Luke 15:11
Who is delivering the message in Luke 15?
Who is Jesus.
Which son ask for his portion of his father's estate?
Who is the youngest son.
What happened when the younger brother received his portion of the estate?
What is collected all he had, and set off for a distant country.
As a result of the famine and lack of food, what did the younger son do to survive?
What was hire himself out to a citizen of that country.
What did the young son eat while working with the pigs?
What is he longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating.
Why is Jesus speaking this parable?
What is Jesus is speaking the parable against the religious leaders and their attitudes.
What did the father do after the youngest son asked for his share of the estate?
In what ways could the son have squandered his wealth in wild living?
Any reasonable answer will receive credit.
What type of work was the son hired to do?
What is feed the pigs.
In what scripture can we find the young son realizing that life had to be better?
Luke 15:17 "When he came to his senses he said, "How many of my father's hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death."
What scripture is Jesus referencing from Luke as he speaks to his leaders and their attitudes?
What is Luke 20:19.
According to the Law of Moses in Deuteronomy 21:17, what was the oldest brother to receive?
What is a double portion.
Think of a time that you thought about moving far away from family? What would two disadvantages be?
Any acceptable responses will be provided credit.
Who was the citizen that hired the young son?
Who was a Gentile, a citizen of another country. This is established because he had pigs, animals considered unclean according to the Law of Moses.
How did the young son plan to ask his father for grace and mercy?
What is "Father I have sinned against Heaven and I have sinned against you."
Name a time when you had to speak to someone based on their behavior and attitude. Recommend a Godly way to speak to someone who has misbehaved.
Point received if the church member provided a response and Godly message.
What might have compelled the father to give the younger son his share of the inheritance?
Several reasonable responses will be accepted.
When did the prodigal son began to be in need?
What is, when there was a severe famine.
Any acceptable response will receive credit.
Why did the younger son say to his father, "I am no longer worthy of being called your son?"
What is, he was ashamed. He squandered his inheritance.
Who are some would say the prodigal son but Jesus references a man and his two sons.
How might the father have felt when the youngest son asked for his share of the estate?
Possible responses: What is shocked, disappointed, disrespected, etc.
What types of shortages was the son facing during the famine?
What is food and money shortages. Food shortages caused food prices to rise as the law of supply and demand asserts itself.
What experiences enable you to relate to the younger son?
Any acceptable response will receive credit.
In Luke 15:24, it states, "For this son of mine was dead and is alive again." What is the father sharing?