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NOTES AND COMMENTS
Jesus has SO Tar Tvs lid Illustrated
from things lost now il is a person. a
son. and IL is a fathers heart that bleeds
FOR him. In this. The greatest Of al
parallels. Jesus comes back 10 His own
illustration of The relation between Coo
and man. and pictures il IN the simplest
and most beautiful ana most winning
way possible Most OF Us are not and
need not be theologians in the ordinary
sense. bur We may al master the theol-
osy OF the parable OF the Prodigal Son,
and with that We have the essence OF
the theology OF Jesus. There are sew
sral varieties Of theology 10 be found
in the 90 books that We call the Bible
but whether they took shape before the
birth Of Jesus. or after His death. they
must square with His own teaching with
regard 10 God and man and salvation or
We cannot accept them for ourselves.
"A certain man had two sons" The
whole point OF the parable is in the re-
lationship; father and son. The young
er OF them He was inexperienced and
heacstrong. II is The old story OF a boy
WIKI hankering. in itself natural and
right. 10 see the world and a broader
life than that OF the home OF his child |
hood, he supposed he knew the world
had probably Dragged OF II: distance (
had lent enchaatment and he was wild /
10 enter its varied and fascinating life.
The portion Of thy substance that TALL I
eth 10 me-" One-third OF the property /
would be the portion" Of the younger
son two-thirds thst OF the elder. A !
boys desire 70 realize the freedom and f
Of manhood becomes wrong /
he moment II forgets 20 have cous.dera-
ton for the rights and feeling of Others 4
and the restraints existing because OF
BIS relationship 20 home or society or
God He divided unto them his liv-
ns: Not because be had 70. not be-
'arse he was convinced that his boy
would use the money wisely: but rer-
laps because he saw that a tine had
ONE in the boys life when be must be
brown on his OWL responsibility. Men
IRE creatures OF free Will. and this boy
sas become 4 man. TOOK his Journey
nto far country" He wanted 10 get
way from all who had ever seen or
nOwn him. from the restraint tha,
heir presence would be 10 him Riot
us living" Perhaps be had meant
My 70 see Il; perhaps seeing life" 10
i'm meant seeing low. immoral. alb
ormal life. as Il does 10 so many: per-
APPS he thought he could play with fire
I'd not be burned. or perhaps It wasa
ase OF the candle and the moth-the
fe OF gay revelry had an almost ire
stibie attraction for him. and he few
} II the moment he was free.
When he had spent all" That he
Deut all indicates the sheer madness
his course. lie ignored almost every
lnsideration that should influence =
lung man beginning life There arose
mighty famine" TIE famine"
sualiy comes TO the one who has
.rown away his opportunities. Il is
either good economy nor good morals
learn wisdom only from the bit-sr
.periences Of foolishness and sin.
bis young man had not sense enough
learn IL in any other was lie did not
gin 10 see the point TIN he was lin
ant" Then. when the terribleness OF =
S mistake came 70 him. what did he
= Did he say. Il viii arise and 90 10
y father" Did he admit that he lad
En- wrong and go back? Not yet II
hard 70 90 that He became a swine
I'd "Husks." The nutritious pod-
the carob tree; somewhat like locust
ds. The last resort Of starving Syrians
en- to-day
When he came 20 himself" one of
? most significant sentences in the
lole parable. Jesus did not assume
n man is naturally depraved-a child
wrath. but the reverse. The far coun-
. with is drunkenness and misery.
is in 20 be sure but Il IS not his 4
ne and that life is not bis life II
unnatural abnormal and insane.
Ten The prodigal came TO his senses.
himself. his real self. he realized II.
that though he was with the swine =
was no; one o. them-that he wasthe =
III of his noble father that "his better 4
- was his true self and that in ieav-
that nightmare land he was return K
home. In calling men 20 follow Him
US is not calling them to leave their
D life 70 live one that Is not their
.. but from an abnormal and unsat-
c'ory life Of wrong and unrest back
he wholesome. natural life Of chill
n of God He only wants rs to come
ourselves. for that Will mean cominp
Tim.