March 16, 2025
The Story | Who Is Lost? | Chapter 24
The Life Of Jesus
Jesus tells a story about a father with two lost sons. The rule-breaking younger son was lost in self-indulgence, and the rule-keeping older son was lost in self-righteousness. The father loved both generously and even recklessly. Both needed to be found. Were they?
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Chapter 24: Luke 15:11-32
- There were two groups of people in Jesus’ audience: “sinners and tax collectors” (rule-breakers) and “Pharisees and scribes” (rule-keepers). Where have you seen those groups in today’s society?
- Which son do you most identify with? Why?
- How does the father’s love for his sons surprise or challenge you?
- Is there a person or type of person you might be prone to judge or resent? What would it look like for you to be reconciled to them?
- Who in your life is far from God? How can you cultivate a compassionate heart like the father’s toward them? How can we do this as a church?
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