45 Days To Read the Gospel Challenge. The Gospel According To Luke Chapter 15: The Prodigal Son- Heaven Rejoices Over Sinners Who Repent
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Overview of The Gospel of Luke
Apostle Luke, a Gentile and a physician, wrote this Gospel and the Book of Acts. Luke’s work is assumed to be written in AD 60-62 during the time Paul was in jail. His works were dedicated to Theophilus, a Roman dignitary. Luke gives an ordered account of the events of Jesus’s life but not necessarily in order. His primary research is based on eyewitnesses, disciples, and the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
Luke knew the disciples personally. He traveled with Paul most of the time. However, he also used other disciples’ work in his research, such as Mark’s work. A lot of Luke’s work included the Gospel of Mark. However, this Gospel gives many accounts of Jesus’s healing ministry because Luke was a physician himself.
Luke alone reported unusual circumstances surrounding the birth of John the Baptist and the annunciation to Mary. He emphasized the central role of women, children, Gentiles, Samaritans, rich people, sinners, and outcasts in the life and ministry of Jesus Christ. Luke proposed to narrate the ministry of Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ’s mission dedicated to the saving of sinners and his progression to the cross to become Savior of the World.
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The Gospel According To Luke Chapter 15: The Prodigal Son- Heaven Rejoices Over Sinners Who Repent
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Summary of The Gospel According to Luke Chapter 15: The Prodigal Son- Heaven Rejoices Over Sinners Who Repent
Jesus is our savior that rejoices when a sinner sincerely repents and gets saved by announcing Jesus Christ is Lord. See Call to Salvation below. In chapter 15, Jesus tells three parables to explain how one feels when one find something that is lost. Luke 15:7 I say unto you, that likewise, joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repents, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance. In a previous lesson, Jesus stated: Luke 5:32 ” I came not to call the righteous, but sinners unto repentance”
In the last parable, Jesus tells the famous story of The Prodigal Son. A man had two sons. One left his father’s house and lost his fortune. He returned to his father’s house broke and asking for forgiveness. However, the faithful son is jealous but the father reminds him that he is always with him and everything he has is his. But the son who was lost is home and it is time to rejoice. Luke 15:24 24For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost and is found, and they began to be merry.
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The Gospel According To Luke Chapter 15: The Prodigal Son- Heaven Rejoices Over Sinners Who Repent
Time: 45 minutes to complete lesson: 30 minutes to read the entire post and take the interactive quiz, additional 15 minutes to read the bible chapter.
Objectives Chapter Fifteen (You will learn…)
A. The rejoicing heaven does when a lost sheep is found or a sinner accepts God and repents.
B. The famous story of the prodigal son.
Outline for Chapter Fifteen
A. The parable of the lost sheep
B. Lost piece of silver
C The prodigal son
Reflection
Have you ever known a person to turn their life around by overcoming an obstacle to a Christian character: drugs, alcohol, overeating, stealing, etc… Were you happy for them? Jesus is happy when we learn to do better and find the strength to do it. Be encouraged in the Lord for he cares for you.
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Resources for this lesson
FREE copy of The Gospel of Luke and in its entirety (Public Domain-1907): You can use your zoom to increase the size of the text. Click Here. (PDF) or King James Bible Online. (Internet Web Site) YouTube audio and video (total time 7 min. ) – Part One and Part Two.
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Highlights
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Chapter Highlights of Gospel According to Luke – Chapter Fifteen KJV) Answers to Objectives and Activity-Questions
A. Jesus explains the rejoicing heaven does when a lost sheep is found or a sinner accepts God and repents. Luke 15:3-10 KJV
3And he spoke this parable unto them, saying, 4What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? 5And when he hath found it, he lay it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbors, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.
7I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repent, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance. 8Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it? 9And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbors together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.
9And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbors together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.
10Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repented.
B. The famous story of the prodigal son. Luke 15: 11-32 KJV
11And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that fall to me. And he divided unto them his living. 13And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. 14And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
15And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. 16And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. 17And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
18I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, 19And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. 20And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
21And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. 22But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: 23And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
23And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: 24For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. 25Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing. 26And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.
27And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound. 28And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him. 29And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gave me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
30But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. 31And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. 32It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
Interactive Quiz
See “Chapter 15 Highlights” above for scriptures and help with the quote. Refresh screen to retake the quiz.
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#1. Given the scriptures, Luke 15:3-10 KJV , select the letter that corresponds with your BEST answer to the following question. What do Jesus and heaven do when a sinner repents?
#2. Given the scriptures, Luke 15: 27-32 KJV, select whether the below statements are True or False. These scriptures reference Jesus telling a parable about The Prodigal Son. 27And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound. 28And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him. 29And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: 30But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. 31And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. 32It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
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Call to salvation
John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Romans 10:9-10 9That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation
John 3:5-6 5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is the Spirit.
