Listen "God Accepts Returns"
Episode Synopsis
God will take you back. . "If you return to the Almighty, you will be renewed. If you banish injustice from your tent" Job 22:23 CSB . The parable of the lost son teaches us that God wants a relationship with us. He wants us to have eternal wealth. . "The younger son told his father, 'I want my share of your estate now before you die.' So his father agreed to divide his wealth between his sons." v.12 We like the son in this parable are wasteful. We are in a time of famine and chaos in our land and it's time to stop starving for attention, money and power, success relationships etc . He got so hungry that pig food looked good. We can't keep looking at what is pleasing to the eyes and the stomach. Even when it's something we know we shouldn't have. What sin is looking good to you right now? and you know its pig food? We must come to our senses v17 He remembers that there was an abundance back at the house. We can go to the Father knowing the he promises blessing from obedience and there is no lack with God Humility is necessary. He recognized his sin and wanted to be a servant. He wanted a position in the house of God. Do you want a position in the kingdom of God V20. He returned back to his father after he decided that he was ready to admit his wrong v18 And the Father was waiting and watching He saw him coming The father was filled with love and compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him and kissed him. V21 The son did what he had determined in his heart to do The father responds with a party You must see something is wrong Romans 3:23 "For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God's glorious standard." Romans 3:23 NLT . "It's your sins that have cut you off from God. Because of your sins, he has turned away and will not listen anymore." Isaiah 59:2 NLT . Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:23 NLT Salvation guaranteed Jesus is the only way John 14:6 "Jesus told him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me." John 14:6 NLT . Confess and respond Romans 10:9-10 . "If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved." Romans 10:9-10 NLT . John 1:12 . "But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God." John 1:12 NLT Share, Subscribe, Support @gloribites on Instagram/FB Shop with me www.gloricreations.com
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