1. 15:11-32
He Came to Himself

2. Luke 18:11-14
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, “God I thank You that I am not like other men – extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.
I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all I possess.”

3. Luke 18:11-14
13 And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, “God, be merciful to me a sinner!”

4. Luke 18:11-14
14 “I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other.”

5. Luke 5:32
32 I have not come to call the [self]righteous, but sinners, to repentance.

7. I. Parable Preparation (15:1-10)
15:11-32
I. Parable Preparation (15:1-10)
A. The Lost Sheep (15:4-7)
B. The Lost Coin (15:8-10)

8. II. He Came to Consider His Dissatisfied State (15:15-17)
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II. He Came to Consider His Dissatisfied State (15:15-17)

9. II. He Came to Consider His Dissatisfied State (15:15-17)
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II. He Came to Consider His Dissatisfied State (15:15-17)
A. His Expectation

10. II. He Came to Consider His Dissatisfied State (15:15-17)
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II. He Came to Consider His Dissatisfied State (15:15-17)
A. His Expectation
B. What he Got

11. III. He Came to a Conviction(15:17)
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III. He Came to a Conviction(15:17)

12. 11 I have learned that in whatever state I am, to be content.
Philippians 4:11
11 I have learned that in whatever state I am, to be content.

13. 1 Timothy 6:6-8 6 Now godliness with contentment is great gain.
7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
6 Now godliness with contentment is great gain.
8 And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content

14. III. He Came to a Conviction(15:17)
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III. He Came to a Conviction(15:17)
He took responsibility

15. IV. He Came to a Decision (15:18-19)
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IV. He Came to a Decision (15:18-19)
He went in humility
He went with no expectation
He went acknowledging his sin
He went accepting responsibility for his sin

16. V. He Came home to his Father (15:20-24)
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V. He Came home to his Father (15:20-24)
He showed genuine repentance
Psalm 51:17
“A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.”

17. V. He Came home to his Father (15:20-24)
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V. He Came home to his Father (15:20-24)
He showed genuine repentance
Genuine repentance is evidenced by a changed life

18. 15:11-32
VI. The Father (15:7, 10, 25-32)
Joy of the Father

19. 15:11-32
VI. The Father (15:7, 10, 25-32)
The Older Brother followed in the footsteps of Cain
The Younger Brother followed in the footsteps of Able

20. Luke 5:32
32 I did not come to save the righteous but bring sinners to repentance

21. John 14:6
6 I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me

22. He Came to Himself
He came to his Father

23. 15:11-32
He Came to Himself