WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.480 --> 00:00:08.359 Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, definitely for children of 2 00:00:08.400 --> 00:00:15.119 all ages. Welcome to another edition of Let's Get Biblical 3 00:00:16.079 --> 00:00:19.079 with your host, a man formerly in the world of 4 00:00:19.120 --> 00:00:23.359 stand up comedy and acting as an entertainer, and now 5 00:00:24.320 --> 00:00:30.280 an evangelist for Christ. Here he is your host, My 6 00:00:30.519 --> 00:00:39.439 host hosts, please swak kd welcome everybody to another edition 7 00:00:39.479 --> 00:00:42.200 of them Let's Get Biblical right here on your favorite 8 00:00:42.200 --> 00:00:46.359 podcasting platform, whether it's Spreakers, Spotify, Apple, iTunes, and more. 9 00:00:46.679 --> 00:00:50.320 We thank you for listening on seventeen platforms in twenty 10 00:00:50.520 --> 00:00:56.320 six countries worldwide, including our friends over in Tanzania, other 11 00:00:56.399 --> 00:01:03.359 parts of Africa, Egypt, Iran, Iran, Taiwan, and also the Philippines. 12 00:01:03.359 --> 00:01:04.799 And don't forget our friends here in the good old 13 00:01:04.959 --> 00:01:08.239 United States, South America, and our friends north of the 14 00:01:08.280 --> 00:01:12.480 border of course, Canada. We're not gonna friget about Mexico 15 00:01:12.519 --> 00:01:14.799 e though, because we just looked at that. Listen. Sorry, 16 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:17.799 our friends, we just lost all of you because you're like, listen, 17 00:01:17.799 --> 00:01:20.439 he didn't give us a shout out. What's going on, guys, 18 00:01:20.480 --> 00:01:22.680 Welcome to another episode of Let's Get Biblical with your 19 00:01:22.680 --> 00:01:25.599 boy Katie. What is this all about this doesn't sound 20 00:01:25.640 --> 00:01:28.799 like a biblical show. I mean, we're supposed to be 21 00:01:28.879 --> 00:01:31.519 opening up the Bible and being super serious, right, We're 22 00:01:31.519 --> 00:01:34.719 supposed to be right in it. But this is not. 23 00:01:34.840 --> 00:01:37.319 This is some hippity hop nonsense to start the show. Listen, 24 00:01:37.400 --> 00:01:41.879 come down, whether you're a believer, non believer, somebody just 25 00:01:42.280 --> 00:01:45.200 walking in their faith. Listen. We have a phrase around here, 26 00:01:45.640 --> 00:01:47.879 we dare you. We dare you to start your faith, 27 00:01:48.079 --> 00:01:51.920 reignite your faith, and continue your faith with us as 28 00:01:51.920 --> 00:01:54.719 we lace through the scriptures of the good Old b I. B. 29 00:01:54.920 --> 00:01:58.480 L e. The Basic Constructions before leaving Earth Manual and 30 00:01:58.560 --> 00:02:02.000 how we do that as we actually use testimony in 31 00:02:02.200 --> 00:02:05.319 hopes of transformation. But guess what, we're going to be 32 00:02:05.760 --> 00:02:09.879 very transparent with you as well. And I'm very excited 33 00:02:09.919 --> 00:02:13.080 about this month, the month of May. Here, spring is 34 00:02:13.159 --> 00:02:15.840 upon us. The flowers are blooming in certain parts of 35 00:02:15.840 --> 00:02:19.240 the world, a little bit of April showers have passed, 36 00:02:19.280 --> 00:02:22.319 and you're starting to see things blossom. And one of 37 00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:24.800 the things I love about the Bible is Jesus and 38 00:02:24.840 --> 00:02:27.879 his parables and something we've never really touched on here 39 00:02:27.919 --> 00:02:30.000 on the show, and I want to share them with you. 40 00:02:30.039 --> 00:02:34.919 Because as a student in the student ministry studies of 41 00:02:35.039 --> 00:02:39.360 Global University Online and through our church Great Church here 42 00:02:39.719 --> 00:02:42.639 in Texas, Castroville, Texas. Big shout out to our friends 43 00:02:43.199 --> 00:02:47.560 at Discover Church. That's right, and our friends Enlightel at 44 00:02:47.560 --> 00:02:52.360 Discover Church as well. Who listen. I was studying the 45 00:02:52.400 --> 00:02:55.159 Pariables a little bit and I'm in the book of 46 00:02:55.199 --> 00:02:57.520 what they call Hermeneutics. I know some of y'all are 47 00:02:57.520 --> 00:02:59.599 flipping right now through your Bible saying, I don't see 48 00:02:59.599 --> 00:03:02.199 the book of Hermanoutics in here. What's going on. It's okay, 49 00:03:02.360 --> 00:03:05.360 it's okay. That's not a book in the Bible. Hermonutics 50 00:03:05.479 --> 00:03:09.439 is the breakdown and the study of words, phrases, paragraphs 51 00:03:09.479 --> 00:03:12.560 and more in the Bible. And I'm not a big 52 00:03:12.639 --> 00:03:15.479 English guy, all right. It teaches you how to interpret 53 00:03:15.479 --> 00:03:20.680 the Bible, and man, I'm struggling through it. But when 54 00:03:20.759 --> 00:03:24.719 I open up the Bible now, things just pop. It 55 00:03:24.800 --> 00:03:26.800 really doesn't. I want to share that with you guys. 56 00:03:27.479 --> 00:03:32.560 Certain words pop, phrases pop, the stories pop, and the 57 00:03:32.639 --> 00:03:36.240 message pops. I love it. So if you get an opportunity, 58 00:03:36.280 --> 00:03:40.879 maybe go online take a Hermeneutics class and it'll enhance 59 00:03:41.240 --> 00:03:44.439 your walk with God one hundred percent. And today I 60 00:03:44.479 --> 00:03:46.879 want to talk about parables because we've never done it 61 00:03:46.919 --> 00:03:49.319 on the show in the couple of years we've been 62 00:03:49.319 --> 00:03:51.919 on the air. I try to share life things that 63 00:03:51.960 --> 00:03:56.479 I'm going through and pull out scripture wrapped around that life. 64 00:03:56.479 --> 00:03:58.520 But today it's going to be a little bit different. 65 00:03:58.599 --> 00:04:01.719 The month of May, we will be studying parables. So 66 00:04:01.840 --> 00:04:05.039 let's do just that, and we're going to start off 67 00:04:05.080 --> 00:04:07.240 with a good one. Because I am this guy. I 68 00:04:07.240 --> 00:04:10.840 don't know if you guys are this guy. I am 69 00:04:10.840 --> 00:04:15.599 the prodigal son. I am the prodigal son. No matter 70 00:04:15.639 --> 00:04:19.199 what I could do wrong, my mother and father will 71 00:04:19.279 --> 00:04:22.959 always love me. They will always be there with open 72 00:04:23.079 --> 00:04:26.560 arms ready to bring me back in. There have been 73 00:04:26.639 --> 00:04:33.600 several times in my life where I've battled alcohol, drugs, depression, 74 00:04:34.399 --> 00:04:38.680 a divorce. I've gone through these things, and every time 75 00:04:39.319 --> 00:04:42.439 my mother was there with her arms open. My father 76 00:04:42.600 --> 00:04:45.519 was there with his arms open to understand the situation 77 00:04:45.600 --> 00:04:48.920 I was going through. It sounds like our father above, right. 78 00:04:49.959 --> 00:04:52.079 We tend to forget that he's always there with his 79 00:04:52.199 --> 00:04:55.040 arms open. He's always there waiting for us. So we're 80 00:04:55.040 --> 00:04:57.120 going to study the parable of the Prodigal Son. Today 81 00:04:57.839 --> 00:05:01.600 it is in Luke fifteen versus eleven through thirty two. 82 00:05:01.680 --> 00:05:06.240 We're going to use the New Life Version standard Bible. 83 00:05:06.279 --> 00:05:07.759 So if you guys are going to be doing that, 84 00:05:08.120 --> 00:05:12.279 you can flip to just Luke chapter fifteen, chapter eleven 85 00:05:12.399 --> 00:05:14.600 versus thirty two. It doesn't matter what Bible you have. 86 00:05:15.279 --> 00:05:17.120 The reason why there's so many Bibles that have been 87 00:05:17.120 --> 00:05:20.600 written is it breaks down for you to better understand 88 00:05:20.680 --> 00:05:22.879 at a certain time or certain walk in your life. 89 00:05:23.040 --> 00:05:25.480 I started out with the New King James version. Man, 90 00:05:25.519 --> 00:05:27.839 did I have to go ahead and really have to 91 00:05:27.920 --> 00:05:31.079 google a lot of words? Then? Okay, talk about trying 92 00:05:31.120 --> 00:05:35.360 to interpret the Bible, right, But that's usually your closest 93 00:05:35.839 --> 00:05:40.560 to the writings that were originally out there. And then 94 00:05:40.600 --> 00:05:45.839 eventually you know, the stories are the same, the concept 95 00:05:46.040 --> 00:05:49.399 is the same, and everything that the Lord wants to 96 00:05:49.399 --> 00:05:51.879 share with you is the same, but it's just worded 97 00:05:51.879 --> 00:05:54.120 different because we're in a new world. I mean, let's 98 00:05:54.120 --> 00:05:58.800 face it. My son uses the word fire for cool, now, man, 99 00:05:58.839 --> 00:06:02.040 that's fire? What no? Fire means hot? Yeah, it's hot, 100 00:06:02.079 --> 00:06:04.160 And I'm like, oh, forget about it. I'm done with this. 101 00:06:04.319 --> 00:06:06.240 I mean even back in the days when I was 102 00:06:06.279 --> 00:06:10.000 growing up, I use the word bad like it was cool. 103 00:06:10.319 --> 00:06:11.959 I'd get a new jacket. I look at my dad 104 00:06:11.959 --> 00:06:13.519 and he goes, oh, this is bad. He goes, do 105 00:06:13.560 --> 00:06:17.519 you want me to return it? It's different ways to 106 00:06:17.600 --> 00:06:21.879 interpret the Bible for better understanding. So let's go today 107 00:06:22.199 --> 00:06:25.279 and study the Parable of Prodigal Son. But before we do, 108 00:06:26.079 --> 00:06:28.480 let's talk about this something we always forget about when 109 00:06:28.519 --> 00:06:32.920 we read the Bible. Who wrote the passage? Luke? Right, 110 00:06:33.319 --> 00:06:38.079 Luke wrote this passage, But who is Luke? Luke was 111 00:06:38.120 --> 00:06:42.319 a physician and a missionary, and he was a companion, 112 00:06:42.399 --> 00:06:46.439 a real close companion of the apostle Paul, who he's 113 00:06:46.480 --> 00:06:51.399 writing to. You also should look at this addressed Theopolis, 114 00:06:51.680 --> 00:06:54.759 but it was intended for his church as well as 115 00:06:54.800 --> 00:07:00.720 the ultimate believing of all believers. So it's written for 116 00:07:00.759 --> 00:07:02.680 all of us. But at the time it was written 117 00:07:02.720 --> 00:07:05.639 for one of his friends, Theopolis, to help him with 118 00:07:05.720 --> 00:07:08.079 his church and engage more with his church. It was 119 00:07:08.120 --> 00:07:12.959 written right around sixty to eighty a d. And the 120 00:07:12.959 --> 00:07:16.120 theme of the book a Loup is the following. Luke 121 00:07:16.160 --> 00:07:20.639 presents Jesus as the Messiah, the Lord whose life, death 122 00:07:20.680 --> 00:07:25.680 and resurrection makes salvation available to all people everywhere, even 123 00:07:26.199 --> 00:07:30.920 to the least, the last, and the loss, And that 124 00:07:31.040 --> 00:07:33.759 leads us to the parable of the prodigal son, somebody 125 00:07:33.759 --> 00:07:37.160 who was lost. We're going to break down some of 126 00:07:37.160 --> 00:07:40.480 these verses. We may stop in between, because sometimes when 127 00:07:40.480 --> 00:07:43.079 I'm reading verses to you, the Lord puts something upon 128 00:07:43.120 --> 00:07:45.680 my heart at that time. I don't read this ahead 129 00:07:45.680 --> 00:07:48.920 of time. I'm reading it as you're reading it at 130 00:07:48.920 --> 00:07:52.800 the same time. So here we go, Luke, Chapter fifteen, 131 00:07:53.240 --> 00:07:56.519 verse eleven through thirty two, the parable of the prodigal Son, 132 00:07:57.560 --> 00:08:01.199 verse eleven. And he said there was a man who 133 00:08:01.279 --> 00:08:04.680 had two sons, and the younger of them said to 134 00:08:04.720 --> 00:08:07.680 his father, father, give me the share of the property 135 00:08:07.920 --> 00:08:10.720 that is coming to me, and he divided his property 136 00:08:10.759 --> 00:08:15.079 between them. Not many days later, the younger son gathered 137 00:08:15.279 --> 00:08:18.079 all he had took a journey into a far country, 138 00:08:18.600 --> 00:08:23.839 and he squandered the property on reckless living. And when 139 00:08:23.839 --> 00:08:28.040 he had spent everything, a severe famine arose in that country, 140 00:08:28.279 --> 00:08:31.040 and he began to be in need. So we went 141 00:08:31.480 --> 00:08:34.639 and he hired hisself out to be one of the 142 00:08:34.639 --> 00:08:38.120 citizens of that country, who sent him into the fields 143 00:08:38.279 --> 00:08:41.960 to feed the pigs, and he was longing to be 144 00:08:42.039 --> 00:08:46.200 fed with the pods that the pigs hate, and no 145 00:08:46.240 --> 00:08:50.919 one gave him anything. Let's stop right there before we 146 00:08:51.000 --> 00:08:56.759 go any further. Here's this son who has it all. 147 00:08:56.879 --> 00:09:00.440 His dad is very wealthy in the Bible. When you 148 00:09:00.600 --> 00:09:03.159 have a lot of land a lot of animals, you're 149 00:09:03.200 --> 00:09:08.120 a very wealthy person, so much that he was giving 150 00:09:08.159 --> 00:09:12.600 it away to his sons as an inheritance. But his 151 00:09:12.840 --> 00:09:16.200 younger son said I want it now, and the father 152 00:09:16.279 --> 00:09:18.559 gave it to him. Why do you think the father 153 00:09:18.919 --> 00:09:23.480 does that? And notice I emphasize the word father, because 154 00:09:23.480 --> 00:09:28.840 the Lord will allow us to journey outside into the 155 00:09:28.879 --> 00:09:35.559 world to try things, hence maybe an addiction, maybe go 156 00:09:35.639 --> 00:09:38.200 to places we're not supposed to go. Why do you 157 00:09:38.240 --> 00:09:42.519 think the father allows that? You know, I used to 158 00:09:42.519 --> 00:09:45.960 think about this for a long time, and it's because 159 00:09:45.960 --> 00:09:49.240 we're all on this path, and sometimes that path is 160 00:09:49.279 --> 00:09:53.159 not lighted. We just continue down that path thinking we 161 00:09:53.279 --> 00:09:56.879 know where we're going. And when we don't ask for 162 00:09:56.919 --> 00:10:01.879 guidance or turn on that GPS, that God positional system, 163 00:10:02.480 --> 00:10:06.399 we get lost. And the pariable son got lost. He 164 00:10:06.440 --> 00:10:10.000 went out and squandered everything he had money, and he 165 00:10:10.080 --> 00:10:17.720 wasted it on everything, probably drinking, prostitution, gluttony, things that 166 00:10:17.840 --> 00:10:19.960 God frowned against in the Bible. But why would he 167 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:21.799 allow him to do that. I know some of you 168 00:10:21.840 --> 00:10:24.559 are thinking God could stop him at him a moment. 169 00:10:25.159 --> 00:10:30.279 Free will a phrase that non believers and atheists hate 170 00:10:30.279 --> 00:10:34.000 to hear. Free will. This is a gift that God 171 00:10:34.039 --> 00:10:38.279 gave us free will in hopes that we will always 172 00:10:38.279 --> 00:10:45.159 come back to Him looking for guidance, understanding, love, empathy, respect. 173 00:10:47.039 --> 00:10:53.799 You're also challenged as well, because through the fire builds perseverance, 174 00:10:54.639 --> 00:11:01.200 which is biblical. Pastor Paul said that Apostle Paul, and 175 00:11:01.279 --> 00:11:04.200 when we go through that we're refined. Then we know 176 00:11:04.320 --> 00:11:07.240 not to go through that area again. I always liked 177 00:11:07.799 --> 00:11:10.519 what Pastor Stephen Ferdick said from Elevation Church. I know 178 00:11:10.559 --> 00:11:12.679 some of y'all don't like him, but in the past 179 00:11:12.720 --> 00:11:16.879 he did have something clever that he said, there has 180 00:11:16.960 --> 00:11:23.120 to be some area. Remember Jesus passed through Samaria when 181 00:11:23.120 --> 00:11:27.120 he didn't have to. We all have to go through 182 00:11:27.200 --> 00:11:30.480 some area that we don't want to go through in 183 00:11:30.519 --> 00:11:34.240 life in order to learn about it and not go back. 184 00:11:34.559 --> 00:11:37.240 This is what's happening with the prodigal son. There ended 185 00:11:37.320 --> 00:11:39.879 up being a famine in this country. He lost all 186 00:11:39.919 --> 00:11:43.879 that he had. He had to become this shepherd boy, 187 00:11:44.000 --> 00:11:46.720 and he was eating with the pigs and feeding the 188 00:11:46.720 --> 00:11:50.360 pigs just to live. So let's go on in verse seventeen, 189 00:11:50.399 --> 00:11:52.600 and it says, but when he came to himself, and 190 00:11:52.639 --> 00:11:56.120 he said, how many of my father's hired servants have 191 00:11:56.320 --> 00:12:00.720 more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger. 192 00:12:01.240 --> 00:12:03.840 This makes me laugh. He makes it seems like this 193 00:12:03.879 --> 00:12:07.240 is the father's fault, that he squandered all his wealth. 194 00:12:08.039 --> 00:12:10.519 Isn't it funny we do that with the Lord above 195 00:12:10.759 --> 00:12:13.879 when we go through troubles. Why is the Lord doing 196 00:12:13.919 --> 00:12:17.679 this to me? This is identical to what he's saying. 197 00:12:18.080 --> 00:12:20.480 But when he came to himself, he said, how many 198 00:12:20.559 --> 00:12:24.399 of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, 199 00:12:24.720 --> 00:12:28.279 but I perish here with hunger. You put yourself in 200 00:12:28.320 --> 00:12:30.759 that situation because of the free will that was given 201 00:12:30.799 --> 00:12:33.879 to you. Verse eighteen says I will arise and go 202 00:12:33.919 --> 00:12:36.159 to my father, and I will say to him, Father, 203 00:12:36.679 --> 00:12:40.120 I have sinned against heaven, and before you I am 204 00:12:40.159 --> 00:12:42.919 no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me 205 00:12:43.000 --> 00:12:46.799 as one of your hired servants. And he arose and 206 00:12:46.840 --> 00:12:49.759 he came to his father. But while he was still 207 00:12:50.000 --> 00:12:53.039 a long way off, his father saw him and felt 208 00:12:53.039 --> 00:12:59.279 compassion and ran and embraced he kissed him, and he 209 00:12:59.360 --> 00:13:02.600 said to a son. Son said to his father, father, 210 00:13:02.679 --> 00:13:06.440 I have sinned against Heaven, and before you I am 211 00:13:06.480 --> 00:13:09.399 no longer worthy to be called to your son. But 212 00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:12.679 the father said to his servants, quickly, bring me my 213 00:13:12.720 --> 00:13:14.960 best robe. Put it on him, put a ring on 214 00:13:15.000 --> 00:13:17.559 his hand, put shoes on his feet, and bring the 215 00:13:17.600 --> 00:13:20.519 fat and calf, and kill it, and let us eat 216 00:13:20.600 --> 00:13:25.039 and celebrate. What where's my scooby doo moment? Rot? Right? 217 00:13:25.879 --> 00:13:29.399 This kid just went out and he squandered everything. He 218 00:13:29.559 --> 00:13:33.200 went against everything the father had said. But the father 219 00:13:33.799 --> 00:13:36.879 had his open arms waiting for him. This is what 220 00:13:36.919 --> 00:13:41.399 we do with the Lord. Now. We run away, we stumble, 221 00:13:42.519 --> 00:13:45.519 We sometimes turn our back on God, and then we 222 00:13:45.559 --> 00:13:48.840 want to blame him, just like the son did in 223 00:13:48.919 --> 00:13:53.600 this parable. But the father wanted to still give him 224 00:13:53.600 --> 00:13:57.320 the best. This is what Jesus wants to do for you, 225 00:13:58.039 --> 00:14:00.679 still wants to give you the best. Our father in 226 00:14:00.759 --> 00:14:05.200 heaven sent Jesus Christ to be nailed on a cross, 227 00:14:05.960 --> 00:14:12.200 so you can have the best by following him as 228 00:14:12.240 --> 00:14:15.840 we go on. Verse twenty four says, for this, my 229 00:14:16.000 --> 00:14:19.639 son was dead. See, he thought his son was dead. 230 00:14:19.799 --> 00:14:22.320 He ran away because back then you didn't have a 231 00:14:22.360 --> 00:14:25.480 cell phone, you didn't have the internet. They didn't have 232 00:14:25.960 --> 00:14:28.159 the you know, they didn't have what they called faith book. 233 00:14:28.600 --> 00:14:31.399 See what I did there instead of Facebook, faith book. 234 00:14:31.480 --> 00:14:34.000 You see what I did there. He couldn't figure out 235 00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:36.039 what's going on with the son. He thought he was dead. 236 00:14:36.960 --> 00:14:41.039 For my son was dead and is alive again. This 237 00:14:41.039 --> 00:14:44.399 could mean several things. He could have been dead spiritually 238 00:14:45.039 --> 00:14:47.720 because he went to the ways of the world, and 239 00:14:47.799 --> 00:14:50.799 now he's back because he asked for forgiveness and he 240 00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:54.879 humbled himself in front of his father. That's what we 241 00:14:54.960 --> 00:14:58.600 have to do. We have to humble ourselves and come 242 00:14:58.639 --> 00:15:02.200 to the father. This is exactly what this is. And 243 00:15:02.279 --> 00:15:06.679 I love this so much. For this son was dead 244 00:15:07.240 --> 00:15:11.080 and is alive again. He was lost and now is found. 245 00:15:11.919 --> 00:15:14.799 And they began to celebrate. Now, his older son was 246 00:15:14.840 --> 00:15:17.559 in the field and he came and drew near the house, 247 00:15:17.600 --> 00:15:19.919 and he heard music and dancing. And he called one 248 00:15:19.919 --> 00:15:22.120 of the servants and said, what is the meaning of this, 249 00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:25.399 and he said to him, your brother has come home. 250 00:15:25.639 --> 00:15:28.000 Your father has killed the fat and calf, because he 251 00:15:28.039 --> 00:15:32.480 has received him back safe and sound. But he was 252 00:15:32.519 --> 00:15:35.879 angry and refused to go in. His father came out 253 00:15:37.159 --> 00:15:42.240 and treated him. But he answered his father and said, look, 254 00:15:42.600 --> 00:15:45.960 these many years I have served you, and I never 255 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:49.879 disobeyed your command. Yet you never gave me the young 256 00:15:49.919 --> 00:15:53.919 goat that I might celebrate with my friends. But when 257 00:15:53.919 --> 00:15:56.960 the son of yours came, and who has devoured your 258 00:15:57.000 --> 00:15:59.919 property with prostitutes, and you killed the fat and calf 259 00:16:00.120 --> 00:16:04.519 or him, And he said to him, son, you're always 260 00:16:04.559 --> 00:16:08.840 with me, and all that is mine is yours. It 261 00:16:08.879 --> 00:16:12.799 was fitting to celebrate and be glad for this. Your 262 00:16:12.799 --> 00:16:16.519 brother was dead and is alive. He is lost, and 263 00:16:16.559 --> 00:16:23.039 now he is found. You see, the older brother got upset. 264 00:16:26.080 --> 00:16:31.720 This kind of represents the believers, the believers who don't understand. 265 00:16:32.039 --> 00:16:35.399 Wait a minute, Wait a minute. That guy is in prison. 266 00:16:35.679 --> 00:16:40.159 He's killed forty people. He has repented and found Jesus. 267 00:16:40.360 --> 00:16:42.279 But I've been with you all along, ever since I 268 00:16:42.360 --> 00:16:44.879 was a kid. I went through Sunday School, I learned 269 00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:47.000 about you. I walked with you, and you're to tell 270 00:16:47.039 --> 00:16:49.639 me we're going to be walking together and heaven. Yes, 271 00:16:49.679 --> 00:16:52.240 Because remember on the cross, what did the thief say 272 00:16:52.440 --> 00:16:58.639 to Jesus, forgive me, may I be with you? You 273 00:16:58.679 --> 00:17:01.639 know things along that way, and Jesus said, you will 274 00:17:01.679 --> 00:17:07.240 be with me in the kingdom. Even the thief repented 275 00:17:07.279 --> 00:17:11.519 on the cross. Now, a lot of people call us unfair, 276 00:17:12.920 --> 00:17:15.720 but we are supposed to come to God. We all 277 00:17:15.759 --> 00:17:20.680 have different walks, some longer, some shorter. Some people on 278 00:17:20.799 --> 00:17:25.640 their deathbed right now. You have heard the stories before 279 00:17:25.680 --> 00:17:28.880 with people in their hospital beds. I was never a believer, 280 00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:33.640 but I saw a bright light. I saw demons battling 281 00:17:33.680 --> 00:17:36.640 for me as well. But when I said the name 282 00:17:36.759 --> 00:17:42.920 Jesus and saw Jesus, he saved me. There's people battling 283 00:17:42.960 --> 00:17:45.640 on their deathbed right now who don't know Jesus but 284 00:17:45.680 --> 00:17:50.039 are trying to know him. They're going through that spiritual battle. 285 00:17:51.440 --> 00:17:54.920 But no matter how long the walk, no matter how 286 00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:58.279 long the race that you've been in, are somebody next 287 00:17:58.279 --> 00:18:01.000 to you is in, you continue to run your race. 288 00:18:01.640 --> 00:18:04.960 And that's what it's all truly about, because we're all 289 00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:07.119 going to be with Him in heaven. One day, Kingdom 290 00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:11.839 will come and we will rejoice no matter how long 291 00:18:11.880 --> 00:18:14.720 your walk is, keep that in mind the next time 292 00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:17.319 you look at that person in a church pew, the 293 00:18:17.359 --> 00:18:20.079 next time you look at somebody in a grocery line 294 00:18:20.319 --> 00:18:22.960 who may be leaning a little left, as they call 295 00:18:23.119 --> 00:18:27.759 today in society, somebody who has that you know, upside 296 00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:32.000 down cross on their throat, that dresses Gothic, they're in 297 00:18:32.039 --> 00:18:35.359 a different walk. And it also goes back to a 298 00:18:35.359 --> 00:18:39.559 commandment in the Bible, thou shalt not judge. It took 299 00:18:39.559 --> 00:18:42.039 me a long time to understand as a believer, Thou 300 00:18:42.079 --> 00:18:48.559 shalt not judge. We do it every day. But now 301 00:18:48.599 --> 00:18:51.200 I look at it as I don't know their walk, 302 00:18:51.400 --> 00:18:53.519 I don't know their story, I don't know their testimony. 303 00:18:53.559 --> 00:18:56.680 That's why your testimony is very important to share. And 304 00:18:56.720 --> 00:18:58.640 guess what when you do that, When you share your 305 00:18:58.640 --> 00:19:01.759 testimony to others and how God saved you and where 306 00:19:01.799 --> 00:19:05.960 you're at, that is spreading the Gospel. And that's what 307 00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:08.400 they're supposed to do, and we're supposed to do according 308 00:19:08.440 --> 00:19:10.319 to the Book of Acts. We say it every week. 309 00:19:10.839 --> 00:19:14.640 Take the Gospel to the ends of the earth. This 310 00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:18.039 prodigal son is just like me. Man. I remember when 311 00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:22.559 I didn't know God and I knew of him. Okay, 312 00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:26.880 early in my life, I got married, had a son, 313 00:19:28.680 --> 00:19:32.039 and went through a rough divorce. You know, when you're 314 00:19:32.079 --> 00:19:34.759 in the mid twenties and you're separated and you go 315 00:19:34.799 --> 00:19:41.039 through a divorce, it's tough. And then my ex wife 316 00:19:41.519 --> 00:19:44.440 decided to move out of the state, many states away. 317 00:19:45.160 --> 00:19:48.160 I'd only see my son once a month, if that, 318 00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:52.400 sometimes sometimes for only eight hours. I drive sixteen hours 319 00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:56.279 to go see him. For eight I didn't have anything. 320 00:19:56.640 --> 00:19:59.480 I lived in friends' basements. I lived in my parents 321 00:19:59.599 --> 00:20:03.160 unfinished house. I was barring vehicles. I was borring money 322 00:20:03.279 --> 00:20:06.039 just to go see my son. I was working dead 323 00:20:06.119 --> 00:20:14.720 end jobs. I was struggling, and I was doing the 324 00:20:14.799 --> 00:20:17.440 things a prodigal son would do, not to my parents 325 00:20:17.440 --> 00:20:20.519 on earth at that time, but to my father in heaven. 326 00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:25.799 And now I'm sitting here sharing this with you, it's 327 00:20:26.240 --> 00:20:29.440 really opening up to me to the point where man 328 00:20:29.519 --> 00:20:35.480 I was the prodigal son. I was that man in 329 00:20:35.599 --> 00:20:40.279 that life, in that darkness for many years, even as 330 00:20:40.279 --> 00:20:42.039 a stand up comic, when I thought I was shedding 331 00:20:42.079 --> 00:20:44.160 light and trying to help people, I would step on 332 00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:46.599 people to get somewhere. Yeah, I'll take care of you 333 00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:52.200 step on them so I can step up. But then 334 00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:57.200 when God put an amazing testimony in my life before 335 00:20:57.240 --> 00:21:01.599 the one that I just shared with you, he transformed 336 00:21:01.640 --> 00:21:06.559 my life, and that's why I'm here today. I'm the 337 00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:10.880 prodigal son. Are you the prodigal son? We're all prodigal 338 00:21:10.880 --> 00:21:13.960 sons and daughters of God. We all push and walk 339 00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:19.079 away from time to time, so as we can conclude 340 00:21:19.559 --> 00:21:22.960 this parable of the prodigal Son. This is a story 341 00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:29.279 about forgiveness, redemption, showing God's unconditional love and the joy 342 00:21:29.599 --> 00:21:33.759 of repentance. The prodigal son came up to his father 343 00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:36.880 and said, forgive me. I've hurt you in your eyes 344 00:21:36.960 --> 00:21:41.880 and God's eyes. His earthly father was right there, ready 345 00:21:41.880 --> 00:21:45.759 to give him all the riches that he had, just 346 00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:49.759 to have his son in his arms. Our Father in 347 00:21:49.839 --> 00:21:55.480 Heaven did that. He gave his only begotten son, a 348 00:21:55.559 --> 00:22:02.279 treasure for your sins and mine. He was there with 349 00:22:02.359 --> 00:22:04.759 open arms. Think about Jesus on the cross. How was 350 00:22:04.799 --> 00:22:08.000 his arms? Oh, let that hit for a moment. Let 351 00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:15.000 that set in. His arms are open. His arms never close, 352 00:22:16.400 --> 00:22:19.000 no matter how far you try to run away. The 353 00:22:19.039 --> 00:22:23.960 Prodigal Son also highlights the relationship between a father and 354 00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:29.240 his son, showing the grace of God toward us all 355 00:22:29.400 --> 00:22:34.200 sinners again Luke, Chapter fifteen, verses eleven through thirty two, 356 00:22:34.359 --> 00:22:37.720 the Prodigal Son. I'm glad we started off this series 357 00:22:37.920 --> 00:22:43.960 with this, because we're all sinners. We all run away 358 00:22:44.319 --> 00:22:47.279 from the Lord, we all run away from our father 359 00:22:47.359 --> 00:22:51.400 in heaven because we think we know better. When this 360 00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:54.759 good old Bible is such a beautiful love letter to us, 361 00:22:56.079 --> 00:23:03.160 and we truly dig into it, and the letters, the 362 00:23:03.200 --> 00:23:08.880 words show so much grace toward us, even more than 363 00:23:08.920 --> 00:23:13.640 we will ever know. Get into that Bible today. Have 364 00:23:13.720 --> 00:23:18.759 you never read the Bible? It's okay starting proverbs. Whatever 365 00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:22.359 the day is today, say it's May, I don't know, seventh, 366 00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:26.119 eighth whatever. I may be way behind as we record 367 00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:29.799 these broadcasts ahead of time, but whatever the day is, 368 00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:35.079 start with that proverb proverb chapter seven, and then every 369 00:23:35.160 --> 00:23:39.279 day read a proverb. Go from there. Then get into 370 00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:42.920 the Bible. Go into Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John learn 371 00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:46.119 about Jesus. That's how you learn about Jesus. They wrote 372 00:23:46.119 --> 00:23:49.079 about Jesus. Luke was a doctor. And if you're somebody 373 00:23:49.119 --> 00:23:53.319 who likes to know ABCDFG in order. Man. Luke did 374 00:23:53.359 --> 00:23:55.839 just that. He was a doctor, all right, he was 375 00:23:55.880 --> 00:23:58.799 a physician. Luke's a good one to read. You want 376 00:23:58.799 --> 00:24:00.920 to know more of the heart of Gesis, get into John. 377 00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:05.079 You want to know more about the disciple of Jesus 378 00:24:05.160 --> 00:24:10.240 and the Old Testament stories of Jesus, go to Matthew. 379 00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:14.480 It's amazing. I love Peter. I'm Peter, so I'll read 380 00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:18.200 the Book of Peter a lot. But with that, I 381 00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:21.920 just want you to know that you may be still running, 382 00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:27.200 you may be still trying to find something. Just remember 383 00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:30.400 we're all prodigal sons and daughters. And His arms are 384 00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:33.680 always open. His arms are open right now for you. 385 00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:37.880 And this is the moment where you open his arms backs. 386 00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:42.640 You open your arms back, open up your palms, close 387 00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:46.200 your eyes, and repeat after me. If you're ready for 388 00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:47.920 a change in your life and you're tired of hitting 389 00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:51.119 your head on this proverbial seeing going after that brass 390 00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:53.559 ring in life when you should be going after a 391 00:24:54.319 --> 00:24:59.079 crown of glory, this is your opportunity. Repeat after me. 392 00:24:59.160 --> 00:25:04.319 Dear God, I'm a sinner. I stumbled daily, I fall 393 00:25:04.400 --> 00:25:07.720 short of the glory of God. But I know you 394 00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:13.680 were real that you were born, that you died, that 395 00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:18.279 you rose again on the third day. For my sins 396 00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:22.920 and for your victory. Dear Lord, I need a savior. 397 00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:29.119 Please be my personal lord and savior today. Cleanse my soul, 398 00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:34.359 cleanse me of my sins. Forgive me and allow me 399 00:25:34.400 --> 00:25:35.839 to walk with you to the ends of the earth. 400 00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:39.839 Dear Lord, I thank you and I love you. We 401 00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:43.720