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.