2 Chronicles 33:11; Amos 8:9-12; Ezekiel 16:27; Hosea 2:9-14
A mighty famine - Famines were common in Eastern nations. They were caused by the failure of the crops - by a want of timely rains, a genial sun,...
Luke 25. Three Parables Showing God's Love for the Lost, and His Joy at their Restoration. The three parables in this chapter have no definite note...
when he had spent . having spent. Greek. dapanao. Elsewhere only Mark 5:26 ; Acts 21:24 ; 2 Corinthians 12:15 . James 4:3 . in . throughout...
And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. A mighty famine in that land - As he was of a profli...
And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. And when he had spent all, there arose a mig...
Parables of the Lost Sheep, of them Lost Coin, of the Prodigal Son 1-7. Parable of the Lost Sheep. See on Matthew 18:12-13 . The first of a serie...
The Prodigal Son (peculiar to Lk). 'This parable, like the two preceding, is intended to show what joy there is in heaven at the conversion of sinn...
There arose a mighty famine in that land. — This again was no unwonted incident. The famine which “came to pass in the days of Claudius Cæsar” ( Ac...
Chapter 21 LOST AND FOUND. IN this chapter we see how the waves of influence, moving outward from their Divine center, touch the outermost fringe...
the Son Who “Came to Himself” and to His Father Luke 15:11-24 The pearl of parables! Too often we desire God's gifts apart from Himself. The f...
Our Lord's attitude toward the sinning multitudes aroused the hostility of the Pharisees, and to them principally He uttered the great discourse of t...
And he said, A certain man had two sons: And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he...
And when he had spent all ,.... Sin strips a man of all that is good and valuable; of the image of God, of the knowledge of divine things, of natura...
And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. Ver. 14. And when he had spent all ] And left hi...
And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together Having gotten possession of his fortune, he lost no time, but, gathering together al...
SEEKING THE LOST SHEEP (vs.3-7) Though discipleship to Christ is a wonderful privilege, yet man would never choose a path of true discipleship if...
The Prodigal Son. 11 And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12 And the younge...
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Men Must Live In The Light Of The Coming Of The Son of Man In His Glory (15:1-19:28). Having established in Section 1 that Jesus was born in Bethl...
Three Parables Dealing With The Seeking and Saving of the Lost (15:1-32). It will have been noted how great a concentration there is in this secti...
The Parable of The Loving Father, The Prodigal Son and the Dissatisfied Brother (15:11-32). When we come to the third parable there is a different...
“And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that country, and he began to be in want, and he went and joined himself to one of the cit...
CRITICAL NOTES Luke 15:11 . A certain man .—Our heavenly Father, since Christ never represents Himself thus. He always speaks of Himself as a So...
Luke 15:14 I. All may be lost by one transgression. The heart of this young man died away from his home. That home ceased to be sacred: the father...
This is a chapter that needs no explanation; it carries its key within itself, and the experience of every child of God is the best exposition of it....
Luke 15:1 . Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. However sunken they might be, they knew their best Friend; the...
We have read this chapter together many times; possibly some of us have read it hundreds of times; yet whenever we read it, we always find something...
Luke 15:11-13 . And he said, A certain man had two sons: And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that fall...
Luke 15:1 . Then drew near all the publicans and sinners to hear him. The pharisees were so intoxicated with ideas of their own righteousness, as...
A certain man had two sons. The prodigal and his brother I. GOD’S TREATMENT OF THE PENITENT. 1. The alienation of the heart from God. (1)...
EXPOSITION Luke 15:1-42 The Lord speaks his three parable-stories of the "lost," in which he explains his reason for loving and receivin...
And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
Folly and repentance:
Christ Seeking To Save Luke 15:1-24 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The story of the prodigal son is one part of a threefold parable. 1. We have the shep...
The Prodigal Son Luke 15:11-24 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The fifteenth chapter of Luke presents one parable with four outstanding messages, embracing...
He began to be in want — All his worldly pleasures failing, he grew conscious of his want of real good.
14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.