Analysis: The Parable Of The Prodigal Son '

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children. The students’ body will consist of children, youth and young adults. Before the lesson, the students will participate in several songs and group Bible memory exercises. Target length of this lesson is 30 minutes.
Learning Objective:
After this lesson, students will demonstrate understanding that God wants to save everyone (both sinful people & self-righteous people).
Learning Indicator:
Test: students will answer open-ended and unscript questions that show their comprehension.
Target Age Groups: 4 – 12 years old; 13-17 years old and 18-24 years old.
Bible Story: Luke 15:11-32 The Parable of the Prodigal Son
Items Needed:
• Marked Bible for this passage.
--A copy will be prepared in advance by highlighting the significant points to emphasize.
--Underlining words or ideas that will need additional explanation.
Explanation:
In the parable of the prodigal son, Jesus was teaching that God wants to forgive both sinners and self-righteous people. The real focus of this story is the longsuffering father, who continues to love both sons as they dishonor him. It is a beautiful story …show more content…

When God chastises those Who He has redeemed, as any loving father would, He brings them to their knees and they see their need for repentance and return to God and ask for His forgiveness. This cannot be a picture of the lost because they would never have been a child of the father in the first place. Unbelievers are children of the devil as Jesus said in John 8:42-44, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on my own; God sent me. Because you are unable to hear what I say; you belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. “To the Father’s own, does He give “the right to become children of God” (John

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