Turn to Grace - The Prodigal Son [Sermon]

Liberty, Missouri, USA

April 2012

Isaiah 53:6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Luke 15

A. Lost sheep – The Lost

Luke 15:3-7

Isaiah 53:6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

B. Lost Coin – The Search

Luke 15:8-10

C. Lost Son – The Restoration

11 Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons.

12 The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.

Deuteronomy 21:17. He must acknowledge the son … as the firstborn by giving him a double share of all he has.

The wish to be free of God is the deepest yearning of man. It is greater than his yearning for God. Helmut Thielicke, Between God and Satan

13 “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living.

14 After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need.

15 So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.

16 He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.

17 “When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!

18 I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

Ezra 9.6 and prayed: “I am too ashamed and disgraced, my God, to lift up my face to you, because our sins are higher than our heads and our guilt has reached to the heavens.

19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’

Lev 19:13 … ‘Do not hold back the wages of a hired worker overnight..

20 So he got up and went to his father.

Hebrews 12:2 (LEB) … fixing our eyes on Jesus, the originator and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding the shame…. Joel 2:27 Then you will know that I am …. the Lord your God, and that there is no other; never again will my people be shamed.

21 “The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.

22 “But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.

Ephesians 1:3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.

23 Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate. 24 For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate.

Psalms 23:5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies…

Romans 5:20 Where sin increases, grace increase all the more

Isaiah 53:6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

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