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In the parable of the prodigal son the lost is one of two —still much greater. So, Christ points out that the lost is not insignificant but very great. In each parable, the lost becomes a greater part. As a matter of fact, after Christ ends with the wickedness of the elder son in the third parable,
One who gambles plays games of chance for money or other valuable possessions. He willingly risks losing those possessions that God has graciously given him to be used to His glory. He squanders recklessly possessions which really do not belong to him at all but to God. Gambling takes on many diffe
The parables of the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the prodigal son —and not the least the latter— bring out very clearly that salvation is not of merit but of mere grace. Free grace—that is the upshot of Luke 15. Not of works, but of grace, lest any man should glory. However, that salvation is a
The most precious possession we can have in this life is trust and confidence in God as our heavenly Father, Who sent His Son to earn our salvation by His cross. Yes, we become rich by losing! We must lose all our guilt. Every sin must be blotted out, or we go to everlasting woe. All the gold and si
The Greek in their ethics called such a man unsaveable. He fits nowhere constructively in the society of men, even conceived of in the Greek-Roman humanistic terms. He is a losel a hopelost a worthless person. He cannot spare, cannot save, he is a prodigus, a scatterling. His life is one grandiose s
The masses of the common people, who indulge in gambling, are the hardest hit. Should an ordinary person happen to hit the jackpot, he generally uses this money for the next bet he will make. Gambling, drinking and smoking, is a habit which is hard to break when once formed. Elderly widows have lost
The lost wedding ring was always a sore spot in their marriage. I know that my great-grandparents saw not only material value in that ring, but also symbolic and sentimental worth. The importance that my great-grandparents placed on their wedding rings taught their children the seriousness of marria
We must do this so that we may have lack of nothing. Another translation of this phrase, lack of nothing, suggests that we must witness to all men by our industry and good behavior in all the affairs of our daily life that we are good stewards and that we have of no man anything. The Greek puts it v
If we say that one of these parables does not characterize us, we are no better than the Pharisees who did not think that they were lost. We are the sheep, we are the coin, and we are the son. Only by grace have we been found and brought back into the fold. Sing Psalter 342. June 3 Read Luke 16 W
15 (lost sheep, lost coin and prodigal son) point out that salvation is of free grace and not of works. Chapter 16 shows in the parables of the unjust steward that although we are saved by grace and not by works this does not mean that works occupy no place at all in the scheme of salvation. The par