Luke 15:1,2
PARABLES OF THE LOVE OF CHRIST TO THE LOST. The murmuring Pharisees:... [ Continue Reading ]
PARABLES OF THE LOVE OF CHRIST TO THE LOST. The murmuring Pharisees:... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN DREW NEAR UNTO HIM ALL THE PUBLICANS AND SINNERS FOR TO HEAR HIM.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE PHARISEES AND SCRIBES MURMURED, SAYING, THIS MAN RECEIVETH SINNERS, AND EATETH WITH THEM. The fifteenth chapter of Luke is, as one commentator has called it, the golden center of this Gospel, revealing in a wonderful way the love of the Savior for the lost and condemned sinners. The Lord her... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE SPAKE THIS PARABLE UNTO THEM, SAYING,... [ Continue Reading ]
The Parable of the Lost Sheep:... [ Continue Reading ]
WHAT MAN OF YOU, HAVING AN HUNDRED SHEEP, IF HE LOSE ONE OF THEM, DOTH NOT LEAVE THE NINETY AND NINE IN THE WILDERNESS, AND GO AFTER THAT WHICH IS LOST UNTIL HE FIND IT?... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN HE HATH FOUND IT, HE LAYETH IT ON HIS SHOULDERS, REJOICING... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN HE COMETH HOME, HE CALLETH TOGETHER HIS FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, SAYING UNTO THEM, REJOICE WITH ME; FOR I HAVE FOUND MY SHEEP WHICH WAS LOST.... [ Continue Reading ]
I SAY UNTO YOU THAT LIKEWISE JOY SHALL BE IN HEAVEN OVER ONE SINNER THAT REPENTETH, MORE THAN OVER NINETY AND NINE JUST PERSONS WHICH NEED NO REPENTANCE. The Lord did not at all consider it an insult to His dignity that the Pharisees classed Him with the publicans and sinners. But He resented their... [ Continue Reading ]
EITHER WHAT WOMAN HAVING TEN PIECES OF SILVER, IF SHE LOSE ONE PIECE, DOTH NOT LIGHT A CANDLE, AND SWEEP THE HOUSE, AND SEEK DILIGENTLY TILL SHE FIND IT?... [ Continue Reading ]
The parable of the lost piece of silver:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN SHE HATH FOUND IT, SHE CALLETH HER FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS TOGETHER, SAYING, REJOICE WITH ME; FOR I HAVE FOUND THE PIECE WHICH I HAD LOST.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIKEWISE, I SAY UNTO YOU, THERE IS JOY IN THE PRESENCE OF THE ANGELS OF GOD OVER ONE SINNER THAT REPENTETH. The scope, tendency, and lesson of this parable is identical with that of the previous one. A single piece of silver out of ten which a woman possesses may not seem a large sum to lose (it cor... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE SAID, A CERTAIN MAN HAD TWO SONS;... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PRODIGAL SON. The reckless departure:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE YOUNGER OF THEM, SAID TO HIS FATHER, FATHER, GIVE ME THE PORTION OF GOODS THAT FALLETH TO ME. AND HE DIVIDED UNTO THEM HIS LIVING.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND NOT MANY DAYS AFTER, THE YOUNGER SON GATHERED ALL TOGETHER, AND TOOK HIS JOURNEY INTO A FAR COUNTRY, AND THERE WASTED HIS SUBSTANCE WITH RIOTOUS LIVING. This story has been called the Gospel within the Gospel, since it brings out the fundamental thought of the message of grace so beautifully, th... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN HE HAD SPENT ALL, THERE AROSE A MIGHTY FAMINE IN THAT LAND; AND HE BEGAN TO BE IN WANT.... [ Continue Reading ]
Folly and repentance:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE WENT AND JOINED HIMSELF TO A CITIZEN OF THAT COUNTRY; AND HE SENT HIM INTO HIS FIELDS TO FEED SWINE.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE WOULD FAIN HAVE FILLED HIS BELLY WITH THE HUSKS THAT THE SWINE DID EAT; AND NO MAN GAVE UNTO HIM.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN HE CAME TO HIMSELF, HE SAID, HOW MANY HIRED SERVANTS OF MY FATHERS HAVE BREAD ENOUGH AND TO SPARE, AND I PERISH WITH HUNGER!... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL ARISE AND GO TO MY FATHER, AND WILL SAY UNTO HIM, FATHER, I HAVE SINNED AGAINST HEAVEN AND BEFORE THEE,... [ Continue Reading ]
AND AM NO MORE WORTHY TO BE CALLED THY SON; MAKE ME AS ONE OF THY HIRED SERVANTS. The young fellow, after the manner of his kind, undoubtedly had friends in droves while his money lasted and he was willing to spend it recklessly. His indulgence may at first have whetted the edge of appetite, but ove... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE AROSE AND CAME TO HIS FATHER. BUT WHEN HE WAS YET A GREAT WAY OFF, HIS FATHER SAW HIM, AND HAD COMPASSION, AND RAN, AND FELL ON HIS NECK, AND KISSED HIM.... [ Continue Reading ]
The return:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE SON SAID UNTO HIM, FATHER, I HAVE SINNED AGAINST HEAVEN AND IN THY SIGHT, AND AM NO MORE WORTHY TO BE CALLED THY SON.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT THE FATHER SAID TO HIS SERVANTS, BRING FORTH THE BEST ROBE, AND PUT IT ON HIM; AND PUT A RING ON HIS HAND AND SHOES ON HIS FEET;... [ Continue Reading ]
AND BRING HITHER THE FATTED CALF AND KILL IT; AND LET US EAT AND BE MERRY;... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THIS MY SON WAS DEAD AND IS ALIVE AGAIN; HE WAS LOST AND IS FOUND. AND THEY BEGAN TO BE MERRY. True repentance is not satisfied with resolutions, its sincerity must be proved by actions. The young man therefore carried out his intention without delay. As a proud and haughty, disobedient and unfi... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW HIS ELDER SON WAS IN THE FIELD; AND AS LIE CAME AND DREW NIGH TO THE HOUSE, HE HEARD MUSIC AND DANCING.... [ Continue Reading ]
The older son:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE CALLED ONE OF THE SERVANTS, AND ASKED WHAT THESE THINGS MEANT.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, THY BROTHER IS COME, AND THY FATHER HATH KILLED THE FATTED CALF BECAUSE HE HATH RECEIVED HIM SAFE AND SOUND.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE WAS ANGRY, AND WOULD NOT GO IN; THEREFORE CAME HIS FATHER OUT AND INTREATED HIM.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE, ANSWERING, SAID TO HIS FATHER, LO, THESE MANY YEARS DO I SERVE THEE, NEITHER TRANSGRESSED I AT ANY TIME THY COMMANDMENT; AND YET THOU NEVER GAVEST ME A KID THAT I MIGHT MAKE MERRY WITH MY FRIENDS;... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT AS SOON AS THIS THY SON WAS COME, WHICH HATH, DEVOURED THY LIVING WITH HARLOTS, THOU HAST KILLED FOR HIM THE FATTED CALF.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, SON, THOU ART EVER WITH ME, AND ALL THAT I HAVE IS THINE.... [ Continue Reading ]
IT WAS MEET THAT WE SHOULD MAKE MERRY AND BE GLAD; FOR THIS THY BROTHER WAS DEAD AND IS ALIVE AGAIN; AND WAS LOST AND IS FOUND. A picture of the prim and proper, sanctimonious and self-righteous person. The older son, whom no temptation had apparently ever assailed, was busy in the field during all... [ Continue Reading ]