THE ONE THAT MATTERS (2 OF 3)
Scripture: Luke 15:11-32
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The One That Matters (2 of 3)
Who's Your One?
James Merritt
Luke 15:11-32
Introduction
1. Philip Yancey, one of my favorite authors tells a story about a girl who had a nose ring and a bad attitude. She couldn't stand her parents though they were excellent parents who loved her. She ran away and became a drug-addicted prostitute in Detroit.
2. Months go by, she sees her face on a milk carton, but never bothers to even tell her family she is still alive. Two years later, she is sick, desperate, used up and her pimp throws her out on the street.
3. With no other place to turn, she calls her dad and gets his voicemail. She leaves a message, gets on a bus thinking maybe she can get a ride to her old house.
4. As she steps off the bus, to her amazement she is greeted by forty brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, cousins, grandparents and her parents all wearing party hats with this huge banner stretched out from end-to-end saying, "Welcome Home!" As she rushes to her father to tell him and say, "I'm sorry," her father puts his hand to her mouth and says, "We will talk later. We've got to get you home to the party. There is a banquet waiting for you!" (1)
5. That story probably sounds familiar to a lot of you, because the greatest storyteller in the history of the world, named Jesus, told a similar story two-thousand years ago. It is probably the most famous and beloved story he ever told. Unbelievers know this story. Non-churchgoers know this story. It is actually a part of a parable, the longest parable Jesus ever told. It has more dialogue than any other parable. It is one of those stories you never get tired of hearing or telling.
6. Anybody and everybody can relate to the story and somehow find themselves somewhere in the story. Shakespeare wrote plays based on this story. The famous painter Rembrandt painted a portrait of it. [Show the portrait on the screen]. Charles Dickens, perhaps the greatest novelist in the English language called i ...
Who's Your One?
James Merritt
Luke 15:11-32
Introduction
1. Philip Yancey, one of my favorite authors tells a story about a girl who had a nose ring and a bad attitude. She couldn't stand her parents though they were excellent parents who loved her. She ran away and became a drug-addicted prostitute in Detroit.
2. Months go by, she sees her face on a milk carton, but never bothers to even tell her family she is still alive. Two years later, she is sick, desperate, used up and her pimp throws her out on the street.
3. With no other place to turn, she calls her dad and gets his voicemail. She leaves a message, gets on a bus thinking maybe she can get a ride to her old house.
4. As she steps off the bus, to her amazement she is greeted by forty brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, cousins, grandparents and her parents all wearing party hats with this huge banner stretched out from end-to-end saying, "Welcome Home!" As she rushes to her father to tell him and say, "I'm sorry," her father puts his hand to her mouth and says, "We will talk later. We've got to get you home to the party. There is a banquet waiting for you!" (1)
5. That story probably sounds familiar to a lot of you, because the greatest storyteller in the history of the world, named Jesus, told a similar story two-thousand years ago. It is probably the most famous and beloved story he ever told. Unbelievers know this story. Non-churchgoers know this story. It is actually a part of a parable, the longest parable Jesus ever told. It has more dialogue than any other parable. It is one of those stories you never get tired of hearing or telling.
6. Anybody and everybody can relate to the story and somehow find themselves somewhere in the story. Shakespeare wrote plays based on this story. The famous painter Rembrandt painted a portrait of it. [Show the portrait on the screen]. Charles Dickens, perhaps the greatest novelist in the English language called i ...
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