January 29, 2025 - Franklin Hall 114
Opening Prayer
Recap of Luke 1-14
Read Luke 15 all the way through
Study Questions
REREAD: Luke 15:1-10
- Who are the different parties present with Jesus?
- What is the difference in the hearts and attitudes of those present?
- What is the response Shepherd and woman when they find what they had lost?
- How does Jesus use these parables to show us about heaven?
- If the Pharisees and Scribes had been like those in the parables, what would have been their attitude when sinners heard Jesus?
REREAD: Luke 15:11-32
- What is the definition of the word “prodigal”?
- What motivated the younger son to demand his inheritance from his father and what type of pain did the father likely experience?
- What happened to the younger son after he left his father and what did the consequences of his willful and selfish behavior teach him?
- How does sin promise enjoyment but bring enslavement? How does obedience to God’s will bring true freedom?
- The son was brought to repentance. How is true repentance different than regret or remorse?
- How did his father react to seeing his son even before receiving the son’s apology? How does this reflect Gods disposition towards a lost person returning to Him?