Eyewitness Bible: One-Hit Wonders
Eyewitness Bible: One-Hit Wonders Ep5 - Prodigal
Season 1, Episode 5 • Drama
Jesus tells the story of a wayward son.
Luke is the only Gospel writer who records this story, which Luke includes as part of a trilogy of stories about lost things. Jesus told these stories in response to the religious leaders complaining about Jesus being in the company of tax collectors and sinners. The stories clearly relate the message that God highly values those who are lost and wants to bring them back into relationship with him.
The first of the stories, or parables, is about a lost sheep. The shepherd leaves his ninety-nine other sheep to find the lost one. The punch line to the story is Jesus saying that there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one lost sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.
The second story is about a widow who loses one of her ten precious silver coins. This time, the punch line is that the angels in the presence of God will rejoice over one sinner who repents. These first two stories were short, but must have made the religious leaders very uncomfortable. That feeling was about to intensify.
Scripture References: Luke 15:11-32
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