Here is the proud hypocrite.

Here is the guy who, because he has done good for satisfaction and pride as a way to earn

salvation, he has pushed it so far down that he can't even touch it.

And he lives with his illusion that he has never neglected a command that his father has

given him.

There is the amazing self-deception of the hypocrite.

Welcome to Grace to You with John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

Maybe a family you know is dealing with a child who simply put his out of step with

mom and dad.

He chaveset their authority, gets in lots of trouble, does things without regard to his

own well-being, and without regard for the family who loves him.

Well, when you look at the family and the parable of the prodigal son, it seems pretty

clear who the problem child is.

It's the younger son.

But today John MacArthur is going to draw that story to a decidedly unfamiliar conclusion.

And as he wraps up his series on the tale of two sons, what John will say about the older

son might stun you.

And so with the lesson now, here is John MacArthur.

Luke 15 is our text and back to the story that Jesus told the parable, starting in verse

11 and running to the end of the chapter.

Now we come to verse 25 and there are three more shameful things here.

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