The Prodigal Son

This sermon presents the parable of the prodigal son as a profound illustration of God's boundless mercy and the necessity of genuine repentance. Centered on the younger son's descent into moral and spiritual ruin, the story reveals how the prodigal, after squandering his inheritance on worldly pleasures and facing utter despair, comes to himself and resolves to return to his father in humility. The father's immediate, compassionate embrace—running to meet his son long before he arrives—demonstrates God's proactive love and readiness to forgive, not based on merit but on grace. The sermon emphasizes that true conversion involves not just intellectual recognition of one's sin, but a radical turning from self-reliance to complete dependence on Christ, where the sinner is clothed in righteousness, restored to sonship, and celebrated in divine joy. It calls all who are estranged from God to abandon the far country of self-deception and come home, assuring them that no sin is too great for the Father's mercy, and that salvation is not earned but received through repentance and faith.