{"id":433,"date":"2019-04-08T08:26:28","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T12:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mtbmichigan.com\/?p=433"},"modified":"2019-04-08T08:26:28","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T12:26:28","slug":"sonship-and-inheritance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mtbmichigan.com\/?p=433","title":{"rendered":"Sonship and Inheritance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

These are my notes from a recent message with our discipleship group. They are really notes, so if anything is unclear, ask and I can elaborate. I know that some of the thoughts are leaning toward the basic side of things, but there is a reason for everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luke 15:11-32 “The Prodigal Son”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We know the key\nelements of the story. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. A man had 2 sons
    1. The younger son wanted the gifts of his\ninheritance <\/li><\/ol>
      1. The younger son gets the inheritance and\nsquanders it<\/li><\/ol>
        1. A famine hits<\/li><\/ol>
          1. The younger son remembers how his father\u2019s\nservants were provided for. <\/li><\/ol>
            1. He gets to his father and declares that he is no\nlonger worthy to be called son (the only thing he did right haha)<\/li><\/ol>
              1. He asks to be as a hired slave<\/li><\/ol>
                1. \u2014-(Missing the father completely.)<\/li><\/ol>
                  1. They have a feast<\/li><\/ol>
                    1. Older son won\u2019t go in<\/li><\/ol>
                      1. Father pleads with older son<\/li><\/ol>
                        1. Older son complains about being obedient but not\ngetting anything (notice the contempt, \u201cI want to have a fatted calf or\nsomething to make merry with HIS friends<\/li><\/ol>
                          1. Father tells older son that younger son was once\ndead but now is alive.<\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                            It\u2019s interesting to\nsee how both miss the true inheritance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                            The younger son\n(The Lost) missed several things in his \u201cwake up\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                            1. He was performance based and gifts based.
                              1. He saw that the workers were taken care of and\nwas thinking from a place of guilt in squandering his gifts of inheritance<\/li><\/ol>
                                1. He was willing to settle for fewer gifts but\ndidn\u2019t see the bigger picture.
                                  1. He had envy based on the gifts<\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                    I wonder if he saw the\nbigger picture in his father\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                    1. The father willingly gave him his portion
                                      1. The father didn\u2019t try to control or demand\nanything when the son left since he gave him the inheritance<\/li><\/ol>
                                        1. The father covered the sons shame and took it on\nby running to him<\/li><\/ol>
                                          1. The father didn\u2019t acknowledge the son\u2019s speech so\nmuch, but began a feast in his honor<\/li><\/ol>
                                            1. He willingly restores the younger son<\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                              The older son (Self\nRighteous) also missed things<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                              1. He was superficial
                                                1. He reveled in his obedience and was also\nperformance based<\/li><\/ol>
                                                  1. He felt that his obedience demanded some reward
                                                    1. His reward that he was looking for was for\nhimself and his friends, rather than with his father<\/li><\/ol>
                                                      1. He had contempt based on his obedience<\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                        What I think they\nboth missed of the father was that the father felt that the inheritance Was\nneither from the gifts or the obedience. The inheritance was the value of the\nrelationship with him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                        We know from\nScripture that Christ\u2019s inheritance has a number of facets, such as all\nauthority being given to Him, but the one that is missed is to be seated at the\nright hand of the Father. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                        John 10:30 I and\nthe father are one<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                        John 5:19, the son does\nnothing unless he sees the father doing it. It implies not only obedience, but\nloving relationship<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                        Proverbs 7:1 \u201cMy\nson, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n