Everyone is Three groups of people in the narrative: the , the , and the Lu. 15:1-2: Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” The Pharisees were the and the sinners were the Wall Street Journal Article Lu. 15:7 – …there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. Heaven when people Lu. 15:10 – Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents. Lu. 15:11 – And he said, “There was a man who had two sons.” Lu. 15:18-19 – I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants.” Lu. 15:21-22a – And the son said to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.” But the father said… Luke 15:28 – But he was angry and refused to go in. One son was lost away and one son was lost Lu. 15:31-32 – And he said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours. It was fitting to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.’” The prodigal lesson is that we always have the of the God is ; He is not a You can’t do anything to make God love you any less or anything to make Him love you any more