Introduction

  • Luke 15:11-32 – Parable of the prodigal son.
  • The main point of this parable is the attitude of the older son.
  • Luke 15:1-3 – The setting for the parable.

Know the goal: saving the lost

  • Luke 19:1-10 – Jesus’ purpose was to save the lost!
  • Matthew 9:10-12
  • II Peter 3:9
  • We must not be prejudiced against the very people we should be trying to help!
  • Ephesians 5:11 – Jesus was not joining in with sinful deeds.
  • I Corinthians 15:33
  • Our hatred of sin should motivate us to try to help people out of it!
  • I Kings 11:4

We should rejoice when people come to the Lord.

  • Luke 15:28
  • Luke 15:4-10 – There is rejoicing in heaven when one repents!
  • James 5:19-20
  • II Thessalonians 3:14-15 – “admonish him as a brother”
  • I Corinthians 5:5
  • Let us not be like Jonah and be angry when people repent.

We should not follow our sense of fairness.

  • Luke 15:29
  • Hebrews 10:17
  • We should instead follow God’s sense of forgiveness.