Two Groups <> Two Brothers - Luke 15:1-2

• How well do you really listen?
• What are the assumptions that impact your hearing?

Wealth & Freedom - Luke 15:11-16

3 Bad Decisions

Feeding pigs?

Looking for wealth, he found poverty.

Seeking to be free, he found bondage.

1 Timothy 6:9-10

Waking up - Luke 15:17-24

A Pigsty Strategic Plan

A Father's Proactive Response

• He saw
  
• He was filled with compassion
• He ran to his son
• He threw his arms around him
• He kissed him

The Father Blessed Him

God's reckless grace is our greatest hope.

Christianity for Dummies - Luke 10:25-29

Illusion of Spirituality - Luke 10:30-33

The Good Samaritan "Go and do likewise: - Luke 10:33-37

See - Matthew 9:36

Feel - Matthew 9:36, 1 Corinthians 13:1, John 11:35

Act - Matthew 9:37, Galatians 6:10

Appeal to 'sinners' - Luke 15:1

Woman at the well - John 4:1-42
Blind Bartimaeus - Mark 10:46-52
Woman in adultery - John 8:1-11
Power of his teaching - Matthew 7:28-29

What keeps the lost away

Misconception - John 3:17, Romans 5:6, 8
Hiding in the dark - John 3:20

Revulsion by the religious - Luke 15:2, Matthew 23:25-28, Matthew 11:18-19

Lost sheep & rescue - Luke 15:3-6, Luke 19:10, John 3:16-17

Self exclusion - Luke 15:7, Luke 5:30-32, Romans 3:19-24

Extreme directive - Matthew 18:21-22

Amazing debt . . . .amazing grace - Matthew 18-24-27

Acts 13:38
Psalms 103:10-12

Destructive disconnect - Matthew 18:28-30

Prison or freedom . . . our choice - Matthew 18:31-35

Ephesians 4:32
Hebrews 12:15

Are You a Wise Person? - Matthew 7:24

• How well do you hear?
• How well do you put truth into action? - James 1:22-25

What is Beating Against Your House? - Matthew 7:25

• The reality of storms - John 16:33
• The testing of your faith - James 1:2-4
• The trail of persecution - 1 Thessalonians 3:2-5, John 15:18-21

Am I A Foolish Person? - Matthew 7:26

• The fool test - Psalm 14:1, Proverbs 14:9, Proverbs 17:28, Proverbs 18:2, Proverbs 28:26
• The art of deception - 1 Corinthians 3:18, 1 John 1:8

Will My House Crash? - Matthew 7:27

• Building foundations - 1 Corinthians 3:10-15