Luke 15:13
And not many days later, the younger son gathered everything together and went on a journey into a distant country, and there he squandered his estate with loose living.
The Lord Jesus was reproached for receiving the tax collectors and the sinners.
He looked precisely for the lost. The Pharisees and scribes have deeply resented Jesus for this. In response to these reproaches, Jesus spoke, among other things, the parable of the prodigal son.
There goes the youngest son. He has his inheritance in his pocket.
He wants to be free. He wants to go his own way. No longer on a leash from home.
That’s how young people crave for freedom now too.’
They want to get away from that stuffy. They want to get rid of that control.
The youngest son is doing well. He plunges into the hustle and bustle of life. He exuberantly enjoys everything that is available.
You may say, “Fortunately, there are no similarities between me and that looser.”
Wait a second!
▪︎Are we not far from the Father’s house?
▪︎Are we not lost sinners?
▪︎Have we not given our Maker the bill of divorce?
▪︎Do we not also seek happiness outside of God in a faraway land?
There is only one conclusion: you and I are that prodigal son.
There is still Gospel for prodigal sons.
The Son has left the Father’s house so that prodigal sons can and may come home again.
Read: Luke 15:1-3 and 11-13
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