BIBLE PRODIGAL SON BROTHER
PRODIGAL SON OLDER BROTHER - JEALOUS BROTHER
Welcome to our Christianity Oasis Christian Walk study program. This is our very interesting and thought provoking Prodigal son brother study taking an in depth look into the Bible prodigal son older brother story as to discover what made the prodigal son brother was such a very jealous brother and how the Bible prodigal son older brother overcame his jealousy with truth, love and compassion and what that has to do with you today. The absolutely awesome and heartfelt message within the prodigal son older brother story will truly bring a smile to the lips and heart. Let's look into this together, shall we?
BIBLE PRODIGAL SON BROTHER ADVENTURE
PRODIGAL SON OLDER BROTHER & JEALOUS BROTHER EXPLAINED
In the Bible, a story is shared with us about a man who became know as the Prodigal son. As the story is shared, we discover that the prodigal son older brother became very jealous. Why was the Prodigal Son older brother upset when the prodigal son came home?
The Prodigal Son older brother lacked MERCY ...
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Romans 9:15-16
For He
saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy,
and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that
runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
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So, God will have
MERCY on whomever He chooses.
Easy enough.
BUT, it also says:
It is NOT of him
that willeth or him that runneth?
It sounds like
this is saying that another person’s will, words or works
(Whether it be the soul being given the Grace or another) will NOT
determine or hinder God’s Grace from being bestowed as GOD sees
fit ...
This suggests
that another human’s will, words and works do NOT
define our destiny.
Another interesting aspect of God's will is ...
God uses whoever He wants to have His will to come to pass.
Even those whom most may find to be unrighteous people.
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Romans 9:17-18
For the
scripture saith unto Pharaoh,
Even for this same purpose
have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee,
and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
Therefore hath He mercy on whom He will have mercy, and whom
He will He hardeneth. |
BIBLE PRODIGAL SON BROTHER ANGER
PRODIGAL SON OLDER BROTHER / JEALOUS BROTHER REASONGod ALLOWED Pharaoh to do
what was done as to be able to show His power to all down
the road.
This brings to
mind something Jesus answered the Apostles:
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John
9:1-3
And as Jesus passed by, He saw a man which was blind from
his birth. And His disciples asked Him, saying, Master, who
did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his
parents: BUT THAT THE WORKS OF GOD SHOULD BE MADE MANIFEST
IN HIM.
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This man was
blinded for his entire life just for that very day, as for
God to receive glory.
This brings to
mind and heart a question which is asked by many doubting
and confused souls who write the Oasis.
It just happens
to be the next verse in Romans as well:
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Romans 9:19
Thou wilt say then unto me,
Why doth He yet find fault? For who hath resisted
His will?
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BIBLE PRODIGAL SON BROTHER EVENT
PRODIGAL SON OLDER BROTHER AND JEALOUS BROTHER FACTSThe question is,
how do humans have free will, if God’s will cannot be
resisted and if we are used as pieces of a Spiritual chess
match, for righteous causes (such as the Apostles) and for
what most deem as bad such as when God used Pharaoh and
Nebuchadnezzar to teach lessons and bring HIM glory?
How is it that fault or favor is found in or
given to an individual if they could not contend with or
resist God’s will.
The answer is
within the next verse:
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Romans 9:20-21
Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against
God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed
it, Why hast thou made me thus? Hath not the potter
power over the clay, of the same lump to make one
vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
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Who are we to question
God's choices, will or motives.
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Romans 9:22-23
WHAT IF God, willing to shew His wrath, and to make
His power known, endured with much longsuffering the
vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: And that He
might make known the riches of His glory on the
vessels of mercy, which He had AFORE PREPARED unto
glory
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This brings to
mind a couple fellas in the Bible ...
Jonah and the
Prodigal Son’s older brother ...
Allow me to
explain ...
BIBLE PRODIGAL SON BROTHER QUEST FOR TRUTH
PRODIGAL SON OLDER BROTHER - JEALOUS BROTHER WARNING
The Prodigal son story is one of the most touching stories
that one will read in the Bible.
It is a parable of a man with two sons and the youngest son
asked for his inheritance money, left his Dad and went out
into the world and partied till he found himself outta money
and was starving to death and decided to go home and beg his
Dad for forgiveness. His Dad sees him coming and RUNS to his
son with open arms and forgives him.
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Luke
15:11-24
And he said, A certain man had two sons:
And 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. And 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.
And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in
that land; and he began to be in want. And he went and
joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him
into his fields to feed swine. And he would fain have filled
his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man
gave unto him. And 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! I will arise and go to my
father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against
heaven, and before thee, And am no more worthy to be called
thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. And 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. And 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. But the father said to his
servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and
put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: And bring
hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be
merry: For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was
lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
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However ... As we continue with the story, the older
brother of the Prodigal son was a lil more than upset
and refused to come to the celebration of his brother’s
return and instead pouted.
His Dad had to go out and ask him what the problem was.
Here is what happened.
BIBLE PRODIGAL SON BROTHER PARABLE
PRODIGAL SON OLDER BROTHER & JEALOUS BROTHER CONCERN
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Luke
15:25-32
Now his elder son was in the field: and as
he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and
dancing. And he called one of the servants, and asked what
these things meant. And he said unto him, Thy brother is
come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he
hath received him safe and sound. And he was angry, and
would not go in: therefore came his father out, and
intreated him.
And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do
I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy
commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I
might make merry with my friends: But as soon as this thy
son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots,
thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. And he said unto
him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is
thine. It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad:
for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was
lost, and is found. |
What do you
believe the reason was for Jesus telling THIS aspect of the
parable?
Perhaps to remind
those who would try to hinder His Grace that ... “It is NOT of
him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that
sheweth mercy”
BIBLE PRODIGAL SON BROTHER AND JONAH COMPARISON
PRODIGAL SON OLDER BROTHER / JEALOUS BROTHER DANGER
Let’s look at
Jonah for a sec ...
Jonah was called
by God to go preach to the people of Nineveh, but Jonah did
NOT want to, so he ran and tried to hide from God (Yeah
right) and as most remember, was swallowed by a great fish.
After that, he chose to obey the Lord (No doubt) went and
preached as instructed and the people HEARD the Word of the
Lord thru Jonah and they REPENTED.
How would you
feel if God used YOU as a tool by which to bring so many
souls to repentance?
One would think
it would feel pretty cool, huh?
BUT, a strange
thing happened to Jonah on the way to the realm of Rejoicing
for lost souls being saved ...
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Jonah
4:1-4
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD,
was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country?
Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish:
for I knew that thou
art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of
great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from
me; for it is better for me to die than to live. Then said
the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?
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Jonah was used as
a tool and it WORKED !!!
What was Jonah
angry about?
BIBLE PRODIGAL SON BROTHER TEARS
PRODIGAL SON OLDER BROTHER - JEALOUS BROTHER FEARIt almost sounds
like he was saying that GOD had wasted his time cuz he knew
God would bestow Grace on em anyway as compared to punishing
em.
So what does ole
Jonah do?
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Jonah
4:5
So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of
the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in
the shadow, TILL HE MIGHT SEE WHAT WOULD BECOME OF THE CITY. |
What in the world
was Jonah doing?
Jonah was POUTING
and it seems he wanted the city and the people within to be
destroyed.
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Jonah
4:6-8
And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up
over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to
deliver him from his grief. So, Jonah was exceeding glad of
the gourd. But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the
next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered. And it
came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a
vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah,
that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It
is better for me to die than to live.
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Uh huh ... The ole
I wanna die thangggggggg again ...
God began trying
to REACH the heart of Jonah.
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Jonah
4:9-11
And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the
gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the
which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which
came up in a night, and perished in a night: And should not
I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than
sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their
right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle? |
BIBLE PRODIGAL SON BROTHER ANSWERS
PRODIGAL SON OLDER BROTHER & JEALOUS BROTHER TRUTHJonah
was all upset that a gourd withered (WHICH WAS SHADING HIM)
but cared not for the life of 120 thousand souls.
What were we
taught earlier ...
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Romans 9:18
Therefore
hath He mercy on whom He will have mercy, and whom He will
He hardeneth. |
Why did the
Prodigal Son’s older brother and Jonah contend with God’s
Grace?
What is the
common denominator?
BOTH felt like
their own "good" works should somehow hinder the GRACE of
others.
Perhaps this is
why God calls and chooses to serve Him, those who the world
deems as useless, unworthy and unforgiveable:
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1 Corinthians 1:26-29
For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise
men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are
called: But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world
to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of
the world to confound the things which are mighty; And base
things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God
chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought
things that are: THAT NO FLESH SHOULD GLORY IN HIS PRESENCE. |
BIBLE PRODIGAL SON BROTHER CONCLUSION
PRODIGAL SON OLDER BROTHER / JEALOUS BROTHER SUMMARYWhy do we do what we do for others?
Ever feel like
you give and give and give and it never seems to be enough.
Others seem to
never appreciate what you do?
If so ...
Consider this ...
If you are going
to serve the Lord, reach for a lost soul, give to the Lord’s
cause or anything else for the Lord ... Perhaps if you did
what you do FOR THE LORD and not for man or self, one would
not require so much from them, as not to be found as being
like the older brother of the Prodigal Son who could not
understand the rejoicing over a lost soul being found or ole
Jonah who was kicked back pouting in a corner, awaiting the
destruction of so many souls cuz he felt that HIS works were
a waste of HIS time.
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