No parable of Jesus has been used or quoted more than that of "The Prodigal Son-. The impact and the effect that this story has had on the lives of people who have heard it are tremendous. J.E. Compton says, "the greatest of all His [Jesus'] parables."" We as human beings have always struggled with forgiveness, compassion, and acceptance from the Divine Other. Victor Hugo described God as "a divine and terrible radiance."" When you and I discuss how an infinite God can have a relationship with a finite human being there is always a sense of discomfort or of deep darkness. This is a common problem when Christians everywhere began to develop a relationship with the divine God. This parable; however, sheds a new light on the relationship between sinful man and a holy God. It gives us the idea that God is our father and we are his loved children, also that he desires a relationship with us. However, if we picture God as touchy, unapproachable, and easily annoyed, if we image God as haughty, indifferent, or angry, if we invest him with unlovable qualities and cringe before his glance, we will dismiss the way of trust in the gospel of grace. When you and I miss the concept of God as "Abba- then we seriously jeopardize our relationship and view of our heavenly Father. A better understanding of this passage will allow us to see how Jesus taught his disciples and the Pharisees about the love and grace of God. .
In this exegesis I hope to help us come to an understanding of the parable in Luke 15:11-24 and what it had to say to us today. I hope to explore the historical application as well as the applicable elements of this passage of scripture. We will find some truths to help us understand and grasp the content of what the word of God says. Also we will look at practical ways to apply this ancient old scripture to our lives in this contemporary age today. After this we will look at the rebellious action of the son, the ruthless anticipation of the Father, and the relentless affection of the Father.
A Father's Love Fathers are both "unique and irreplaceable." ... These children are not born out of love and brought into a home with both their mother and father. ... Undoubtedly there is nothing like a father's love. ... A Father's Love Fathers are both "unique and irreplaceable." ... Undoubtedly there is nothing like a father's love. ...
A Father's Love A relationship is a connection between two people that no one can take away or replace. A father-son relationship is a special bond in which they share the same beliefs and love each other unconditionally. ... They get into a lot of arguments and they rarely see things on the same level but they have a mutual love and understanding. ... Unlike Biff, who knows what his father has become, Happy sees no faults in his father. ... Willy loved his sons every much. ...
Meaning of love It is truly difficult to write about love. ... However, Romeo and Juliet's love is symbolizes a verb. ... What is love? ... For them love is not blind, they know who they are and it does not stop them from being together: "If love is blind, love cannot find its way" says one of characters in the play. ... For example, Juliet's father decided to marry his daughter in order to prevent her from sadness. ...
He did not trust his father to love him unconditionally, but offered to work as a hired man so he could survive. ... I, also, have been untrusting of my heavenly father's love. ... His love is unconditional. ... He gives his sons freedom to reject or accept his love. ... He wants only to offer a love that can be fully received. ...
The Bible advocates this type of love: "Love thy neighbour." ... Another love is family devotion (Storge) which is a much stronger love than agape; it is an unconditional love for one's family. ... A category of storge love is friendship which is (Philia) a platonic companionate love, a solid peaceful love between close friends. ... When a person states that he/she is "in love," he/she is referring to the ultimate love: romantic love (Eros). ... The Bible says: "Therefore a man will leave his father and mother, and cling to his wife and they become one flesh." ...
Elie was so fixated on an effort to keep his father alive, nothing else mattered. This could possibly have cost him his life or his father's. ... Elie broke free from his group and retreived his father. ... He outsurvived everyone in his family, his father, sadly, included. ... Spurred by his love for his father, and fueled by his will to survive, Elie's courage is not well known to the world anymore, and would be greatly missed if it were to disappear for good. ...
Father Hooper might have committed a very bad sin, which he does not want to unveil to anyone. ... By wearing the black veil for eternity, you are exhibiting great love and sorrow for someone or yourself. If the black veil was removed, the sorrow and love would be dead. ... Father Hooper might have also used the veil as a friend and a device to test Elizabeth's love for him. ... He could test Elizabeth to see if an object would come between them and their love. ...
The Father should love and discipline his children a. ... It is a discipline in love and not in anger! ... But a person that feels loved will overlook those things Rejection is the root of so much evil in the world today The Love of God can change all of that Isa 41:9: I have chosen you and not cast you away Jeremiah 31:3 I have loved you with an everlasting love Romans5:8: And God demonstrates His love because God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us Nothing will be able to separate us from the Love of God. ... The way a c...
Goneril, who does not love her father at all, said she loved him more than words could say, more than beauty and more than life. Rgan told her father that she loved him as much as her sister and more for she only think of his fathers love. ... And this she said because she was so disgusted with her sisters professions when in fact they don't love there father at all. ... She found her father wandering around wearing a crown of nettles. ... Now her father knew which of his daughters love him the most. ...
