Lost & Found Series:
August 25 - Week 1 – The Lost Sheep (Luke 15:1-7)
September 1 - Week 2 – The Lost Coin (Luke 15:8-10)
Last Sunday - Week 3 – The Lost Son (Luke 15:11-24)
Today - Week 4 – The Lost Brother (Luke 15:25-32)
Luke 15:25-32
“Now his older son was in the field, and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing. 26 And he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant. 27 And he said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and sound.’
Luke 15:25-32
28 But he was angry and refused to go in. His father came out and entreated him, 29 but he answered his father, ‘Look, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command, yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.
Luke 15:25-32
30 But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’
31 And he said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours. 32 It was fitting to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.’
1. The Position He Held In The Family.
1. The Position He Held In The Family. A. In the Position of Privilege.
Luke 15:12
12 And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.’ And he divided his property between them.
1. The Position He Held In The Family. A. In the Position of Privilege.
B. In the Position of Productivity.
1. The Position He Held In The Family.
2. The Problem He Had With The Festivities.
1. The Position He Held In The Family.
2. The Problem He Had With The Festivities.
A. He Had a Problem With His Motives.
Luke 15:29 but he answered his father, ‘Look, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command, yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.
A. He Had a Problem With His Motives.
1. This man did not care that his lost brother had come home.
2. This man did not care about that which pleased the father.
3. This man did not care about the glory of the father…instead, he wanted glory for all that he had done.
4. This man did not even care about the father…he did what he did for what he could get out of it!
5. This man even saw his service to the father as “slavery.”
1. The Position He Held In The Family.
2. The Problem He Had With The Festivities.
A. He Had a Problem With His Motives.
B. He Had a Problem With His Mentality.
Luke 15:30
But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’
The older brother is as far away (in his heart) as the younger son was (physically) from the father.
Matthew 15:18-19
18 But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. 19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.
Ezekiel 36:26
And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
1. The Position He Held In The Family.
2. The Problem He Had With The Festivities.
A. He Had a Problem With His Motives.
B. He Had a Problem With His Mentality.
C. He Had a Problem With His Methods.
Galatians 5:19-23
Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality… 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
1. The Position He Held In The Family.
2. The Problem He Had With The Festivities.
3. The Petition He Heard From The Father.
1. The Position He Held In The Family.
2. The Problem He Had With The Festivities.
3. The Petition He Heard From The Father.
A. It Was a Petition of Pleading.
Luke 15:28
But he was angry and refused to go in. His father came out and entreated him,
Luke 15:29 & 31
29 but he answered his father, ‘Look, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command, yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.
31 And he said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.
1. The Position He Held In The Family.
2. The Problem He Had With The Festivities.
3. The Petition He Heard From The Father.
A. It Was a Petition of Pleading.
B. It Was a Petition of Promise.
1. The Position He Held In The Family.
2. The Problem He Had With The Festivities.
3. The Petition He Heard From The Father.
A. It Was a Petition of Pleading.
B. It Was a Petition of Promise.
C. It Was a Petition of Priorities.
Luke 15:32
It was fitting to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.’
