March 22, 2020
For a while, we will be doing things differently. I'll be recording the sermon at home, and posting it and other elements on YouTube. Audio podcasts will also be available as per usual.
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Scripture:
Luke 15:11–32
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.
“When he came to his senses, he
said, ‘How many of my father’s hired men 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 men.’ 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.
“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.’
“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.’ ”
Philippians 2:8
Philippians 2:8
And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled
himself by becoming obedient to death-- even death on a cross!
Matthew 26:39
“My
Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will,
but as you will.”
Luke 15:10
Luke 15:10
I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the
angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
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