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A story is said about a certain man who had two sons.
BOTH LEFT HOME.
One left home and house and went far away.
The other would leave during the day.
The one went away far left physically; the one who left during the day, left emotionally.
The younger one returned after many years and we do not know if the older one returned
TEXT: Luke 15: 25-32
• PRODIGAL SON: growing up always wondered why the Lord called it the parable of the prodigal son, only latter I learnt.
• Actions of the older son are shadowed by the grand story of the younger.
• I saw a picture of myself in the older son and probably some of us can too.
o Known father for a long time
o No dramatic, turnaround stories or testimonies
o Dutiful.
Worked, did not live off his father.
INTERESTING FACT: Vs26: He hears music and singing, and he has no clue
what that means.
The poor bloke did not know what a party sounded like.
o Had insipid, boring life.
Life of mediocracy.
(Stayed home on Friday)
o A committed person, a Christian if you may
o Extremely dutiful and slavish in his work of his father.
• Vs 11 -“CERTAIN MAN” – the other two parables were mere stories (Vs4 and Vs 8).
Probably something that could happen in the 21st century.
Happen in our midst.
• No names are given: can apply to anyone of us.
I want to call the older son - Viji
As we look at the life of the older son, my prayer is for us to do a spiritual check, if by any means we are the ones that Jesus was speaking about.
If by any means our LOVE FOR THE FATHER HAS DECAYED.
Five Reasons why – Decay of Love (from the Life of the Older Son)
We will look at the
1.
Reason why there was a decay in the love
2. Identify what the problem that caused the decay, and
3. (If that is a picture of us), what action must we take to correct it?
I Reason One: Relationship: Vs 29-30: As soon as thy son …
• As soon as this thy SON … so who are you?
What are you?
Remember, I’ve been serving you, the son says
• Relationship with the father had degraded to that of a servant.
Love has been replaced with duty
• He got so focused and passionate about (duty and service) meeting and doing all of the Expectations, that he forget love and relationship.
HOW did the relationship become stale?
What was the problem?
Friendship
• Friendship, not friends.
Friends are not wrong in themselves;
It is about what priorities your friendship will make you choose.
• Vs29: you did not even give me a kid goat to CELEBRATE with my FRIENDS.
What he is saying: “I have been so busy serving you that I haven’t had time to go have fun”
o I haven’t had time to hang out in a while.
• His idea of having fun was outside with some other friends.
There was no more fun between him and his father.
• How about us?
Does God = Duty, Service and Friends & other things = Fun.
Remember, God went through the whole exercise of saving you so that He would have a relationship with you.
He wants you and Him to have fun together.
That is relationship.
But oftentimes, we do our duty to God and then expect a kid goat so that we can have some fun and enjoy ourselves.
We smell like the son, we look like one,
But when all is said and done
We are mere shells with hearts undone
- 29 Jan 07
• Postal Address: The older son’s postal address was his father’s home, but when asked for the address of the heart, it was a different matter.
We often mistake activities and duties for God, as our way of showing love.
Example: Suppose I tell my wife I vacuumed the house and in addition I bought the grocery this week and Hon, and I hope through that you understand I love you, now let me go and do something that I really enjoy doing.
And Joyce would say that is not love, I need YOU…and all the women said – AMEN.
o God wants you…talk to Him, enjoy Him.
• How do we know what is it that gives us fun?
Ask ourselves: where will we go, what will we do, when we are left unfettered?
WHAT DO I MEAN BY THAT: If there is no one watching, if after we have done our dues to God, what do we start to do as a means of finally enjoying ourselves?
o The final bell at school that goes off, when all the kids come alive.
o Animated excitement at the end of the meeting.
o Music practice, great – after the practice when you get a bit of time, what music you naturally begin to play.
• Has our love decayed into mere duty?
Let’s just take a look at ourselves, do we feel like the older brother.
What action do we take to correct it?
Effort
• Every relationship takes work to build and maintain.
Friends to friends, spouse to spouse and parent to child and even between God and I, God and you.
• God has invested His all in this relationship, how much have we?
What effort did we take this past week to get closer to God?
II Reason Two: Respect: Vs 29: And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years…
• In the Middle Eastern culture, the son would get stoned if they ever addressed their Father that way, unless he addresses by saying ‘O my Father’ of ‘Father’.
We act like “spiritual teenagers”.
o When I was a teenager (and I was till I was 30), I thought I had all the answers
o Respect and Honor begins at home.
Honoring our parents, Honoring God’s Word.
o God is the one who laid the structure and we have to give an account to Him.
What was the problem?
Familiarity
• Familiarity with the Father had eroded the respect.
Have we taken for granted Our Father, who has granted us all things?
• Honestly, we may have done some of what we did today: coming to Church and worshipping (since the longest time), in auto pilot.
Go Robot: (high intensity.
High exposure) flight Attendants when they have to smile constantly during the flight.
Is our Christian faith in auto-pilot?
• Have we lost the wonder?
Does God still thrill us?
Or is He just a passport to heaven?
Is He a mere shelter for eternity?
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