Pastor Richard "Buddy" Wimberly "Not What I Deserve" Romans5:8,Luke15:11-32
Rom 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in
that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Luk 15:10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in
the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
Luk 15:11 And he said, A certain man had two sons:
Luk 15:12 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.
Luk 15:13 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.
Luk 15:14 And when he had spent all, there arose a
mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
Luk 15:15 And he went and joined himself to a
citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed
swine.
Luk 15:16 And he would fain have filled his belly
with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
Luk 15:17 And when he came to himself, he said, How
many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare,
and I perish with hunger!
Luk 15:18 I will arise and go to my father, and will
say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
Luk 15:19 And am no more worthy to be called thy
son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
Luk 15:20 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.
Luk 15:21 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.
Luk 15:22 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:
Luk 15:23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill
it; and let us eat, and be merry:
Luk 15:24 For this my son was dead, and is alive
again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
Luk 15:25 Now his elder son was in the field: and as
he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.
Luk 15:26 And he called one of the servants, and
asked what these things meant.
Luk 15:27 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.
Luk 15:28 And he was angry, and would not go in:
therefore came his father out, and intreated him.
Luk 15:29 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:
Luk 15:30 But as soon as this thy son was come,
which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him
the fatted calf.
Luk 15:31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever
with me, and all that I have is thine.
Luk 15:32 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.
Two sons; One lived in degradation, the
other in properness, both strayed from the Father, one physically,
the other in his heart only. See how the Father perceived them both –
as sons. In the Father’s eyes he never stopped loving them.
He never asked the younger to clean up
or prove himself. He never ridiculed the elder brother.
