>> IT'S BEEN 2,000 YEARS SINCE
THE GLORIOUS LIGHT OF THE CROSS
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ILLUMINATED A WORLD
VEILED IN DARKNESS AND CONFUSION
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ABOUT THE CHARACTER OF GOD.
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AND STILL TODAY THE GREATEST
NEED OF MANKIND IS A REVELATION
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OF GOD'S LOVE AS
REVEALED IN THE LIFE OF CHRIST.
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AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS,
"THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL,"
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WITH PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR,
COMING TO YOU EACH WEEK
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FROM SACRAMENTO CENTRAL
CHURCH IN SUNNY CALIFORNIA.
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DISCOVER HIDDEN
TREASURES IN GOD'S WORD TODAY.
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>> BEAR WITH ME AS I JUST
REVIEW QUICKLY A FAMILIAR STORY.
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PLEASE TURN IN YOUR BIBLES
TO LUKE 15 IS WHERE YOU FIND
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THIS VERY IMPORTANT PARABLE.
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AND I'M NOT GONNA
READ ALL OF IT AGAIN.
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IT BEGINS WITH VERSE 11.
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IN SUMMARY, THERE'S A
MAN THAT HAS TWO SONS.
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THE YOUNGER SON CAN'T
WAIT TO GET AWAY FROM HOME.
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HE ASKS FOR HIS INHERITANCE.
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HE TAKES IT TO A FOREIGN
LAND AND SQUANDERS IT THERE.
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THEN HE COMES HOME.
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HE COMES TO HIS SENSES.
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HE ENDS UP FEEDING PIGS IN THIS
FOREIGN LAND AND REALIZES THINGS
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WEREN'T SO BAD
BACK IN DAD'S HOUSE.
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COMES HOME, REPENTS,
HIS FATHER ACCEPTS HIM,
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AND THERE IS A GREAT REJOICING.
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SO IT BEGINS WITH THE BOY,
YOU KNOW, HE COMES BACK HOME.
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THERE IS THE REPENTANCE.
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THERE IS A RECEPTION.
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AND THEN THERE IS REJOICING.
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THE FATHER
RECEIVES HIM JUST AS HE IS.
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AND THEN HE PUTS
THE BEST ROBE ON HIM.
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HE SAYS, "LET'S GO BACK TO THE
HOUSE AND WE'RE GONNA REJOICE."
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SOMEBODY ONCE SUMMARIZED THIS
STORY WITH A CLEVER ASSORTMENT
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OF WORDS.
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I THINK I MAY HAVE READ
THIS TO YOU A FEW YEARS AGO.
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"FEELING FOOTLOOSE AND FRISKY--"
THIS IS THE PRODIGAL SON STORY
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KIND OF REVAMPED A LITTLE BIT.
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"FEELING FOOTLOOSE AND FRISKY,
A FEATHER-BRAINED FELLOW FORCED
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HIS FOND FATHER TO FORK OVER
THE FARTHINGS AND FAST FLEW TO
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A FOREIGN FIELD.
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THEN HE FRITTERED HIS
FORTUNE FEASTING FABULOUSLY
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WITH FAITHLESS FRIENDS.
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FLEECED BY HIS FELLOWS
IN FOLLY AND FACING FAMINE,
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HE FOUND HIMSELF A FOUL
FEED FLINGER IN A FILTHY FARM.
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FAIRLY FAMISHING HE FEIGNED
WOULD HAVE FILLED HIS FRAME
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WITH THE FORAGED FOOD
FROM THE FODDER FRAGMENTS.
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'FOEY!
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MY FATHER'S
FLUNKIES FAIR FAR FINER.'
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THE FRAZZLED
FUGITIVE FORLORNLY FUMBLED.
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FRANKLY FACING FACTS, HE FLED
FORTHWITH TO HIS FAR OFF FAMILY.
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FINALLY FALLING AT HIS FATHER'S
FEET, HE FORLORNLY FUMBLED,
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'FATHER, I FLUNKED
AND FRUITLESSLY FORFEITED
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MY FAMILY FAVOR.'
THE FAR-SIGHTED FATHER
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FORESTALLING FUTURE FLINCHING,
FRANTICALLY FLAGGED TO
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THE FLUNKIES TO FETCH A FATLING
FROM THE FLOCK AND FIX A FEAST."
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I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS AS
MUCH FUN FOR YOU TO HEAR IT,
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BUT IT'S SURE FUN FOR
ME TO TRY AND READ IT.
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"THE FUGACIOUS FRUSTRATED
FAULT-FINDING BROTHER FROWNED
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ON HIS FICKLE
FORGIVENESS OF THE FORMER FOOL.
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BUT THE FAITHFUL FATHER
FIGURED FILIAL FIDELITY IS FINE.
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BUT THE FUGITIVE IS FOUND.
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WHAT FORBIDS FESTIVE
FESTIVITY--FERVENT FESTIVITY?
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LET FESTOON FLAGS BE
UNFURLED AND FREELY FLY.
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LET THE FANFARES FLARE."
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ANYWAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT
THE POINT OF THAT WAS, BUT IT IS
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THE STORY OF THE PRODIGAL SON.
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AND SOMEBODY TOOK IT UPON
THEMSELF TO SEE IF THEY COULD
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TELL THE WHOLE STORY
USING ONLY WORDS THAT BEGIN WITH
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THE LETTER "F."
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BUT THAT WAS PRETTY CLEVER.
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THE STORY OF THE PRODIGAL SON
COMES AS THE THIRD IN A TRILOGY
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OF STORIES DEALING
WITH THINGS THAT ARE LOST.
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TALKS ABOUT A LOST
SHEEP THAT IS FOUND.
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THEN THERE'S THE
LOST COIN THAT IS FOUND.
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THEN THERE'S THE
LOST SON THAT IS FOUND,
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BUT PEOPLE OFTEN STOP THERE.
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IN THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL
SON, IT'S REALLY A PARABLE OF
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THE PRODIGAL SONS, BECAUSE IT
BEGINS BY TALKING ABOUT TWO LOST
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BOYS, ONE WHO IS LOST
AND KNOWS IT, ONE WHO IS LOST
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AND DOESN'T KNOW IT.
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AND THE LAST BOY IN THE
STORY IS OUR FOCUS RIGHT NOW.
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AS YOU RECALL, THE SON
COMES HOME, THE WAYWARD SON,
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THE YOUNGER SON WHO
HAD SQUANDERED EVERYTHING.
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AND THE FATHER, INSTEAD OF
LECTURING HIM, HE DOESN'T FOLD
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HIS ARMS AND TAP HIS
FOOT AND SAY, "I TOLD YOU SO.
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YOU OUGHT TO GROVEL RIGHT NOW.
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ISN'T THIS WHAT I
SAID WHAT WOULD HAPPEN?"
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AS SOMETIMES FATHERS DO.
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BUT INSTEAD, THE BOY
KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING WRONG.
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FATHER OPENS HIS ARMS,
HE FREELY RECEIVES HIM.
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AND THE BOY REPENTS.
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HE CONFESSES.
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HE GOES THROUGH ALL
THE STEPS OF SALVATION.
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AS SOON AS HE DOES THAT,
THE FATHER DOESN'T EVEN MAKE
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HIM RECITE HIS WHOLE
SPEECH THAT HE PREPARED.
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HE EMBRACES HIM JUST AS HE IS.
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THAT'S JUSTIFICATION.
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HE THEN COVERS
HIM WITH THAT ROBE.
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THAT'S SANCTIFICATION.
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AND THEN HE SAYS, "WE'RE
GONNA GO BACK TO THE HOUSE,
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AND WE'RE GONNA CELEBRATE."
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AND THEY BEGIN TO REJOICE.
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BIBLE SAYS THERE'S SINGING
IN HEAVEN OVER ONE SINNER
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WHO RETURNS.
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LUKE 15:23.
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FATHER SAYS, "AND BRING HERE
THE FATTED CALF AND KILL IT.
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AND LET US EAT AND BE MERRY.
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FOR THIS MY SON WAS
DEAD AND IS ALIVE AGAIN.
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HE WAS LOST AND IS FOUND.
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AND THEY BEGIN TO MAKE MERRY."
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NOW, I SHOULD MENTION HERE
THAT OF THE DIFFERENT OFFERINGS
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THAT COULD BE OFFERED, THEY
HAD THE OFFERING OF THE POORER.
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THAT WAS THE DOVES
OR THE PIGEONS, QUAIL.
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YOU REMEMBER THIS IS WHAT JESUS'
PARENTS BROUGHT AS AN OFFERING.
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THAT'S ALL THEY
HAD WHEN HE WAS BORN.
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AND THEN YOU MIGHT
HAVE AN OFFERING OF A GOAT.
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AND THEN A LITTLE MORE
EXPENSIVE, THE OFFERING
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OF THE SHEEP.
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AND THEN MORE EXPENSIVE
OF COURSE WOULD BE THE OXEN
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AND THE CATTLE.
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THAT WAS THE VERY
EXPENSIVE OFFERINGS.
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SO THE FATHER, TO CELEBRATE,
THEY COULD KEEP A CALF, A FATTED
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CALF ALL READY FOR SLAUGHTER.
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AND IT WAS CONSIDERED THE
VERY BEST SAVED--IT'S LIKE
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WHAT AMERICANS DO WITH A
FATTED TURKEY FOR THANKSGIVING.
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AND THEY OFFER THEIR
BEST OFFERING TO CELEBRATE
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THIS SON'S RETURN.
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IS IT APPROPRIATE TO
SPEND MONEY ON A CELEBRATION?
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HOW MUCH SHOULD
YOU SPEND ON A WEDDING?
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NOW THERE'S A QUESTION.
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BUT DO YOU SPEND SOMETHING?
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DO PEOPLE EXPECT FOR A WEDDING--
I MEAN HOW MANY BIG OCCASIONS
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ARE THERE IN LIFE?
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PEOPLE CELEBRATE A BIRTH.
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SOMETIMES MONEY IS
SPENT AT A FUNERAL.
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THAT'S APPROPRIATE TO REMEMBER
A PERSON'S LIFE, TO HONOR THEM
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FOR THAT MEMORIAL.
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AND A WEDDING IS SUPPOSED
TO BE A GREAT CELEBRATION.
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IT'S REALLY THE
BIRTH OF A NEW FAMILY.
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AND QUESTION IS SOME
PEOPLE GO OVERBOARD RIGHT?
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I'VE GOT A FAMILY MEMBER
THAT WILL REMAIN NAMELESS THAT
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SPENT--OH, I DON'T KNOW, I
THINK THEY SPENT A QUARTER OF
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A MILLION ON A WEDDING.
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THAT ABOUT RIGHT, DEAR?
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WHERE IS SHE?
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IT SEEMED AWFULLY QUIET IN HERE.
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I THINK IT WAS ABOUT $250,000.
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I KNOW THEY SPENT
$50,000 ON FLOWERS.
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HAD IT AT THE PALM
DRIVE HOTEL IN BEVERLY HILLS.
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FOUR DAYS
LATER, SHE ANNULLED IT.
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AND WE NEVER DID
GET OUR GIFT BACK.
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NOW THAT TO ME WAS
SPENDING TOO MUCH ON A WEDDING.
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BUT YOU OUGHT
TO SPEND SOMETHING.
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AND SO THERE'S NOTHING WRONG
WITH INVESTING IN CELEBRATING
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THIS NEW BIRTH, THIS NEW LIFE.
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SO THEY REJOICE.
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NOW NOTICE IN ALL THREE
PARABLES, THERE'S REJOICING.
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WHEN THE SHEEP, THE MISSING
SHEEP IS FOUND, IT SAYS HE
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COMES HOME, HE CALLS
TOGETHER HIS FRIENDS, HE SAYS,
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"REJOICE WITH ME.
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I FOUND MY SHEEP THAT IS LOST."
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WHEN THE WOMAN FINDS THE MISSING
COIN, SHE CALLS HER FRIENDS
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AND SAYS, "REJOICE WITH ME."
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AND THAT'S 15:9-10, "FOR I
FOUND THE PIECE WHICH I LOST."
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IF WE'RE GONNA REJOICE OVER
A LOST SHEEP, OR A LOST COIN
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FROM OUR COIN COLLECTION,
HOW MUCH MORE WILL WE REJOICE
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OVER A LOST SON, A LOST CHILD?
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WHAT SHOULD CAUSE GREATER
CELEBRATION THAN THIS BIRTH OF
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ONE THAT WAS DEAD THAT
IS NOW ALIVE, THAT WAS SICK
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THAT IS NOW WELL, THAT
WAS LOST THAT IS NOW FOUND.
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AND SO THIS IS APPROPRIATE.
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NOW, YOU HAVE HEARD PROBABLY
SOMETHING SAID BEFORE ABOUT
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CHURCHES THAT ARE PREDISPOSED
TOWARDS TOO MUCH CELEBRATION.
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TIMING IS
EVERYTHING WITH A CHRISTIAN.
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THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THERE'S A
TIME TO SING, A TIME TO DANCE,
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THERE'S A TIME TO MOURN.
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AND EVEN THERE'S
PROPER TIMES DURING THE WEEK.
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WHEN WE ENTER INTO FORMAL
WORSHIP, THAT IS TO BE DONE
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WITH REVERENCE, AWE.
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WE LISTEN TO GOD.
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YOU KNOW IN OUR SERVICES,
WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE NOT TO CLAP
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DURING SPECIAL
MUSIC, BUT TO SAY, "AMEN."
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AND WHEN SOMEONE IS
BAPTIZED, YOU SAY, "HALLELUJAH."
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I MEAN IT'S WONDERFUL.
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THAT'S A TIME TO REJOICE.
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YOU MIGHT SING DIFFERENT SONGS
DURING A WORSHIP SERVICE THAN
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YOU WOULD SING MAYBE DURING
AN EVANGELISTIC MEETING OR
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A REVIVAL OR A CAMP MEETING.
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RIGHT?
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AND SO THERE'S A TIME
AND THERE'S A PLACE FOR ALL
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THINGS THAT DICTATES THAT.
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BUT EVEN AMONG CHRISTIANS,
WE OUGHT TO BE A HAPPY PEOPLE.
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WE OUGHT TO REJOICE.
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BUT OUR WORSHIP
OUGHT TO BE REVERENT.
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THERE'S ALSO A TIME
FOR US TO SIGH AND TO CRY.
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YOU READ EZEKIEL 9.
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THERE'S A TIME TO MOURN.
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NOW YOU DON'T WANT TO
REJOICE AT SOMEONE'S FUNERAL.
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USED TO HAVE SOMEONE CAME
TO CHURCH HERE ALL THE TIME
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AND THEY SAID
"AMEN" AFTER EVERYTHING.
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AND SOMETIMES YOU'D
SAY SOMETHING VERY BAD
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AND THEY'D SAY, "AMEN."
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AND YOU'D THINK, WELL
THAT WAS A BAD PLACE TO SAY IT.
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SO TIMING IS VERY IMPORTANT.
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AND I THINK ONE TIME I MISSPOKE
AND I GOT THE NAME OF JESUS
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AND SATAN MIXED UP.
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AND THEY STILL SAID, "AMEN."
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AND SO THAT'S THE WAY IT IS.
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YOU HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND THE RIGHT TIMING.
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AND WHEN THIS SON CAME
HOME, IT WAS A TIME TO REJOICE.
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BUT THE SECOND
SON, WHO'S THE FOCUS,
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HE DIDN'T WANT TO REJOICE.
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SO WE'VE TALKED A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT REPENTANCE,
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RECEPTION, REJOICING,
AND NOW THERE'S RIVALRY.
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THIS PARABLE BEGINS BY SAYING
THAT THERE'S A FATHER THAT
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HAD TWO SONS.
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GO TO 15:25.
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NOW WE GET TO THE SECOND SON.
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"THE OLDER SON WAS IN THE FIELD.
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AND HE CAME AND DREW NEAR
TO THE HOUSE, AND HE HEARD
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THE MUSIC AND THE DANCING.
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SO HE CALLED ONE OF THE SERVANTS
AND ASKED, 'WHAT DO THESE THINGS
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MEAN?'" HE WOULDN'T EVEN GO IN,
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FIND OUT FOR HIMSELF.
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"AND THE SERVANT SAID, 'YOUR
BROTHER HAS COME, AND BECAUSE
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YOUR FATHER RECEIVED HIM
SAFE AND SOUND, HE HAS KILLED
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THE FATTED CALF.'" AND
EVERYBODY'S CELEBRATING.
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WELL, HOW DID
THAT MAKE HIM FEEL?
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YOU NOTICE THROUGH THE BIBLE
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF STORIES
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THAT TALK ABOUT A
RIVALRY BETWEEN TWO BROTHERS.
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HOW DOES THE BIBLE BEGIN?
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ADAM AND EVE INITIALLY
HAVE-- THERE WAS A MAN THAT HAD
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TWO SONS: CAIN AND ABEL.
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WERE THEY DIFFERENT?
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VERY DIFFERENT.
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HOW DOES ONE BROTHER
FEEL ABOUT THE OTHER?
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ABEL IS DISAPPOINTED WITH
CAIN BECAUSE CAIN IS NOT DOING
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WHAT GOD SAID HE SHOULD DO.
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AND CAIN IS UPSET BECAUSE
HE'S GETTING, ABEL GETS THE
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FAVOR OF THE HEAVENLY FATHER.
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WHEN ABEL MAKES HIS OFFERING,
THE FATHER SENDS FIRE DOWN.
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HE'S FAVORED.
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THAT MAKES CAIN ANGRY.
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AND HE KILLS HIS BROTHER.
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JACOB AND ESAU.
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THERE WAS A MAN
THAT HAD TWO SONS.
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ARE THEY DIFFERENT?
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ISAAC GIVES THE
BLESSING TO JACOB.
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INITIALLY HE'S
SUPPOSED TO GIVE IT TO ESAU,
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BUT HE GIVES IT TO JACOB.
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AND HOW DOES ESAU FEEL?
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HE WANTS TO KILL HIS BROTHER.
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WELL AT THE END OF THAT
STORY, THE BROTHERS RECONCILE.
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THAT'S GOOD NEWS.
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THEN YOU READ ON AND IT TELLS
US THAT JACOB THROUGH RACHEL
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HAD TWO SONS.
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MATTER OF FACT, YOU
CAN EVEN READ ABOUT THIS
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IN GENESIS 44:27.
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"THEN YOUR SERVANT MY FATHER
SAID TO US, 'YOU KNOW THAT
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MY WIFE BORE ME TWO SONS.'"
IT'S INTERESTING THAT JACOB
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WOULD SAY, "MY
WIFE BORE ME TWO SONS."
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HOW MANY BOYS DID JACOB HAVE?
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TWELVE.
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BUT JACOB WAS THINKING OF
RACHEL AS HIS PRIMARY WIFE.
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"SHE BORE ME TWO SONS."
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ONE GOES INTO A
FAR COUNTRY: JOSEPH.
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WAS THERE A BIG REUNION WHEN
JOSEPH COMES BACK TO HIS FATHER?
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WAS THERE A REUNION
WHEN THIS PRODIGAL CAME HOME?
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IN THE STORY OF THE PRODIGAL
SON, JESUS IS DRAWING UPON
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THE JEWISH
HISTORY OF THESE TWO SONS.
00:14:06.20\00:14:11.83
AND YOU CAN FIND A NUMBER
OF CASES LIKE THIS ALL THROUGH
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THE JEWISH
HISTORY OF THESE TWO BOYS.
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SOME OF YOU REMEMBER THE STORY
THAT JOAB PUT IN THE MOUTH OF
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A WOMAN.
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SHE TOLD KING DAVID.
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TWO BOYS FOUGHT.
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ONE KILLED THE OTHER.
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AND NOW THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE MY
OTHER SON AWAY AND EXECUTE HIM.
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AND ALL THROUGH THESE STORIES
IN THE BIBLE, IT TALKS ABOUT
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THESE TWO BOYS.
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THEY SORT OF
REPRESENT TWO CLASSES OF PEOPLE.
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JESUS DIED BETWEEN
TWO THIEVES--WHO KNOWS,
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THEY MAY HAVE BEEN BROTHERS--
THAT REPRESENT THOSE SAME
00:14:39.93\00:14:42.76
TWO CLASSES.
00:14:42.76\00:14:44.36
AND THEN IN OUR
SCRIPTURE READING THIS MORNING,
00:14:44.36\00:14:46.80
MATTHEW 21.
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WHAT DO YOU THINK?
00:14:49.40\00:14:50.03
A MAN HAD TWO SONS.
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ONE DID THE
FATHER'S WILL; ONE DID NOT.
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THE FIRST ONE STARTED OUT
SAYING, "I'M NOT GONNA DO IT."
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BUT HE REPENTS,
AND THEN HE DOES IT.
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THE OTHER ONE SAYS, "I'M
GONNA DO IT," BUT IN THE END,
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HE DOESN'T.
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AND NOW WE GET TO THIS
SECOND SON IN THE STORY OF
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THE PRODIGAL SON.
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AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN, HE'S
THE ONE WHO'S ON THE OUTSIDE.
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IT'S VERY INTERESTING.
00:15:13.73\00:15:16.03
FATHER IS ASKING HIM
TO COME IN, BUT HE WON'T.
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THERE'S A RESISTANCE THERE.
00:15:20.56\00:15:23.96
LUKE 15:28, "HE BECAME ANGRY
AND WAS NOT WILLING TO GO IN.
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BUT HIS FATHER COMES
OUT AND ENTREATS HIM."
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HE PLEADS WITH HIM.
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NOW THE FATHER DOES SOMETHING
FOR THIS OLDER SON THAT HE DID
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NOT DO FOR THE YOUNGEST SON.
00:15:40.70\00:15:42.56
WHEN THE YOUNGER SON LEFT
HOME, THE FATHER LET HIM GO.
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HE COULDN'T STOP HIM.
00:15:45.90\00:15:47.43
BUT HE CAME BACK.
00:15:47.43\00:15:48.66
NOW THE OLDER SON
IS ON THE OUTSIDE.
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AND THE FATHER HEARS
THAT HE'S ON THE OUTSIDE.
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HE COULD HAVE SAID,
"WELL, I'LL JUST WAIT FOR HIM
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TO COME HOME LIKE I
WAITED FOR THE OTHER ONE."
00:15:56.26\00:15:57.73
BUT HE GOES AFTER HIM.
00:15:57.73\00:15:59.76
WELL, HE JUST HAS TO GO OUTSIDE.
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HE GOES OUT TO PLEAD WITH
HIM AND ENTREATS HIM TO COME IN.
00:16:02.16\00:16:07.40
HE DOESN'T WANT TO.
00:16:07.40\00:16:09.30
WHO DOES THIS
OLDER BOY REPRESENT?
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LET ME TELL YOU WHAT
CHRIST IS CONSTANTLY DEALING
00:16:14.13\00:16:17.20
WITH IN THE GOSPELS.
00:16:17.20\00:16:20.30
YOU'VE GOT THE JEWISH
NATION-- NOW THIS IS GONNA APPLY
00:16:20.30\00:16:23.93
TO YOU SO PLEASE LISTEN--YOU'VE
GOT THE JEWISH NATION WHO FOR
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2,000 YEARS WERE
THE CHOSEN PEOPLE.
00:16:27.86\00:16:31.50
THEY WERE GIVEN
THE ORACLES OF TRUTH.
00:16:31.50\00:16:34.06
THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO
BE THE SPECIAL PEOPLE.
00:16:34.06\00:16:37.20
AND NOW JESUS COMES ALONG
AND HE SAYS, "YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:16:37.20\00:16:40.13
I'VE GOT GOOD NEWS.
00:16:40.13\00:16:41.46
NOT ONLY DO I WANT TO
SAVE MY PEOPLE, THE JEWS,
00:16:41.46\00:16:45.06
I WANT TO SAVE EVERYBODY
THAT'S WILLING TO COME TO ME."
00:16:45.06\00:16:48.66
AND THE JEWS ARE
GOING, "WAIT A SECOND.
00:16:48.66\00:16:49.96
YOU MEAN WE'RE
NOT EXCLUSIVE ANYMORE?
00:16:49.96\00:16:52.30
THIS IS NOT A MEMBERS ONLY?
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YOU'RE GONNA LET ALL
THE GENTILES, THESE UNCLEAN
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GENTILES, THEY'VE BEEN
OUR ENEMIES FOR MILLENNIA,
00:16:56.83\00:16:59.96
YOU'RE GONNA LET THEM COME IN?
00:16:59.96\00:17:02.20
THEY'VE BEEN
SQUANDERING THEIR HERITAGE,"
00:17:02.20\00:17:04.50
JUST LIKE THE PRODIGAL SON,
"AND YOU'RE GONNA LET THEM COME
00:17:04.50\00:17:08.03
INTO THE FATHER'S HOUSE?
00:17:08.03\00:17:09.06
WE THOUGHT WE WERE THE ONLY
ONES THAT WOULD BE SITTING DOWN
00:17:09.06\00:17:11.43
IN THE KINGDOM WITH OUR FATHERS
ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB."
00:17:11.43\00:17:14.70
AND ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS
FOR THEM TO ACCEPT IS THAT JESUS
00:17:14.70\00:17:18.03
PLANNED ON SAVING THE GENTILES.
00:17:18.03\00:17:19.70
EVEN THE APOSTLES
STRUGGLED WITH THIS.
00:17:19.70\00:17:22.10
GOD HAD TO BEAT PETER OVER
THE HEAD WITH A VISION THREE
00:17:22.10\00:17:24.50
TIMES BEFORE HE UNDERSTOOD THAT
GOD HAS CLEANSED THE GENTILES.
00:17:24.50\00:17:29.50
THAT VISION OF THE ANIMALS
THAT CAME DOWN HAD NOTHING TO DO
00:17:29.50\00:17:31.50
WITH PORK.
00:17:31.50\00:17:33.53
PETER SAID, "GOD HAS SHOWN
ME NOT TO CALL ANY MAN UNCLEAN."
00:17:33.53\00:17:37.40
BECAUSE EVEN 3 1/2 YEARS AFTER
STEPHEN IS STONED, THE APOSTLES
00:17:37.40\00:17:41.26
ARE ONLY TALKING TO JEWS.
00:17:41.26\00:17:44.06
AT PENTECOST, IT WAS
JEWS THAT WERE BAPTIZED.
00:17:44.06\00:17:47.46
AND GOD IS TRYING TO SAY, "LOOK,
I WANT YOU TO REALIZE THAT THEY
00:17:47.46\00:17:51.70
GET TO GO TO THE FATHER'S
HOUSE TOO, THE GENTILES,
00:17:51.70\00:17:54.96
NOT JUST THE JEWS."
00:17:54.96\00:17:56.16
AND THERE'S GONNA BE
SOME JEWS THAT WON'T BE IN.
00:17:56.16\00:17:59.66
LET ME GIVE YOU A FEW OTHER
PASSAGES THAT BEAR THIS OUT.
00:17:59.66\00:18:02.20
THIS IS THE CENTRAL
MEANING OF THIS PARABLE.
00:18:02.20\00:18:04.93
SURE, THE PARABLE OF THE
PRODIGAL SON IS TELLING US ABOUT
00:18:04.93\00:18:08.40
THE LOVE OF GOD FOR THE SINNER.
00:18:08.40\00:18:10.06
BUT THERE'S ALSO
SOMETHING MUCH DEEPER THAN THIS.
00:18:10.06\00:18:13.30
IT'S TALKING ABOUT GOD'S
WILLINGNESS TO SAVE ALL KINDS
00:18:13.30\00:18:15.83
OF PEOPLE FROM ALL KINDS OF
BACKGROUNDS, NOT JUST MEMBERS
00:18:15.83\00:18:19.36
OF OUR CHURCH, BUT PEOPLE
WHO MAYBE DON'T KNOW CHRIST.
00:18:19.36\00:18:24.46
NOT MEMBERS OF JUST ONE RACE
OR ONE NATION, BUT THOSE WHO'VE
00:18:24.46\00:18:28.93
BEEN IN A FAR
COUNTRY GET TO COME.
00:18:28.93\00:18:31.60
THAT WAS THE GENTILES,
THE ONES IN THE FAR COUNTRY.
00:18:31.60\00:18:35.23
LUKE 5:30, LUKE 5:30, "AND THE
PHARISEES AND THE SCRIBES BEGAN
00:18:35.23\00:18:42.30
GRUMBLING AT HIS DISCIPLES."
00:18:42.30\00:18:45.00
JESUS AFTER HE INVITED MATTHEW
TO BE ONE OF THE APOSTLES,
00:18:45.00\00:18:48.43
MATTHEW WANTED TO
HAVE A DINNER FOR HIM.
00:18:48.43\00:18:50.06
AND MATTHEW INVITED
JESUS TO HIS HOUSE FOR DINNER.
00:18:50.06\00:18:52.60
AND THEY WOULD EAT
IN A COURTYARD OUTSIDE.
00:18:52.60\00:18:55.03
EVERYBODY COULD SEE WHO'S EATING
THERE IN THE COOL OF THE DAY.
00:18:55.03\00:18:57.86
AND MATTHEW, FORMER PUBLICAN,
BROUGHT ALL OF HIS FRIENDS
00:18:57.86\00:19:00.96
FROM HIS PAST LIFE.
00:19:00.96\00:19:02.83
AND IT INCLUDED SOME LADIES
OF THE NIGHT AND SOME OF THE OFF
00:19:02.83\00:19:06.00
SCOURING OF SOCIETY.
00:19:06.00\00:19:08.73
AND THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES
COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT THIS
00:19:08.73\00:19:10.86
RABBI, JESUS, WAS
ASSOCIATING WITH THESE PEOPLE.
00:19:10.86\00:19:16.00
"AND THE PHARISEES AND
THE SCRIBES BEGAN GRUMBLING
00:19:16.00\00:19:18.33
AT HIS DISCIPLES, SAYING,
'WHY DO YOU EAT AND DRINK WITH
00:19:18.33\00:19:20.86
TAX COLLECTORS AND
SINNERS?' AND JESUS OVERHEARD
00:19:20.86\00:19:24.73
WHAT THEY WERE SAYING.
00:19:24.73\00:19:25.46
HE "ANSWERED AND SAID,
'IT IS NOT THOSE WHO ARE WELL
00:19:25.46\00:19:29.80
THAT NEED A PHYSICIAN,
BUT THOSE WHO ARE SICK.
00:19:29.80\00:19:32.00
I HAVE NOT COME TO CALL
THE RIGHTEOUS, BUT SINNERS,
00:19:32.00\00:19:34.30
TO REPENTANCE.'"
SCRIBES AND PHARISEES THOUGHT
00:19:34.30\00:19:36.40
THAT THEY WERE RIGHTEOUS.
00:19:36.40\00:19:38.30
AND THEY SAID, "WHY WOULD
THE LORD SAVE THESE PEOPLE?"
00:19:38.30\00:19:42.43
AND AGAIN, LUKE 19:7, IN
THE STORY OF ZACCHAEUS, WHEN
00:19:42.43\00:19:46.70
ZACCHAEUS, THIS TAX COLLECTOR
IS ACCEPTED BY JESUS, WHEN
00:19:46.70\00:19:50.96
THE PEOPLE SAW THAT HE WAS GONNA
GO TO THE HOUSE OF A PUBLICAN,
00:19:50.96\00:19:54.16
"THEY ALL BEGAN TO GRUMBLE
AND SAY, 'HE HAS GONE TO BE
00:19:54.16\00:19:57.00
THE GUEST OF A
MAN WHO IS A SINNER.'"
00:19:57.00\00:19:59.80
JESUS RESPONDS BY SAYING,
"THE SON OF MAN HAS COME TO SEEK
00:19:59.80\00:20:03.43
AND TO SAVE THAT WHICH IS LOST."
00:20:03.43\00:20:05.63
YOU REMEMBER WHEN CHRIST WAS IN
THE HOUSE OF SIMON, A PUBLICAN
00:20:05.63\00:20:09.83
WHO HAD BEEN A LEPER THAT
WAS FORGIVEN, A PHARISEE--NOT
00:20:09.83\00:20:13.10
A PUBLICAN--A PHARISEE WHO HAD
BEEN A LEPER THAT WAS FORGIVEN.
00:20:13.10\00:20:16.50
AND WHEN MARY IS WASHING
HIS FEET, SIMON THINKS WITHIN
00:20:16.50\00:20:21.13
HIMSELF, "WELL, IF THIS MAN
WAS A PROPHET, HE'D KNOW WHO
00:20:21.13\00:20:23.90
AND WHAT MANNER OF WOMAN
THIS IS THAT'S TOUCHING HIM,
00:20:23.90\00:20:26.10
FOR SHE'S A SINNER."
00:20:26.10\00:20:27.40
THEY HAD IT IN THEIR
MIND THAT GOD HATED SINNERS.
00:20:27.40\00:20:31.06
THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND
WHAT GOD HATES IS SIN.
00:20:31.06\00:20:34.06
GOD LOVES THE SINNER,
JUST LIKE THE FATHER LOVED
00:20:34.06\00:20:36.60
THE PRODIGAL SON.
00:20:36.60\00:20:37.66
EVEN THOUGH HE WAS IN A FAR
COUNTRY AND NEEDED TO COME HOME,
00:20:37.66\00:20:40.53
HE LOVED HIM.
00:20:40.53\00:20:42.16
AND GOD LOVES EVERYBODY.
00:20:42.16\00:20:44.23
AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT
CAN SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE
00:20:44.23\00:20:46.40
OF GOD.
00:20:46.40\00:20:47.03
GOD LOVES THE LOST WHO ARE OUT
THERE IN THESE PAGAN COUNTRIES.
00:20:47.03\00:20:52.20
GOD LOVES THE LOST,
TAX COLLECTORS, AND HARLOTS
00:20:52.20\00:20:55.60
THAT ARE IN OUR
COMMUNITY, THAT DON'T KNOW HIM.
00:20:55.60\00:20:58.46
THEY'RE JUST
LIVING FOR THE WORLD.
00:20:58.46\00:21:00.40
HE LOVES THEM.
00:21:00.40\00:21:01.70
HE WANTS THEM TO
COME TO HIS HOUSE.
00:21:01.70\00:21:04.10
BUT SOMETIMES THE SON THAT
IS IN THE HOUSE LIKE THE SCRIBES
00:21:04.10\00:21:09.76
AND PHARISEES THINK WE'RE
THE ONLY ONES THAT HE LOVES,
00:21:09.76\00:21:13.26
'CAUSE WE'RE WORKING FOR HIM.
00:21:13.26\00:21:15.33
WE HAVE TO REALIZE IN OUR
MINDS THAT, YES, HE LOVES US.
00:21:15.33\00:21:20.70
BUT HE DOESN'T LOVE US
MORE THAN HE LOVES THE LOST.
00:21:20.70\00:21:26.23
GOD LOVES THE SAVED.
00:21:26.23\00:21:28.93
THAT'S WHY WE ARE SAVED.
00:21:28.93\00:21:31.63
BUT HE LOVES THE LOST.
00:21:31.63\00:21:32.96
AND IF WE LOVE HIM,
WE WANT TO SAVE THE LOST.
00:21:32.96\00:21:35.26
WE WANT TO LOVE THEM TOO.
00:21:35.26\00:21:37.60
THIS OLDER BOY DOES NOT
LOVE HIS YOUNGER BROTHER.
00:21:37.60\00:21:42.80
HE FIGURES, "OH, HE'S GONE AND
WASTED HIS LIFE ON THE WORLD.
00:21:42.80\00:21:46.43
HE'S GETTING WHAT HE DESERVES."
00:21:46.43\00:21:48.46
MATTHEW 20:11, ANOTHER ONE.
00:21:48.46\00:21:52.40
THIS IS THE REAL
CENTRAL MESSAGE OF THIS PARABLE.
00:21:52.40\00:21:57.33
"AND WHEN THEY HAD RECEIVED
IT, THEY COMPLAINED AGAINST THE
00:21:57.33\00:22:01.40
LANDOWNER, SAYING, 'THESE LAST
MEN HAVE WORKED ONLY ONE HOUR,
00:22:01.40\00:22:05.93
AND YOU'VE MADE THEM EQUAL TO
US WHO HAVE BORNE THE BURDEN OF
00:22:05.93\00:22:08.66
THE HEAT OF THE DAY.'"
YOU REMEMBER THE PARABLE.
00:22:08.66\00:22:11.20
JESUS SAID THERE WAS A MAN.
00:22:11.20\00:22:13.76
HE ASKED THESE MEN TO
GO WORK IN HIS VINEYARD.
00:22:13.76\00:22:16.20
AND DIFFERENT TIMES
DURING THE DAY HE WENT TO THE
00:22:16.20\00:22:17.73
MARKETPLACE AND SAID, "I STILL
HAVE WORK TO DO IN MY VINEYARD,
00:22:17.73\00:22:20.53
WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO GO?"
00:22:20.53\00:22:21.80
AND HE TOLD THE FIRST
ONES, "I'LL PAY YOU A PENNY."
00:22:21.80\00:22:24.73
THAT WAS THE DAY'S WAGES.
00:22:24.73\00:22:26.16
AND THEN DURING THE
DAY, HE SAID, "YOU GO
00:22:26.16\00:22:28.10
AND I'LL PAY YOU WHAT'S FAIR."
00:22:28.10\00:22:29.10
AND DIFFERENT TIMES.
00:22:29.10\00:22:29.86
FINALLY THE ELEVENTH HOUR HE
FINDS SOME GUY STILL LINGERING.
00:22:29.86\00:22:32.23
HE SAYS, "HOW COME
YOU'RE NOT WORKING?"
00:22:32.23\00:22:33.83
"OH, WE WEREN'T HERE
AND DIDN'T HEAR ANYONE ASK."
00:22:33.83\00:22:35.53
"LOOK, YOU GO
WORK IN MY VINEYARD,
00:22:35.53\00:22:37.30
I'LL PAY YOU WHAT'S FAIR."
00:22:37.30\00:22:38.60
SO IT COMES TIME TO PAY
'EM AT THE END OF THE DAY.
00:22:38.60\00:22:40.90
AND HE STARTS WITH THE
ONES WHO WERE HIRED LAST.
00:22:40.90\00:22:44.26
AND HE GIVES THEM A PENNY.
00:22:44.26\00:22:45.86
OH, THE ONES WHO'VE BEEN
WORKING ALL DAY LONG THINK,
00:22:45.86\00:22:47.70
"AH, THEY GAVE THEM A PENNY;
HE'S GONNA GIVE US A BONUS."
00:22:47.70\00:22:51.26
BUT HE COMES ALONG: PENNY,
PENNY, PENNY, PENNY, PENNY.
00:22:51.26\00:22:55.03
AND THE ONES WHO HAD
WORKED ALL DAY LONG SAID,
00:22:55.03\00:22:57.30
"WAIT A SECOND HERE!
00:22:57.30\00:22:58.96
WHAT ARE YOU DOING GIVING
THEM--THEY WORKED ONE HOUR!
00:22:58.96\00:23:02.23
JUST SOMETHING'S GOING DOWN.
00:23:02.23\00:23:03.10
THEY WORKED ONE HOUR
AND YOU'RE GIVING THEM
00:23:03.10\00:23:04.56
THE SAME THING YOU GIVE US?
00:23:04.56\00:23:05.46
THAT'S JUST NOT FAIR."
00:23:05.46\00:23:09.23
GOD IS NOT FAIR.
00:23:09.23\00:23:12.60
PRAISE GOD HE IS NOT FAIR.
00:23:12.60\00:23:15.76
PEOPLE ASK ME, "HOW
ARE YOU DOING, DOUG?"
00:23:15.76\00:23:18.23
MY FAVORITE ANSWER LATELY IS,
"MUCH BETTER THAN I DESERVE."
00:23:18.23\00:23:23.53
PRAISE GOD HE'S NOT FAIR.
00:23:23.53\00:23:25.86
IF GOD WAS FAIR,
WOULD YOU HAVE A CHANCE?
00:23:25.86\00:23:29.63
WHAT IS THE PENALTY FOR SIN?
00:23:29.63\00:23:31.63
WHAT DO YOU DESERVE?
00:23:31.63\00:23:33.13
IF GOD'S GONNA BE FAIR, HE
GIVES YOU WHAT YOU'VE EARNED.
00:23:33.13\00:23:36.53
ANYONE HERE WANT
WHAT THEY'VE EARNED?
00:23:36.53\00:23:39.20
YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?
00:23:39.20\00:23:42.33
THIS OLDER BROTHER IS
SAYING, "WHILE I HAVE WORKED
00:23:42.33\00:23:46.56
ALL DAY LONG, HOW COME I'M NOT
GETTING--YOU'VE NEVER GIVEN ME
00:23:46.56\00:23:51.03
A GOAT."
00:23:51.03\00:23:52.26
"WELL, NEVER ASKED FOR ONE."
00:23:52.26\00:23:54.60
HE WAS ASKING TOO LITTLE.
00:23:54.60\00:23:57.43
SO LET ME GIVE YOU
ONE MORE, MATTHEW 21:32.
00:23:57.43\00:24:02.00
I'M DEALING WITH THE PRINCIPLE
HERE OF WHO THIS OLDER BOY
00:24:02.00\00:24:08.56
REPRESENTS.
00:24:08.56\00:24:11.86
"FOR JOHN CAME UNTO YOU
IN THE WAY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS,
00:24:11.86\00:24:15.23
AND YOU BELIEVED HIM NOT; BUT
THE PUBLICANS AND THE HARLOTS
00:24:15.23\00:24:18.96
BELIEVED HIM; AND WHEN
YOU HAD SEEN IT, YOU REPENTED
00:24:18.96\00:24:22.90
NOT AFTERWARD THAT
YOU MIGHT BELIEVE HIM."
00:24:22.90\00:24:26.10
AND SO HERE ARE THE
SCRIBES AND PHARISEES.
00:24:26.10\00:24:28.53
THEY'RE ON THE OUTSIDE.
00:24:28.53\00:24:30.30
WHO WAS IT THAT WAS
READY FOR JESUS WHEN HE CAME?
00:24:30.30\00:24:32.83
THE POOR SHEPHERDS IN THE
FIELD AND THESE WISE MEN FROM
00:24:32.83\00:24:35.30
ANOTHER COUNTRY.
00:24:35.30\00:24:36.76
WAS THERE A CELEBRATION
AMONG THE CHURCH MEMBERS
00:24:36.76\00:24:39.20
WHEN JESUS CAME THE FIRST TIME?
00:24:39.20\00:24:41.16
OR WERE THEY OBLIVIOUS TO IT?
00:24:41.16\00:24:44.50
AND THIS IS SORT OF ONE OF
THE MESSAGES THAT THE LORD IS
00:24:44.50\00:24:47.53
GIVING US IN THIS PARABLE.
00:24:47.53\00:24:49.16
NOW ONE OF THE THINGS
I SEE AS THE DIFFERENCE.
00:24:49.16\00:24:52.80
WHY DID THE
YOUNGER SON LEAVE HOME?
00:24:52.80\00:24:56.03
HE THOUGHT HIS
FATHER WAS TOO STRICT.
00:24:56.03\00:24:59.60
HE WANTED TO GET AWAY
FROM THE LAW OF THE FATHER.
00:24:59.60\00:25:04.10
AND SO HE WAS UPSET WITH
THE FATHER'S TOO LEGALISTIC,
00:25:04.10\00:25:07.80
TOO MANY RULES.
00:25:07.80\00:25:08.63
"I'M GONNA GET OUT THERE,
AND I'M GONNA HAVE SOME FUN.
00:25:08.63\00:25:10.60
I'VE BEEN IN THE
CHURCH ALL MY LIFE.
00:25:10.60\00:25:12.70
I CAN'T WAIT TO GET
OUT THERE IN THE WORLD."
00:25:12.70\00:25:14.70
NOT REALIZING HE WAS GONNA
END UP STARVING IN A PIG PEN.
00:25:14.70\00:25:19.13
HE FINALLY REALIZED HOW GOOD
IT WAS IN THE FATHER'S HOUSE,
00:25:19.13\00:25:21.50
HE COMES TO HIS SENSES.
00:25:21.50\00:25:22.36
HE COMES HOME.
00:25:22.36\00:25:23.96
BUT THE OLDER
BROTHER, HE NEVER LEAVES HOME.
00:25:23.96\00:25:27.63
HE NEVER HAS THAT EPIPHANY TO
REALIZE HOW GOOD THE FATHER IS.
00:25:27.63\00:25:30.90
THE PROBLEM WITH THE OLDER
BROTHER WAS THE FATHER'S LOVE.
00:25:30.90\00:25:35.13
HE THINKS THE
FATHER'S TOO MERCIFUL.
00:25:35.13\00:25:38.06
HE GETS MAD WHEN THE FATHER
FORGIVES HIS YOUNGER BROTHER.
00:25:38.06\00:25:42.00
THE YOUNGER SON LEAVES HOME
BECAUSE OF THE FATHER'S LAW.
00:25:42.00\00:25:46.43
THE OLDER BROTHER WILL
NOT GO IN THE HOUSE BECAUSE
00:25:46.43\00:25:48.43
OF THE FATHER'S LOVE.
00:25:48.43\00:25:50.96
ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
00:25:50.96\00:25:53.23
YOU COULD PUT IT THIS WAY.
00:25:53.23\00:25:54.76
ONE: HE ERRS ON THE SIDE OF LAW.
00:25:54.76\00:25:58.90
THE OTHER ONE ERRS
ON THE SIDE OF GRACE.
00:25:58.90\00:26:01.43
ONE'S UPSET BECAUSE OF THE LAW.
00:26:01.43\00:26:02.60
ONE'S UPSET
BECAUSE OF THE GRACE.
00:26:02.60\00:26:04.56
DO WE STILL HAVE THOSE
PROBLEMS IN THE CHURCH TODAY?
00:26:04.56\00:26:07.66
YOU GET THESE TWO EXTREMES.
00:26:07.66\00:26:10.50
SO WHO IS THE LORD
SPEAKING TO IN THIS PARABLE?
00:26:10.50\00:26:13.40
ME AND YOU AND YOU.
00:26:13.40\00:26:19.00
HE'S TALKING TO ALL OF US.
00:26:19.00\00:26:20.36
WE'RE ALL IN HERE SOMEWHERE.
00:26:20.36\00:26:21.80
JUST THINK ABOUT ALL
THE PLAYERS IN THIS PARABLE.
00:26:21.80\00:26:24.06
TALKS ABOUT THE FATHER.
00:26:24.06\00:26:25.73
WHO IS HE?
00:26:25.73\00:26:26.83
IT'S GOD, JESUS.
00:26:26.83\00:26:28.66
TALKS ABOUT THE FAR COUNTRY.
00:26:28.66\00:26:31.30
THAT'S BEING LOST.
00:26:31.30\00:26:32.36
TALKS ABOUT THE YOUNG SON.
00:26:32.36\00:26:33.93
HE'S THE ONE WHO'S
IN THE FAR COUNTRY.
00:26:33.93\00:26:35.96
HE'S LOST.
00:26:35.96\00:26:37.13
TALKS OF THE OLDER BROTHER:
THOSE WHO ARE LOST IN CHURCH.
00:26:37.13\00:26:40.56
THE YOUNGER BOY COMES HOME.
00:26:40.56\00:26:42.50
TALKS ABOUT THE PIGS
AND THE FOOD OF THE PIGS.
00:26:42.50\00:26:47.10
IT'S TALKING ABOUT
WHAT THE WORLD EATS.
00:26:47.10\00:26:49.03
WHY DO YOU EAT
THAT WHICH IS NOT GOOD?
00:26:49.03\00:26:51.23
IT TALKS ABOUT THE
BREAD IN THE FATHER'S HOUSE.
00:26:51.23\00:26:53.30
THAT'S THE WORD OF GOD.
00:26:53.30\00:26:54.50
TALKS ABOUT THE STRANGER IN
THE FAR COUNTRY THAT ENSLAVES
00:26:54.50\00:26:57.50
THE YOUNGER SON.
00:26:57.50\00:26:58.50
THAT'S THE DEVIL.
00:26:58.50\00:27:00.13
MAKES HIM FEED HIS PIGS.
00:27:00.13\00:27:01.90
ALL THE PLAYERS IN THE
PLAN OF SALVATION ARE REALLY
00:27:01.90\00:27:04.93
IN THIS STORY.
00:27:04.93\00:27:06.30
SO WE'RE IN THERE SOMEWHERE.
00:27:06.30\00:27:09.06
AND WE'VE ALL PROBABLY
BEEN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THAT.
00:27:09.06\00:27:12.93
SOMETIMES WE MIGHT LOOK DOWN OUR
NOSES AT OTHERS AND ARE PLAYING
00:27:12.93\00:27:17.66
THE PART OF THE OLDER BROTHER.
00:27:17.66\00:27:20.40
IN THE RESPONSE OF THE OLDER
BROTHER TO THE FATHER, LISTEN
00:27:20.40\00:27:25.93
TO HIS EMPHASIS ON HIMSELF.
00:27:25.93\00:27:29.80
LUKE 15:29.
00:27:29.80\00:27:31.03
IF YOU HAVE A PEN OR PENCIL,
IF YOU MAKE ANY MARKINGS IN YOUR
00:27:31.03\00:27:33.20
BIBLE, YOU MIGHT
CIRCLE A COUPLE OF THESE.
00:27:33.20\00:27:36.73
"AND HE ANSWERED
AND SAID TO HIS FATHER,
00:27:36.73\00:27:40.00
'LO, THESE MANY YEARS
I--" CIRCLE THAT-- "HAVE SERVED
00:27:40.00\00:27:46.16
THEE; NEITHER TRANSGRESSED I
AT ANY TIME THY COMMANDMENT; AND
00:27:46.16\00:27:52.03
YET THOU NEVER GAVEST ME A
KID, THAT I MIGHT MAKE MERRY
00:27:52.03\00:27:57.56
WITH MY FRIENDS."
00:27:57.56\00:28:00.60
BY THE WAY, IN THAT PASSAGE
IN ISAIAH WHERE THE DEVIL SAYS,
00:28:00.60\00:28:05.63
"I WILL BE LIKE THE MOST HIGH.
00:28:05.63\00:28:07.76
I WILL MAKE MY THRONE UP
IN THE STARS," HE MENTIONS "I"
00:28:07.76\00:28:12.56
FIVE TIMES ALSO.
00:28:12.56\00:28:14.73
AND HERE YOU'VE GOT IT.
00:28:14.73\00:28:16.00
"I," "I," "ME," "I," "MY."
00:28:16.00\00:28:20.00
WHAT IS THE FOCUS
OF THE OLDER BROTHER?
00:28:20.00\00:28:23.33
YOU WOULD THINK SINCE HE
NEVER LEFT HOME, HE REPRESENTS
00:28:23.33\00:28:25.53
THE SAVED, IT'S
GONNA BE LOVE, LOVE, LOVE.
00:28:25.53\00:28:28.30
YOU MEAN THERE COULD BE
SOMEBODY IN THE FATHER'S HOUSE
00:28:28.30\00:28:30.10
AND ALL THEY'RE
THINKING ABOUT IS THEMSELF?
00:28:30.10\00:28:32.83
MOST OF OUR
PROBLEMS IN RELATIONSHIP
00:28:32.83\00:28:35.03
ARE DUE TO SELFISHNESS.
00:28:35.03\00:28:39.23
MOST OF OUR PROBLEMS IN OUR
RELATIONSHIPS WITH EACH OTHER,
00:28:39.23\00:28:42.10
WHETHER IT'S BROTHER AND SISTER,
BROTHER AND BROTHER, HUSBAND
00:28:42.10\00:28:44.66
AND WIFE, ALMOST
ALWAYS, 99.99% OF THE TIME,
00:28:44.66\00:28:51.16
HAVE TO DO WITH SELFISHNESS,
TYPICALLY ON THE PART OF BOTH,
00:28:51.16\00:28:54.40
SOMETIMES ON THE PART OF ONE.
00:28:54.40\00:28:56.16
BUT SOMEBODY'S
BEING VERY SELFISH.
00:28:56.16\00:28:59.30
AND THAT'S WHAT
BRINGS IN THE CONFLICT.
00:28:59.30\00:29:02.56
THIS BROTHER, IS HE THINKING
ABOUT THE FATHER'S MERCY
00:29:02.56\00:29:07.16
OR IS HE THINKING ABOUT,
"ALL I'VE DONE FOR THE FATHER"?
00:29:07.16\00:29:09.33
"I HAVE SERVED
YOU THESE MANY YEARS."
00:29:09.33\00:29:11.83
IT'S LIKE THOSE
LABORERS IN THE VINEYARD.
00:29:11.83\00:29:13.53
"WE'VE WORKED
THROUGH THE HEAT OF THE DAY."
00:29:13.53\00:29:15.83
EVEN THE DISCIPLES
SAID, "LORD, WE'VE SERVED YOU
00:29:15.83\00:29:17.53
AND LEFT EVERYTHING.
00:29:17.53\00:29:18.26
WHAT DO WE GET?"
00:29:18.26\00:29:19.76
IT'S KIND OF HUMAN NATURE.
00:29:19.76\00:29:20.53
"WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME?
00:29:20.53\00:29:22.40
WHAT DO I GET?"
00:29:22.40\00:29:24.53
AND YOU KNOW, THE DEVIL PLAYS
ON THAT EVEN WITHIN THE CHURCH.
00:29:24.53\00:29:30.83
PASTORS ARE TEMPTED.
00:29:30.83\00:29:32.10
I'VE BEEN TEMPTED TO TRY
TO ATTRACT PEOPLE TO CHRIST
00:29:32.10\00:29:35.36
BY TELLING THEM
WHAT THE BENEFITS ARE.
00:29:35.36\00:29:38.10
NOW THERE ARE BENEFITS.
00:29:38.10\00:29:40.30
AND THERE ARE BLESSINGS.
00:29:40.30\00:29:43.30
BUT HE DOESN'T
PROMISE TO MAKE US ALL RICH
00:29:43.30\00:29:46.00
AS SOME PASTORS HAVE SAID.
00:29:46.00\00:29:48.16
THERE'S GREAT
BLESSINGS IN THE HEALTH MESSAGE.
00:29:48.16\00:29:52.30
BUT NOT
EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE HEALED.
00:29:52.30\00:29:55.30
YOU GOTTA BE HONEST WITH FOLKS.
00:29:55.30\00:29:58.40
AND THERE IS A CROSS, BUT
WE'RE ALWAYS WANTING TO KNOW,
00:29:58.40\00:30:02.46
"WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME?"
00:30:02.46\00:30:03.56
SO YOU GOTTA TALK
TO PEOPLE ABOUT HEAVEN.
00:30:03.56\00:30:05.50
AND THAT'S IMPORTANT.
00:30:05.50\00:30:06.20
YOU GOTTA TALK TO THEM
ABOUT THE GOLDEN STREETS.
00:30:06.20\00:30:09.70
BUT THE BEST THING IS THE LOVE
OF BEING IN THE FATHER'S HOUSE.
00:30:09.70\00:30:15.70
WHY DID THAT BOY NOT RUN
AWAY WITH HIS YOUNGER BROTHER?
00:30:15.70\00:30:18.13
YOU KNOW, YOU ALMOST--YOU ALMOST
HAVE TO WONDER, WHEN THE YOUNGER
00:30:18.13\00:30:21.63
BOY LEFT, AND HE TOOK THE
FORTUNE, AND HE WENT TO THIS
00:30:21.63\00:30:25.30
FAR COUNTRY, AND HE WAS
PARTYING THESE WILD PARTIES,
00:30:25.30\00:30:28.23
THE OLDER BROTHER
MIGHT HAVE BEEN THINKING,
00:30:28.23\00:30:30.90
"AH, I'D LIKE TO DO THAT TOO.
00:30:30.90\00:30:34.60
BUT I GOTTA STICK
AROUND, BECAUSE I'LL GET MORE
00:30:34.60\00:30:38.96
IF I STICK AROUND.
00:30:38.96\00:30:40.73
I'LL GET THE HOUSE."
00:30:40.73\00:30:43.76
AND YOU WONDER,
WHY DID HE STAY HOME?
00:30:43.76\00:30:48.23
HIS FOCUS IS NOT,
"DAD, IT'S REALLY BEEN GREAT
00:30:48.23\00:30:50.66
BEING WITH YOU ALL THESE YEARS."
00:30:50.66\00:30:52.50
HIS FOCUS IS, "I'VE SERVED YOU.
00:30:52.50\00:30:54.60
YOU DIDN'T EVEN GIVE ME A LITTLE
GOAT FOR ME AND MY FRIENDS."
00:30:54.60\00:31:01.73
SO WE NOTICE ONE THING,
ONE REASON HE'S NOT HAPPY.
00:31:01.73\00:31:04.90
HE'S SAYING, "THIS ISN'T FAIR."
00:31:04.90\00:31:07.43
HE'S THINKING
HE'S EARNED SOMETHING.
00:31:07.43\00:31:09.93
SO WHO DOES HE REPRESENT?
00:31:09.93\00:31:12.96
WELL, I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT
THE SCRIBES AND THE PHARISEES,
00:31:12.96\00:31:15.60
BUT HE ALSO REPRESENTS MANY
IN THE CHURCH TODAY WHO THINK
00:31:15.60\00:31:19.20
THAT WE'VE EARNED IT.
00:31:19.20\00:31:21.63
I'LL GET TO THAT IN A MINUTE.
00:31:21.63\00:31:23.30
HE'S ALSO
CONSCIENCE OF HIS PERFECTION.
00:31:23.30\00:31:25.90
LUKE 15:29, NOTICE,
"I NEVER TRANSGRESSED
00:31:25.90\00:31:30.46
YOUR COMMANDMENT AT ANY TIME."
00:31:30.46\00:31:33.00
HE'S--FIRST OF ALL, WHAT
WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO
00:31:33.00\00:31:35.86
THE FATHER?
00:31:35.86\00:31:36.66
THAT YOU LOVE YOUR BROTHER.
00:31:36.66\00:31:38.93
AND HE DOESN'T LOVE HIS BROTHER.
00:31:38.93\00:31:41.56
LUKE 18:10, "TWO MEN WENT
UP TO THE TEMPLE TO PRAY."
00:31:41.56\00:31:46.93
YOU NOTICE LUKE IS OFTEN
EMPHASIZING THE CONTRAST BETWEEN
00:31:46.93\00:31:51.43
THE WICKED LOST AND THE
SELF-RIGHTEOUS WHO THINK
00:31:51.43\00:31:55.70
THEY'RE SAVED, ANOTHER
PARABLE THAT BARES THIS OUT.
00:31:55.70\00:31:58.53
"TWO MEN GO UP TO THE TEMPLE
TO PRAY; ONE IS A PHARISEE,
00:31:58.53\00:32:01.13
THE OTHER IS A TAX COLLECTOR.
00:32:01.13\00:32:02.63
THE PHARISEE STOOD AND HE PRAYED
THUS WITH HIMSELF, 'GOD, I THANK
00:32:02.63\00:32:06.56
YOU THAT I AM NOT LIKE
OTHER MEN-EXTORTIONERS, UNJUST,
00:32:06.56\00:32:08.86
ADULTERERS, OR
EVEN THIS TAX COLLECTOR.
00:32:08.86\00:32:11.50
I FAST TWICE A WEEK; AND I PAY
TITHE OF ALL THAT I POSSESS.'"
00:32:11.50\00:32:14.70
AND OF COURSE THE PUBLICAN
IN THE BACK "DOES NOT LIFT UP
00:32:14.70\00:32:17.10
SO MUCH OF HIS EYES UNTO HEAVEN,
BUT HE SMITES ON HIS BREAST,
00:32:17.10\00:32:20.23
AND SAYS, 'LORD, BE
MERCIFUL TO ME A SINNER!'"
00:32:20.23\00:32:23.53
HERE AGAIN, YOU'VE GOT
THE ONE WHO IS IN THE CHURCH,
00:32:23.53\00:32:26.03
SELF-RIGHTEOUS.
00:32:26.03\00:32:29.70
AND THEN YOU'VE GOT
THE PUBLICAN, THE SINNER,
00:32:29.70\00:32:31.83
HE'S ASKING FOR MERCY.
00:32:31.83\00:32:33.16
THE YOUNGER SON CAME HOME.
00:32:33.16\00:32:34.26
HE REPENTED.
00:32:34.26\00:32:35.83
HE ASKED FOR MERCY.
00:32:35.83\00:32:36.83
HE'S FORGIVEN.
00:32:36.83\00:32:38.03
THE PUBLICAN DOES NOT GO
DOWN TO HIS HOUSE--NO, NO, NO--
00:32:38.03\00:32:41.26
THE PHARISEE DOES NOT GO
DOWN TO HIS HOUSE FORGIVEN,
00:32:41.26\00:32:45.26
BECAUSE HE'S TRUSTING
IN HIS OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS.
00:32:45.26\00:32:47.80
HE'S TRUSTING IN HIS WORKS.
00:32:47.80\00:32:49.26
THIS OLDER BROTHER IS
SAYING, "I'VE SERVED YOU
00:32:49.26\00:32:52.36
ALL THESE YEARS.
00:32:52.36\00:32:53.20
I'VE EARNED IT."
00:32:53.20\00:32:55.30
HE'S CONSCIOUS
OF HIS PERFECTION.
00:32:55.30\00:32:59.00
"I'VE NEVER
BROKEN YOUR COMMANDMENT."
00:32:59.00\00:33:01.36
IT'S LIKE THAT PHARISEE.
00:33:01.36\00:33:02.50
"ALL THESE THINGS I'VE
KEPT FROM MY YOUTH UP."
00:33:02.50\00:33:04.73
REMEMBER THE RICH,
YOUNG RULER COMES TO JESUS?
00:33:04.73\00:33:06.36
"ALL THESE THINGS I'VE KEPT."
00:33:06.36\00:33:07.20
THEY HAD A VERY
PUNY IDEA OF THE LAW.
00:33:07.20\00:33:10.46
IT WAS ALL
EXTERNAL OBEDIENCE TO THEM.
00:33:10.46\00:33:12.86
IT WASN'T THE
INTERNAL ATTITUDES.
00:33:12.86\00:33:15.33
THEY WOULD PRAY TO BE SEEN OF
MEN AND FAST TO BE SEEN OF MEN
00:33:15.33\00:33:18.36
AND GIVE TO BE SEEN OF MEN.
00:33:18.36\00:33:19.46
IT'S ALL IN THE OUTSIDE.
00:33:19.46\00:33:21.06
I'VE NEVER
BROKEN YOUR COMMANDMENT.
00:33:21.06\00:33:22.63
PAUL EVEN THOUGHT THAT WAY.
00:33:22.63\00:33:24.60
HE SAID, YOU KNOW, ACCORDING TO
THE JEWISH PERSPECTIVE, "I WAS
00:33:24.60\00:33:28.56
NEVER OUTSIDE THE LAW ONCE UNTIL
SIN REVIVED AND THEN I DIED."
00:33:28.56\00:33:32.96
HE REALIZED THROUGH
GOD'S SPIRIT, HE WAS A SINNER."
00:33:32.96\00:33:36.63
IT'S MORE THAN AN
ACTION; IT'S AN ATTITUDE.
00:33:36.63\00:33:39.83
AND HE SAID IN VERSE
29, I'M BACK IN LUKE 15,
00:33:39.83\00:33:45.10
"I'M NOT GETTING WHAT I DESERVE.
00:33:45.10\00:33:47.63
YET YOU NEVER GAVE ME A YOUNG
GOAT, THAT I MIGHT MAKE MERRY
00:33:47.63\00:33:50.60
WITH MY FRIENDS."
00:33:50.60\00:33:53.30
THIS IS FAVORITISM.
00:33:53.30\00:33:55.26
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE SIBLINGS?
00:33:55.26\00:33:58.16
COME ON.
00:33:58.16\00:33:59.03
I HAVE ONE
STEP-BROTHER, ONE REAL BROTHER.
00:33:59.03\00:34:05.40
NOW A SHOW OF HANDS.
00:34:05.40\00:34:07.63
HOW MANY OF YOU THINK SOMETIMES
YOUR PARENTS SHOW FAVORITISM?
00:34:07.63\00:34:14.26
HOW MANY OF YOU CAN'T RAISE YOUR
HAND, 'CAUSE IT MIGHT GET OUT?
00:34:14.26\00:34:18.73
I THINK EVERY KID THAT HAS
A BROTHER OR A SISTER THINKS
00:34:18.73\00:34:22.36
AT ONE TIME, "I'M NOT
BEING TREATED FAIRLY."
00:34:22.36\00:34:27.13
AND WE GOT
NATHAN AND STEPHEN HERE.
00:34:27.13\00:34:28.70
THEY'RE PROBABLY
THINKING THAT TOO.
00:34:28.70\00:34:31.76
I DIDN'T NOTICE THEIR HANDS.
00:34:31.76\00:34:34.50
BUT WAS THE FATHER
SHOWING FAVORITISM?
00:34:34.50\00:34:40.66
IN A SENSE.
00:34:40.66\00:34:43.30
BUT YOU KNOW, EVERY
PARENT SHOWS FAVORITISM TOWARDS
00:34:43.30\00:34:46.76
THE ONE WHO'S LOST AS
OPPOSED TO THE ONE WHO'S SAVED.
00:34:46.76\00:34:50.50
IF YOU'VE GOT A THANKSGIVING
DINNER, AND YOU GOT TEN KIDS,
00:34:50.50\00:34:53.30
AND THERE'S ONE EMPTY CHAIR,
'CAUSE YOU'VE GOT A KID IN
00:34:53.30\00:34:56.20
THE FAR COUNTRY, WHICH KID ARE
YOU THINKING ABOUT AS A PARENT?
00:34:56.20\00:35:01.23
YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THE
ONE THAT'S IN A FAR COUNTRY.
00:35:01.23\00:35:03.70
IS THAT FAVORITISM, OR IS THAT
THE NATURAL, YEARNING LOVE OF A
00:35:03.70\00:35:06.00
PARENT TOWARDS THE
ONE WHO NEEDS IT THE MOST?
00:35:06.00\00:35:09.43
YOU KNOW WHY I RAISED MY HAND
WHEN I SAID I THINK MY PARENTS
00:35:09.43\00:35:12.60
SHOWED FAVORITISM?
00:35:12.60\00:35:13.80
MY BROTHER WAS BORN
WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS.
00:35:13.80\00:35:16.96
SO FALCON GOT A LOT
OF SPECIAL ATTENTION.
00:35:16.96\00:35:19.80
I DON'T BEGRUDGE HIM THAT.
00:35:19.80\00:35:21.53
I UNDERSTAND IT.
00:35:21.53\00:35:22.63
BUT YEAH, HE DID GET FAVORITISM.
00:35:22.63\00:35:24.70
WHY?
00:35:24.70\00:35:25.26
'CAUSE HE NEEDED IT.
00:35:25.26\00:35:28.60
BECAUSE I LOVE MY
BROTHER, I UNDERSTOOD IT.
00:35:28.60\00:35:31.36
AND THAT OTHER
BROTHER, THAT OLDER BROTHER,
00:35:31.36\00:35:33.76
SHOULD HAVE UNDERSTOOD.
00:35:33.76\00:35:35.50
"I AM SO GLAD
MY BROTHER'S HOME."
00:35:35.50\00:35:37.56
HE NEEDED FAVORITISM.
00:35:37.56\00:35:40.20
I AM SO HAPPY FOR MY FATHER.
00:35:40.20\00:35:41.56
HE'S REJOICING NOW.
00:35:41.56\00:35:42.73
BUT HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT
THE HAPPINESS OF THE FATHER.
00:35:42.73\00:35:45.50
HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THE
SERVANTS THAT ARE REJOICING.
00:35:45.50\00:35:47.96
HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT
HIS BROTHER WHO'S FOUND
00:35:47.96\00:35:49.93
HIS WAY HOME.
00:35:49.93\00:35:50.66
WHO IS HE THINKING ABOUT?
00:35:50.66\00:35:52.80
JUST HIMSELF.
00:35:52.80\00:35:54.06
HE'S BEEN IN
CHURCH ALL THESE YEARS,
00:35:54.06\00:35:56.23
AND HE'S STILL JUST SELFISH.
00:35:56.23\00:36:00.40
THE BOTTOM LINE IS AT THE
END OF THE STORY, EVERYBODY'S
00:36:00.40\00:36:03.43
INSIDE THE HOUSE
EXCEPT THE OLDER BROTHER.
00:36:03.43\00:36:07.36
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT AT THE END
OF THE STORY, PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN
00:36:07.36\00:36:11.73
IN CHURCH ALL THEIR LIVES, STILL
ARE MOTIVATED BY SELFISHNESS?
00:36:11.73\00:36:17.06
AND THEY'RE NOT IN
THERE CELEBRATING SALVATION.
00:36:17.06\00:36:21.80
THIS IS--YOU KNOW, EVERYONE
ALWAYS FOCUSES ON THE FIRST PART
00:36:21.80\00:36:24.83
OF THE STORY.
00:36:24.83\00:36:26.13
AND I'VE HEARD EVEN PREACHERS
STOP WITH THE SON COMING HOME,
00:36:26.13\00:36:28.10
THE FATHER RECEIVING HIM.
00:36:28.10\00:36:29.50
THEY DON'T READ
THE REST OF THE STORY.
00:36:29.50\00:36:31.43
JESUS TOLD THE WHOLE
PARABLE AS A WARNING.
00:36:31.43\00:36:34.93
THAT'S WHY CHRIST SAID, "MANY
WILL COME TO ME IN THAT DAY,
00:36:34.93\00:36:39.53
SAYING, 'LORD, LORD.' I'VE
BEEN IN CHURCH ALL MY LIFE.
00:36:39.53\00:36:44.76
I'VE CAST OUT DEVILS AND
I'VE TAUGHT IN THE STREETS AND
00:36:44.76\00:36:47.80
I'VE DONE MANY WONDERFUL WORKS.
00:36:47.80\00:36:48.96
MATTER OF FACT, I
JUST CAME FROM THE FIELD."
00:36:48.96\00:36:52.23
AND THE LORD IS GONNA
SAY, "I DON'T KNOW YOU."
00:36:52.23\00:36:56.33
THEY'RE NOT DOING IT
'CAUSE OF LOVE FOR GOD.
00:36:56.33\00:36:58.73
THEY'RE DOING IT, HE
SAYS, "DEPART FROM ME,
00:36:58.73\00:37:00.26
YE WHO WORK INEQUITY."
00:37:00.26\00:37:01.46
AS LONG AS WE'RE STILL
MOTIVATED BY SELFISHNESS,
00:37:01.46\00:37:04.50
WE DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT.
00:37:04.50\00:37:07.60
YOU'LL NEVER BE HAPPY IN THE
WORLD MOTIVATED BY SELFISHNESS.
00:37:07.60\00:37:11.53
YOU WON'T BE HAPPY IN THE
CHURCH MOTIVATED BY SELFISHNESS.
00:37:11.53\00:37:14.80
YOU NEED A NEW HEART.
00:37:14.80\00:37:15.86
THIS IS WHAT
CONVERSION IS ALL ABOUT.
00:37:15.86\00:37:17.30
IT'S A NEW HEART.
00:37:17.30\00:37:18.13
IT'S A HEART OF LOVE.
00:37:18.13\00:37:19.76
THE FATHER HEART,
HIS HEART'S BEEN BROKEN.
00:37:19.76\00:37:22.36
THE YOUNGER BROTHER'S
HEART HAS BEEN BROKEN.
00:37:22.36\00:37:26.36
THEY EMBRACE.
00:37:26.36\00:37:27.13
THEY RECEIVE.
00:37:27.13\00:37:27.83
THEY LOVE.
00:37:27.83\00:37:28.73
THIS OTHER BOY'S
OUT IN THE FIELD.
00:37:28.73\00:37:30.20
HE'S DOING ALL THE WORK.
00:37:30.20\00:37:30.93
HE'S LIKE MARTHA, MAD
AT HER YOUNGER SISTER.
00:37:30.93\00:37:35.36
THERE YOU GET
SIBLING RIVALRY AGAIN.
00:37:35.36\00:37:38.30
SHE'S SAYING, "JESUS, I'VE JUST
BEEN OUT HERE SLAVING, GETTING
00:37:38.30\00:37:42.50
READY FOR A DINNER TO HONOR YOU.
00:37:42.50\00:37:45.10
IF YOU CARE ABOUT ME AT
ALL, TELL MY SISTER TO HELP ME.
00:37:45.10\00:37:48.46
YOU'RE SHOWING FAVORITISM.
00:37:48.46\00:37:49.50
SHE'S JUST SITTING THERE
GUSHING OVER YOUR EVERY WORD.
00:37:49.50\00:37:52.73
MAKE HER GET UP."
00:37:52.73\00:37:53.96
DOES JESUS MAKE HER GET UP?
00:37:53.96\00:37:56.50
HE SAYS, "NO, MARY'S
HERE BECAUSE SHE LOVES.
00:37:56.50\00:37:59.43
SHE'S DRINKING IN THE WORD.
00:37:59.43\00:38:01.50
SHE WAS LOST,
AND NOW SHE'S FOUND."
00:38:01.50\00:38:03.70
OF THE TWO
GIRLS, MARTHA AND MARY,
00:38:03.70\00:38:05.50
WHICH ONE WAS THE PRODIGAL?
00:38:05.50\00:38:08.46
MARY WAS.
00:38:08.46\00:38:10.16
AND SHE'S
SITTING AT JESUS' FEET.
00:38:10.16\00:38:12.06
SHE'S HAPPY TO BE IN THE HOUSE.
00:38:12.06\00:38:14.36
CAN YOU SEE THIS THEME?
00:38:14.36\00:38:16.66
BEING IN CHURCH
IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
00:38:16.66\00:38:19.13
I AM SO THANKFUL FOR
THOSE OF YOU WHO COME REGULARLY
00:38:19.13\00:38:22.16
THAT HAVE A COMMITMENT.
00:38:22.16\00:38:23.90
AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU KIND
OF BOUNCE AROUND FROM CHURCH TO
00:38:23.90\00:38:26.23
CHURCH, WEEK TO WEEK, DEPENDING
ON WHO THE PREACHER IS.
00:38:26.23\00:38:28.60
I'M THANKFUL FOR THOSE OF YOU
THAT HAVE A COMMITMENT TO COME.
00:38:28.60\00:38:32.53
SO I'M NOT TRYING TO DIMINISH
FROM THE IMPORTANCE OF REGULAR
00:38:32.53\00:38:40.13
CHURCH ATTENDANCE.
00:38:40.13\00:38:42.23
BUT ARE WE SAVED
BY BEING IN THE HOUSE?
00:38:42.23\00:38:48.70
AND SO THIS BOY, HE'S
SAYING, "I'M NOT GETTING
00:38:48.70\00:38:51.96
WHAT I DESERVE."
00:38:51.96\00:38:54.03
THE LORD'S GONNA DECLARE TO A
LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE LAST DAYS.
00:38:54.03\00:38:57.36
LUKE 15:29, "SO THEN HE ANSWERS
AND HE SAYS TO HIS FATHER,
00:38:57.36\00:39:01.23
'LO, THESE MANY YEARS I HAVE
BEEN SERVING YOU; I'VE NEVER
00:39:01.23\00:39:03.90
TRANSGRESSED YOUR COMMANDMENT.'"
VERSE 30, "BUT AS SOON
00:39:03.90\00:39:06.60
AS THIS YOUR SON."
00:39:06.60\00:39:08.93
HA!
00:39:08.93\00:39:09.76
HOW DOES HE
REFER TO HIS BROTHER?
00:39:09.76\00:39:11.76
"THIS SON OF YOURS!"
00:39:11.76\00:39:15.56
I CAN ALWAYS TELL WHEN
ONE OF THE BOYS IS IN TROUBLE.
00:39:15.56\00:39:17.80
KAREN SAYS, "YOUR SON."
00:39:17.80\00:39:21.56
SHE SAYS, "YOUR
SON IS UP THERE."
00:39:21.56\00:39:25.36
AND I'LL SAY, "KAREN, THAT BOY
OF YOURS NEEDS SOME ATTENTION."
00:39:25.36\00:39:30.53
AND WHENEVER THEY'RE
MISBEHAVING, I'LL SAY,
00:39:30.53\00:39:31.80
"JUST LIKE YOUR MOTHER.
00:39:31.80\00:39:34.30
YOU TAKE AFTER YOUR MOTHER."
00:39:34.30\00:39:36.46
AND THEY'RE
MISBEHAVING, SHE SAYS, "OH,
00:39:36.46\00:39:37.63
JUST LIKE YOUR FATHER."
00:39:37.63\00:39:39.43
WE WANT TO DISOWN 'EM
WHEN THEY'RE BAD, RIGHT?
00:39:39.43\00:39:43.36
I'VE SEEN
PARENTS DO THAT BEFORE.
00:39:43.36\00:39:46.26
THEY GOT, YOU KNOW, TWO
OR THREE KIDS, ONE'S ADOPTED.
00:39:46.26\00:39:48.90
WHEN THE ADOPTED ONE
MISBEHAVES, THEY SAY, "WELL,
00:39:48.90\00:39:51.60
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ADOPTED.
00:39:51.60\00:39:53.53
COULDN'T HAVE
ANYTHING TO DO WITH ME.
00:39:53.53\00:39:55.80
IT'S GENETIC."
00:39:55.80\00:39:57.73
WE WANT TO DISOWN 'EM.
00:39:57.73\00:39:59.46
HE SAYS, "THIS SON OF YOURS."
00:39:59.46\00:40:04.13
HE SAYS, "I NEVER TRANSGRESSED
YOUR COMMANDMENT, BUT THIS SON
00:40:04.13\00:40:06.70
OF YOURS WHO SQUANDERED YOUR
INHERITANCE WITH HARLOTS AND
00:40:06.70\00:40:10.73
PRODIGAL LIVING, HE
COMES HOME; YOU HAVE A PARTY."
00:40:10.73\00:40:14.36
YOU NOTICE HE'S
COMPARING HIMSELF.
00:40:14.36\00:40:17.60
2 CORINTHIANS 10:12, "FOR
WE DARE NOT CLASS OURSELVES
00:40:17.60\00:40:24.60
OR COMPARE OURSELVES WITH
THOSE WHO COMMEND THEMSELVES.
00:40:24.60\00:40:29.13
BUT THEY," SPEAKING OF THIS LOST
CATEGORY, "MEASURING THEMSELVES
00:40:29.13\00:40:33.13
BY THEMSELVES, AND COMPARING
THEMSELVES AMONG THEMSELVES--"
00:40:33.13\00:40:36.76
NOTICE AGAIN THE EMPHASIS
ON SELF-- "COMPARING THEMSELVES
00:40:36.76\00:40:40.26
AMONG THEMSELVES, ARE NOT WISE."
00:40:40.26\00:40:44.16
THAT'S A VERY DANGEROUS
WAY TO OPERATE AS A CHRISTIAN.
00:40:44.16\00:40:47.36
IN LOOKING AT OTHERS
AROUND YOU AND SAYING, "WELL,
00:40:47.36\00:40:49.96
AS LONG AS I'M BETTER THAN THEM.
00:40:49.96\00:40:52.10
AS LONG AS I'M
BETTER THAN THEM."
00:40:52.10\00:40:54.20
AND IT'S REAL EASY FOR US
TO SAY, "LORD, I THANK THEE
00:40:54.20\00:40:56.46
I'M NOT AS OTHER MEN.
00:40:56.46\00:40:57.96
AND WE POINT TO OTHERS
IN THE CHURCH THAT WE THINK
00:40:57.96\00:41:00.46
ARE SPIRITUALLY INFERIOR.
00:41:00.46\00:41:01.90
AND YOU NOTICE WE'VE ALL
GOT A REALLY SPECIAL GIFT.
00:41:01.90\00:41:05.00
WE USUALLY HAVE VERY
CLEAR VISION WHEN IT COMES TO
00:41:05.00\00:41:07.73
IDENTIFYING FLAWS IN OTHER
PEOPLE'S LIFESTYLE, BUT WE DON'T
00:41:07.73\00:41:13.33
EVER LIKE TO COMPARE
OURSELVES WITH THE ONES THAT
00:41:13.33\00:41:16.33
ARE HOLIER THAN US.
00:41:16.33\00:41:19.20
I MEAN THAT DOESN'T
MAKE YOU FEEL VERY GOOD.
00:41:19.20\00:41:22.33
WE ARE TO USE COMPARISON.
00:41:22.33\00:41:24.90
YOU SHOULD COMPARE.
00:41:24.90\00:41:26.36
YOU ONLY SHOULD
COMPARE YOURSELF TO ONE PERSON.
00:41:26.36\00:41:29.60
WHO IS THAT?
00:41:29.60\00:41:31.80
CHRIST IS YOUR MEASUREMENT.
00:41:31.80\00:41:35.20
WE ARE TO
MEASURE OURSELVES BY HIM.
00:41:35.20\00:41:36.73
WE'RE TO PUT OUR FEET
WHERE HE PUTS HIS FEET.
00:41:36.73\00:41:38.36
WE'RE TO WALK LIKE HE WALKS.
00:41:38.36\00:41:40.36
WE'RE TO FORGIVE AS HE FORGIVES.
00:41:40.36\00:41:41.63
CHRIST--BIBLE DOESN'T TELL
US TO--MATTER OF FACT, EVEN PAUL
00:41:41.63\00:41:44.66
ONE TIME, HE SAYS,
"FOLLOW ME AS I FOLLOW CHRIST."
00:41:44.66\00:41:49.60
SO THE ONLY WAY WE OUGHT TO HOLD
ANYONE OUT THERE AS AN EXAMPLE
00:41:49.60\00:41:53.23
IS ONLY AS THEY FOLLOW CHRIST.
00:41:53.23\00:41:55.30
CHRIST IS OUR ULTIMATE EXAMPLE.
00:41:55.30\00:41:57.50
OTHERWISE WE
COULD END UP LIKE PETER.
00:41:57.50\00:42:00.70
YOU KNOW WHEN JESUS SAID, "ONE
OF YOU IS GONNA FORSAKE ME,"
00:42:00.70\00:42:02.63
PETER HAD TO BE
THE BIG MOUTH WHO SAID,
00:42:02.63\00:42:04.73
"THOUGH ALL THESE FORSAKE
YOU, I'LL NOT FORSAKE YOU."
00:42:04.73\00:42:08.93
AND LATER HE HAD TO
EAT THOSE WORDS, DIDN'T HE?
00:42:08.93\00:42:11.66
JESUS AFTER THE RESURRECTION
SAID, "PETER, DO YOU LOVE ME
00:42:11.66\00:42:14.03
MORE THAN THESE?
00:42:14.03\00:42:15.40
MORE THAN THESE?
00:42:15.40\00:42:16.30
YOU WANT TO COMPARE YOURSELF?"
00:42:16.30\00:42:17.40
HE WOULDN'T DO IT ANYMORE.
00:42:17.40\00:42:18.66
HE SAID, "LORD,
YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU.
00:42:18.66\00:42:19.93
DIDN'T COMPARE HIMSELF ANYMORE.
00:42:19.93\00:42:23.30
CHRIST KNOWS OUR HEARTS.
00:42:23.30\00:42:25.96
AND GOD FROWNS ON IT
WHEN WE COMPARE OURSELVES
00:42:25.96\00:42:28.46
AMONG OURSELVES.
00:42:28.46\00:42:29.76
THE BIG PROBLEM, IN SUMMARY,
OF THE OLDER BROTHER, WAS AN
00:42:29.76\00:42:34.33
ATTITUDE OF SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS.
00:42:34.33\00:42:37.03
HE THOUGHT HE'D EARNED IT.
00:42:37.03\00:42:38.83
HE WAS TRUSTING IN HIMSELF.
00:42:38.83\00:42:40.66
HE THOUGHT HE COULD
GET IT BY HIS WORKS.
00:42:40.66\00:42:43.10
THE SON WHO CAME HOME, YOU
KNOW WHAT ADVANTAGE HE HAD?
00:42:43.10\00:42:46.60
HE REALIZED HE
DID NOT DESERVE IT.
00:42:46.60\00:42:49.70
HE SAID, "FATHER, MAKE ME
ONE OF YOUR HIRED SERVANTS.
00:42:49.70\00:42:53.33
I DON'T DESERVE.
00:42:53.33\00:42:54.20
I AM NO LONGER
WORTHY TO BE YOUR SON.
00:42:54.20\00:42:57.46
THE OLDER BROTHER
FEELS LIKE HE'S EARNED IT.
00:42:57.46\00:43:00.23
HE FEELS WORTHY.
00:43:00.23\00:43:02.00
IT'S DANGEROUS WHEN WE START
THINKING, "GOD OWES ME," LIKE
00:43:02.00\00:43:05.63
THOSE WHO SAY, "LORD,
LORD, HAVEN'T WE TAUGHT
00:43:05.63\00:43:08.73
IN YOUR STREETS?
00:43:08.73\00:43:09.40
HAVEN'T WE EARNED THIS?"
00:43:09.40\00:43:10.90
NOW YOU KNOW WHY THIS MESSAGE
IS VERY IMPORTANT, NOT ONLY
00:43:10.90\00:43:13.30
FOR THOSE THAT MIGHT BE
IN THIS CONGREGATION TODAY,
00:43:13.30\00:43:17.73
BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
FOR ANY PROFESSED CHRISTIAN
00:43:17.73\00:43:20.93
IN THE LAST AGE OF THE CHURCH.
00:43:20.93\00:43:22.60
IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW
IT, I THINK WE'RE LIVING IN
00:43:22.60\00:43:24.56
THE LAST AGE OF THE CHURCH.
00:43:24.56\00:43:27.26
THE LAST AGE OF THE CHURCH,
IF YOU LOOK AT THE AGES OF
00:43:27.26\00:43:29.93
THE CHURCH IN REVELATION 2-3 IS
CALLED THE CHURCH OF LAODICEA.
00:43:29.93\00:43:35.10
AND THE WORD LAODICEA
MEANS "A JUDGING OF THE PEOPLE."
00:43:35.10\00:43:37.90
AND THE CHARACTERISTIC OF
THE CHURCH IN THAT LAST AGE IS
00:43:37.90\00:43:41.30
THE CHARACTERISTIC
OF THE OLDER BROTHER.
00:43:41.30\00:43:44.46
HE SAYS, "I'M HERE
IN THE FATHER'S HOUSE.
00:43:44.46\00:43:45.90
I'M RICH AND
INCREASED WITH GOODS.
00:43:45.90\00:43:47.20
I DON'T NEED ANYTHING.
00:43:47.20\00:43:47.96
I'VE EARNED IT.
00:43:47.96\00:43:49.43
I'M ENTITLED."
00:43:49.43\00:43:51.30
AND HE DOESN'T KNOW THAT HE'S
POOR AND WRETCHED, MISERABLE,
00:43:51.30\00:43:54.93
BLIND AND NAKED.
00:43:54.93\00:43:58.40
SEE, ONE BOY CAME HOME DIRTY
FROM THE PIG PEN, BUT HE WAS
00:43:58.40\00:44:04.40
COVERED BY THE FATHER'S ROBE.
00:44:04.40\00:44:06.03
HE'S IN THE HOUSE.
00:44:06.03\00:44:07.10
THE OTHER BOY CAME HOME
DIRTY FROM THE FATHER'S FIELD.
00:44:07.10\00:44:11.03
HE'S BEEN OUT WORKING, RIGHT?
00:44:11.03\00:44:12.96
HE SAYS HE
RETURNED FROM THE FIELD.
00:44:12.96\00:44:14.26
DO YOU THINK HE
WAS CLEAN OR DIRTY?
00:44:14.26\00:44:16.50
HE DOESN'T FEEL HE
NEEDS THE FATHER'S ROBE.
00:44:16.50\00:44:20.40
AND MY APPEAL RIGHT NOW IS
FOR EVERYBODY, AND IT DOESN'T
00:44:20.40\00:44:27.40
MATTER WHETHER YOU'RE A CONVERT
TO CHRISTIANITY, OR WHETHER
00:44:27.40\00:44:30.00
YOU WERE RAISED BY CHRISTIAN
PARENTS, THERE IS A VERY REAL
00:44:30.00\00:44:33.36
DANGER, ACCORDING TO THE
WORDS I'VE READ THIS MORNING.
00:44:33.36\00:44:35.73
JESUS SAYS IT ALL THROUGH THE
GOSPELS, THAT YOU AND I CAN MAKE
00:44:35.73\00:44:40.50
THE VERY SAME MISTAKE AS THE
JEWS OF THINKING THAT SOMEHOW
00:44:40.50\00:44:44.06
BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE
CHURCH THAT WE'VE EARNED IT.
00:44:44.06\00:44:47.50
IT'S ONLY BY GRACE THAT WE
GET INTO THE FATHER'S HOUSE.
00:44:47.50\00:44:51.03
YOU KNOW, CHRIST DOESN'T TELL
US WHAT HAPPENS AT THE END OF
00:44:51.03\00:44:53.53
THE STORY.
00:44:53.53\00:44:55.26
THIS CHAPTER ENDS BY THE
FATHER SAYING IT'S APPROPRIATE
00:44:55.26\00:44:58.46
THAT WE SHOULD REJOICE BECAUSE
THIS BROTHER OF YOURS WAS DEAD,
00:44:58.46\00:45:00.90
AND HE'S ALIVE.
00:45:00.90\00:45:01.70
HE WAS LOST, AND NOW HE'S FOUND.
00:45:01.70\00:45:04.23
AND IT NEVER SAYS WHETHER OR
NOT THAT OLDER BROTHER RELENTED
00:45:04.23\00:45:08.33
AND SAID, "YOU
KNOW, DAD, YOU'RE RIGHT.
00:45:08.33\00:45:10.00
I'LL COME IN WITH
YOU AND I'LL CELEBRATE."
00:45:10.00\00:45:12.66
MAYBE LIKE ESAU HE
RECONCILES WITH HIS BROTHER.
00:45:12.66\00:45:15.80
AND IT ENDS WELL.
00:45:15.80\00:45:18.10
MAYBE IT DOESN'T.
00:45:18.10\00:45:21.13
LIKE THE JEWISH NATION THAT
JUST COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY
00:45:21.13\00:45:23.83
THE GENTILES WOULD COME IN.
00:45:23.83\00:45:27.36
YOU GOT THAT PARABLE.
00:45:27.36\00:45:28.60
FATHER HAD TWO SONS, AND HE
SAYS, "BOYS, WORK IN MY FIELD."
00:45:28.60\00:45:35.16
THE YOUNGER ONE
SAYS, "I'M NOT GOING."
00:45:35.16\00:45:38.03
BUT HE LATER
REPENTS, AND HE GOES.
00:45:38.03\00:45:39.83
THE OLDER ONE SAYS, "I'M
GOING," BUT HE DOESN'T GO.
00:45:39.83\00:45:44.43
HE STAYS ON THE OUTSIDE.
00:45:44.43\00:45:45.33
SO I DON'T KNOW
HOW THE STORY ENDS.
00:45:45.33\00:45:46.96
YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:45:46.96\00:45:47.76
YOU GET TO WRITE
THE ENDING TO THE STORY.
00:45:47.76\00:45:52.86
ARE YOU WILLING TO
RECOGNIZE THAT WE ALL NEED
00:45:52.86\00:45:55.36
THE FATHER'S ROBE?
00:45:55.36\00:45:57.73
WE ALL NEED THE FATHER'S MERCY.
00:45:57.73\00:46:00.10
ARE YOU SERVING GOD
BECAUSE OF WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?
00:46:00.10\00:46:02.56
ARE YOU THINKING
THAT YOU DESERVE IT?
00:46:02.56\00:46:05.00
OR DO YOU RECOGNIZE THAT WE
ALL ARE UNWORTHY AND THAT IT'S A
00:46:05.00\00:46:09.16
GIFT, THAT WE'RE SAVED BY LOVE?
00:46:09.16\00:46:12.00
AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT THINGS I LEFT OUT,
00:46:12.00\00:46:14.76
I REALLY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT
HERE, IS THE LOVE OF A BROTHER.
00:46:14.76\00:46:21.40
WHAT BREAKS THE HEART OF
THE FATHER MORE THAN ANYTHING?
00:46:21.40\00:46:25.36
THAT HIS BROTHER--THAT HIS
BOYS DON'T LOVE EACH OTHER.
00:46:25.36\00:46:29.53
LISTEN 1 JOHN 4:20, "IF SOMEONE
SAYS, 'I LOVE GOD,' AND HATES
00:46:29.53\00:46:35.70
HIS BROTHER, HE IS A LIAR; FOR
IF HE DOES NOT LOVE HIS BROTHER
00:46:35.70\00:46:40.20
WHO HE HAS SEEN, HOW CAN HE
LOVE GOD WHO HE HAS NOT SEEN?"
00:46:40.20\00:46:44.43
NOW, YOU KNOW THE BIBLE SAYS
WE OUGHT TO LOVE OUR ENEMIES,
00:46:44.43\00:46:47.33
RIGHT?
00:46:47.33\00:46:49.23
WE CERTAINLY OUGHT
TO LOVE OUR SPOUSES.
00:46:49.23\00:46:52.96
AND WE OUGHT TO
LOVE OUR SIBLINGS.
00:46:52.96\00:46:54.66
WE OUGHT TO LOVE
FELLOW CHURCH MEMBERS.
00:46:54.66\00:46:56.20
I MEAN, THIS IS SO BASIC.
00:46:56.20\00:46:58.93
AND YET, THERE ARE PEOPLE
IN THE CHURCH AND WE HAVEN'T
00:46:58.93\00:47:01.06
LEARNED TO LOVE EACH OTHER.
00:47:01.06\00:47:03.16
HOW CAN WE LOVE GOD,
WHO WE HAVE NOT SEEN,
00:47:03.16\00:47:05.73
IF WE CAN'T LOVE OUR BROTHER?
00:47:05.73\00:47:09.13
THIS OLDER BOY, HE STAYED AT
THE FATHER'S HOUSE, BUT HE NEVER
00:47:09.13\00:47:11.96
REALLY LOVED HIS BROTHER.
00:47:11.96\00:47:14.53
SO YOU WONDER, DID HE MAKE
IT INSIDE THE FATHER'S HOUSE
00:47:14.53\00:47:16.90
FOR THE CELEBRATION?
00:47:16.90\00:47:20.16
ALL OF US ARE
SAVED BY GRACE, FRIENDS.
00:47:20.16\00:47:23.00
AND NONE OF US CAN
SAY WE'VE DESERVED IT.
00:47:23.00\00:47:25.53
THAT'S WHY I PICKED
THIS AS OUR CLOSING HYMN.
00:47:25.53\00:47:28.50
IT'S 295.
00:47:28.50\00:47:30.46
IT'S "NOT I, BUT CHRIST."
00:47:30.46\00:47:33.10
WE DON'T DESERVE IT.
00:47:33.10\00:47:34.50
ALL OF US NEED TO COME TO
THE FATHER LIKE THAT YOUNGER BOY
00:47:34.50\00:47:38.46
DID, AND SAY,
"FATHER, I AM NO LONGER WORTHY
00:47:38.46\00:47:41.50
TO BE CALLED YOUR SON."
00:47:41.50\00:47:42.60
DOES HE ACCEPT HIM AS A SON?
00:47:42.60\00:47:44.00
HE DOES.
00:47:44.00\00:47:45.90
DOES HE GET THE ROBE?
00:47:45.90\00:47:46.96
HE DOES.
00:47:46.96\00:47:47.70
HE GETS JUSTIFIED.
00:47:47.70\00:47:48.83
HE GETS SANCTIFIED.
00:47:48.83\00:47:49.90
HE GOES TO THE FATHER'S
HOUSE AND THERE HE'S GLORIFIED
00:47:49.90\00:47:52.80
AND THERE'S A CELEBRATION.
00:47:52.80\00:47:53.90
I WANT TO BE AT
THAT WEDDING FEAST.
00:47:53.90\00:47:55.63
I WANT TO BE AT THAT CELEBRATION
IN THE FATHER'S HOUSE, FRIENDS.
00:47:55.63\00:47:58.26
BE CAREFUL THAT WE DON'T MAKE
THE MISTAKE THAT MARTHA MADE,
00:47:58.26\00:48:03.66
SAYING, "WE'VE
WORKED FOR THE LORD."
00:48:03.66\00:48:05.96
BE CAREFUL THAT WE DON'T
MAKE THE MISTAKE OF THAT OLDER
00:48:05.96\00:48:08.83
BROTHER, OR THE SCRIBES AND THE
PHARISEES, JUST CONCERNED ABOUT
00:48:08.83\00:48:12.83
THE EXTERNALS, THAT IT REALLY
IS A HEART RELIGION, THAT WE
00:48:12.83\00:48:17.26
LOVE THE LORD AND WE LOVE
OUR NEIGHBOR, AND THAT ALL OF
00:48:17.26\00:48:20.00
IT COMES AS A GIFT.
00:48:20.00\00:48:21.73
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DEMONSTRATE
THAT, THEN MAKE THIS SONG
00:48:21.73\00:48:25.36
A PRAYER.
00:48:25.36\00:48:26.40
LET'S STAND AND
SING IT TOGETHER.
00:48:26.40\00:48:27.86
295, I BELIEVE, IS THAT RIGHT?
00:48:27.86\00:48:30.10
"NOT I, BUT CHRIST--"
"CHIEF OF SINNERS," I'M SORRY!
00:48:30.10\00:48:34.60
[MUSIC]
00:48:36.53\00:48:40.83
? CHIEF OF
SINNERS ? ? THOUGH I BE, ?
00:48:42.33\00:48:47.03
? JESUS SHED HIS BLOOD FOR
ME; ? ? DIED THAT I MIGHT LIVE ?
00:48:47.03\00:48:54.96
? ON HIGH, ? ? DIED
THAT I MIGHT NEVER DIE; ?
00:48:54.96\00:49:01.50
? AS THE BRANCH
IS ? ? TO THE VINE, ?
00:49:01.50\00:49:06.30
? I AM HIS, AND HE IS MINE. ?
00:49:06.30\00:49:11.90
>> NOW YOU PROBABLY REALIZED
I'D PAUSE HERE DURING THE HYMN.
00:49:13.80\00:49:17.13
WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE PRODIGAL
SON, IT REALLY IS A STORY
00:49:17.13\00:49:21.66
ABOUT COMING HOME.
00:49:21.66\00:49:23.76
BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE
YOUNGER SON THAT WENT INTO
00:49:23.76\00:49:25.96
A FAR COUNTRY.
00:49:25.96\00:49:27.40
THAT'S THOSE WHO ARE BLATANTLY
OUT IN THE WORLD, THAT SAY
00:49:27.40\00:49:30.13
THEY WANT TO COME
BACK TO THE FATHER'S HOUSE.
00:49:30.13\00:49:32.73
BUT IT'S ALSO TALKING ABOUT
THE BOY WHO HAS THE ILLUSION
00:49:32.73\00:49:35.90
THAT HE'S HOME, BUT
HE'S STILL OUTSIDE THE HOUSE.
00:49:35.90\00:49:40.13
AND HE WON'T GO IN BECAUSE OF
HIS PRIDE AND HIS SELFISHNESS.
00:49:40.13\00:49:43.30
WHATEVER CATEGORY YOU MIGHT BE
IN, THE FATHER LOVES BOTH SONS.
00:49:43.30\00:49:49.86
HE WANTS TO ACCEPT BOTH SONS.
00:49:49.86\00:49:53.76
HE WENT OUT AND
PLEADED WITH THAT OLDER BOY.
00:49:53.76\00:49:56.16
HE ENTREATED HIM TO COME HIM.
00:49:56.16\00:49:58.20
HE RAN TO MEET THE YOUNGER
BOY AND COVERED HIM WITH A ROBE.
00:49:58.20\00:50:01.40
THAT MEANS THE LORD LOVES
EVERYBODY HERE, AND HE WANTS US
00:50:01.40\00:50:04.46
ALL IN THAT PLACE OF
CELEBRATION WHEN THE TIME COMES.
00:50:04.46\00:50:07.90
IF YOU'RE NOT SURE THAT YOU'RE
THERE, AND IF YOU WANT TO HAVE
00:50:07.90\00:50:12.20
THAT ASSURANCE, MAYBE YOU NEED
SPECIAL PRAYER FOR SOME REASON,
00:50:12.20\00:50:15.90
YOU'D LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND
JUST DEMONSTRATE THAT TODAY, AND
00:50:15.90\00:50:18.26
SAY, "LORD, I WANT A NEW HEART.
00:50:18.26\00:50:20.03
I WANT TO HAVE LOVE FOR
YOU AND FOR MY BROTHER."
00:50:20.03\00:50:22.36
COME AS WE SING
VERSE 2 AND VERSE 3,
00:50:22.36\00:50:24.70
"CHIEF OF SINNERS," 295.
00:50:24.70\00:50:26.70
? O THE HEIGHT OF
JESUS' LOVE! ? ? HIGHER THAN ?
00:50:27.03\00:50:34.40
? THE HEAVEN ABOVE, ? ?
DEEPER THAN THE DEEPEST SEA, ?
00:50:34.40\00:50:43.60
? LASTING AS ETERNITY;
? ? LOVE THAT FOUND ME ?
00:50:43.60\00:50:52.50
? WONDROUS
THOUGHT! ? ? FOUND ME WHEN ?
00:50:52.50\00:50:57.10
? I SOUGHT HIM NOT!
? ? CHIEF OF SINNERS ?
00:50:57.10\00:51:04.96
? THOUGH I BE, ? ?
CHRIST IS ALL IN ALL TO ME; ?
00:51:04.96\00:51:12.96
? ALL MY WANTS ? ?
TO HIM ARE KNOWN, ?
00:51:12.96\00:51:18.36
? ALL MY SORROWS ARE
HIS OWN; ? ? SAFE WITH HIM ?
00:51:18.36\00:51:26.00
? FROM EARTHLY
STRIFE, ? ? HE SUSTAINS ?
00:51:26.00\00:51:31.53
? THE HIDDEN LIFE. ?
00:51:31.53\00:51:36.26
>> OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, LORD,
AS WE'VE CONSIDERED DURING THESE
00:51:40.26\00:51:46.56
2 WEEKS THE STORY OF
THE PRODIGAL SON, WE SEE
00:51:46.56\00:51:51.13
THAT IS REALLY THE
STORY OF THE PRODIGAL SONS.
00:51:51.13\00:51:55.73
SOME REALIZE THAT THEY WERE OUT
IN THE WORLD AND THEY CAME HOME.
00:51:55.73\00:52:00.06
OTHERS WERE IN THE
HOUSE AND DIDN'T REALIZE HOW
00:52:00.06\00:52:03.40
SEPARATED FROM THE FATHER
AND THEIR BROTHER THEY WERE.
00:52:03.40\00:52:06.86
LORD, I PRAY THAT WHEREVER
WE FIND OURSELVES THAT WE
00:52:06.86\00:52:10.03
WILL REALIZE YOU LOVE
US, THAT WE ARE ALL SINNERS,
00:52:10.03\00:52:14.16
THAT WE ALL NEED CLEANSING.
00:52:14.16\00:52:16.20
AND WE'RE
WILLING TO COME TO THEE.
00:52:16.20\00:52:18.36
I PRAY THAT YOU'LL BLESS EACH
PERSON HERE WITH THAT NEW HEART,
00:52:18.36\00:52:22.36
LORD.
00:52:22.36\00:52:23.30
SAVE US FROM OUR PRIDE, OUR
STUBBORNNESS, OUR SELFISHNESS.
00:52:23.30\00:52:27.66
HELP US TO HAVE THE
MIND AND THE HEART OF JESUS
00:52:27.66\00:52:30.23
IN OUR OWN HEARTS.
00:52:30.23\00:52:31.16
IT'S A MIRACLE, LORD.
00:52:31.16\00:52:32.20
WE CAN ONLY HAVE THIS AS
YOU GIVE IT TO US AND WE RECEIVE
00:52:32.20\00:52:34.90
IT BY FAITH.
00:52:34.90\00:52:36.60
THANK YOU FOR YOUR FORGIVENESS.
00:52:36.60\00:52:38.63
WE COME TO YOU.
00:52:38.63\00:52:39.40
WE REPENT OF OUR SINS.
00:52:39.40\00:52:41.00
WE SAY, FATHER, WE ARE NO
LONGER WORTHY TO BE YOUR SONS.
00:52:41.00\00:52:44.83
AND WE ALSO HEAR YOU
SAY THAT YOU ACCEPT US.
00:52:44.83\00:52:48.76
WE FEEL THAT YOU EMBRACE US.
00:52:48.76\00:52:50.96
YOU COVER US WITH YOUR ROBE.
00:52:50.96\00:52:52.96
AND IF WE'RE IN THE CHURCH,
LORD, BUT WE'VE BEEN SEPARATED
00:52:52.96\00:52:56.00
FROM YOU, YOU COME OUT
AND YOU ENTREAT AND YOU PLEAD
00:52:56.00\00:52:58.83
WITH US TO COME IN.
00:52:58.83\00:53:00.23
LORD, THANK YOU FOR THAT
PERSISTENT LOVE YOU'VE BORN
00:53:00.23\00:53:04.63
WITH US PATIENTLY FOR YEARS.
00:53:04.63\00:53:06.66
I PRAY THAT WE CAN NOT
ONLY ACCEPT THAT LOVE, BUT NOW
00:53:06.66\00:53:10.06
DEMONSTRATE THAT
LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER.
00:53:10.06\00:53:12.40
BE WITH EACH
PERSON IN OUR LIVES.
00:53:12.40\00:53:14.73
BLESS OUR HOMES THAT
ARE REPRESENTED HERE.
00:53:14.73\00:53:17.73
BLESS THE FAMILIES
AND THE MARRIAGES, LORD.
00:53:17.73\00:53:20.20
BLESS IN THE SIBLING
RELATIONSHIPS THAT THERE
00:53:20.20\00:53:23.90
CAN BE LOVE.
00:53:23.90\00:53:25.06
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE SPIRIT.
00:53:25.06\00:53:26.60
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS CHURCH.
00:53:26.60\00:53:29.33
AND MAY WE ALL BE FOUND
IN THE FATHER'S HOUSE DURING
00:53:29.33\00:53:32.23
THAT GREAT FEAST.
00:53:32.23\00:53:33.50
IN CHRIST'S NAME WE PRAY, AMEN.
00:53:33.50\00:53:36.26
>> HELLO FRIENDS,
I'M DOUG BATCHELOR.
00:53:37.80\00:53:39.63
FOR MORE THAN 40
YEARS, AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN
00:53:39.63\00:53:43.26
A MINISTRY OF EVANGELISM,
REACHING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE,
00:53:43.26\00:53:47.73
CHANGING LIVES WITH THE
POWERFUL MESSAGE OF HOPE
00:53:47.73\00:53:51.00
AND PURPOSE FOUND IN THE BIBLE.
00:53:51.00\00:53:53.20
AS DISCIPLES OF CHRIST, WE HERE
AT AMAZING FACTS HAVE ACCEPTED
00:53:53.20\00:53:57.36
THE GREAT COMMISSION CHALLENGE,
TO SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS
00:53:57.36\00:54:00.43
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
00:54:00.43\00:54:01.86
WHAT BEGAN AS A 15-MINUTE RADIO
PROGRAM HAS BEEN BLESSED BY GOD
00:54:01.86\00:54:06.56
TO GROW INTO A MULTIFACETED
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA MINISTRY.
00:54:06.56\00:54:11.76
THESE ARE TRULY EXCITING TIMES,
YET WE CANNOT DO ANY OF THIS
00:54:11.76\00:54:15.26
WITHOUT YOUR
CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP.
00:54:15.26\00:54:18.56
>> THE AMAZING FACTS HAS
BEEN A HUGE CORNERSTONE IN
00:54:18.56\00:54:21.70
MY WHOLE CONVERSION EXPERIENCE
AND MY WALK WITH CHRIST.
00:54:21.70\00:54:25.00
>> INVESTING IN
AMAZING FACTS IS A NO-BRAINER.
00:54:25.00\00:54:28.36
IT'S AN INVESTMENT IN ETERNITY.
00:54:28.36\00:54:29.90
>> I'M SO THANKFUL FOR WHAT'S
HAPPENING AT AMAZING FACTS.
00:54:29.90\00:54:31.83
IT'S CHANGING PEOPLE'S LIVES.
00:54:31.83\00:54:33.83
>> AMAZING FACTS HAS
TOUCHED MY LIFE IN WAYS THAT
00:54:33.83\00:54:36.53
I CAN'T EVEN EXPLAIN.
00:54:36.53\00:54:38.00
>> WE ARE A PART OF
GOD'S GREATER, GREATER PLAN.
00:54:38.00\00:54:41.43
>> INVESTMENT IN AMAZING
FACTS IS ACTUALLY AN INVESTMENT
00:54:41.43\00:54:44.66
IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
00:54:44.66\00:54:46.56
>> I'M A PRODUCT OF THE
GIFTS THAT SOMEONE HAS GIVEN.
00:54:46.56\00:54:50.66
>> I'M ONE CHANGED LIFE.
00:54:50.66\00:54:52.00
>> I'LL NEVER BE THE SAME.
00:54:52.00\00:54:53.60
>> THOUSANDS OF LOST
SOULS ARE COMING TO KNOW JESUS,
00:54:53.60\00:54:56.56
AND ARE BEING
TRANSFORMED INTO HIS LIKENESS.
00:54:56.56\00:54:59.23
THOUSANDS MORE ARE
EXPERIENCING NEW DEPTH IN
00:54:59.23\00:55:02.36
THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST.
00:55:02.36\00:55:04.96
WE BELIEVE THAT THROUGH
CONTINUED PRAYER, TRUST IN GOD,
00:55:04.96\00:55:08.33
AND OUR SACRIFICIAL GIVING,
THAT WE CAN TAKE THIS MESSAGE
00:55:08.33\00:55:11.46
OF HOPE AROUND THE
WORLD TO ONE AND TO ALL.
00:55:11.46\00:55:16.00
>> HOW MUCH MORE
EXCITING CAN IT BE THAN THAT?
00:55:25.06\00:55:28.90
>> VIRTUALLY EVERYONE ON THE
EARTH, REGARDLESS OF RELIGION
00:55:40.70\00:55:43.96
OR NATIONALITY, RECOGNIZE THAT
THERE IS SOME FORM OF BATTLE
00:55:43.96\00:55:48.16
RAGING IN THE WORLD AROUND
US, BETWEEN THE FORCES OF GOOD
00:55:48.16\00:55:51.63
AND EVIL, A COLOSSAL STRUGGLE
BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARKNESS,
00:55:51.63\00:55:56.16
TRUTH AND ERROR, OPPRESSION
AND FREEDOM, RIGHT AND WRONG,
00:55:56.16\00:56:00.60
AND ULTIMATELY LIFE AND DEATH.
00:56:00.60\00:56:06.13
>> JOURNEY BACK THROUGH TIME
TO THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE.
00:56:09.93\00:56:14.53
DISCOVER HOW A PERFECT ANGEL
TRANSFORMED INTO SATAN, THE
00:56:14.53\00:56:19.03
ARCH VILLAIN, THE BIRTH OF EVIL,
A REBELLION IN HEAVEN, A MUTINY
00:56:19.03\00:56:26.10
THAT MOVED TO EARTH; BEHOLD,
THE CREATION OF A BEAUTIFUL
00:56:26.10\00:56:31.60
NEW PLANET AND THE FIRST HUMANS.
00:56:31.60\00:56:34.13
WITNESS THE TEMPTATION IN EDEN.
00:56:34.13\00:56:37.20
DISCOVER GOD'S AMAZING
PLAN TO SAVE HIS CHILDREN.
00:56:37.20\00:56:42.16
THIS IS A STORY THAT INVOLVES
EVERY LIFE ON EARTH, EVERY LIFE:
00:56:42.16\00:56:49.20
"THE COSMIC CONFLICT."
00:56:49.20\00:56:51.66
IF GOD IS GOOD, IF GOD IS
ALL-POWERFUL, IF GOD IS LOVE,
00:56:51.66\00:56:56.10
THEN WHAT WENT WRONG?
00:56:56.10\00:56:59.60
>> IN THE SAME WAY ALL OF
THE PLANETS IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
00:57:05.70\00:57:08.60
REVOLVE AROUND THE SUN,
EVERYTHING WE DO HERE AT
00:57:08.60\00:57:11.70
AMAZING FACTS REVOLVES AROUND
THE NUCLEUS OF GOD'S WORD,
00:57:11.70\00:57:16.03
THE SCRIPTURES.
00:57:16.03\00:57:17.13
THAT'S WHY WE'RE VERY EXCITED
TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE RELEASE OF
00:57:17.13\00:57:19.93
A NEW RESOURCE THAT WILL BLESS
YOU IN YOUR PERSONAL STUDY.
00:57:19.93\00:57:23.66
IT'S THE AMAZING
FACTS PROPHECY STUDY BIBLE.
00:57:23.66\00:57:27.10
AND THIS BIBLE IS LIKE NO OTHER.
00:57:27.10\00:57:28.90
IT IS FILLED WITH
WONDERFUL RESOURCES.
00:57:28.90\00:57:31.36
OF COURSE IT HAS A CONCORDANCE.
00:57:31.36\00:57:32.83
IT HAS THE MAPS, RED LETTER
EDITION, NEW KING JAMES VERSION,
00:57:32.83\00:57:36.03
HOW TO UNDERSTAND
THE HISTORY OF THE BIBLE.
00:57:36.03\00:57:38.26
AND BEST OF ALL, ALL 27
OF THE POPULAR AMAZING FACTS
00:57:38.26\00:57:42.20
STUDY GUIDES ARE IN THIS
BIBLE, ANSWERING QUESTIONS LIKE,
00:57:42.20\00:57:46.73
"HOW WILL JESUS COME?"
00:57:46.73\00:57:48.36
"WHO IS THE BEAST?"
00:57:48.36\00:57:49.76
"WHAT IS THE MARK OF THE BEAST?"
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