The Prodigal Son
The story of the prodigal son is a beautiful one of depravity, guilt, conviction and amazing mercy. Something that may go unnoticed sometimes in this scripture is the utter depravity of the other brother. Consider his reaction to his father's love for his brother:
Luke 15:28-30"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!"
Do you think the older brother is perhaps just as lost as the younger brother was and also needs finding?
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