Let me ask you this question, “what is true love?” Or let me rephrase the question: have you experienced true love?” Singles love to talk about this four-letter word but on a serious note – there is more to life than a relationship. I want you to know and experience what True Life is. A life that experiences True Love only through one person. There is someone tugging in your heart, telling you – “are you looking for true love? Look at me.” Perfect love can only be known and experienced through one person. Satisfaction and completeness can only be found in the Lord. In Luke 15:11-32, we’ll find the parable called “the parable of the prodigal son.” But what is a parable? Based on Wiki – a parable is a succinct, didactic story, in prose or verse, which illustrates one or more instructive lessons or principles. It differs from a fable in that fables employ animals, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature as characters, whereas parables have human characters. A parable is a type of analogy. Or simply put, a parable is a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson. Jesus frequently used parables as a means of illustrating a lesson. Such stories help provide rich symbolism to the lessons he wanted to teach

1. TRUE LOVE
THE FATHER’S LOVE

2. QUESTION:
What is True Love?

3. PARABLE
Story used to Illustrate a
moral or spiritual Lesson

4. 11 Jesus continued: “There was a man who
had two sons.

5. YOUNGEST SON

6. OLDEST SON

7. THE FATHER

8. 11 Jesus continued: “There was a man who
had two sons. 12 The younger one said to
his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the
estate.’ So he divided his property between
them.

9. 11 Jesus continued: “There was a man who
had two sons. 12 The younger one said to
his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the
estate.’ So he divided his property between
them.

10. 13 “Not long after that…

11. 13 “Not long after that, the
younger son got together
all he had, set off for a
distant country and there
squandered his wealth in
wild living.

12. 13 “Not long after that, the
younger son got together
all he had, set off for a
distant country and there
squandered his wealth in
wild living.

13. 14 After he had spent everything, there was a
severe famine in that whole country, and he
began to be in need. 15 So he went and hired
himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent
him to his fields to feed pigs.

14. 16 He longed to fill his stomach
with the pods that the pigs
were eating, but no one gave
him anything.

15. 17 “When he came to his
senses, he said, ‘How
many of my father’s hired
servants have food to
spare, and here I am
starving to death!

16. 18 I will set out and go back to my father and say
to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and
against you. 19 I am no longer worthy to be
called your son; make me like one of your hired
servants.’

17. 18 I will set out and go back to my father and say
to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and
against you. 19 I am no longer worthy to be
called your son; make me like one of your hired
servants.’

18. 18 I will set out and go back to my father and say
to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and
against you. 19 I am no longer worthy to be
called your son; make me like one of your hired
servants.’

19. 20 So he got up and went
to his father…

20. 20 So he got up and went
to his father. “But while he
was still a long way off, his
father saw him and was
filled with compassion for
him; he ran to his son,
threw his arms around him
and kissed him.

21. 21 “The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned
against heaven and against you. I am no longer
worthy to be called your son.’

22. 22 “But the father said to his servants,
‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it
on him. Put a ring on his finger and
sandals on his feet. 23 Bring the
fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a
feast and celebrate. 24 For this son of
mine was dead and is alive again; he
was lost and is found.’…

23. 22 “But the father said to his servants,
‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it
on him. Put a ring on his finger and
sandals on his feet. 23 Bring the
fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a
feast and celebrate. 24 For this son of
mine was dead and is alive again; he
was lost and is found.’…

24. Waiting for you
Waiting to show His
Compassion for you
Waiting to Restore You

25. Wanted his inheritance
now
Wanted to be away from
his Father
Wanted to go his own
way

26. QUESTION:
Where is True Love?

27. Parable of the Prodigal Son Pictures from:
http://www.freebibleimages.org/photos/prodigal‐son/

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