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Acceptance, Forgiveness, and Hope: The Parable of the Prodigal Son Explained
In the first century AD, Jesus told a parable to the Pharisees, who believed they were better than the common sinners of the world. This has since come to be referred to as The Parable of the Prodigal Son. In this parable, Jesus tells of a family consisting o ....
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.... be associated with the God/man relationship. Man lives a sinful life that brings shame to God-- man’s creator, or father-- but it is the forgiveness God has that gives man hope.
Jesus goes on to show the Pharisees how the aforementioned hope is so essential for the lost sinners of the world who desperately want a way out. The story continues, “And there arose a mighty famine in the land and he began to want” (9). Nothing is going right for the boy. His money is all gone and he is forced to go to work in the fields feeding swine. This being t ....
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