 00:39:28.659
 need to

00:39:28.659 --> 00:39:29.440
 hear this

00:39:29.440 --> 00:39:31.159
 tender words

00:39:31.159 --> 00:39:31.460
 from the

00:39:31.460 --> 00:39:31.699
 father

00:39:31.699 --> 00:39:32.400
 verse 31

00:39:32.400 --> 00:39:32.980
 and 32

00:39:32.980 --> 00:39:34.779
 son

00:39:34.779 --> 00:39:36.299
 you are

00:39:36.299 --> 00:39:37.000
 always

00:39:37.000 --> 00:39:37.639
 with me

00:39:37.639 --> 00:39:40.000
 and all

00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:40.480
 that is

00:39:40.480 --> 00:39:40.839
 mine

00:39:40.839 --> 00:39:41.579
 is yours.

00:39:42.659 --> 00:39:43.079
 It was

00:39:43.079 --> 00:39:43.799
 fitting to

00:39:43.799 --> 00:39:44.299
 celebrate

00:39:44.299 --> 00:39:44.839
 and be

00:39:44.839 --> 00:39:45.279
 glad

00:39:45.280 --> 00:39:46.220
 for this

00:39:46.220 --> 00:39:46.820
 your brother

00:39:46.820 --> 00:39:47.620
 was dead

00:39:47.620 --> 00:39:48.400
 and is

00:39:48.400 --> 00:39:49.060
 alive.

00:39:49.680 --> 00:39:49.900
 He was

00:39:49.900 --> 00:39:50.540
 lost

00:39:50.540 --> 00:39:51.080
 and is

00:39:51.080 --> 00:39:51.640
 found.

00:39:53.640 --> 00:39:54.580
 The older

00:39:54.580 --> 00:39:55.460
 son refused

00:39:55.460 --> 00:39:55.980
 to call

00:39:55.980 --> 00:39:56.360
 him

00:39:56.360 --> 00:39:57.160
 father

00:39:57.160 --> 00:39:58.680
 but the

00:39:58.680 --> 00:39:59.220
 father still

00:39:59.220 --> 00:39:59.640
 addresses

00:39:59.640 --> 00:40:00.019
 him as

00:40:00.019 --> 00:40:00.280
 son.

00:40:00.840 --> 00:40:01.500
 The older

00:40:01.500 --> 00:40:02.140
 son referred

00:40:02.140 --> 00:40:02.480
 to the

00:40:02.480 --> 00:40:02.720
 younger

00:40:02.720 --> 00:40:03.340
 son as

00:40:03.340 --> 00:40:04.380
 this son

00:40:04.380 --> 00:40:04.820
 of yours

00:40:04.820 --> 00:40:05.220
 but now

00:40:05.220 --> 00:40:05.640
 the father

00:40:05.640 --> 00:40:06.080
 reminds him

00:40:06.080 --> 00:40:06.380
 that this

00:40:06.380 --> 00:40:06.720
 is after

00:40:06.719 --> 00:40:07.519
 of your

00:40:07.519 --> 00:40:08.019
 brother.

00:40:09.019 --> 00:40:09.859
 The older

00:40:09.859 --> 00:40:10.539
 son accused

00:40:10.539 --> 00:40:10.980
 the father

00:40:10.980 --> 00:40:11.379
 of never

00:40:11.379 --> 00:40:11.859
 giving him

00:40:11.859 --> 00:40:12.139
 even a

00:40:12.139 --> 00:40:12.879
 young goat

00:40:12.879 --> 00:40:13.539
 but the

00:40:13.539 --> 00:40:13.819
 father

00:40:13.819 --> 00:40:14.619
 reminds him

00:40:14.619 --> 00:40:15.139
 a young

00:40:15.139 --> 00:40:15.699
 goat

00:40:15.699 --> 00:40:17.599
 this whole

00:40:17.599 --> 00:40:18.019
 thing is

00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:18.419
 yours.

00:40:26.879 --> 00:40:27.799
 The father

00:40:27.799 --> 00:40:28.679
 entreats

00:40:28.679 --> 00:40:30.559
 him and

00:40:30.559 --> 00:40:30.980
 through this

00:40:30.980 --> 00:40:31.259
 parable

00:40:31.259 --> 00:40:31.679
 God is

00:40:31.679 --> 00:40:32.339
 entreating

00:40:32.339 --> 00:40:32.879
 even the

00:40:32.879 --> 00:40:33.419
 legalistic

00:40:33.419 --> 00:40:34.179
 law keepers

00:40:34.179 --> 00:40:34.719
 among us

00:40:34.719 --> 00:40:35.599
 even the

00:40:35.599 --> 00:40:36.139
 proud and

00:40:36.139 --> 00:40:37.000
 self-righteous

00:40:37.000 --> 00:40:37.639
 people among

00:40:37.639 --> 00:40:37.920
 us.

00:40:38.440 --> 00:40:38.920
 Don't be

00:40:38.920 --> 00:40:39.519
 grudged that

00:40:39.519 --> 00:40:40.019
 the sinners

00:40:40.019 --> 00:40:40.500
 are coming

00:40:40.500 --> 00:40:40.980
 to me and

00:40:40.980 --> 00:40:41.639
 being saved.

00:40:41.940 --> 00:40:42.739
 Rejoice with

00:40:42.739 --> 00:40:42.980
 me.

00:40:43.400 --> 00:40:43.980
 Join me in

00:40:43.980 --> 00:40:44.379
 my mission

00:40:44.379 --> 00:40:45.139
 to go and

00:40:45.139 --> 00:40:45.719
 seek and

00:40:45.719 --> 00:40:46.299
 save the

00:40:46.299 --> 00:40:46.699
 lost.

00:40:47.339 --> 00:40:47.559
 Your

00:40:47.559 --> 00:40:48.179
 inheritance

00:40:48.179 --> 00:40:48.739
 is not

00:40:48.739 --> 00:40:49.279
 something you

00:40:49.279 --> 00:40:49.779
 have earned.

00:40:50.099 --> 00:40:50.440
 It's a

00:40:50.440 --> 00:40:51.579
 gift that I

00:40:51.579 --> 00:40:52.420
 freely bestow

00:40:52.420 --> 00:40:52.940
 on you

00:40:52.940 --> 00:40:53.639
 because I

00:40:53.639 --> 00:40:53.920
 am your

00:40:53.920 --> 00:40:54.199
 loving

00:40:54.199 --> 00:40:54.679
 father.

00:40:58.279 --> 00:40:58.839
 This

00:40:58.839 --> 00:40:59.460
 parable ends

00:40:59.460 --> 00:40:59.699
 on a

00:40:59.699 --> 00:41:00.199
 cliffhanger

00:41:00.199 --> 00:41:01.539
 with the

00:41:01.539 --> 00:41:01.879
 father's

00:41:01.879 --> 00:41:02.299
 entreating.

00:41:02.400 --> 00:41:02.659
 We don't

00:41:02.659 --> 00:41:03.259
 see what the

00:41:03.259 --> 00:41:03.739
 Pharisees and

00:41:03.739 --> 00:41:04.239
 the scribes

00:41:04.239 --> 00:41:05.619
 do or

00:41:05.619 --> 00:41:06.199
 how the

00:41:06.199 --> 00:41:06.839
 older brother

00:41:06.839 --> 00:41:07.319
 responds.

00:41:07.480 --> 00:41:07.619
 Rather,

00:41:08.380 --> 00:41:08.940
 it ends

00:41:08.940 --> 00:41:09.460
 with this

00:41:09.460 --> 00:41:10.019
 invitation.

00:41:12.299 --> 00:41:13.179
 But this

00:41:13.179 --> 00:41:14.239
 lavish love

00:41:14.239 --> 00:41:14.559
 of the

00:41:14.559 --> 00:41:15.239
 father comes

00:41:15.239 --> 00:41:15.960
 at great

00:41:15.960 --> 00:41:16.440
 cost.

00:41:18.940 --> 00:41:20.179
 Because the

00:41:20.179 --> 00:41:20.759
 father must

00:41:20.759 --> 00:41:21.279
 bear the

00:41:21.279 --> 00:41:22.799
 shame and

00:41:22.799 --> 00:41:23.619
 the loss

00:41:23.619 --> 00:41:24.339
 that the

00:41:24.339 --> 00:41:24.940
 younger son

00:41:24.940 --> 00:41:25.500
 incurred.

00:41:25.500 --> 00:41:28.739
 the older

00:41:28.739 --> 00:41:29.460
 son, too,

00:41:29.599 --> 00:41:30.860
 must bear

00:41:30.860 --> 00:41:31.539
 the shame

00:41:31.539 --> 00:41:32.719
 and the

00:41:32.719 --> 00:41:33.880
 loss that

00:41:33.880 --> 00:41:34.719
 his younger

00:41:34.719 --> 00:41:35.400
 brother has

00:41:35.400 --> 00:41:36.019
 brought upon

00:41:36.019 --> 00:41:36.280
 him.

00:41:37.380 --> 00:41:38.099
 After all,

00:41:38.539 --> 00:41:39.420
 all that is

00:41:39.420 --> 00:41:40.039
 left of the

00:41:40.039 --> 00:41:40.559
 father's

00:41:40.559 --> 00:41:41.940
 inheritance is

00:41:41.940 --> 00:41:42.780
 entirely

00:41:42.780 --> 00:41:43.579
 his.

00:41:46.400 --> 00:41:47.039
 Remember,

00:41:47.239 --> 00:41:47.800
 he took the

00:41:47.800 --> 00:41:48.320
 one-third and

00:41:48.320 --> 00:41:48.639
 left.

00:41:49.239 --> 00:41:49.840
 The two-thirds

00:41:49.840 --> 00:41:50.599
 is the older

00:41:50.599 --> 00:41:50.920
 son.

00:41:50.920 --> 00:41:53.740
 the only

00:41:53.740 --> 00:41:54.480
 way that the

00:41:54.480 --> 00:41:55.039
 younger son

00:41:55.039 --> 00:41:55.680
 gets any

00:41:55.680 --> 00:41:57.000
 inheritance is

00:41:57.000 --> 00:41:57.500
 if the

00:41:57.500 --> 00:41:58.039
 older son

00:41:58.039 --> 00:41:58.920
 decides to

00:41:58.920 --> 00:42:00.500
 share his.

00:42:04.500 --> 00:42:05.180
 There's a

00:42:05.180 --> 00:42:05.860
 heavy cost

00:42:05.860 --> 00:42:07.300
 that comes

00:42:07.300 --> 00:42:07.619
 with the

00:42:07.619 --> 00:42:08.039
 father's

00:42:08.039 --> 00:42:08.500
 forgiveness.

00:42:12.780 --> 00:42:13.619
 And that's

00:42:13.619 --> 00:42:14.280
 the cost we

00:42:14.280 --> 00:42:15.440
 see God the

00:42:15.440 --> 00:42:16.820
 father bear on

00:42:16.820 --> 00:42:17.460
 the cross of

00:42:17.460 --> 00:42:18.199
 Jesus Christ.

00:42:20.820 --> 00:42:22.039
 The father

00:42:22.039 --> 00:42:25.519
 gives up his

00:42:25.519 --> 00:42:27.039
 most treasured,

00:42:28.420 --> 00:42:29.920
 his only

00:42:29.920 --> 00:42:31.159
 son, his

00:42:31.159 --> 00:42:32.380
 beloved son,

00:42:32.860 --> 00:42:33.619
 Jesus Christ.

00:42:35.019 --> 00:42:36.300
 The heaviest

00:42:36.300 --> 00:42:37.179
 loss that the

00:42:37.179 --> 00:42:37.679
 father could

00:42:37.679 --> 00:42:38.260
 have incurred.

00:42:39.340 --> 00:42:40.099
 He gives

00:42:40.099 --> 00:42:42.480
 his son that

00:42:42.480 --> 00:42:43.159
 he might save

00:42:43.159 --> 00:42:43.880
 us from our

00:42:43.880 --> 00:42:44.539
 sin and death.

00:42:44.539 --> 00:42:46.940
 And Jesus,

00:42:47.579 --> 00:42:48.920
 he is the

00:42:48.920 --> 00:42:49.920
 true elder

00:42:49.920 --> 00:42:52.079
 brother that

00:42:52.079 --> 00:42:52.599
 the Pharisees

00:42:52.599 --> 00:42:52.840
 and the

00:42:52.840 --> 00:42:53.420
 scribes should

00:42:53.420 --> 00:42:53.719
 have been.

00:42:54.239 --> 00:42:54.920
 And Jesus,

00:42:55.820 --> 00:42:56.340
 instead of

00:42:56.340 --> 00:42:56.619
 saying,

00:42:56.739 --> 00:42:57.360
 well, they've

00:42:57.360 --> 00:42:57.800
 squandered

00:42:57.800 --> 00:42:59.039
 their property,

00:43:00.079 --> 00:43:00.779
 all that is

00:43:00.779 --> 00:43:01.519
 left is

00:43:01.519 --> 00:43:01.880
 mine.

00:43:03.179 --> 00:43:03.579
 Instead,

00:43:03.739 --> 00:43:04.779
 Jesus gives

00:43:04.779 --> 00:43:05.300
 up his

00:43:05.300 --> 00:43:05.739
 throne in

00:43:05.739 --> 00:43:05.900
 heaven,

00:43:06.739 --> 00:43:07.320
 comes down

00:43:07.320 --> 00:43:07.759
 to earth,

00:43:09.400 --> 00:43:09.860
 takes on

00:43:09.860 --> 00:43:10.619
 human flesh.

00:43:11.199 --> 00:43:11.659
 Even though

00:43:11.659 --> 00:43:12.159
 he lives a

00:43:12.159 --> 00:43:12.500
 life of

00:43:12.500 --> 00:43:13.239
 perfect obedience,

00:43:13.239 --> 00:43:15.000
 he died the

00:43:15.000 --> 00:43:15.639
 death of a

00:43:15.639 --> 00:43:16.059
 sinner and

00:43:16.059 --> 00:43:17.079
 a slave on

00:43:17.079 --> 00:43:17.599
 the cross.

00:43:19.019 --> 00:43:20.039
 He pays

00:43:20.039 --> 00:43:20.679
 the penalty

00:43:20.679 --> 00:43:21.199
 that we

00:43:21.199 --> 00:43:21.579
 deserve.

00:43:22.739 --> 00:43:23.839
 He pays

00:43:23.839 --> 00:43:24.439
 the debt

00:43:24.439 --> 00:43:25.299
 that we

00:43:25.299 --> 00:43:27.539
 incurred in

00:43:27.539 --> 00:43:28.439
 squandering our

00:43:28.439 --> 00:43:29.179
 property with

00:43:29.179 --> 00:43:29.939
 prostitutes.

00:43:32.779 --> 00:43:33.719
 All kinds

00:43:33.719 --> 00:43:34.219
 of sort of

00:43:34.219 --> 00:43:34.519
 sin.

00:43:34.519 --> 00:43:34.739
 need.

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 That's why

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 it says in

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 Romans 8,

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 29,

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 Jesus is

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 the first

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 born among

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 many brothers.

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 It's through

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 Jesus that

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 God the

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 Father intends

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 to save

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 us and

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 join us to

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 his family.

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 That's why

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 he's called

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 that first

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 born among

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 many brothers.

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 That's why

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 in Colossians

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 118,

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 it says that

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 Jesus is

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 the first

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 born from

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 the dead

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 because it's

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 Jesus,

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 because Jesus

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 is the only

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 divine son of

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 God,

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 fully God

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 and fully

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 man,

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 and yet

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 he died

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 the death

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 that he

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 did not

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 deserve.

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 It's through

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 his death

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 and resurrection

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 that we

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 who are

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 dead in

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 our trespasses

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 and sin

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 are made

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 alive together

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 in Jesus

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 Christ.

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 Alive by

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 the spirit

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 of the power

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 of the Holy

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 Spirit.

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 For the

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 son was

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 dead and

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 is alive

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 again.

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 He was

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 lost

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 and is

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 found.

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 I know

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 many of you

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 know exactly

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 what that's

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 like.

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 I was

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 lost

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 and now

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 I'm

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 found.

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 I was

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 dead

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 but now

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 I'm

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 alive.

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 And that

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 is worth

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 celebrating

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 in our

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 church.

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 And that

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 Thank you.