I would like to go back
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to the Parable
of the Prodigal Son,
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we are in chapter 15 and
we are looking at verse 23,
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"And bring
hither the fatted calf,
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and kill it and let
us eat, and be merry."
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Now who was being
killed here in the Parable?
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What did he deserve to be sac--
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why did he
deserve to be sacrificed
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while he didn't
deserve to be sacrificed?
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Couldn't we feast without that?
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Wasn't the calf innocent
and the Prodigal Son guilty?
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Yes, but listen in
Hebrews 9:22 it says,
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"Without the shedding of blood
there is no remission of sin."
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Jesus, so that we could rejoice,
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He rejoiced to
die on our behalf.
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And so in the
Parable of the Prodigal Son,
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even the symbolic calf
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is the center of
the whole Parable.
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This is Jesus and all
that we enjoy together,
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all that we enjoy in this world
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is blood bought at
the cross of Calvary.
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The whole Bible is
based on that sacrifice.
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May God bless you all.
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