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THE PRODIGALS (2 OF 3)

by Central Christian Church of Arizona

Scripture: Luke 15:1-32
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The Prodigals (2 of 3)
Series: Parables
Jeremy Jernigan
Luke 15


1) New series
a) New journal
b) Parables for 8 weeks this summer
i) We are going to look at some of the stories Jesus told
ii) Jesus was a master storyteller
iii) He would create a story to teach a point in a way that hit home and is easy to remember
c) It is for half the series and will connect with the next journal
d) Title: The Prodigals

2) Open to Luke 15
a) This entire chapter is in the context of being lost
b) Verses 3-7 are about lost sheep
c) Verses 8-10 are about a lost coin
d) And verses 11-31 are about two lost sons
e) Story of driving with GPS in Texas
i) Paul Carpenter and I on the first day
ii) My dad's realization on the third day
f) Video - The Office

3) Luke 15:11-19 ''To illustrate the point further, Jesus told them this story: ''A man had two sons. 12 The younger son told his father, 'I want my share of your estate now before you die.' So his father agreed to divide his wealth between his sons. 13 ''A few days later this younger son packed all his belongings and moved to a distant land, and there he wasted all his money in wild living. 14 About the time his money ran out, a great famine swept over the land, and he began to starve. 15 He persuaded a local farmer to hire him, and the man sent him into his fields to feed the pigs. 16 The young man became so hungry that even the pods he was feeding the pigs looked good to him. But no one gave him anything. 17 ''When he finally came to his senses, he said to himself, 'At home even the hired servants have food enough to spare, and here I am dying of hunger! 18 I will go home to my father and say, ''Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you, 19 and I am no longer worthy of being called your son. Please take me on as a hired servant.'''
a) This is the Jewish definition of rock bottom
i) We might be alarmed that he was involved with ''wild living''
ii) Jesus' original audience would have been alarmed t ...

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