Prodigal Son

The parable of the prodigal son is very pertinent to this subject, why God permits evil, Luke 15:11-13.

11And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. 13And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.

Why would the father allow this?  Did not the father know that the son would waste his inheritance?  This parable speaks of our Father God and his son Adam.  Adam wasted his inheritance and surrendered dominion to Satan.  Adam did not obey God, Luke 15:17-19.

17And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! 18I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, 19And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

The son had finally come to the end of himself.  He admits to himself and the world that his father was right.  He declares that it is better to be a servant of the father, than a son of the world, Luke 15:20-21.

20And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. 21And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.

The father looked for his son’s return.  He was compassionate and loving.

Are we much different?  God forewarns us many times, yet we still do it our way.  It is not until we are so deep in sin that we call out to God for His help.  God has allowed mankind to experience the full effect of evil.  Just like the prodigal son in the end, mankind will cry out.  When we completely turn to the Father, this is when sin can be put away forever.  Only then will mankind learn the lesson for all eternity.  Mankind will never chose disobedience again, because all of mankind will have seen the consequences of their disobedience.

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