April 20, 2022 - Good Morning! It’s Wednesday, April 20.
We continue today with our brief focus on the New Testament, in preparation for the unique Bible study “Walk Through the New Testament” at my church this Sunday. Over the next three days we’ll look at three favorite stories.
The majority of a child’s favorite Bible stories come from the Old Testament - Noah’s Ark, David & Goliath, Daniel in the Lion’s Den - just to name a few. But there are wonderful stories in the New Testament as well. Some of them, like today’s example, are parables.
A parable is a simple story with a spiritual lesson, an earthly story with a heavenly meaning. And they were one of the favorite teaching tools of Jesus. In Luke 15 we see Christ attacked by the Pharisees for associating with sinners. He responds with three parables - The Lost Sheep, The Lost Coin, and The Prodigal Son.
The last of these is also known as The Forgiving Father (the title that I prefer). You know the story well. And in it Jesus speaks of grace, forgiveness, and redemption. In this week following Good Friday we remember the grace given on the cross, the forgiveness expressed at Calvary, the redemption paid in blood.
The prodigal son rebelled against his father. The prodigal did not deserve forgiveness. The prodigal is us. His story... is our story.
Meet you back here tomorrow,
Bro. David
dmathis@fbccenter.org
