27 min.
Going after the one sermon series - Pastor Tyrone Jones Redeemed Church
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Below are the main points from this Sunday’s message, It’s Time To Come Home, preached by Pastor Tyrone Jones. We encourage you to reread the story of the Prodigal Son in Luke 15:11-32 and reflect on the questions below
Point 1: The Father will let you go in order for you to grow (Luke 15:11-13)
The father in the story allows his son to go, He didn’t force his son to remain at home. In the same way, God wants us to obey Him but He doesn’t force us to do so. We are not robots, God has given us free will, Sometimes we think we are missing out and God allows us to go and experience all that we think we are missing.
Reflection Question: Can you think of a time that you stepped outside of God’s will, what were some lessons that you learned from that experience?
Point 2: The Father will allow you to lose everything to get the best thing (Luke 15:14-19)
i. The younger son wasted all his inheritance on prodigal living and there was a famine in the land. He found himself in a pig pen, and it was then that he came to his senses. It was in this place of difficulty that he realized how good he really had it in his father’s house. Difficulties can prove to be a blessing, they can bring us to our senses. When we experience great loss, our brokenness can bring us to know God, and He is our greatest gain!
Reflection Question; Have you experienced any difficulties in your life that brought you to your senses? Did those difficulties draw you closer to God, or pull you away from Him?
Point 3: The Father will allow you to come home even when you are not right! (Luke 15:20-32).
The father never gave up on his son. He saw him from afar and ran to meet Him. In that culture, Jewish men did not typically run. However, the joy of seeing his son caused him to violate all cultural norms. Even in his filthy state, the father received his son. This let’s us know that we don’t have to wait to get it right to come to God. Coming to Him is what makes us right. We can’t fix ourselves, come to God and allow Him to make you right.
The Father claimed his son and gave him a warm reception. Even though the son was still filthy the father receives him home and kisses him. He throws him a lavish party-this is a picture of what goes on in heaven when a sinner returns home (Luke 15:10). The father covers the son with the best robe, this is a picture of what Jesus did for us. His blood has covered our sins. He also gave the son a ring which symbolized authority and restoration, the father was not going to make him a slave, he received him as a son. The son returned home bare feet which was the custom for slaves in this setting. As yet another sign that he had been restored as a son and not a slave, the father gave his son shoes.
Reflection Question: Have you ever struggled with coming to the father after you have messed up? Why do you think that is? Have you received the love that the father has for you and His willingness to make you right? Read and reflect Romans 5:8.
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Below are the main points from this Sunday’s message, It’s Time To Come Home, preached by Pastor Tyrone Jones. We encourage you to reread the story of the Prodigal Son in Luke 15:11-32 and reflect on the questions below
Point 1: The Father will let you go in order for you to grow (Luke 15:11-13)
The father in the story allows his son to go, He didn’t force his son to remain at home. In the same way, God wants us to obey Him but He doesn’t force us to do so. We are not robots, God has given us free will, Sometimes we think we are missing out and God allows us to go and experience all that we think we are missing.
Reflection Question: Can you think of a time that you stepped outside of God’s will, what were some lessons that you learned from that experience?
Point 2: The Father will allow you to lose everything to get the best thing (Luke 15:14-19)
i. The younger son wasted all his inheritance on prodigal living and there was a famine in the land. He found himself in a pig pen, and it was then that he came to his senses. It was in this place of difficulty that he realized how good he really had it in his father’s house. Difficulties can prove to be a blessing, they can bring us to our senses. When we experience great loss, our brokenness can bring us to know God, and He is our greatest gain!
Reflection Question; Have you experienced any difficulties in your life that brought you to your senses? Did those difficulties draw you closer to God, or pull you away from Him?
Point 3: The Father will allow you to come home even when you are not right! (Luke 15:20-32).
The father never gave up on his son. He saw him from afar and ran to meet Him. In that culture, Jewish men did not typically run. However, the joy of seeing his son caused him to violate all cultural norms. Even in his filthy state, the father received his son. This let’s us know that we don’t have to wait to get it right to come to God. Coming to Him is what makes us right. We can’t fix ourselves, come to God and allow Him to make you right.
The Father claimed his son and gave him a warm reception. Even though the son was still filthy the father receives him home and kisses him. He throws him a lavish party-this is a picture of what goes on in heaven when a sinner returns home (Luke 15:10). The father covers the son with the best robe, this is a picture of what Jesus did for us. His blood has covered our sins. He also gave the son a ring which symbolized authority and restoration, the father was not going to make him a slave, he received him as a son. The son returned home bare feet which was the custom for slaves in this setting. As yet another sign that he had been restored as a son and not a slave, the father gave his son shoes.
Reflection Question: Have you ever struggled with coming to the father after you have messed up? Why do you think that is? Have you received the love that the father has for you and His willingness to make you right? Read and reflect Romans 5:8.
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27 min.