To God we are his reward—we are his joy and passion. (2) To lay one's neck under the executioner's sword, i.e. He said to his father, “this son of yours” (v.30), instead of calling him “my brother.” Clearly, he hadn’t experienced the wonder of grace. The far country is an attitude of a person's heart, mind, soul, will, and desires. This further illustrates that Jesus is describing people who were never Christians. —Luke 15:16. They are two sides of the same work of the Holy Spirit to convict sinners of their sin and draw them to Christ. 51:19; Jer. 14:18; Jer. To conquer death and win; No! Amalek 3 on Exodus 18:1, 65a). Thus this son could know what would be his but could not legally sell his assets; he does it anyway. Metaphorically it means to dissipate, squander (Luke 15:13; 16:1). Boutros says a homeless man apparently brought the portfolio up from the subway platform to the street. Repentance means turning to God from our sins. The worldly friends who told you that you were the greatest when you had money start avoiding you when the famine sets in. No one was giving anything to him - Once his wealth was gone, so were his fair weather friends (friends in quotes)! our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. He’s getting what he deserves.” But the Lord did not end there. Learning that they had spent so much time and energy searching for our family made me feel special. 13:5; Lk. You have to come to your senses and say, “Father, I have sinned.” When you do, you will find the mercy that Proverbs 28:13 talks about. At first it just seems like an interesting and touching story. And in His great mercy and lovingkindnesses which "are new every morning" (Lam 3:23), He grants us the gift of repentance and we work out our salvation by carrying out the choice of our will to repent from our sin against Him. Luke 11:46). Synagogues would not accept their alms. So associated with pestilence and the sword (2 Samuel 21; 1 Kings 17). Inrig - The older son has only contempt for such a response. There is no grumbling by the shepherd, but instead rejoicing. Clephane's lyrics are poignant and powerful and worthy of pondering rather than just being mouthed. He sent Christ to die for our sins while we were wandering from the fold. 6:11; Ezek. The prodigal shows us a number of things about true repentance. If you are critical and picky, is it because you feel that you have been treated unfairly? Never no one in this world Lk 7:10-note When those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave in good health. That would be a precarious conclusion, for Jesus is not dealing here with the whole Gospel message but with the one great fact of the Father’s pardoning love. And of course in such a distant country he would be less likely to find anyone who would hold him accountable for his loose living, because a lascivious, immoral lifestyle was the "norm" for most Gentile nations of the day. In essence, the older brother is saying that he was the one worthy of the celebration, and his father had been ungrateful for all his work. Eggizo can describe the nearness of various aspects of the spiritual kingdom including the hour of betrayal (Mt 26:45), redemption (Lk 21:28), and the Second Coming (Heb 10:25-note, cf James 5:8). Spurgeon - I hardly know which to admire most, the love of the father when he fell upon the neck of the prodigal, or the love of the father when he went out to talk with his elder son: “Therefore came his father out, and treated him.” Oh, our God is very good to us when we give way to naughty tempers! I now surrender, Lord—in me abide. 16:30; Lk. In the story Jesus told about the prodigal son, a young man left home and wasted his inheritance. 31:27 " I know your rebellion and your stubbornness (idiom - literally "stiffness of neck") (cf Jer 7:26, 17:23, 19:15) A neck under the yoke was an idiom describing one country conquered by another (Jer 27:11, 12, see Jer 28:10-14, Jer 30:8). The sower symbolizes anyone who scatters seed on the ground. Mark 4:15 (NASB), Now the parable is this: the seed is the word of God. —Anon. Up vistaed hopes I sped; Go to my father - From the preceding context (my father's hired men have more than enough bread...I am dying here with hunger) it seems that initially starvation motivated his desire to return. In Luke 15, people who were despised by their society came to hear Jesus. It’s true that Jesus preached to multitudes in Judea, fed 5,000 people gathered by the Sea of Galilee, and ministered to the crowds in Capernaum. Are you weary? Luke 15:20  "So he got up and came to his father. 30:8; Lam. If you know that there are sins in your heart that need God’s merciful forgiveness, put your name in there. But it has happened in your life. By Dennis Fisher, The Lord has come to seek and save Gotquestions - All these things represent what we receive in Christ upon salvation: the robe of the Redeemer's righteousness (Isaiah 61:10), the privilege of partaking of the Spirit of adoption (Ephesians 1:5), and feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace, prepared to walk in the ways of holiness (Ephesians 6:15), Sandals (5266)(hupodema from hupodeo = to bind under) means a sloe bound under (the foot). Everybody is excited. In his ministry travels Paul said he was occasionally "in hunger" (2 Cor 11:27). Refusal to accept all those whom the Lord accepts is no small matter. Christ’s opening statement caused His listeners to evaluate their own responses to such a situation. KJV Romans 14:9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living. It has nothing to do with deeds or acts that make one worthy. (James 4:8-note). All is forgiven. In this parable, Jesus uses four illustrations to teach them the value of every lost soul. God is ready with open arms to welcome the sinner who comes back to him. The best robe - This would undoubtedly be the robe that belonged to the father himself, and was worn only on important occasions such as a grand celebration. He’s searching for you.By David C. McCasland, I once was lost, but now I’m found; She left nothing to chance. Adrian Rogers applies the severe famine to all who are lost and apart from their Father - No matter what you depend upon, no matter how wealthy you are, no matter how you are, no matter how you have power, you are going to leave it or it is going to leave you. What man of you, having a hundred sheep, . In some of them, problems prohibit the seed from growing. But to feed pigs added insult to injury! May I become your disciple?” “My son,” came the reply, “do you know what hurts me and gives me pain?” “No, sir, I don’t think I do.” “Then how can you say you love me, if you don’t know what hurts me?” That is the sense of these three parables. Don't stand outside! This story deserves more than just a barebones treatment; a mere superficial understanding that fails to grasp the depth and richness of its message....Like the parables of the lost sheep and the lost coin, this parable depicts God’s joy over the salvation of the lost. Spurgeon once said - A heavy wagon was being dragged along a country lane by a team of oxen. Remember that the main point of this parable is  that the lost is found. They wanted to tell them the exciting news in person. Spurgeon - And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; There generally does arise” a mighty famine” in such cases. (Heb 4:13NIV-note). There are several reasons for this. When one soul is set free. in form, in moving, how express and admirable! He was hungry. A heavy, fat, or long fleeced sheep will lie down comfortably in some little hollow or depression in the ground. I’m going to let him crawl up to me on his hands and knees and beg for mercy. And so this story is for us. We will understand these parables more fully if we remember that the strict Jews said, not "There will be joy in heaven over one sinner who repents," but, "There will be joy in heaven over one sinner who is obliterated before God." (The word really means a delusion.) The seeds of them are evidently the natural product of the heart. To there surprise, the father gave the son his share. Perhaps you feel discouraged over repeated personal failure. The shepherd rejoices, the neighbors rejoice, and heaven rejoices. Instead, he would make him sit in the village outside the gate of the family home for days in shame and disgrace. If you are living in sin, cease immediately. Away on the mountains wild and bare; But it wasn’t enough. A Sunday school teacher asked a class what the word “repentance” means. 13:3)....Parables were an effective from of communication because, as stories, they immediately sparked interest in the hearers. Furthermore, according to the Mosaic Law the younger son would not have even been entitled to an equal share of the inheritance. They don't know how it happened that they are alive." Although the poet flees from him, God remains unhurried and unperturbed until finally the pursued understands that this is the true love of a determined God (Ed: Who loses none who are His sheep!). His friends and neighbors who celebrated with him must have felt that to find a lost sheep was one of the most joyous and worthwhile endeavors in the world. Gotquestions - In verse 13 we read that he travels to a distant country. He didn’t just sit there in the pigsty thinking, “I should go back to my father some day.” He didn’t just feel bad about what he had done, although he must have felt terrible. Observe that the woman called the money, ‘my piece which was lost.’ When she lost its possession she did not lose her right to it; it did not become somebody else’s when it slipped out of her hand and fell upon the floor.” (Spurgeon), Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I lost! Worthy (514) (áxios from ágō = to weigh) strictly speaking means bringing up the other beam of the scales. He sought after you until He found you and rescued you from your hopeless condition. If you want a new life, come home. They picture three key ways people tend to get away from God. What is repentance and is it necessary for salvation? Those examples describe non-moral decisions, defined as decisions about which the Bible gives no direct guidance. Philos can mean kindly disposed or devoted (Acts 19:31). Gary Inrig - Had the Lord stopped at this point, his critics would have risen up with enthusiastic approval. The psalmist spoke of this in Psalm 119. They are barren of spiritual fruit and blessings. And so John said "I am not fit to remove His (referring to Jesus) sandals." In the same way our Good Shepherd goes after every sheep whom His Father has given to Him, that none will be lost (Jn 17:2, Jn 17:6, Jo 17:9), but that all will be brought safely into His fold. Paul rebuked the Corinthians for their lax stand with the immoral brother and thus commanded them not to “even” eat with an immoral brother (1 Corinthians 5:11). The man is desperately trying to find a lottery ticket worth 1.5 million dollars ($700,000 US), that he says he accidentally threw out in an empty grocery bag. Before the Iron Curtain fell believers were called "Repenters!") When Mr. Moody had finished speaking he called upon Dr. Bonar to say a few words. At Nuzi the seller removed his foot from a piece of land he was selling and placed the buyer’s foot in its place. having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost? He had a proper opinion of his dismal condition as a sinner. You will find it in abundance. 21:1; 2 Sam. But the last float fully captured our attention. I almost despair of our churches ever learning the difference between revival and evangelism. Principal Garrett said, “We talk a lot in education about no child left behind. So we try to clean ourselves up, we try to be presentable, we brush our teeth and comb our hair, but we still have pig slop under our fingernails. ", Behold, the Lord GOD ( Adonai Jehovah) will come with might, with His arm ruling for Him. If repentance is truly the work of God (Acts 11:18), then the sinner will obey God and put saving faith in Jesus Christ (Acts 20:21). 21:28; Lk. (Isa 53:6, cf 1 Pe 2:25). Repentance is the sinner’s part in the process of being restored to God, and there is no true gospel apart from it. You, as believers, have everything. When a person is smothered, oxygen begins to leave the brain, and soon one cannot function or even think. He just doesn't want you to be deceived by it. And as we shall see the prodigal's partying produces passing pleasures (emphasis on the word "passing")! Thus he came to the king and prostrated himself on his face to the ground before the king, and the king kissed Absalom. And when all the self-help strategies fail, the sinner hits rock bottom. If you’re ready for a change, come home. (Ed: Have you meditated much on the worth of ONE SOUL? (New American Commentary - Luke), John MacArthur on the nature of repentance - Saving repentance never exists except in partnership with faith. 3. 16:4; Jer. The man in whom the change is wrought is said to "repent." 10:11; Mic. Vincent says that asotia is literally "unsavingness" and describes the "the prodigal son who lived unsavingly [asotos].". That is the next thing about repentance, that it is a turning from our sin to God Himself. Suddenly, He begins telling parables exclusively, much to the surprise of His disciples, who asked Him, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?” (Matthew 13:10). 19:10), they are found by God, rejoicing follows. They fulfilled Isaiah’s prophecy of a hardhearted, spiritually blind people (Isaiah 6:9–10). I dug myself into this pit; I’ll pull myself out by my own bootstraps!” he would not have gone back to his father. When his money was all gone, he took a job tending pigs. A rabbinic saying runs, ‘Cursed be the man who would breed swine’ (Baba Kamma 82b - see below). As MacArthur says "Sin’s pleasures are fleeting (Heb. Let me to encourage you to do what we did -- to keep pleading with our Father to save your prodigal, a prayer we prayed for 20 years (always asking others to pray for him also). Gilbrant on choiros - “Swine” were detestable creatures being classified with the dog (cf. For Jesus to ask the scribes and Pharisees to imagine themselves in the role of a shepherd was insulting. Falling to his father’s feet he forlornly fumbled, “Father, I have flunked and frugalessly forfeited family favor.” The fugitive’s, faultfinding brother frowned on fickle forgiveness, but the faithful father figure filled with fidelity, cried, “The fugitive is found. Similarly, a more careless woman would not have gone to so much trouble to find one lost coin when she still had nine, but the Lord "came to seek and to save that which was lost" (Luke 19:10), and He knew the full redemption price must be paid. If you are living a life of sin, Jesus is saying to you, “No matter how awful, defiant, and wretched your sin, if you will come to the Father in true repentance, He will welcome you.” (Bolding added for emphasis) (Luke 15:11-32 How to Receive God’s Abundant Mercy), MacArthur on His father running to meet him - The scribes and Pharisees would have expected that if the son did return, the father, to maintain his own honor, would initially refuse to see him. Trachelos is used in several idioms -  (1) Literally to fall on the neck, i.e. . He was even forbidden, so far as it was possible, to have any business dealings with him. Obviously, this required that the brother be unmarried and desired to keep the property in the family by passing it on to a son. I wonder what “deceitfulness of riches” means? They feel they have earned their way to Heaven. Because the far country is not that far away. 92:9; Ps. In classical Greek and in the Septuagint (only in the Apocrypha) it also has the figurative meaning “to wear out, exhaust, or destroy” as in hearts worn out to death, a water supply becoming spent (Judith 11:12), or a burnt offering being spent by the fire (2 Maccabees 1:23). If not, could it be that you are not living a lifestyle of repentance? Mattoon on the distant country - The far country is not hard to find. (Deut 21:18-21) “If any man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father or his mother, and when they chastise him, he will not even listen to them, 19 then his father and mother shall seize him, and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gateway of his hometown. But for 20 years my wife and I pleaded with God almost daily for his soul as he was not a believer during this time in the far country. After the resettling of the Jewish people in Judea on their return from the Babylonian captivity, there were two religious groups among them. So we climbed into the car to begin looking for our wayward Scottish terrier. 1. Luke 8:12 states, “So that they will not believe and be saved.” This reveals the parable is about salvation and not about sanctification or some other concept. Wiersbe has an interesting comment - The necklace of ten coins was a headband that signified that a woman was married. The Lord wants us to see that the Father’s heart hurts for the lost and rejoices when the lost are found. Family members said they believed Sims was “selling things” near the twin towers when the attacks occurred. This son of a wealthy father has now thrown it all away. They failed to share in the joy that exists in the presence of the angels of God, who have a keen interest in the redemption that produces God’s joy (cf. The apostles did not “lack” anything when Jesus sent them out to evangelize (Luke 22:35), and Paul’s “needs” were met by fellow Christians from Macedonia (2 Corinthians 11:9).". . You don’t have to live in fear that someone will find you out. He sent him into his fields to feed swine - Not exactly the "field of dreams" for a Jewish boy, but a nightmare come true! Those beside the road are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they will not believe and be saved. If not himself, then he has naught (Ibid), Wiersbe - Jesus saw what these “sinners” really were: lost sheep who needed a shepherd; lost coins that had value and needed to be put into circulation; lost sons who needed to be in fellowship with the Father. than the literal meaning. 13:14; Jer. They cannot withstand difficult times. Mt. But rather than using a single word or phrase to make the comparison or analogy, as in a simile, metaphor, or hypocatastasis, a parable is an extended analogy in story form. Mt 15:1, Mt 23:2, Mt 23:13, Mat 23:14, Mt 23:15, Mt 23:23, Mt 23:25, Mt 23:27, Mt 23:29, Mk 2:16, Mk 7:1, Mk 7:5, Luke 5:21, Luke 5:30, Luke 6:7, Luke 11:53, Luke 15:2, Jn 8:3. Felt compassion (4697)(splanchnizomai from splagchnon = bowel, viscera) means to experience a deep visceral feeling for someone, to feel compassion for, to feel sympathy, to take pity on someone. Matthew 6:24 (KJV) What a picture of folks today that are clinging to the wrong things. Ponder the picture of his impoverished filthy, smelly son, dressed in dirty rags. ", NET Note on given me a young goat - You never gave me even a goat. 15:4; Lk. Live  (2198)(zao) can refer to physical life (and often in the Old Testament sense), or it can refer to spiritual existence. One of the finest examples of the treatment of the return is by Murillo, in the splendid picture in the gallery of the Duke of Sutherland. Joy is the only possibility. In a sense, this was a "religious" celebration of a dead son who was now alive! (John 18:33-38), The Samaritan acclaimed or praised Him. An article of wealth that is highly valued in one part of the earth may turn out to be totally worthless elsewhere. Her parents lived in emotional turmoil for a week, unable to eat or sleep. Certain preachers have been telling us, lately, that it is a very easy matter to obtain salvation, and that there is no need of repentance; or if repentance is needed, it is merely a change of mind. All good things must end! They completely missed the message of the Sermon on the Mount and its emphasis on inward attitudes and holiness of heart (Matt. 5:2; Job 39:19; Job 41:22; Pr 1:9; Pr 3:3; Pr 3:22; Pr 6:21; Song 1:10; Song 4:4; Song 4:9; Song 7:4; Isa. There were two candidates, their qualifications almost equal. Mark 3. He thought they might have used up their fuel traveling in the wrong direction, thinking they were headed back to shore. There arose a glad cry to the gate of heaven, (TNTC-Luke), Spurgeon - “The truth here taught is just this: that mercy stretches forth her hand to misery, that grace receives men as sinners, that it deals with demerit, unworthiness and worthlessness; that those who think themselves righteous are not the objects of divine compassion, but the unrighteous, the guilty and the undeserving, are the proper subjects for the infinite mercy of God; in a word, that salvation is not of merit but of grace.”. Some like John MacArthur actually think "the older brother who is the main focus of the parable. To be found, you must first admit that you’re lost. He could use the fellowship and fun. 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