THE WARRIOR IS COMING HOME!
Commentary on the Parable of the lost Son luke15:11-32
- The controversy
Papa was wondering what has happen to his boy to demand for his portion of the family inheritance when he is still alive and better still there is older son in the family! Looking at this boy who must have been a torn to his flesh and terror to the entire house-hold, if his demand is not honored heads will roll and there might be no peace at home. Anyway he is a son and it makes no different, quick his demand was honored.
- The Decision
Not many days after, he sold all and left with the money to live in a very far country, there is no ill in leaving home, but a ‘very far country’ connote a meaning that this young man don’t want to have anything to do with the family anymore. He spends all with prostitutes and wasted his life on lawless living.
- The aftermath
With time he was in lack, but he has to survive at least to eat, though a great famine has risen in the land but anyhow man must hustle, hence it landed him in slavery to feed swine. This is a young man who in all his life wanted to be his own boss, only to be slavery to swine. Oh! How often has we wanted to be on our own outside our MAKER only to be slavery in one ill habits or the other. NO ONE GAVE HIM! Indeed he was suffering for his decision.
- The home coming!
‘I will arise and go back…’ He can no longer continue to deceive himself, without the Father he can do nothing. He started running back home, afar off; the father saw him and had compassion on him, oh what a home coming, what reconciliation! Everyone was happy, though the older son shows his displeasure but the father convince him to accept his only brother back. He was dead and is alive again, was lost but is found. There was merriment! The story of the prodigal son, you remember? Luke15v11-32
The message
You may have
missed it somewhere, what has happened to your faith, your fellowship,
prayer-life and dedication? What is this ungodliness in the burner of your
heart? You now quote more of shes-spire than the scripture. You no longer find
pleasure with the spirit than you found with the flesh! what happen to your vision and dreams when you were burning with zeal for the Lord? Yours might be a family and
good relationship you abandon. Indeed it is time to come home! The arms of the
father are wide open to receive and forgive you. Amen!!!
‘Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.’ Isaiah 55:7.
