578th Post Jesus Said Concerning Parables Con't. - Parables on Forgiveness Con't. - Parable of the Prodigal Son Con't. 5th Post - Luke 15: 11 - 32.

Luke 15: 11 - 32 Parable of the Prodigal Son Continued - 5th Post.
We left last post with the son coming to himself and deciding that a servant in his father's house was a step above where he is now.  What did Jesus mean by coming to himself?  The young man did not think he was hurting anyone, when he was spending his inheritance on high living.  The problem is you have to be rich, to live like the rich.  This means you have a continual source of income.  If you are acting, it is only a matter of time before you are found out.  In the young man's case, he ran out of money.  The young man came to himself, when he came to the realization that he was better off living at his father's house, than where he is now.  The point Jesus was making was the young man understood, that the way he is going now was leading nowhere, and the only way was to go back to his father.  When we as sinners come to ourselves, we know that the road we are on leads nowhere, and the only road that leads to salvation is through Jesus Christ.  We all have to come to ourselves, that without Jesus we are headed for hell.  Jesus is the only way to eternal life.  We will be looking at the role off the father in this parable in the next post.