In Luke 15, Jesus tells three parables that make the same point. God loves the lost. The lost sheep, the lost coin and a lost son are part of a trio whose members are of increasing value. The lost sheep was one of one hundred, the lost coin was one of ten, and the lost son was one of two. In the first parable, Jesus is the shepherd; in the second, he is the woman; and in the third he is the father who seeks his lost sons. Today I’m going to talk for just a couple of minutes about the third and final parable.
For centuries it has been called the Parable of the Prodigal Son, but a more appropriate title would be the Parable of the Loving Father. While a father might divide his estate before he died, the younger son’s request was cold and scandalous because he was saying in effect that he wished his father was dead. As the younger son, he received one-third of the estate, while the older brother received two-thirds (as was the custom at that time).
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