Date: 13-June-2026
Name: Eddy Aigbologa
Topic:
THE PRODIGAL SON
Content:
THE PRODIGAL SON
Luke 15:11-32
The messages shared throughout this week have been both powerful and inspiring, affirming truths echoed by many others. As we conclude the week, let us, with the help of the Holy Spirit, reflect on the familiar parable of the prodigal son and draw out key lessons that reinforce this week's teachings.
Thursday - A Father's Script (The sons and daughters) - Prof Josh
Lesson 1 - Where love meets divine intervention, restoration begins, healing takes place, relationships are renewed, lessons are learned, truths are revealed, and lasting unity is established within the family. (Love never fails; 1 Corinthians 13:8).
While 1 Corinthians 13 reflects the depth and strength of the father's love for the prodigal son, Proverbs 22 and Ephesians 6 may point to possible shortcomings in the guidance and discipline provided during the son's upbringing.
I Corinthians 13:4-7 - Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Proverbs 22:6 - Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it.
Ephesians 6:4 - And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.
The divine intervention in the story of the prodigal son is seen in Luke 15:14–16, where a severe famine and extreme hardship exposed the consequences of his choices, creating the circumstances that ultimately led him to repentance and restoration.
This was the lost son's moment of realisation - He came to his senses.
Luke 15:17 - But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
Luke 15:17-18 point us to the moment where love meets divine intervention - “But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you ...".
The son came to a deep conviction of his failures and sought forgiveness from both God and his father.
At times, family relationships can break down beyond our ability to repair. However, divine intervention and genuine love can act as powerful dragnets, drawing hearts back together and restoring broken relationships.
Friday - Saying Thank You and Letting Go (Uncle Demetri, paraphrased)
Lesson 2 - The Power of Sonship - God's love towards us regardless
While the elder son laboured to earn his father's approval, the prodigal discovered that his father's love was unconditional. The family needed to learn this truth and sustain it across generations.
As Pastor Lakers reminded us throughout this week, "The goal is not fruit, but fruit that remains." Such lasting fruit may require difficult experiences to produce and preserve.
Monday - Living With Eternal Perspective (bro Simon)
Lesson 3 - None shall be lost in my household.
The value God places on a human soul is beyond human comprehension.
Earlier in the chapter containing the parable of the prodigal son, Jesus revealed God's attitude toward even a single lost soul—a perspective that is often contrary to human thinking.
Unlike the world's principle of diminishing returns, God's passion for soul-winning never decreases.
Every soul restored remains infinitely precious to Him, and the joy, value, and significance of each one never diminish, regardless of how many have already been brought into His kingdom.
II Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
We should remember that every other part of man was formed from the dust of the earth, but the soul came directly from God through the breath of life He breathed into man.
Genesis 2:7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.
Ecclesiastes 3:11 - ... He has planted eternity in the human heart.
Had God created humanity without imparting His breath of life, there would be little reason for Him to pursue the restoration of the human soul. Humans would merely exist as other living creatures.
However, because the soul originates from God Himself, it possesses eternal value. To God, every soul is a priceless and everlasting treasure whose worth never diminishes, regardless of how many are restored.
Just as the father saw the prodigal son from afar and was moved with compassion (Luke 15:20), God lovingly seeks every lost soul. Yet He often chooses to use our hands, feet, and hearts to reach, embrace, and help restore the lost back to Himself.
Romans 10:14 - How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?
To further emphasise the value God places on every soul, Matthew 24:14 declares that the gospel of the Kingdom must be preached to all nations as a witness before the end comes. God’s plan and timing remain closely tied to reaching every soul with the message of salvation.
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