Remember the younger brother’s problem: SELF
Remember the Father’s Forgiveness: Forget past and Rejoice
But what about the Older Brother?
Get the picture: The Father had a plan for his sons.
But the youngest rebels and leaves. The older brother stays.
Now the parable reveals two forms of sin:
Active .. the youngest son
Passive … the older son
Back to the text: Luke 15:25-27 Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing. And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant. And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
The passive sin is about to surface. Luke 15:28-32
15:28 Jealousy … Anger … Hate … Pride
The father sees something wrong and goes to his elder son.
(God always comes seeking the lost, the one in sin, No man seeks God.
God seeks us. He loves Us).
2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
15:29 Jealousy, Anger … “thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:”
15:30 Hate … Pride … he left I stayed and served
15:31 The father, in love, tried to console him.
15:32 It’s time to rejoice and be glad.
Which brother sinned?
Both needed to get right with their father.
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