Participants: Frank Fournier
Series Code: HPOV
Program Code: HPOV000020B
00:01 I would like to go back
00:02 to the Parable of the Prodigal Son, 00:04 we are in chapter 15 and we are looking at verse 23, 00:08 "And bring hither the fatted calf, 00:10 and kill it and let us eat, and be merry." 00:14 Now who was being killed here in the Parable? 00:17 What did he deserve to be sac-- 00:20 why did he deserve to be sacrificed 00:23 while he didn't deserve to be sacrificed? 00:25 Couldn't we feast without that? 00:27 Wasn't the calf innocent and the Prodigal Son guilty? 00:31 Yes, but listen in Hebrews 9:22 it says, 00:35 "Without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sin." 00:40 Jesus, so that we could rejoice, 00:43 He rejoiced to die on our behalf. 00:48 And so in the Parable of the Prodigal Son, 00:51 even the symbolic calf 00:53 is the center of the whole Parable. 00:55 This is Jesus and all that we enjoy together, 00:59 all that we enjoy in this world 01:01 is blood bought at the cross of Calvary. 01:05 The whole Bible is based on that sacrifice. 01:10 May God bless you all. |
Revised 2014-12-17