Prodigal God.

I am currently reading the book Prodigal God by Tim Keller. So Good.

Basis: Everyone knows about the prodigal son. What if Jesus wasn't intending on teaching a lesson about the prodigal son but rather the elder brother that stayed at home to work for his father.

Read it here: Luke 15

Look at the elder son's response to the father accepting the prodigal son back. Do we respond this way to people who make obvious poor choices yet so freely accept grace and love through Christ? Just like the prodigal son gets a feast despite squandering the fathers wealth...

The prodigal son took the fathers wealth and left, obviously not loving the father. The elder son worked hard not because he loved the father but to get the fathers wealth v. 28. They both wanted the same thing, the fathers wealth, not the father.

How often are we resentful to people who receive obvious grace when we have WORKED SO HARD to be GOOD Christians? How often do we consciously or unconsciously convince ourselves that our lives will be better if we obey God more, or God will love us more if we obey or work harder for him?

Who are you? The prodigal or the elder son?

Cullen
The Secretly Prodigal Son.
I steal grace.


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