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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, definitely for children of
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all ages. Welcome to another edition of Let's Get Biblical
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with your host, a man formerly in the world of
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stand up comedy and acting as an entertainer, and now
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an evangelist for Christ. Here he is your host, My
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host hosts, please swak kd welcome everybody to another edition
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border of course, Canada. We're not gonna friget about Mexico
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e though, because we just looked at that. Listen. Sorry,
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our friends, we just lost all of you because you're like, listen,
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he didn't give us a shout out. What's going on, guys,
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Welcome to another episode of Let's Get Biblical with your
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boy Katie. What is this all about this doesn't sound
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like a biblical show. I mean, we're supposed to be
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opening up the Bible and being super serious, right, We're
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supposed to be right in it. But this is not.
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This is some hippity hop nonsense to start the show. Listen,
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come down, whether you're a believer, non believer, somebody just
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walking in their faith. Listen. We have a phrase around here,
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we dare you. We dare you to start your faith,
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reignite your faith, and continue your faith with us as
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we lace through the scriptures of the good Old b I. B.
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L e. The Basic Constructions before leaving Earth Manual and
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how we do that as we actually use testimony in
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hopes of transformation. But guess what, we're going to be
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very transparent with you as well. And I'm very excited
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about this month, the month of May. Here, spring is
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upon us. The flowers are blooming in certain parts of
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the world, a little bit of April showers have passed,
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and you're starting to see things blossom. And one of
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the things I love about the Bible is Jesus and
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his parables and something we've never really touched on here
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on the show, and I want to share them with you.
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Because as a student in the student ministry studies of
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Global University Online and through our church Great Church here
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in Texas, Castroville, Texas. Big shout out to our friends
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at Discover Church. That's right, and our friends Enlightel at
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Discover Church as well. Who listen. I was studying the
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Pariables a little bit and I'm in the book of
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what they call Hermeneutics. I know some of y'all are
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flipping right now through your Bible saying, I don't see
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the book of Hermanoutics in here. What's going on. It's okay,
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it's okay. That's not a book in the Bible. Hermonutics
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is the breakdown and the study of words, phrases, paragraphs
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and more in the Bible. And I'm not a big
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English guy, all right. It teaches you how to interpret
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the Bible, and man, I'm struggling through it. But when
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I open up the Bible now, things just pop. It
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really doesn't. I want to share that with you guys.
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Certain words pop, phrases pop, the stories pop, and the
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message pops. I love it. So if you get an opportunity,
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maybe go online take a Hermeneutics class and it'll enhance
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your walk with God one hundred percent. And today I
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want to talk about parables because we've never done it
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on the show in the couple of years we've been
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on the air. I try to share life things that
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I'm going through and pull out scripture wrapped around that life.
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But today it's going to be a little bit different.
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The month of May, we will be studying parables. So
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let's do just that, and we're going to start off
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with a good one. Because I am this guy. I
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don't know if you guys are this guy. I am
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the prodigal son. I am the prodigal son. No matter
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what I could do wrong, my mother and father will
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always love me. They will always be there with open
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arms ready to bring me back in. There have been
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several times in my life where I've battled alcohol, drugs, depression,
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a divorce. I've gone through these things, and every time
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my mother was there with her arms open. My father
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was there with his arms open to understand the situation
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I was going through. It sounds like our father above, right.
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We tend to forget that he's always there with his
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arms open. He's always there waiting for us. So we're
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going to study the parable of the Prodigal Son. Today
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it is in Luke fifteen versus eleven through thirty two.
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We're going to use the New Life Version standard Bible.
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So if you guys are going to be doing that,
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you can flip to just Luke chapter fifteen, chapter eleven
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versus thirty two. It doesn't matter what Bible you have.
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The reason why there's so many Bibles that have been
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written is it breaks down for you to better understand
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at a certain time or certain walk in your life.
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I started out with the New King James version. Man,
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did I have to go ahead and really have to
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google a lot of words? Then? Okay, talk about trying
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to interpret the Bible, right, But that's usually your closest
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to the writings that were originally out there. And then
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eventually you know, the stories are the same, the concept
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is the same, and everything that the Lord wants to
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share with you is the same, but it's just worded
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different because we're in a new world. I mean, let's
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face it. My son uses the word fire for cool, now, man,
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that's fire? What no? Fire means hot? Yeah, it's hot,
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And I'm like, oh, forget about it. I'm done with this.
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I mean even back in the days when I was
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growing up, I use the word bad like it was cool.
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I'd get a new jacket. I look at my dad
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and he goes, oh, this is bad. He goes, do
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you want me to return it? It's different ways to
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interpret the Bible for better understanding. So let's go today
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and study the Parable of Prodigal Son. But before we do,
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let's talk about this something we always forget about when
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we read the Bible. Who wrote the passage? Luke? Right,
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Luke wrote this passage, But who is Luke? Luke was
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a physician and a missionary, and he was a companion,
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a real close companion of the apostle Paul, who he's
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writing to. You also should look at this addressed Theopolis,
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but it was intended for his church as well as
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the ultimate believing of all believers. So it's written for
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all of us. But at the time it was written
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for one of his friends, Theopolis, to help him with
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his church and engage more with his church. It was
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written right around sixty to eighty a d. And the
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theme of the book a Loup is the following. Luke
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presents Jesus as the Messiah, the Lord whose life, death
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and resurrection makes salvation available to all people everywhere, even
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to the least, the last, and the loss, And that
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leads us to the parable of the prodigal son, somebody
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who was lost. We're going to break down some of
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these verses. We may stop in between, because sometimes when
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I'm reading verses to you, the Lord puts something upon
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my heart at that time. I don't read this ahead
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of time. I'm reading it as you're reading it at
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the same time. So here we go, Luke, Chapter fifteen,
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verse eleven through thirty two, the parable of the prodigal Son,
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verse eleven. And he said there was a man who
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had two sons, and the younger of them said to
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his father, father, give me the share of the property
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that is coming to me, and he divided his property
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between them. Not many days later, the younger son gathered
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all he had took a journey into a far country,
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and he squandered the property on reckless living. And when
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he had spent everything, a severe famine arose in that country,
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and he began to be in need. So we went
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and he hired hisself out to be one of the
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citizens of that country, who sent him into the fields
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to feed the pigs, and he was longing to be
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fed with the pods that the pigs hate, and no
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one gave him anything. Let's stop right there before we
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go any further. Here's this son who has it all.
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His dad is very wealthy in the Bible. When you
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have a lot of land a lot of animals, you're
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a very wealthy person, so much that he was giving
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it away to his sons as an inheritance. But his
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younger son said I want it now, and the father
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gave it to him. Why do you think the father
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does that? And notice I emphasize the word father, because
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the Lord will allow us to journey outside into the
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world to try things, hence maybe an addiction, maybe go
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to places we're not supposed to go. Why do you
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think the father allows that? You know, I used to
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think about this for a long time, and it's because
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we're all on this path, and sometimes that path is
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not lighted. We just continue down that path thinking we
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know where we're going. And when we don't ask for
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guidance or turn on that GPS, that God positional system,
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we get lost. And the pariable son got lost. He
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went out and squandered everything he had money, and he
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wasted it on everything, probably drinking, prostitution, gluttony, things that
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God frowned against in the Bible. But why would he
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allow him to do that. I know some of you
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are thinking God could stop him at him a moment.
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Free will a phrase that non believers and atheists hate
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to hear. Free will. This is a gift that God
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gave us free will in hopes that we will always
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come back to Him looking for guidance, understanding, love, empathy, respect.
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You're also challenged as well, because through the fire builds perseverance,
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which is biblical. Pastor Paul said that Apostle Paul, and
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when we go through that we're refined. Then we know
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not to go through that area again. I always liked
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what Pastor Stephen Ferdick said from Elevation Church. I know
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some of y'all don't like him, but in the past
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he did have something clever that he said, there has
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to be some area. Remember Jesus passed through Samaria when
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he didn't have to. We all have to go through
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some area that we don't want to go through in
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life in order to learn about it and not go back.
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This is what's happening with the prodigal son. There ended
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up being a famine in this country. He lost all
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that he had. He had to become this shepherd boy,
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and he was eating with the pigs and feeding the
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pigs just to live. So let's go on in verse seventeen,
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and it says, but when he came to himself, and
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he said, how many of my father's hired servants have
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more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger.
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This makes me laugh. He makes it seems like this
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is the father's fault, that he squandered all his wealth.
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Isn't it funny we do that with the Lord above
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when we go through troubles. Why is the Lord doing
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this to me? This is identical to what he's saying.
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But when he came to himself, he said, how many
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of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread,
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but I perish here with hunger. You put yourself in
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that situation because of the free will that was given
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to you. Verse eighteen says I will arise and go
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to my father, and I will say to him, Father,
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I have sinned against heaven, and before you I am
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no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me
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as one of your hired servants. And he arose and
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he came to his father. But while he was still
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a long way off, his father saw him and felt
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compassion and ran and embraced he kissed him, and he
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said to a son. Son said to his father, father,
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I have sinned against Heaven, and before you I am
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no longer worthy to be called to your son. But
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the father said to his servants, quickly, bring me my
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best robe. Put it on him, put a ring on
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his hand, put shoes on his feet, and bring the
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fat and calf, and kill it, and let us eat
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and celebrate. What where's my scooby doo moment? Rot? Right?
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This kid just went out and he squandered everything. He
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went against everything the father had said. But the father
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had his open arms waiting for him. This is what
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we do with the Lord. Now. We run away, we stumble,
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We sometimes turn our back on God, and then we
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want to blame him, just like the son did in
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this parable. But the father wanted to still give him
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the best. This is what Jesus wants to do for you,
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still wants to give you the best. Our father in
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heaven sent Jesus Christ to be nailed on a cross,
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so you can have the best by following him as
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we go on. Verse twenty four says, for this, my
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son was dead. See, he thought his son was dead.
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He ran away because back then you didn't have a
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cell phone, you didn't have the internet. They didn't have
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the you know, they didn't have what they called faith book.
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See what I did there instead of Facebook, faith book.
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You see what I did there. He couldn't figure out
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what's going on with the son. He thought he was dead.
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For my son was dead and is alive again. This
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could mean several things. He could have been dead spiritually
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because he went to the ways of the world, and
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now he's back because he asked for forgiveness and he
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humbled himself in front of his father. That's what we
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have to do. We have to humble ourselves and come
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to the father. This is exactly what this is. And
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I love this so much. For this son was dead
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and is alive again. He was lost and now is found.
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And they began to celebrate. Now, his older son was
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in the field and he came and drew near the house,
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and he heard music and dancing. And he called one
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of the servants and said, what is the meaning of this,
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and he said to him, your brother has come home.
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Your father has killed the fat and calf, because he
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has received him back safe and sound. But he was
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angry and refused to go in. His father came out
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and treated him. But he answered his father and said, look,
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these many years I have served you, and I never
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disobeyed your command. Yet you never gave me the young
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goat that I might celebrate with my friends. But when
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the son of yours came, and who has devoured your
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property with prostitutes, and you killed the fat and calf
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or him, And he said to him, son, you're always
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with me, and all that is mine is yours. It
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was fitting to celebrate and be glad for this. Your
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brother was dead and is alive. He is lost, and
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now he is found. You see, the older brother got upset.
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This kind of represents the believers, the believers who don't understand.
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Wait a minute, Wait a minute. That guy is in prison.
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He's killed forty people. He has repented and found Jesus.
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But I've been with you all along, ever since I
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was a kid. I went through Sunday School, I learned
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about you. I walked with you, and you're to tell
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me we're going to be walking together and heaven. Yes,
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Because remember on the cross, what did the thief say
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to Jesus, forgive me, may I be with you? You
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know things along that way, and Jesus said, you will
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be with me in the kingdom. Even the thief repented
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on the cross. Now, a lot of people call us unfair,
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but we are supposed to come to God. We all
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have different walks, some longer, some shorter. Some people on
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their deathbed right now. You have heard the stories before
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with people in their hospital beds. I was never a believer,
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but I saw a bright light. I saw demons battling
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for me as well. But when I said the name
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Jesus and saw Jesus, he saved me. There's people battling
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on their deathbed right now who don't know Jesus but
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are trying to know him. They're going through that spiritual battle.
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But no matter how long the walk, no matter how
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long the race that you've been in, are somebody next
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to you is in, you continue to run your race.
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And that's what it's all truly about, because we're all
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going to be with Him in heaven. One day, Kingdom
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will come and we will rejoice no matter how long
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your walk is, keep that in mind the next time
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you look at that person in a church pew, the
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next time you look at somebody in a grocery line
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who may be leaning a little left, as they call
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today in society, somebody who has that you know, upside
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down cross on their throat, that dresses Gothic, they're in
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a different walk. And it also goes back to a
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commandment in the Bible, thou shalt not judge. It took
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me a long time to understand as a believer, Thou
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shalt not judge. We do it every day. But now
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I look at it as I don't know their walk,
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I don't know their story, I don't know their testimony.
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That's why your testimony is very important to share. And
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guess what when you do that, When you share your
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testimony to others and how God saved you and where
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you're at, that is spreading the Gospel. And that's what
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they're supposed to do, and we're supposed to do according
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to the Book of Acts. We say it every week.
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Take the Gospel to the ends of the earth. This
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prodigal son is just like me. Man. I remember when
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I didn't know God and I knew of him. Okay,
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early in my life, I got married, had a son,
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and went through a rough divorce. You know, when you're
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in the mid twenties and you're separated and you go
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through a divorce, it's tough. And then my ex wife
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decided to move out of the state, many states away.
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I'd only see my son once a month, if that,
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sometimes sometimes for only eight hours. I drive sixteen hours
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to go see him. For eight I didn't have anything.
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I lived in friends' basements. I lived in my parents
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unfinished house. I was barring vehicles. I was borring money
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just to go see my son. I was working dead
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end jobs. I was struggling, and I was doing the
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things a prodigal son would do, not to my parents
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on earth at that time, but to my father in heaven.
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And now I'm sitting here sharing this with you, it's
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really opening up to me to the point where man
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I was the prodigal son. I was that man in
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that life, in that darkness for many years, even as
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a stand up comic, when I thought I was shedding
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light and trying to help people, I would step on
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people to get somewhere. Yeah, I'll take care of you
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step on them so I can step up. But then
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when God put an amazing testimony in my life before
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the one that I just shared with you, he transformed
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my life, and that's why I'm here today. I'm the
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prodigal son. Are you the prodigal son? We're all prodigal
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sons and daughters of God. We all push and walk
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away from time to time, so as we can conclude
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this parable of the prodigal Son. This is a story
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about forgiveness, redemption, showing God's unconditional love and the joy
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of repentance. The prodigal son came up to his father
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and said, forgive me. I've hurt you in your eyes
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and God's eyes. His earthly father was right there, ready
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to give him all the riches that he had, just
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to have his son in his arms. Our Father in
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Heaven did that. He gave his only begotten son, a
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treasure for your sins and mine. He was there with
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open arms. Think about Jesus on the cross. How was
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his arms? Oh, let that hit for a moment. Let
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that set in. His arms are open. His arms never close,
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no matter how far you try to run away. The
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Prodigal Son also highlights the relationship between a father and
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his son, showing the grace of God toward us all
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sinners again Luke, Chapter fifteen, verses eleven through thirty two,
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the Prodigal Son. I'm glad we started off this series
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with this, because we're all sinners. We all run away
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from the Lord, we all run away from our father
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in heaven because we think we know better. When this
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good old Bible is such a beautiful love letter to us,
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and we truly dig into it, and the letters, the
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words show so much grace toward us, even more than
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we will ever know. Get into that Bible today. Have
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you never read the Bible? It's okay starting proverbs. Whatever
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the day is today, say it's May, I don't know, seventh,
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eighth whatever. I may be way behind as we record
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these broadcasts ahead of time, but whatever the day is,
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start with that proverb proverb chapter seven, and then every
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day read a proverb. Go from there. Then get into
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the Bible. Go into Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John learn
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about Jesus. That's how you learn about Jesus. They wrote
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about Jesus. Luke was a doctor. And if you're somebody
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who likes to know ABCDFG in order. Man. Luke did
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just that. He was a doctor, all right, he was
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a physician. Luke's a good one to read. You want
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to know more of the heart of Gesis, get into John.
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You want to know more about the disciple of Jesus
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and the Old Testament stories of Jesus, go to Matthew.
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It's amazing. I love Peter. I'm Peter, so I'll read
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the Book of Peter a lot. But with that, I
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just want you to know that you may be still running,
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you may be still trying to find something. Just remember
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we're all prodigal sons and daughters. And His arms are
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always open. His arms are open right now for you.
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And this is the moment where you open his arms backs.
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You open your arms back, open up your palms, close
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your eyes, and repeat after me. If you're ready for
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a change in your life and you're tired of hitting
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your head on this proverbial seeing going after that brass
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ring in life when you should be going after a
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crown of glory, this is your opportunity. Repeat after me.
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Dear God, I'm a sinner. I stumbled daily, I fall
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short of the glory of God. But I know you
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were real that you were born, that you died, that
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you rose again on the third day. For my sins
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and for your victory. Dear Lord, I need a savior.
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Please be my personal lord and savior today. Cleanse my soul,
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cleanse me of my sins. Forgive me and allow me
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to walk with you to the ends of the earth.
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Dear Lord, I thank you and I love you. We
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pray in the precious name of Jesus. Amen. Welcome to
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the club. Get your nose in the Bible, as a
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friend of mine always says Captain Logos. How are you big?
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Shout up, Get your nose in the Bible. God bless
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you all, and we'll see you next week with another
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parable on the way.
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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, definitely for children of
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all ages. Welcome to another edition of Let's Get Biblical
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with your host, a man formerly in the world of
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stand up comedy and acting as an entertainer, and now
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an evangelist for Christ. Here he is your host, My
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host hosts, please swak kd welcome everybody to another edition
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of them Let's Get Biblical right here on your favorite
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podcasting platform, whether it's Spreakers, Spotify, Apple, iTunes, and more.
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We thank you for listening on seventeen platforms in twenty
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parts of Africa, Egypt, Iran, Iran, Taiwan, and also the Philippines.
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And don't forget our friends here in the good old
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United States, South America, and our friends north of the
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border of course, Canada. We're not gonna friget about Mexico
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e though, because we just looked at that. Listen. Sorry,
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our friends, we just lost all of you because you're like, listen,
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he didn't give us a shout out. What's going on, guys,
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Welcome to another episode of Let's Get Biblical with your
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boy Katie. What is this all about this doesn't sound
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like a biblical show. I mean, we're supposed to be
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opening up the Bible and being super serious, right, We're
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supposed to be right in it. But this is not.
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This is some hippity hop nonsense to start the show. Listen,
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come down, whether you're a believer, non believer, somebody just
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walking in their faith. Listen. We have a phrase around here,
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we dare you. We dare you to start your faith,
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reignite your faith, and continue your faith with us as
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we lace through the scriptures of the good Old b I. B.
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L e. The Basic Constructions before leaving Earth Manual and
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how we do that as we actually use testimony in
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hopes of transformation. But guess what, we're going to be
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very transparent with you as well. And I'm very excited
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about this month, the month of May. Here, spring is
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upon us. The flowers are blooming in certain parts of
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the world, a little bit of April showers have passed,
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and you're starting to see things blossom. And one of
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the things I love about the Bible is Jesus and
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his parables and something we've never really touched on here
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on the show, and I want to share them with you.
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Because as a student in the student ministry studies of
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Global University Online and through our church Great Church here
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in Texas, Castroville, Texas. Big shout out to our friends
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at Discover Church. That's right, and our friends Enlightel at
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Discover Church as well. Who listen. I was studying the
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Pariables a little bit and I'm in the book of
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what they call Hermeneutics. I know some of y'all are
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flipping right now through your Bible saying, I don't see
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the book of Hermanoutics in here. What's going on. It's okay,
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it's okay. That's not a book in the Bible. Hermonutics
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is the breakdown and the study of words, phrases, paragraphs
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and more in the Bible. And I'm not a big
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English guy, all right. It teaches you how to interpret
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the Bible, and man, I'm struggling through it. But when
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I open up the Bible now, things just pop. It
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really doesn't. I want to share that with you guys.
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Certain words pop, phrases pop, the stories pop, and the
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message pops. I love it. So if you get an opportunity,
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maybe go online take a Hermeneutics class and it'll enhance
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your walk with God one hundred percent. And today I
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want to talk about parables because we've never done it
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on the show in the couple of years we've been
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on the air. I try to share life things that
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I'm going through and pull out scripture wrapped around that life.
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The month of May, we will be studying parables. So
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let's do just that, and we're going to start off
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with a good one. Because I am this guy. I
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don't know if you guys are this guy. I am
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the prodigal son. I am the prodigal son. No matter
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what I could do wrong, my mother and father will
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always love me. They will always be there with open
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arms ready to bring me back in. There have been
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several times in my life where I've battled alcohol, drugs, depression,
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a divorce. I've gone through these things, and every time
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my mother was there with her arms open. My father
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was there with his arms open to understand the situation
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I was going through. It sounds like our father above, right.
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We tend to forget that he's always there with his
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arms open. He's always there waiting for us. So we're
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going to study the parable of the Prodigal Son. Today
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it is in Luke fifteen versus eleven through thirty two.
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We're going to use the New Life Version standard Bible.
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So if you guys are going to be doing that,
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you can flip to just Luke chapter fifteen, chapter eleven
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versus thirty two. It doesn't matter what Bible you have.
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The reason why there's so many Bibles that have been
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written is it breaks down for you to better understand
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at a certain time or certain walk in your life.
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I started out with the New King James version. Man,
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did I have to go ahead and really have to
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google a lot of words? Then? Okay, talk about trying
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to interpret the Bible, right, But that's usually your closest
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to the writings that were originally out there. And then
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eventually you know, the stories are the same, the concept
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is the same, and everything that the Lord wants to
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share with you is the same, but it's just worded
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different because we're in a new world. I mean, let's
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face it. My son uses the word fire for cool, now, man,
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that's fire? What no? Fire means hot? Yeah, it's hot,
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And I'm like, oh, forget about it. I'm done with this.
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I mean even back in the days when I was
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growing up, I use the word bad like it was cool.
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I'd get a new jacket. I look at my dad
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and he goes, oh, this is bad. He goes, do
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you want me to return it? It's different ways to
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interpret the Bible for better understanding. So let's go today
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and study the Parable of Prodigal Son. But before we do,
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let's talk about this something we always forget about when
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we read the Bible. Who wrote the passage? Luke? Right,
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Luke wrote this passage, But who is Luke? Luke was
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a physician and a missionary, and he was a companion,
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a real close companion of the apostle Paul, who he's
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writing to. You also should look at this addressed Theopolis,
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but it was intended for his church as well as
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the ultimate believing of all believers. So it's written for
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all of us. But at the time it was written
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for one of his friends, Theopolis, to help him with
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his church and engage more with his church. It was
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written right around sixty to eighty a d. And the
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theme of the book a Loup is the following. Luke
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presents Jesus as the Messiah, the Lord whose life, death
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and resurrection makes salvation available to all people everywhere, even
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to the least, the last, and the loss, And that
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leads us to the parable of the prodigal son, somebody
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who was lost. We're going to break down some of
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these verses. We may stop in between, because sometimes when
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I'm reading verses to you, the Lord puts something upon
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my heart at that time. I don't read this ahead
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of time. I'm reading it as you're reading it at
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the same time. So here we go, Luke, Chapter fifteen,
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verse eleven through thirty two, the parable of the prodigal Son,
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verse eleven. And he said there was a man who
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had two sons, and the younger of them said to
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his father, father, give me the share of the property
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that is coming to me, and he divided his property
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between them. Not many days later, the younger son gathered
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all he had took a journey into a far country,
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and he squandered the property on reckless living. And when
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he had spent everything, a severe famine arose in that country,
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and he began to be in need. So we went
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and he hired hisself out to be one of the
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citizens of that country, who sent him into the fields
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to feed the pigs, and he was longing to be
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fed with the pods that the pigs hate, and no
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one gave him anything. Let's stop right there before we
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go any further. Here's this son who has it all.
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His dad is very wealthy in the Bible. When you
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have a lot of land a lot of animals, you're
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a very wealthy person, so much that he was giving
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it away to his sons as an inheritance. But his
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younger son said I want it now, and the father
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gave it to him. Why do you think the father
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does that? And notice I emphasize the word father, because
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the Lord will allow us to journey outside into the
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world to try things, hence maybe an addiction, maybe go
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to places we're not supposed to go. Why do you
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think the father allows that? You know, I used to
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think about this for a long time, and it's because
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we're all on this path, and sometimes that path is
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not lighted. We just continue down that path thinking we
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know where we're going. And when we don't ask for
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guidance or turn on that GPS, that God positional system,
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we get lost. And the pariable son got lost. He
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went out and squandered everything he had money, and he
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wasted it on everything, probably drinking, prostitution, gluttony, things that
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God frowned against in the Bible. But why would he
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allow him to do that. I know some of you
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are thinking God could stop him at him a moment.
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Free will a phrase that non believers and atheists hate
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to hear. Free will. This is a gift that God
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gave us free will in hopes that we will always
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come back to Him looking for guidance, understanding, love, empathy, respect.
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You're also challenged as well, because through the fire builds perseverance,
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which is biblical. Pastor Paul said that Apostle Paul, and
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when we go through that we're refined. Then we know
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not to go through that area again. I always liked
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what Pastor Stephen Ferdick said from Elevation Church. I know
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some of y'all don't like him, but in the past
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he did have something clever that he said, there has
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to be some area. Remember Jesus passed through Samaria when
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he didn't have to. We all have to go through
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some area that we don't want to go through in
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life in order to learn about it and not go back.
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This is what's happening with the prodigal son. There ended
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up being a famine in this country. He lost all
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that he had. He had to become this shepherd boy,
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and he was eating with the pigs and feeding the
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pigs just to live. So let's go on in verse seventeen,
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and it says, but when he came to himself, and
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he said, how many of my father's hired servants have
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more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger.
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This makes me laugh. He makes it seems like this
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is the father's fault, that he squandered all his wealth.
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Isn't it funny we do that with the Lord above
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when we go through troubles. Why is the Lord doing
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this to me? This is identical to what he's saying.
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But when he came to himself, he said, how many
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of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread,
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but I perish here with hunger. You put yourself in
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that situation because of the free will that was given
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to you. Verse eighteen says I will arise and go
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to my father, and I will say to him, Father,
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I have sinned against heaven, and before you I am
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no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me
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as one of your hired servants. And he arose and
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he came to his father. But while he was still
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a long way off, his father saw him and felt
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compassion and ran and embraced he kissed him, and he
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said to a son. Son said to his father, father,
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I have sinned against Heaven, and before you I am
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no longer worthy to be called to your son. But
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the father said to his servants, quickly, bring me my
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best robe. Put it on him, put a ring on
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his hand, put shoes on his feet, and bring the
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fat and calf, and kill it, and let us eat
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and celebrate. What where's my scooby doo moment? Rot? Right?
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This kid just went out and he squandered everything. He
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went against everything the father had said. But the father
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had his open arms waiting for him. This is what
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we do with the Lord. Now. We run away, we stumble,
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We sometimes turn our back on God, and then we
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want to blame him, just like the son did in
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this parable. But the father wanted to still give him
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the best. This is what Jesus wants to do for you,
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still wants to give you the best. Our father in
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heaven sent Jesus Christ to be nailed on a cross,
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so you can have the best by following him as
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we go on. Verse twenty four says, for this, my
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son was dead. See, he thought his son was dead.
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He ran away because back then you didn't have a
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cell phone, you didn't have the internet. They didn't have
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the you know, they didn't have what they called faith book.
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See what I did there instead of Facebook, faith book.
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You see what I did there. He couldn't figure out
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what's going on with the son. He thought he was dead.
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For my son was dead and is alive again. This
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could mean several things. He could have been dead spiritually
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because he went to the ways of the world, and
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now he's back because he asked for forgiveness and he
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humbled himself in front of his father. That's what we
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have to do. We have to humble ourselves and come
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to the father. This is exactly what this is. And
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I love this so much. For this son was dead
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and is alive again. He was lost and now is found.
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And they began to celebrate. Now, his older son was
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in the field and he came and drew near the house,
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and he heard music and dancing. And he called one
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of the servants and said, what is the meaning of this,
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and he said to him, your brother has come home.
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Your father has killed the fat and calf, because he
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has received him back safe and sound. But he was
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angry and refused to go in. His father came out
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and treated him. But he answered his father and said, look,
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these many years I have served you, and I never
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disobeyed your command. Yet you never gave me the young
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goat that I might celebrate with my friends. But when
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the son of yours came, and who has devoured your
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property with prostitutes, and you killed the fat and calf
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or him, And he said to him, son, you're always
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with me, and all that is mine is yours. It
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was fitting to celebrate and be glad for this. Your
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brother was dead and is alive. He is lost, and
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now he is found. You see, the older brother got upset.
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This kind of represents the believers, the believers who don't understand.
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Wait a minute, Wait a minute. That guy is in prison.
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He's killed forty people. He has repented and found Jesus.
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But I've been with you all along, ever since I
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was a kid. I went through Sunday School, I learned
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about you. I walked with you, and you're to tell
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me we're going to be walking together and heaven. Yes,
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Because remember on the cross, what did the thief say
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to Jesus, forgive me, may I be with you? You
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know things along that way, and Jesus said, you will
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be with me in the kingdom. Even the thief repented
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on the cross. Now, a lot of people call us unfair,
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but we are supposed to come to God. We all
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have different walks, some longer, some shorter. Some people on
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their deathbed right now. You have heard the stories before
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with people in their hospital beds. I was never a believer,
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but I saw a bright light. I saw demons battling
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for me as well. But when I said the name
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Jesus and saw Jesus, he saved me. There's people battling
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on their deathbed right now who don't know Jesus but
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are trying to know him. They're going through that spiritual battle.
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But no matter how long the walk, no matter how
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long the race that you've been in, are somebody next
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to you is in, you continue to run your race.
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And that's what it's all truly about, because we're all
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going to be with Him in heaven. One day, Kingdom
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will come and we will rejoice no matter how long
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your walk is, keep that in mind the next time
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you look at that person in a church pew, the
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next time you look at somebody in a grocery line
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who may be leaning a little left, as they call
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today in society, somebody who has that you know, upside
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down cross on their throat, that dresses Gothic, they're in
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a different walk. And it also goes back to a
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commandment in the Bible, thou shalt not judge. It took
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me a long time to understand as a believer, Thou
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shalt not judge. We do it every day. But now
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I look at it as I don't know their walk,
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I don't know their story, I don't know their testimony.
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That's why your testimony is very important to share. And
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guess what when you do that, When you share your
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testimony to others and how God saved you and where
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you're at, that is spreading the Gospel. And that's what
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they're supposed to do, and we're supposed to do according
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to the Book of Acts. We say it every week.
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Take the Gospel to the ends of the earth. This
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prodigal son is just like me. Man. I remember when
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I didn't know God and I knew of him. Okay,
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early in my life, I got married, had a son,
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and went through a rough divorce. You know, when you're
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in the mid twenties and you're separated and you go
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through a divorce, it's tough. And then my ex wife
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decided to move out of the state, many states away.
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I'd only see my son once a month, if that,
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sometimes sometimes for only eight hours. I drive sixteen hours
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to go see him. For eight I didn't have anything.
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I lived in friends' basements. I lived in my parents
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unfinished house. I was barring vehicles. I was borring money
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just to go see my son. I was working dead
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end jobs. I was struggling, and I was doing the
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things a prodigal son would do, not to my parents
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on earth at that time, but to my father in heaven.
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And now I'm sitting here sharing this with you, it's
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really opening up to me to the point where man
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I was the prodigal son. I was that man in
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that life, in that darkness for many years, even as
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a stand up comic, when I thought I was shedding
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light and trying to help people, I would step on
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people to get somewhere. Yeah, I'll take care of you
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step on them so I can step up. But then
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when God put an amazing testimony in my life before
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the one that I just shared with you, he transformed
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my life, and that's why I'm here today. I'm the
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prodigal son. Are you the prodigal son? We're all prodigal
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sons and daughters of God. We all push and walk
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away from time to time, so as we can conclude
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this parable of the prodigal Son. This is a story
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about forgiveness, redemption, showing God's unconditional love and the joy
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of repentance. The prodigal son came up to his father
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and said, forgive me. I've hurt you in your eyes
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and God's eyes. His earthly father was right there, ready
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to give him all the riches that he had, just
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to have his son in his arms. Our Father in
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Heaven did that. He gave his only begotten son, a
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treasure for your sins and mine. He was there with
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open arms. Think about Jesus on the cross. How was
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his arms? Oh, let that hit for a moment. Let
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that set in. His arms are open. His arms never close,
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no matter how far you try to run away. The
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Prodigal Son also highlights the relationship between a father and
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his son, showing the grace of God toward us all
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sinners again Luke, Chapter fifteen, verses eleven through thirty two,
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the Prodigal Son. I'm glad we started off this series
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with this, because we're all sinners. We all run away
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from the Lord, we all run away from our father
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in heaven because we think we know better. When this
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good old Bible is such a beautiful love letter to us,
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and we truly dig into it, and the letters, the
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words show so much grace toward us, even more than
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we will ever know. Get into that Bible today. Have
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you never read the Bible? It's okay starting proverbs. Whatever
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the day is today, say it's May, I don't know, seventh,
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eighth whatever. I may be way behind as we record
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these broadcasts ahead of time, but whatever the day is,
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start with that proverb proverb chapter seven, and then every
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day read a proverb. Go from there. Then get into
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the Bible. Go into Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John learn
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about Jesus. That's how you learn about Jesus. They wrote
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about Jesus. Luke was a doctor. And if you're somebody
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who likes to know ABCDFG in order. Man. Luke did
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just that. He was a doctor, all right, he was
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a physician. Luke's a good one to read. You want
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to know more of the heart of Gesis, get into John.
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You want to know more about the disciple of Jesus
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and the Old Testament stories of Jesus, go to Matthew.
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It's amazing. I love Peter. I'm Peter, so I'll read
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the Book of Peter a lot. But with that, I
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just want you to know that you may be still running,
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you may be still trying to find something. Just remember
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we're all prodigal sons and daughters. And His arms are
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always open. His arms are open right now for you.
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And this is the moment where you open his arms backs.
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You open your arms back, open up your palms, close
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your eyes, and repeat after me. If you're ready for
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a change in your life and you're tired of hitting
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your head on this proverbial seeing going after that brass
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ring in life when you should be going after a
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crown of glory, this is your opportunity. Repeat after me.
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Dear God, I'm a sinner. I stumbled daily, I fall
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short of the glory of God. But I know you
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were real that you were born, that you died, that
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you rose again on the third day. For my sins
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and for your victory. Dear Lord, I need a savior.
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Please be my personal lord and savior today. Cleanse my soul,
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cleanse me of my sins. Forgive me and allow me
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to walk with you to the ends of the earth.
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Dear Lord, I thank you and I love you. We
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pray in the precious name of Jesus. Amen. Welcome to
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the club. Get your nose in the Bible, as a
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friend of mine always says Captain Logos. How are you big?
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Shout up, Get your nose in the Bible. God bless
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you all, and we'll see you next week with another
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parable on the way.
