Prodigal God: Week Three

In the third week of the "Prodigal God" series, Pastor Nate details the sins of the older brother. We are quick to judge the younger brother as his actions seem more outright wrong, however, the older brother, in his unwillingness to accept his younger brother back without penalty is shifting the attention away from celebration of return to judgment of absence. The older brother's motivation for staying becomes clear when he essentially tantrums about the perceived injustice. However, if God's love had to be earned, none of us would have it. We need to celebrate when the younger brothers come back as we were them at one time; maybe not as visibly, but we've all disappointed our Father at one time or another. Acceptance is love, distance is judgment.