What did it cost the father to bring his younger son home?
What did it cost the elder brother?
What did it cost to bring us home?
(See: pages 85 and 87).
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Our group observed that it cost the father his dignity and his community's respect for him. He also lost time and energhim.y looking for his lost son and suffered a broken heart because of
ReplyDeleteThe group cited God's cost for bringing us home as the sacrifice of Jesus.
ReplyDelete". . .Our true elder brother paid our debt, on the cross, in our place.
ReplyDeleteThere Jesus was stripped naked of his robe and of his dignity so we could be clothed with a dignity and standing we don't deserve. On the cross Jesus was treated as an outcast so we could be brought into God's family freely by grace. There Jesus drank the cup of eternal justice so that we might have the cup of the Father's joy. There was no other way for the heavenly Father to bring us in, except at the expense of the true elder brother.
How can the inner workings of the heart be changed from a dynamic of fear and anger to that of love, joy and gratitude? Here is how. You need to be moved by the sight of what it cost to bring you home. The key difference between a Pharisee and a believer in Jesus is inner-heart motivation. Pharisees are being good out of a fear-fueled need to control God. They don't really trust him or love him. To them, God is an exacting boss, not a loving father. Christians have seen something that transformed their hearts toward God so that they can finally love and rest in the father.
The text above is from "The Prodigal God" at pages 85 and 86.
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