Jesus taught a story that
illustrates redemption, love and forgiveness in Luke 15:11-32. It is commonly
called the Parable of the Prodigal Son.
There was a man who had two sons. The oldest was obedient and content to live with his father. The younger couldn’t wait to get away from the family to live life on his own terms. When he was able, he went to his father to ask for his portion of the inheritance. When he got his money he ran off to a far away land. Jesus says that the young man wasted his money in wild living. A short time later the economy bottomed out and the man had no money, no job and no friends. He was willing to take whatever job he could get and ended up taking care of pigs for a farmer. He was so destitute that he was willing to eat the pig feed to stay alive.
There was a man who had two sons. The oldest was obedient and content to live with his father. The younger couldn’t wait to get away from the family to live life on his own terms. When he was able, he went to his father to ask for his portion of the inheritance. When he got his money he ran off to a far away land. Jesus says that the young man wasted his money in wild living. A short time later the economy bottomed out and the man had no money, no job and no friends. He was willing to take whatever job he could get and ended up taking care of pigs for a farmer. He was so destitute that he was willing to eat the pig feed to stay alive.
The young man wised up
and realized that he had a loving father who treated his servants better than
the boy was currently living. He decided to return home as a servant to the
father. At least he would have food to eat. Little did he know, his father was
expecting the boy’s return. As soon as the father saw the young man on the
horizon, he ran to him with open arms of forgiveness.
Though the boy returned
with hopes of just being a servant, the father accepted him as the son he
always was. The boy was forgiven and restored to his former position in the
family.
Forgive Others–
Jesus gave a wonderful parable on this. In this parable, he shows how much the
father loved his son even after the son wasted his inheritance and hurt his
father’s heart by running away, he still forgave him. God forgives us for our
sins, so we must forgive others who repent to us. We remember, we all make mistakes and
sometimes those mistakes hurt people, even those we love. God forgives people, and people must forgive
others as well.
Even if that person wrongs you seven times a day and each time turns again and asks forgiveness, you must forgive.” Luke 17:4
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