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IT’LL BE BETTER WHEN WE GET BACK HOME---Luke
15:11-24
Intro: Many
Christians have gotten out of the will of God. They have made some wrong
decisions that have left them without any HAPPINESS, HOPE, or a real
HOME. They have found themselves in a Spiritual Hog Pen, and would eat
of anything that the World would give them, but the things of the World
Fail to Bring Happiness, Hope, and There is no Home in this world for
the Saved Person. A Prayer of REPENTANCE is necessary to get BACK HOME
and to Experience the BLESSINGS of HOME.
JONAH--I examine the Life of
Jonah as he strayed from God’s will. He ended up in the belly of a whale
without any Friends, Family, or Funds.
- Jonah 1:1
Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai,
saying, 2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it;
for their wickedness is come up before me.3
But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the
LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to
Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go
with them unto Tarshish from the presence
of the LORD.
- Jonah 1:17
Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And
Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
- Jonah 2:1
Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his
God out of the fish's belly, 2 And said, I cried by
reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the
belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.
- Jonah 3:1
And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the
preaching that I bid thee. 3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh,
according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding
great city of three days' journey.
- Jonah
4---God spared Nineveh after they REPENTED. Jonah didn’t like it at
first but HE LEARNED TO LET GOD BE GOD.
SAMSON---I examine the Life
of Samson. He ended up with no Vision, no Vitality, and no Vigor
grinding in the Courts of the Enemy. When he prayed, his STRENGTH came
back. HE SLAYED MORE IN HIS DEATH THAN HE EVER DID IN HIS LIFE.
- Judges
13:24 And the woman
bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the
LORD blessed him.
- Judges
15:16 And Samson said,
With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass
have I slain a thousand men.
- Judges 16:1
Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there
an harlot, and went in unto her. 14 And she fastened it with
the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson.
And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the
beam, and with the web. 20 And she said, The Philistines be upon
thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out
as at other times before, and shake myself.
And he wist not that the LORD was departed
from him. 25 And It came
to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for
Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of
the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between
the pillars. 26 And Samson said unto the lad that held him by
the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house
standeth, that I may lean upon them. 27 Now the house was full of
men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and
there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that
beheld while Samson made sport. 28
And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, remember
me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O
God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two
eyes. 29 And Samson took hold of the two middle
pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of
the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left. 30 And
Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself
with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all
the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death
were more than they which he slew in his life.
THE
YOUNG MAN IN OUR TEXT (THE PRODIGAL SON)---Then
I examine the Young man in our Text, who left the Father’s House with
plenty of Funds, Friends and Family standing with him; however, he left
all of that for a life of Sin, Sorrow, and he found himself without any
Stability.
When He came to
Himself, He realized It could be better if he’d just go back home……
I. SOME THINGS WILL BE BEHIND US (VS 11-17)
A-NO MORE SIN (VS 11-13)
B-NO MORE SEPARATION (VS 13)
C-NO MORE STRAYING (VS 13)
D-NO MORE SUFFERING (VS 14-17)
II. SOME THINGS WILL BE BEFORE US (VS 20-22)
A-THE FATHER
B-THE FASHION
C-THE FAVOR
D-THE FREEDOM
III. SOME THINGS WILL JUST BLESS US (VS 23, 24)
A-A FEAST
B-A FESTIVAL
C-A FAMILY REUNION
D-A FERVENT REJOICING |
