Luke Chapter 15, and I'd like to read for us again, we've been looking at this

particular passage. It is undoubtedly my favorite portion of scripture in the

Bible. The title of my message tonight is

My Brothers Keeper. My Brothers Keeper. We're asking the all-important question, am I my brother's keeper? Am I

responsible to my neighbor? Am I responsible to my brothers and sisters? Am I my

brothers keeper? We going to go to a parable that has

three parts we're going to look at the last third and final part you've heard of

it maybe it's called the prodigal son most people call call it the prodigal son.

But I want to remind you, the reason Jesus tells this

parable is because he is criticized,

Jesus is criticized for being attractive and attracting people that don't go to church.

He's criticized actually by pastors and leaders,

leaders of the synagogue, teachers of the Torah,

they literally criticized Jesus.

And so his response to that criticism is this parable with three parts.

The conclusion is the story of two sons.

It says in Luke chapter 15 and verse 11, and there was a man who had two sons. It says in Luke chapter 15 and verse 11 and there was a man who

had two sons, two sons. The younger of them said to his father, father give me

the share of property that is coming to me and he divided his property between them.

Not many days later the younger

son gathered all he had took a journey to a far country there he squandered his

property in reckless living and when he had spent everything a severe famine arose in that country and he began to be in need.

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