21" The son said to him, 'Father. I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son. "- Luke 15:21
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Focuses on: Luke 15:11-32
Job Description: A son who asked his father for his father's wealth and left home to indulge himself
Significant events in worldly position: Came back home
Aftermath: Had a party held by his father to celebrate his return
Is this person one with desirable traits of a Christian?
A perfect example of this is in Luke 15:11-32, when a boy asked his father for his share of property. The father would grant his son's wishes. The son would than leave home and set off far away to enjoy his newly given riches. It wouldn't be long before a famine hits his current area and he ends up living in extremely poor conditions. Realizing that he had slipped up, he goes back to his father in hopes that he will be able work for his father. Coming back and taking in the pleasure of being his child again was out of the question in his mind at that point. Little did he know, as soon as his father saw his lost son, he leaped and ran out to welcome his son back. Not only that, he throws a huge banquet just to honor the return of his child.
The father in this parable is easily a man of many righteous characteristics. But the "Servant of The Weak" is the son not because of how great of a person he was, but because of how he was able to find it in himself to come back home. The son demonstrated repentance and desperation, to recognize your undoings and go to who you truly need. In the situation that he was in, suffering would've been inevitable if he would've chose not to return.
When the son asked his father if he could have his share of the property, it was a huge gesture of disrespect. The son asked for his father's inheritance, which are things given away after one's death. The son asking such a question left a message to his father that his son doesn't care about him. The only thing that the son was interested in was the material belongings that were currently under the possession of his parent. Despite this, the father simply just gave him what he asked for.
To add insult to injury, the son would later leave to another country after he got what he wanted. That's two unbelievably horrible acts that a child could ever do to his father. Taking his inheritance and running away. He committed acts that were despicable to immense levels.
But, as bad as that sounds, all people are like the son at some point in their life. Some more than others, but it's part of human nature to disregard anybody in order to fulfill your personal desires.
The son simply did what he wanted and he was able to get away with it. However, once that famine struck, he basically had nothing left. He worked to feed pigs, but he was hungry, he wasn't going anywhere being in where he was. The key was the moment of realization when he came to his senses to come back. He was in a situation where there was really no other option left. He was desperate.
His return basically summed up everything. The pivotal point of the son's life was when he cried to his father for forgiveness. Needless to say, his father forgave him and the son was able to live comfortably once again.
That's sort of how we are all. We're all in a situation where we have nowhere to go unless somebody saves us. Everybody is born with origins of sin. But it doesn't matter of what we did in the past and how dark it may have been. What's important is that repentance happens because life is filled with situations where we are hopeless by ourselves. We are put into circumstances that render us useless by ourselves.
We cannot go by living on our own. Sooner or later, we'll all find ourselves placed into a dilemma just like the lost son.
What matters isn't about how scornful we had been, what's important is that we learn to call to God for help. It's only than can our prayers be answered. Once you call for help, I guarantee you that the Lord will come to rescue.
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