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August 4, 1991
We often think of the parable of the prodigal son as a story about a rebellious young man who squanders his inheritance before returning to the loving arms of his father. In this message, Alistair Begg directs our attention to the story’s oft-overlooked older brother. This character reminds us that religious behavior, if unaccompanied by a renewed heart and mind, is utterly bankrupt. The older brother, too, needs the Father’s saving grace—and so do we.
25“Now his older son was in the field, and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing. 26And he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant. 27And he said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and sound.’ 28But he was angry and refused to go in. His father came out and entreated him, 29but he answered his father, ‘Look, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command, yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might ecelebrate with my friends. 30But when this son of yours came, fwho has devoured gyour property with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’ 31And he said to him, ‘Son, hyou are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.
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