Christ's Teachings- a Fallen Heart Luke 15: 11-16

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(v.11- And He said, A certain man had two sons:)

v.12 1. A life focusing on its own rights will soon fail.

(And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of

goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.)

v.13, 2. A fallen heart wants to get away from its source of security.

    14 (And not many days  after the younger son gathered all together, and took

his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous

living.)

(he began to be in want.)

v.13 3. A fallen heart is a wasteful heart.

v.14 4. A self seeking heart makes no provision for needs greater than its own

ability.

(And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and 

he began to be in want.)

v.15 5. The independent heart finds forced dependency.

(And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him 

into his fields to feed swine.)

v.15 6. The fallen heart finds great displeasure.

v.16 7. The independent heart is quickly reproofed for its denial of the Father’s

blessings.

(And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did

eat: and no man gave unto him.)