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Needs Care If the story of the younger son is about brokenness through sin, the story of the elder son is about brokenness through self-righteousness. Both are equally distant from the Father’s heart, but in very different ways. Explosive Fury When the elder son hears the sound of music and dancing, his reaction is not…
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Royal Decree The climax of the parable is not only the embrace but the restoration of status. The father commands: “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” (Luke…
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Father’s Mercy One of the most striking details in the parable is that the father’s love is displayed before the younger son can deliver his carefully prepared confession. Luke 15:20 says, “But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his…
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Bold Confession The younger son’s return marks a turning point. His courage was not heroic in the world’s sense, but born out of desperation and a faint memory of his father’s goodness. Luke 15:17 says, “When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and…
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Fresh Start When we speak of becoming a new creation/ Fresh Start, the foundation lies in understanding the heart of the Father. In Galatians 6:15, Paul wrote that “neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is the new creation.” This radical statement echoes Jesus’ own teaching in Luke 15. Both sons misunderstood their father.…
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Unseen Value The story of the prodigal son is not only about the sorrow of the child, but also the deep sorrow of a father—a sorrow that we often overlook. In ministry, I once met a father who had lost his child. With the deepest regret, he admitted how much he had loved his son,…
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The Danger of Losing What One Thinks He Has The danger of spiritual pride is that it makes you lose what you think you already have. In a stunning display of their own blindness, the Pharisees excommunicated the man who was healed, casting him out of the synagogue (John 9:34). In their rage, they were…
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A deep, bitter separation One of the most striking realities of the gospel is that the coming of light does not bring peaceable agreement among all people. Instead, light exposes, and exposure forces a decision. This is what we see in the aftermath of the blind man’s healing. A chasm of pain Jesus’s healing of…
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Religious arrogance When we turn from the healed man to the leaders of Israel, we see a sharp and sobering contrast. The man who once lived in total darkness came into the light, while those who claimed to see descended deeper into blindness. This paradox is not accidental—it reveals the great danger of pride. Opportunism…
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The Goal of God’s Illumination The healing of the blind man was not an end in itself. It was a beginning. Jesus did not come merely to restore eyes to function but to awaken hearts to worship. Paul’s prayer in Ephesians 1:18–19 reflects this same reality: that we may know “the hope to which He…
