The Parable of the Prodigal Son by Rose Publishing

Author:Rose Publishing
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781596369627
Publisher: Rose Publishing
Published: 2015-06-30T00:00:00+00:00

A heart of stone, unwilling to be transformed and softened to produce compassion and empathy. Anger at his brother.

ISRAEL

“I [the Lord] will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.”—Ezekiel 36:26

Jesus’ teaching that he was offering in a parable to his audience was this: The refusal of the Jews to accept God’s calling to be shaped as a people to become a blessing to all the nations was a form of rebellion. They were unwilling to accept God’s mighty acts of salvation in Jesus and be part of that new reality.

In the father’s place, the older son would have given the foolish younger brother exactly what he deserved. And perhaps that seems to be what is just and fair. But in love and compassion, the father extended grace, and in his wisdom, he rejoiced for the return of a lost son.

Indeed, grace is exactly what the younger son needed. Grace is what we all need, whether we are at the heights of our strength and success or in the depths of despair and grief. From grace springs acceptance, compassion, forgiveness, and restitution. And grace itself springs from love.

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