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Text: Luke 15:17-24
Title: Revival: Coming Home To Your Father
Speaker: Dr. Jim Schettler
Luke 15:17-24 KJV
Introduction
Luke 15 Deals with Three Lost Items:
1. A Sheep Got Lost Naturally
2. A Coin Got Lost Carelessly
3. A Son Got Lost Willfully
I. Why Did The Prodigal Son Go Home?
Luke 15:14-19 KJV
A. You Come to Yourself When You Get Hungry For God
Matthew 5:6 KJV
Jeremiah 29:13 KJV
Jeremiah 24:7 KJV
Jeremiah 24:7 KJV
1 John 1:8-9 KJV
Job 42:6 KJV
B. You Come to Yourself When You Get Honest With Yourself
1 Peter 5:6 KJV
James 4:6 KJV
C. You Come to Yourself When You Get Humble
Luke 15:20-24 KJV
II. How Did The Father Receive Him?
Three Gifts Prove Sonship:
1. The Prodigal Got a Robe - Authority
2. The Prodigal Got a Ring - Affection
3. The Prodigal God Shoes - Affirmation
John 1:12 KJV
John 3:3 KJV
John 3:6-7 KJV
A. Receive Him As A Son Not A Servant
1 Corinthians 13:7 KJV
B. Received Him With Compassion Not Caution
Jeremiah 18:4 KJV
C. Received Him With Rejoicing Not Regret
Conclusion