We may see from this passage:
I. That the position of the elder son is preferable to that of the younger, because of the risk he escaped.
II. Because a life of continuous godliness is far easier than a life of godliness succeeding a life of sin.
III. Viewed as a whole, the life of the son who remained at home must yield far more pleasure to God than the life of the son who wanders and then returns.
E. Mellor, In the Footsteps of Heroes,p. 195.
References: Luke 15:25. J. Burton, Christian Life and Truth,p. 398. Luke 15:25; Luke 15:29. D. Thomas, Christian World Pulpit,vol. ii., p. 184 Luke 15:25-32. G. Cross, Ibid.,vol. xviii., p. 350; Homilist,vol. i., p. 342.