Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Two Prodigals not only One

Remember that the father had two prodigal sons, one left home rebelliously and the other stayed home rebelliously and did not honor his father's request to come to the celebration.
The son who stayed home was there to gain his father's confidence not because he honored him. Both sons did not honor the father they just did it in different ways. I call this story the story of two prodigals.
Luke 15 speaks of it and it seems clear to me but we have been taught all our lives that there was only one prodigal son, when really there were two.
Luke 15:28-30 "28 “The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him. 29 But he answered his father, ‘Look! All these years I’ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. 30 But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!’"

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