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Luke 15:18-20
"18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him."

We are studying "The Prodigals" in the Gospel of Luke, chapter fifteen. We will look at ALL THREE PRODIGALS! We want to see how they live up to the definition of "Prodigal;" spending money or resources freely and recklessly; WASTEFULLY EXTRAVAGANT.

JESUS tells the parable about the TWO Sons. The younger son was disrespectful wanting his inheritance NOW. Very self centered and selfish. When he gets his money and FREEDOM he goes WILD! He partied like a rockstar! He blew ALL his money on riotous living and all kinds of debauchery. Then things got tough, he has to take a low paying job feeding
PIGS! Filthy and disgusting creatures that NO respectable Jew would be anywhere near much less feeding and taking care of, SERVING. 

This younger brother is in such dire straights that he WISHES he could eat what the SWINE are eating!!! He is NOT partying like a rockstar anymore. He is aspiring to eat like a HAWG! He is at the lowest of lows. And he comes up with a plan in today's verses; "I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, And am no more worthy to be called thy son: MAKE ME as one of thy hired SERVANTS." It all seems like a good idea... "And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father SAW HIM, and had compassion, and RAN, and fell on his neck, and kissed him." This father's LOST son has returned and he WELCOMES him BACK!!!
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