From the Pig Pen Back to Father’s House: Luke 15:11-32
How We Return to the Lord 3

1st The Pig Pen: How We Get There: 11-12

We Waller in Unbelief
We Live Ungrateful In the Shadow of Our Greatest Blessings.
We Become Entitled
We Desire Things that Are Evil:
We Live Selfish, Self-Directed Lives.
We Lose that Healthy Fear of the Lord
We Squander the Blessings of Our God

2nd The Pig Pen Life is Nothing but Death 13-16

3rd How We Return from the Pig Pen to the : 17-19

We Come to Our Senses. “When He came to His Senses!”

We Recognize Our Father’s Character and Love. 17

1 John 3:1 See How great a love the Father has bestowed upon us that we should be called the children of God and such we are!

We Humble Ourselves and Confess Your Sin. 18

Humility: To See My Utter Spiritual poverty without Christ. Having a deep sense of ones own smallness in the light of God’s Greatness. Free from arrogance.

Matthew 5:3 Blessed are the poor in Spirit, for theirs and only theirs is the kingdom of heaven, 4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted!

We Recognize your Unworthiness: 19

We Are Willing to Accept the Lord’s Discipline. “Make me one of your hired men!” 20

We Return and Receive the Father’s Love and Restoration!

1 Corinthians 13:

4th When We Return to the Life of the Father’s House: 22-24

We are Received With Relief, Joy and Great Affection:

We Are Forgiven and Restored: Psalm 103:1-5

The Robe: You are restored to Relationship with the Family:
Zechariah 3:1-7

Isaiah 61:10 I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, My soul will exult in my God;’ fro He has clothed me with garments of salvation, He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness….

Romans 13:14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts.

The Ring: You are restored to the family business, Total Access

The Sandals: You are restored to Freedom & Perks of the Family

With A Great Celebration!

Compassion: To be moved in one’s inner being. To feel something in the gut. It’s in your heart, lungs and intestines which was thought to be the eat of deep emotions.

4th How the Ungrateful Respond! 25-32

With Pride and Anger Out of a Self Righteous Comparison.

With Condemnation and Un-forgiveness: Luke 19:9-14 Pride vs Humility