Lostness
Parables | Week 2
Adam Barnett teaches on the subject of lostness using three different parables, specifically teaching on the Parable of the Prodigal Son.
MESSAGE NOTES
Lostness
Parables • March 5, 2023
Teacher: Adam Barnett
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Luke 15:2b NIV
“This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
Luke 15:7 NIV
“I tell you that in the same way, there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.”
Luke 15:10 NIV
“In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
Luke 15:11-16 NIV
Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them. “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
Matt Williams
“To liquidate his portion of the estate and then to leave his family amounted to an act of the grossest disregard and disloyalty.”
Luke 15:17-19 NIV
“When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’
“I am no longer worthy.”
Luke 15:20-24 NIV
So he got up and went to his father. “But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him. “The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ “But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate. For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate.
Luke 15:25-27 NIV
“Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing. So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on. ‘Your brother has come,’ he replied, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.’
Luke 15:28-32 NIV
“The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him. But he answered his father, ‘Look! All these years I’ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!’ “‘My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”
A.J. Levine
“They threw a party for the younger son, and they had enough time to call the caterer and the band before anyone told the older son.”
1. The nature of repentance.
2. God’s unconditional love.
3. Joyful welcome of sinners.
Those who accept Christ must accept others accepted by Christ.
1. Share God’s joy when any sinner repents.
2. Do not give up on people when they turn away from God or family.
3. Show patient love when someone snaps out of it and tries to make things right.
4. Practice forgiveness, as you want God to forgive you.
5. Avoid jealousy and selfishness when the celebration is for someone else.