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The Prodigal Son:The Prodigal Son:The practical steps for repentance
“Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight” (Luke 15:21)
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The Prodigal Son:The Prodigal Son:The practical steps for repentance
The Story of the Prodigal Son
The story of the Prodigal Son will remain an abundant spring for the mercies of God.
The church reads this parable at the beginning of the Lent.
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LessonsThe deep love of the Father who always forgives.
The state of the sinner and how sin corrupted the life of man, destroyed him and caused his misery.
Self-righteousness and dependence on human strength in life are useless.
A warning against fall, rewarding the repentant and forgiving sins as the true repentance is renewal of life.
Steps of repentance in the life of the Prodigal Son
The First Step: He began to be in need
Being in need of fatherhood is the first step towards repentance.
Hunger and thirst for righteousness is the main gate through which repentant enter.
In this stage in the life of the Prodigal Son the Scripture says:
“So he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed
swine” (Luke 15:5)
Steps of repentance in the life of the Prodigal Son
The Second Step: He came to himself
True repentance does not mean mere grief, but is it the blessed grief?
The blessed grief is the grief for the sake of God.
“For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation and
brings no regret, but ungodly grief produces death” (2 Corinthians 7:10)
In this stage, the Prodigal Son says: “How many of my father’s hired
servants have bread enough and to spare, but I perish here with hunger. I
will arise and go to my father as I have confidence in his fatherhood and
his love whatever my sins are”
Steps of repentance in the life of the Prodigal Son
The Third Step: Taking a decision
“He rose and came to his father”
Repentance is a change of attitude and a deep change of the heart’s attitude.
Holy grief, repentance, faith and confidence in the promise of God represents inner change.
Zacchaeus repented before all the people and decided to give half of his property to the poor and if he cheated anyone, he would pay him back four times as much.
Steps of repentance in the life of the Prodigal Son
The Fourth Step: Going to confession
“Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight”
The final step which is declaring the inner repentance and the change of situation by confessing to the priest to whom believers entrust their secrets and confessions and who is given the power of loosening and binding according to the apostolic power received by the apostles from the Lord Himself.
Conclusions & Applications
There is no place better than the Father’s house where He cares for us and leads us in green pastures.
There is no rest and comfort for us away from our Father’s house. We pray that we may never leave His house.
Let us resist our sins through practicing the exercises given to us by our father of confession.
Let us pray so that the Lord may bring back those who are outside the Church and help the repentant to stand firm in faith.
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Q1- Who does the father is the story represent?
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God
The president
Abouna
A teacher
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Q2- How did the son feel when he first got his money?
Sad
Did not care
Lonely
Happy
Q3- How did the son feel when he ran out of money?
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Joyous
Did not care
Sad and Lonely
Happy
Q4- Who helped the son when he ran out of money?
His father
His boss
His brother
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Q5- How did the Father feel when his son came back?
He was very happy
He didn’t care
He was very sadOK
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Q6- What did the Father do when his son came back?
He prepared for him a feast
He did nothing for him
He ignored himOK
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Q7- What did the son do when he was sad, lonely, and out of money?
He knew his father would accept him so he went back to him
He decided to escape to another town
He lost hope and crawled into a holeOK
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Q8- Will God forgive and accept us after we repent and confess our sin?
Always
Never
Sometimes
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