Prodigal Son
How many sons does the father have and what son is the Prodigal Son?
2 and youngest.
What story does he love? And what does he often wonder?
Prodigal Son, about his long trek home.
first, he says
First, the Lord knows that “these things shall give [us] experience, and shall be for [our] good.”4
Who did the son sin against?
Both heaven and his father.
What does the father do when he sees his son?
He had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him
second, he says
Second, to allow us to “taste the bitter, that [we] may know to prize the good.”5
what did he get when returning home?
A robe, shoes, and a ring.
Since we are all ____ we all have to what?
prodigals. “come to ourselves”
third, he says
Third, to prove that “the battle is the Lord’s,”6 and it is only by His grace that we can accomplish His work and become like Him.7
What was occurring in the land?
famine
Why did the people at the missionary training center have a light in their eyes?
“They have experienced faith unto repentance. This is why they are filled with joy and hope.”
fourth, he says
Fourth, to help us develop and hone scores of Christlike attributes that cannot be refined except through opposition 8 and “in the furnace of affliction.”9
Where is the parable found?
Luke 15
Who’s heart was turned immediately to the welfare of others?
Enos
Why does he say these things?
he said he had this question and these where the answers to it. Why did He allow them—and why does He allow us—to flounder and fail in our attempts to succeed?