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God Wants A Relationship Based On Love And Trust
He doesn’t want relationships based on fear, blind obedience, or control
The parable of the Prodigal Son is told in Luke 15: 11–32.
It tells the story of a father with two sons. The younger son goes to his father and asks for his part of the inheritance, which he squanders in a distant land. Meanwhile, his older brother stays home with his father.
When the younger son was starving, he decided to go home to his father and beg his forgiveness, asking to be considered as just a hired hand as he was no longer worthy to be called a son.
But the father ran to him when he was him coming, threw his arm around his boy and kissed him.
When the son says he is no longer worthy to be called “son”, the father puts his best robe on him and prepares a feast to celebrate the return of the son.
When the older son came home from working in the field and heard the celebration, he became angry. He refuses to go inside, so his father comes out to plead with him.
The older brother points out that he has been working for his father and has been obedient — so why has his father never held a feast for him?
