The Parable of Lost Son
Sunday, June 3rd, 2007June 3, 2007
Just back from church. Today’s topic was really amazing.
It’s actually about the lost son. I’ve already heard this story many times
since I was a Sunday school kid, but this time I came to a new way of
understanding the story. I’ve highlighted some points of today’s preaching.
1. God gives each of us a free will.
He wants us to decide by ourselves.
2. Ever since the child went away, the father kept
on praying each and every day believing that one day the son will come home.
Even though our Lord has given us the right to choose and
decide, when we got into the wrong decision, He actually keeps on waiting for us to come back. Never
in a moment has He given up on us.
3. He’ll always forgive us like He always did
before.
All we need to do is come to His present, confessing our sin
and ask for forgiveness with humble. The lost son even aske for his father to accept him as his
paid servant, ‘cos he thought he was no longer worthy to be called his father’s
son. Once we ask for forgiveness,
He’ll cleanse our sins and never remember it anymore. No matter how many times
we have walked away from Him, He will
always wait on us faithfully.
4. Luke 15:22 “…. Bring the best robe and put it on
him…”
The robe means an immediate honor. It means the father honored
his son. Our Father is honoring us too…. As we walk back to His domain, He will accept us as His beloved sons/daughters.
5. Luke 15:22 “…. Put a ring on his finger….”
A ring on finger means authority. It means all we have now
belong to him and we as His sons/ daughters have His authority. Authority for what? Authority for keeping us on
His way and walk with him in righteousness. We have Father’s authority to defeat any devils.
Devils cause sickness, poorness, etc. However, to be able to use this power, we
need to become His child. Not every
Christian is His child. Don’t let devils keep on stealing from us! Take a stand
now and use our authority!!! (in
today’s service, the pastor gave us an example about one silly leader that was
slapped by a satan worshipper at
least dozen of times, in fact he was
willingly giving his cheek to be slapped because he took GOD’s words in bible literally. Remember about if we were hit
by someone once on our right cheek, then the bible told us to give our left
cheek also…? Haha…. really funny.
(but seems like I’m also doing the same as this leader did right now on
slightly different case). Ps
Sandra reminded us that we have our authority, don’t let the devil step on us!
)
6. Luke 15:22 “…. and sandals on his feet….”
Sandals means new way, new path. God will provide us a new
path of our life when we decide to come back to Him. Our life will never be the same again as we receiving Him as our
Lord, and our savior.
7. Luke 15:23 “Bring the fattened calf and kill
it…..”
This verse means celebration. It’s said
that when one sinner confess and repents from his sin, all of heaven is
rejoicing.
I feel really blessed by Ps Sandra’s
preaching. Countless time I’ve walked away from him, countless time I’ve
confessed and promised to never do it anymore, I just really hope that now is
for real. Perhaps I’ve never used His authority before, or maybe I just didn’t
know how to use it. But now, I hope everything will not be the same anymore…..
-Lia Andriyani
