Thursday, January 28, 2010

The Hidden Story Behind The Prodigal Son Story

Most people know about the prodigal son story in the bible (It is located in Luke 15:11-32). Some people already understand that this is a parable told by Jesus in physical earthly terms to help us understand the spiritual ways of God’s Kingdom.

The hidden story in this parable is that the Father didn’t really give all the inheritance a true son is due when the prodigal son asked for it. This is because the prodigal son was not really a spiritual son of the Father, but only represented a physical creation of His (a son of man). If the prodigal son was truly a son of the Father, then the son would have never left the Father. The prodigal son wasn’t asking for the spiritual inheritance that a true son of God could receive, but the son only asked for the inheritance that would feed his selfish desires (the riches of this world - not the riches of heaven).

Even though the Father loved this wayward son, the Father could not bless him with His eternal love. The Father considered this wayward son as dead (spiritually dead) to Him and could not consider this prodigal son as His son because he did not do His will and did not act like the Father, but acted instead like his real father – the devil. The loving Father could not give this wayward son the rest of his inheritance until that son came back to Him repenting of all his sins and willing to be His servant. It was upon the son’s returning that now the Father could call him His son. It was not until the son submitted totally to the Father as a willing servant that the Father could call him His son and in turn give His son the rest of His inheritance, which is His eternal love and His eternal life. This was symbolized by the Father when He ordered the best robe and the ring of son ship to be put on the son’s hand. As long as the son was wayward and being a son of the devil, the Father could not give him all that the Father had in store for him.

Many people that call themselves the sons of God are like this prodigal son, where they want to receive all the blessings of God to feed their selfish desires, but are not willing to submit to Him as Lord. Many people are willing and wanting to receive the blessings of being saved from their sins, but are unwilling to leave their sinful lifestyle. Many people are willing to have Jesus Christ be their savior, but are not willing to submit to Him as the Lord of their lives. Jesus must be our Lord and Savior, not just Savior. Sadly, most people don’t come to their senses, like the prodigal son did, and return to the Father in heaven, but instead they stay under their devilish father’s rule and never receive their full inheritance through a submitted life in Christ. God wants to give us His eternal life, but He can’t give it to the sons of the devil.

You will know when you are the heavenly Father’s son, because you will act like the heavenly Father. If you are in fact a son of the living God, then you will inherit all that the Father has.


With God’s love,
Michael Reid