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The story of the Prodigal Son in the Gospel of Luke is a brilliantly told tale of two sons who needed Grace. One because he squandered shamelessly away his heritage, and the other because he was shamelessly hypocritical towards his Father. And yet the Father showed abundant Grace. Actually he is the epitome how to dispense Grace to the worst of us...
But there is so much more.
John MacArthur does a great job peeling the many layers this amazing story - the cultural honor-shame context, the gravity of the youngest's mistakes, the hardness of the oldest's heart and, above all, the scandal of the Father's Grace. One quote from the video which spoke to me: 'Legalists hate Grace'.
No matter which son you are, there is scandalous, shameful, abundant, irrational Grace.
But there is so much more.
John MacArthur does a great job peeling the many layers this amazing story - the cultural honor-shame context, the gravity of the youngest's mistakes, the hardness of the oldest's heart and, above all, the scandal of the Father's Grace. One quote from the video which spoke to me: 'Legalists hate Grace'.
No matter which son you are, there is scandalous, shameful, abundant, irrational Grace.