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Grace to You: Radio Podcast

The Licentious Son B

Grace to You: Radio Podcast

John MacArthur

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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0:00.0

Well, what is the lesson here?

0:01.6

The lesson is that sin is rebellion against God, the Father.

0:05.2

It is not rebellion so much against His law.

0:08.4

It is more rebellion against His relationship.

0:11.6

It is the violation of His fatherhood.

0:15.2

Sin is disdain, sure, for God's law.

0:17.1

But before that, it's disdain for God's authority.

0:20.8

God's will.

0:21.8

Welcome to Grace to You with John MacArthur.

0:32.4

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

0:34.6

The novelist, Charles Dickens, called the Parable of the Protocol son the greatest short

0:39.2

story ever written.

0:41.5

You may have known the story since your earliest Sunday school days, but even though this parable

0:46.0

is widely known, and frankly, it's a pretty simple story.

0:50.5

It's one of the most misunderstood passages in the Bible.

0:54.3

How can that be?

0:55.7

What's to misunderstand?

0:57.7

Well, for starters, it's not just about a single rebellious son.

1:02.6

More accurately, it's the tale of two sons.

1:05.5

And that's the title of the series John MacArthur continues today here on Grace to You.

1:10.5

If you have your Bible, turn to Luke's Gospel, and here is John MacArthur.

1:15.8

We turn now in the Word of God to Luke chapter 15.

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