The Parable of the Prodigal Son
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🗓️ 25 November 2023
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
As we near the end of our week on the parables, today we’re going to look at the parable of the prodigal son. Hanging in my office is a print of Rembrandt’s depiction of this biblical scene. It’s hard for me to think of another passage of Scripture that produces such continual fruit in my life on a daily basis. May these words of Jesus redefine our relationship with God for the better today.
Our Scripture for today comes from Luke 15:21-24, and today's worship is This Is The Sound by Steffany Gretzinger.
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| 0:00.0 | As we near the end of our week on parables, today we're going to look at the parable |
| 0:09.6 | of the prodigal son. Hanging in my office is a print of Rembrandt's depiction of this in a biblical sense. |
| 0:17.1 | It's hard for me to think of another passage of scripture that produces such continual |
| 0:21.3 | fruit in my life on a daily basis. |
| 0:24.2 | May these words of Jesus refine our relationship with God for the better today. |
| 0:29.9 | Welcome to the first 15 podcast. |
| 0:34.2 | There isn't a single passage of scripture that better illustrates the heart of her heavenly father |
| 0:38.5 | than the parable of the prodigal son. |
| 0:41.5 | So, as to not miss any of the details of this life-changing passage, |
| 0:45.9 | open your heart to the spirit as you hear it in its entirety. |
| 0:49.9 | And he said, there was a man who had two sons, |
| 0:52.9 | and the younger of them said to his father, |
| 0:55.4 | Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me. |
| 0:59.7 | And he divided his property between them. |
| 1:02.5 | Not many days later, the younger son gathered all that he had and took a journey into a far country. |
| 1:08.7 | And there he squandered his property in reckless living. |
| 1:12.4 | And when he had spent everything, a severe famine arose in that country, and he began to be in |
| 1:18.3 | need, so he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him |
| 1:23.8 | into the fields to feed pigs, and he was longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate, |
| 1:29.9 | and no one gave him anything. |
| 1:32.3 | But when he came to himself, he said, |
| 1:34.7 | How many of my father's hired servants |
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