the parable of the lost son.Luke 15
what about the son who was never lost...who stayed loyally by the fathers side and couldn't believe when the son who disobeyed, ran away and made a mockery of his father got a party when he returned?where was the older sons party?he had been loyal this whole time.
the older son, the one that didn't run away..puts himself first, not the father or his brother..
We put ourselves first and then cannot be happy when someone gets more than we do, is happier than we are, seems more blessed...
We become the older jealous brother.
We are all the lost son..we all run away and we all have come back and God does truly through a party for us...but when we see other people blessed, we should be happy for them!no matter how much or little we have..We should see how happy it makes our father and our brother or sister.
what would happen if the younger, lost son, had met the older brother when he returned to his fathers farm and not his father..
people who strive to return to God, often they see Christians first before they truly get to know the father..
What do we display?of course to them we are happy and open to brand new Christians, but to others we are bitter and bitchy..we know no forgiveness or mercy, we display no grace and very little love...
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