Repentance is necessary for our salvation, but what does it mean? The Parable of the Prodigal Son provides a beautiful picture of repentance demonstrating the necessity of honesty, humility and action.

1. A Tale of
Two
Brothers
Luke 15.11-32
CB p. 138 NT

2. “For godly grief produces
a repentance that leads to
salvation without regret,
whereas worldly grief
produces death.”
—2 Corinthians 7.10
CB p. 319 NT

3. Honesty

4. “I perish
here with
hunger!”

5. “I have
sinned.”

6. “How many
of my
father’s
hired
servants
have more
than enough
bread.”

7. “These many years
I have served you”

8. “I have never disobeyed
your command”

9. “You never gave me a
young goat”

10. “When this son
of yours”

11. “who has devoured your
property with
prostitutes”

12. Honesty

13. Honesty

14. Honesty

15. Humility

16. “I have
sinned.”

17. “I am no
longer worthy
to be called
your son.”

18. “Depart from me,
for I am a sinful
man, O Lord.”
Luke 5.8
CB p. 110 NT

19. “Woe is me! For I am lost;
for I am a man of unclean
lips, and I dwell in the
midst of a people of
unclean lips; for my eyes
have seen the King,
Jehovah of hosts!”
Isaiah 6.5
CB p. 1083 OT

21. Humility

22. Action

24. “Father, I have
sinned against
heaven and before
you.”

25. “I am no
longer worthy to
be called your
son.”

26. “...that they should repent
and turn to God,
performing deeds in
keeping with their
repentance.”
Acts 26.20
CB p. 258 NT

27. “Behold, Lord, the half of
my goods I give to the
poor. And if I have
defrauded anyone of
anything, I restore it
fourfold.”
Luke 19.8
CB p. 145 NT

29. Action

30. Where are
YOU?

31. Where should
YOU be?

32. Will you
REPENT
today?

33. Will today be the
day you repent of
your sins and
return home?

34. Compiled and Presented by:
FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD Dave Stewart
God’s Plan for Our Salvation 29 November, 2009
Las Cruces, NM
#09 www.churchofchristmiranda.com
A Tale of Two Brothers
Luke 15.11-32
Synopsis: Repentance is necessary for our salvation, but what does it
mean? The Parable of the Prodigal Son provides a beautiful picture of
repentance demonstrating the necessity of honesty, humility and action.
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35. Photo Credits:
Father and Sons: by GordonsLife: iStock_000004173113Small:
http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-4173113-dad-and-
son-with-blue-sky.php
Prodigal Son illustrations by Geoff Draper: http://
www.cs.utah.edu/~draperg/stories/prodigal/prodigal_1.html