This week we continue our series on the parable of the father who had two sons found in Luke 15. We’ll focus our attention more closely on the elder brother and his response to the gracious welcome his younger, wayward brother receives from the father. Here Jesus wants us to consider what it means to be spiritually lost. It’s clear to those listening in that little brother is lost, but Jesus suggests that both sons are far from the father’s love; both sons aren’t truly home. So, how is that the older brother remained under his father’s roof his whole life, and yet, he is just as far from home as little brother? Keller invites all of us older siblings to come to terms with this question in light of God’s prodigal love. It is, after all, God’s prodigal love that is the source of the hope and joy for which we all long.
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