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Luke 15:17-19

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

He said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. It was the knowledge that there was plenty in his...

Luke 15:17-20

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

And 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! I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. And he arose, and...

Luke 15:18-19

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. You notice that this last part of the prayer he never did pray; for it was stopped by his father’s love. There was a legalism about it naturally suggested...

Luke 15:18-20

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. And 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...

Luke 15:20-21

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

And 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. And 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. There comes an interruption there; the kiss upon his lips...

Luke 15:20

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, Perhaps, before he saw his father: “his father saw him,” Luk_15:20. And had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. Matthew Henry’s comment on this verse is excellent: “’His father saw him.’ Here were eyes of mercy. ‘And had...

Luke 15:21-22

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

And 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. But the father-Stopping him short, and for ever obliterating the rest of the prayer, so that he never had time to utter it, seeing that it was too legal to be permitted by his father’s love: “But the father”¾

Luke 15:21-22

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; He did not let him finish his prayer with the request that he might be taken on as a hired servant; that part which was legal he stopped with a kiss on his mouth, and...

Luke 15:21-22

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

And 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. But the father said to his servants, Here were words of mercy, wonders of mercy, and, indeed, it is all mercy throughout.

Luke 15:22-24

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

But 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: and bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. I have never read that they left off...

Luke 15:22-25

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

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: and bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat and be merry; for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. Now his elder son was in the field: At work, like the...

Luke 15:22-24

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

And put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: and bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. This, again, was a new joy in that family circle. There was joy when the elder brother was born, and joy when the...

Luke 15:22-25

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. Now his elder son was in the field: That is where these over-good elder...

Luke 15:25

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing. The elder brother in our day says, “I do not believe in these revival services. I like regular, orderly proceedings, and I do not approve of these crowds of people coming to hear the Word under such undue excitement as is sure to result.”...

Luke 15:25-27

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

And as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing. And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant. And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound. And he was angry, He did not want the fatted calf killed, if this reprobate...

Luke 15:25

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing. This was the better one of the two. I have heard him often greatly blamed, and so he deserves to be; but, for all that, he was a true son. He was not at home. He was out at work. There are some Christians that are all for work, and never seem...

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