Do you know a party pooper?
Do you know a party pooper?
Have you ever been to a party and encountered that one person who refuses to celebrate? Worse yet, they don't want anyone else to enjoy themselves at the party either.
If so, you know the type.
They complain about the noise of the celebration. They complain about the expense of the celebration. They complain about the mess made by the celebration.
They refuse to sing. They refuse to dance. They refuse to join in any of the games. They refuse to join in any conversations. They refuse to express any type of joy. They even refuse to eat or drink anything.
They just sit there and sulk. They are mad at everyone else for celebrating. They might even refuse to come into where the celebration is going on. They only wish that they could some how ruin the party and end the celebration.
Do you know a party pooper?
The Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) told a story about one such party pooper. This man had to be the king of all party poopers for he had one of the greatest causes of celebration that a person could have but he just wanted to ruin the party and end the celebration.
The first thing about this man was that he had grown up with his younger brother in the same house with his father. He was the older son of his father (Luke 15:11), The next thing to know is that his younger brother had refuse to remain in the house with the older son and his father but instead had gotten as far away from them as possible (Luke 15:12-13). Perhaps you know someone that once lived with you in the House of Truth but abandoned you in order get far away from the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD).
The older son had been working in the fields but heard music and dancing when he came home. He immediately wanted to know why there was music and dancing in the house of his father (Luke 15:25-26). Perhaps you know someone that does not believe that there should ever be music and dancing in the house of the Father of Truth.
Do you know a party pooper?
The older son was given the best reason that anyone could give for people to be celebrating in the house of his father. His younger brother had came back to live in the house of his father. Not only that, but his father was sparing no expense in celebrating the return of his younger brother to his house (Luke 15:27). Have you ever known someone to come back into the House of Truth? Do you realize how that makes the Father of Truth feel?
Now this was wonderful news and you would think that the older brother would have ran into the house of his father to join in the celebration. Instead the older son refused to even come into the house. He was mad that there was a celebration in the house of his father. There was no way that he was going to celebrate the return of the younger son in the house of his father (Luke 15:28). He was a party pooper. Perhaps you know someone that is angry that people would celebrate the return of someone to the House of Truth?
Do you know a party pooper?
While the father was overwhelmed with joy that the younger son had returned it had not diminished his love for the older son in the least. The father left his own party to reach out to the older son! He was more concerned about the feelings of his older son than the celebration (Luke 15:28). The Father of Truth does not want any of his children to be a party pooper.
Do you know a party pooper?
The older son felt very justified in being a party pooper and immediately began to tell his father why he was wrong to celebrate the return of the younger son to his house.
The older son began by expounding upon his own worthiness and how uncelebrated he was by his father (Luke 15:29). First the older son told his father how faithful he had been in serving his father for many years. Next, the older son claimed that he had NEVER disobeyed his father in any way. Lastly the older son complained that his father had never given him even have a baby goat so he could have a small party with a few of his friends. Do you know someone that has been faithful in serving the Father of Truth? Do you know someone that thinks that they have NEVER disobeyed the Father of Truth in any way? (The Book of Truth says that the Man of Truth is the only person that has NEVER disobeyed the Father of Truth in any way.) Do you know someone that feels uncelebrated by the Father of Truth despite everything that they have done for Him?
Do you know a party pooper?
The older son finished by expounding upon the worthlessness of the younger son and how celebrated the younger son was by his father (Luke 15:30). The older son referred to the younger son as "this your son" instead of "my brother". The older son had been hurt when the younger son left their house to get away from his father. The older son had witnessed the sadness of his father every day since the younger son had left. The older son felt the younger son was worthless for all the pain that he had caused to the family and was not worthy to be called his brother any more. The older son was angry that the younger son had used every good thing that his father had given him in living contrary to the will of his father. The older son felt the younger son was worthless for wasting the wealth of his father in the pursuit of evil. Most of all the older son was angry that his father had killed the fatted calf and was having a huge party, with perhaps more than a thousand attendees, when the younger son came back. Have you ever felt that someone was worthless for all the pain that they have caused you or those close to you? Have you ever felt that someone was worthless for all of the wealth that they wasted in the pursuit of evil? Would you feel angry if a huge party was thrown when they came home?
Do you know a party pooper?
After the older son finished speaking his piece then the father spoke to make his peace.
The father expounded upon the position that the older son had because of his faithfulness in remaining his house. The father reminded the older son that he was always with him (Luke 15:31). The father had been able to shower the older son with love every day because he had never left his house. Since the inheritance had been already been divided everything that the father had belonged to the older son.
The faithfulness of the older son had been rewarded.
The older son did not need to be given a fatted calf or even a baby goat by his father since he owned the entire herd and the entire flock. The older son could have had as big as a party as he wanted at any time he chose. It was nobody's fault but his own that he had not enjoyed what his father had provided. The older brother had became his own harsh task master that drove him to work hard every day and to never celebrate. This had never been the will of his father. The older brother had been the party pooper that had shut down his own party before it even started. Do you know someone that serves the Father of Truth but never celebrates His goodness by throwing a party with others by using what the Father of Truth has given them?
Do you know a party pooper?
The father expounded upon the position that the younger brother had because he had left his house and then returned to his house. The father had not been able to shower his love on the younger son all the days that the younger son had remained away from his house. The father had to celebrate the return of the younger son because the younger son had no power on his own to throw a party (Luke 15:32). The younger son had squandered his inheritance and was dependent upon his father to throw a party to celebrate. The younger son had no herds and no flocks of his own. The younger son could not even throw a party where he was the only attendee.
The faithlessness of the younger son had been rewarded.
The father reminded the older brother that this one that came home was his brother. The father understood the pain that the younger son had caused the older son. The father knew that when the younger son had left his house he had also rejected the older son who had stayed. The father knew that the younger son had became as good as dead to the older son that day. The father knew that the older son had lost his only brother that day.
But now, things were different. The younger son had came back from a lifestyle that would have ended in death. The older son had regained something that money could never buy: his younger brother. The younger son had not acted like a brother to the older son when he left the house of his father. However now that the younger son returned to live by the rules of his father in the house of his father the younger son would act like a brother to the older son. The older brother would once again have a younger brother but this time forever.
The father was not celebrating the younger son nor was he celebrating his deeds. The father was celebrating an event: the mending of the hole that had been in the heart of him and his older son. All the father wanted was for the older brother to celebrate with him so that his family could be whole again.
When someone comes back into the House of Truth as a Child of Truth by submitting themselves to the rules of the Father of Truth, the Father of Truth is not celebrating them or their sins. The Father of Truth is celebrating an event: the mending of the hole that has been in the heart of Him and the Children of Truth (those who obey The Father of Truth because they love Him) they hurt when they left the House of Truth. All the Father of Truth wants is for the Children of Truth to celebrate with Him so his family can be whole again.
Are you a party pooper?
The Father of Truth wants everyone to come into the House of Truth so they can be part of His family (2 Peter 3:9). Every Child of Truth should be celebrating when someone comes back into the House of Truth instead of being a party pooper (Luke 15:7). They should be glad whenever someone returns to obeying the Man of Truth because they believe that His Father raised him from the dead (Romans 10:8-10).
Come into the House of Truth.
Have you ever been to a party and encountered that one person who refuses to celebrate? Worse yet, they don't want anyone else to enjoy themselves at the party either.
If so, you know the type.
They complain about the noise of the celebration. They complain about the expense of the celebration. They complain about the mess made by the celebration.
They refuse to sing. They refuse to dance. They refuse to join in any of the games. They refuse to join in any conversations. They refuse to express any type of joy. They even refuse to eat or drink anything.
They just sit there and sulk. They are mad at everyone else for celebrating. They might even refuse to come into where the celebration is going on. They only wish that they could some how ruin the party and end the celebration.
Do you know a party pooper?
The Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) told a story about one such party pooper. This man had to be the king of all party poopers for he had one of the greatest causes of celebration that a person could have but he just wanted to ruin the party and end the celebration.
The first thing about this man was that he had grown up with his younger brother in the same house with his father. He was the older son of his father (Luke 15:11), The next thing to know is that his younger brother had refuse to remain in the house with the older son and his father but instead had gotten as far away from them as possible (Luke 15:12-13). Perhaps you know someone that once lived with you in the House of Truth but abandoned you in order get far away from the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD).
The older son had been working in the fields but heard music and dancing when he came home. He immediately wanted to know why there was music and dancing in the house of his father (Luke 15:25-26). Perhaps you know someone that does not believe that there should ever be music and dancing in the house of the Father of Truth.
Do you know a party pooper?
The older son was given the best reason that anyone could give for people to be celebrating in the house of his father. His younger brother had came back to live in the house of his father. Not only that, but his father was sparing no expense in celebrating the return of his younger brother to his house (Luke 15:27). Have you ever known someone to come back into the House of Truth? Do you realize how that makes the Father of Truth feel?
Now this was wonderful news and you would think that the older brother would have ran into the house of his father to join in the celebration. Instead the older son refused to even come into the house. He was mad that there was a celebration in the house of his father. There was no way that he was going to celebrate the return of the younger son in the house of his father (Luke 15:28). He was a party pooper. Perhaps you know someone that is angry that people would celebrate the return of someone to the House of Truth?
Do you know a party pooper?
While the father was overwhelmed with joy that the younger son had returned it had not diminished his love for the older son in the least. The father left his own party to reach out to the older son! He was more concerned about the feelings of his older son than the celebration (Luke 15:28). The Father of Truth does not want any of his children to be a party pooper.
Do you know a party pooper?
The older son felt very justified in being a party pooper and immediately began to tell his father why he was wrong to celebrate the return of the younger son to his house.
The older son began by expounding upon his own worthiness and how uncelebrated he was by his father (Luke 15:29). First the older son told his father how faithful he had been in serving his father for many years. Next, the older son claimed that he had NEVER disobeyed his father in any way. Lastly the older son complained that his father had never given him even have a baby goat so he could have a small party with a few of his friends. Do you know someone that has been faithful in serving the Father of Truth? Do you know someone that thinks that they have NEVER disobeyed the Father of Truth in any way? (The Book of Truth says that the Man of Truth is the only person that has NEVER disobeyed the Father of Truth in any way.) Do you know someone that feels uncelebrated by the Father of Truth despite everything that they have done for Him?
Do you know a party pooper?
The older son finished by expounding upon the worthlessness of the younger son and how celebrated the younger son was by his father (Luke 15:30). The older son referred to the younger son as "this your son" instead of "my brother". The older son had been hurt when the younger son left their house to get away from his father. The older son had witnessed the sadness of his father every day since the younger son had left. The older son felt the younger son was worthless for all the pain that he had caused to the family and was not worthy to be called his brother any more. The older son was angry that the younger son had used every good thing that his father had given him in living contrary to the will of his father. The older son felt the younger son was worthless for wasting the wealth of his father in the pursuit of evil. Most of all the older son was angry that his father had killed the fatted calf and was having a huge party, with perhaps more than a thousand attendees, when the younger son came back. Have you ever felt that someone was worthless for all the pain that they have caused you or those close to you? Have you ever felt that someone was worthless for all of the wealth that they wasted in the pursuit of evil? Would you feel angry if a huge party was thrown when they came home?
Do you know a party pooper?
After the older son finished speaking his piece then the father spoke to make his peace.
The father expounded upon the position that the older son had because of his faithfulness in remaining his house. The father reminded the older son that he was always with him (Luke 15:31). The father had been able to shower the older son with love every day because he had never left his house. Since the inheritance had been already been divided everything that the father had belonged to the older son.
The faithfulness of the older son had been rewarded.
The older son did not need to be given a fatted calf or even a baby goat by his father since he owned the entire herd and the entire flock. The older son could have had as big as a party as he wanted at any time he chose. It was nobody's fault but his own that he had not enjoyed what his father had provided. The older brother had became his own harsh task master that drove him to work hard every day and to never celebrate. This had never been the will of his father. The older brother had been the party pooper that had shut down his own party before it even started. Do you know someone that serves the Father of Truth but never celebrates His goodness by throwing a party with others by using what the Father of Truth has given them?
Do you know a party pooper?
The father expounded upon the position that the younger brother had because he had left his house and then returned to his house. The father had not been able to shower his love on the younger son all the days that the younger son had remained away from his house. The father had to celebrate the return of the younger son because the younger son had no power on his own to throw a party (Luke 15:32). The younger son had squandered his inheritance and was dependent upon his father to throw a party to celebrate. The younger son had no herds and no flocks of his own. The younger son could not even throw a party where he was the only attendee.
The faithlessness of the younger son had been rewarded.
The father reminded the older brother that this one that came home was his brother. The father understood the pain that the younger son had caused the older son. The father knew that when the younger son had left his house he had also rejected the older son who had stayed. The father knew that the younger son had became as good as dead to the older son that day. The father knew that the older son had lost his only brother that day.
But now, things were different. The younger son had came back from a lifestyle that would have ended in death. The older son had regained something that money could never buy: his younger brother. The younger son had not acted like a brother to the older son when he left the house of his father. However now that the younger son returned to live by the rules of his father in the house of his father the younger son would act like a brother to the older son. The older brother would once again have a younger brother but this time forever.
The father was not celebrating the younger son nor was he celebrating his deeds. The father was celebrating an event: the mending of the hole that had been in the heart of him and his older son. All the father wanted was for the older brother to celebrate with him so that his family could be whole again.
When someone comes back into the House of Truth as a Child of Truth by submitting themselves to the rules of the Father of Truth, the Father of Truth is not celebrating them or their sins. The Father of Truth is celebrating an event: the mending of the hole that has been in the heart of Him and the Children of Truth (those who obey The Father of Truth because they love Him) they hurt when they left the House of Truth. All the Father of Truth wants is for the Children of Truth to celebrate with Him so his family can be whole again.
Are you a party pooper?
The Father of Truth wants everyone to come into the House of Truth so they can be part of His family (2 Peter 3:9). Every Child of Truth should be celebrating when someone comes back into the House of Truth instead of being a party pooper (Luke 15:7). They should be glad whenever someone returns to obeying the Man of Truth because they believe that His Father raised him from the dead (Romans 10:8-10).
Come into the House of Truth.
Labels: Celebrations, Forgiveness, Reconciliation
posted by The House Of Truth @ August 18, 2012
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