We can serve anyone without loving, but we cannot love God without serving Him.
Sermon Title: LOST AND FOUND
Sermon Text: LUKE 15:24
By: PTR. BRYAN MAYUELA
Sermon Notes:
Luke 15:11-24 NLT
11 To illustrate the point further, Jesus told them this story: “A man had two sons.
12 The younger son told his father, ‘I want my share of your estate now before you die.’
13 “A few days later this younger son packed all his belongings and moved to a distant land, and there he wasted all his money in wild living.
14 About the time his money ran out, a great famine swept over the land, and he began to starve.
15 He persuaded a local farmer to hire him, and the man sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.
16 The young man became so hungry that even the pods he was feeding the pigs looked good to him. But no one gave him anything.
17 “When he finally came to his senses, he said to himself, ‘At home even the hired servants have food enough to spare, and here I am dying of hunger!
18 I will go home to my father and say, “Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you,
19 and I am no longer worthy of being called your son. Please take me on as a hired servant.”’
20 “So he returned home to his father. And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.
21 His son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you, and I am no longer worthy of being called your son.’
22 “But his father said to the servants, ‘Quick! Bring the finest robe in the house and put it on him. Get a ring for his finger and sandals for his feet.
23 And kill the calf we have been fattening. We must celebrate with a feast,
24 for this son of mine was dead and has now returned to life. He was lost, but now he is found.’.
Luke 15:12 NLT
12 The younger son told his father,
‘I want my share of your estate now before you die.’
Luke 15:13 NLT
13 “A few days later this younger son packed all his belongings and moved to a distant land, and there
he wasted all his money in wild living.
Prodigal | ἀσώτως
• Wasteful
• Reckless
• Extravagant
• Lacking restraint
• No control
• Without limits
Luke 15:14 NLT
14 About the time his money ran out, a great famine swept over the land, and he began to starve.
Luke 15:21 NLT
21 …I have sinned against both heaven and you…
Resources:
Time
Treasure
Talent
TIME
We can lose our connection with the Lord.
John 10:10 NLT
10 The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy…
TREASURE
Matthew 6:21 NLT
21 Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.
We can give to anyone without loving,
but we cannot love God without giving to Him.
TALENT
1 Peter 4:10 ESV
10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Ephesians 2:10 NIV
10 As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace:
We can serve anyone without loving,
but we cannot love God without serving Him.
Applications:
Be Honest to Yourself
John 8:32 NLT
32 And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
Luke 15:17 NLT
17 “When he finally came to his senses…
Be Honest to Others
James 5:16 NIV
16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.
Be Honest to God
Luke 15:15-16 NLT
15 He persuaded a local farmer to hire him, and the man sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.
16 The young man became so hungry that even the pods he was feeding the pigs looked good to him. But no one gave him anything.
Acts 13:39 NIV
39 Through him everyone who believes is set free from every sin, a justification you were not able to obtain under the law of Moses.
Luke 15:18-19 NLT
18 I will go home to my father and say, “Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you,
19 and I am no longer worthy of being called your son. Please take me on as a hired servant.”’
20 “So he returned home to his father. And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.
1 John 1:9 ESV
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Luke 15:24 NLT
24 for this son of mine was dead and has now returned to life. He was lost, but now he is found.’