Great morning at Freedom Church! This was week 3 of our series Come Home and we saw 33 people pray to receive Christ this morning. That never gets old! People walked into Freedom Church this morning on their way to hell and now they know for sure that they will spend eternity with Jesus. Our text this morning was from Luke 15:25-31:
25“Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing. 26So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on. 27‘Your brother has come,’ he replied, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.’
28“The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him. 29But he answered his father, ‘Look! All these years I’ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. 30But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!’
31” ‘My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours.
Here are my notes from Pastor JR’s message:
- We can relate to the older brother, because we are him!
- Are we serving God or focusing our efforts to serve others so that we will benefit in some way?
- What are we doing to help lost people realize it isn’t about being a “good person”?
- Why do we allow ourselves to get so discouraged in our efforts to please God when all He wants is for us to run to Him?
- The Father is pursuing a relationship with us and wants to meet us where we are.
- How is God’s story unfolding in your life?
- For many, although their sin separates them from God, it is often their righteousness that prohibits them from acknowledging their need for Christ.
- It’s not about religion. It’s about Jesus. COME HOME!