Grace Bible Church Georgetown, Tx

We are in a series of messages leading up to Resurrection Sunday called Resurrection, Past, Present and Future. We are looking at people in scripture that had a resurrection within their lives. A few weeks ago we looked at Bartimaeus, the blind beggar that Jesus transformed restoring his sight and forgiving his sin. Today we are looking at a story Jesus told to a group of people gathered to hear Him speak. The crowd included both the Pharisees and a bunch of sinners including the tax collectors. Jesus looked at both of these lost groups of people and told them three stories, one about a lost sheep, the one about a lost coin and the third about a lost son, the story of the Prodigal Son. It’s a story with three actors – a Father, who represents God. The older brother that represents the Pharisees in the crowd and the younger brother representing the lost sinners in His crowd. Today, our focus is squarely on the younger son, the prodigal. This is a familiar story to many and as a Christian, you may quickly decid