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Reunions are special. We love watching videos of soldiers returning home to their families. If we have children away at college, we may look forward to the holidays, spring break, and the summer more than they do. There is nothing like being face-to-face with family. But what if the separation came as a result of wrongdoing or a break in trust? Reunions then take on a different kind of intensity and emotion. Jesus told of the reunion between a man and his family to illustrate the joy we should share when God welcomes home a wayward child.

Weekly Workshop: Prodigal Son | Luke 15:20-32

One of the most difficult demands of Jesus is to love our enemies. Now consider Jesus’ command to love our neighbors; that seems more plausible right? This is especially true if our concept of love is nothing more than social politeness. Yet, Jesus’ command to love our neighbor goes beyond the social norms. The type of love Jesus requires involves sacrifice and willingness to treat others with the same amount of attention we would typically reserve for ourselves. This is the Christian mandate of love. Believers demonstrate their love for God by extending grace to others.

Weekly Workshop: Define Neighbor | Luke 10:35-37

To forgive means to stop feeling angry or resentful toward someone for an offense, wrongdoing, or mistake. Because of passages like Isaiah 43:25, Hebrews 8:12, and Micah 7:18-19—which talk about God not remembering our sin—it would be easy to think forgiveness is the process of forgetting the wrongs people have done. However, it is not quite that simple. God knows all things (Ps. 147:5; John 3:20), so when the Bible talks about God not “remembering” our sin, it doesn’t mean He can’t recall it. When God forgives us, He doesn’t let our past sins slip out of His mind; rather, He actively chooses not to hold them against us. God chooses to love us despite our failures. The forgiveness God offers us through Jesus is powerful and life changing. Jesus’ great forgiveness should move us to greatly forgive others.

Weekly Workshop: Forgiveness | Luke 7:40-50

If we could share a meal with anyone, most of us would choose someone famous or successful. We’d all like to pick the brain of someone who is famous for being really good at something we are into—like a famous athlete or musician. At the juncture at which we meet Jesus in this session, He was<br />
actually becoming pretty famous for His profound teaching and miraculous works. He was the kind of person who was well-known enough that He could have shared meals with all sorts of important people if he had wanted to—but He didn’t. Instead, Jesus called fishermen to follow Him and ate meals with “sinners and tax collectors.” Jesus rarely conforms to our expectations. Jesus specifically reached out to outcasts and so should we.

If we could share a meal with anyone, most of us would choose someone famous or successful. We’d all like to pick the brain of someone who is famous for being really good at something we are into—like a famous athlete or musician. At the juncture at which we meet Jesus in this session, He was
actually becoming pretty famous for His profound teaching and miraculous works. He was the kind of person who was well-known enough that He could have shared meals with all sorts of important people if he had wanted to—but He didn’t. Instead, Jesus called fishermen to follow Him and ate meals with “sinners and tax collectors.” Jesus rarely conforms to our expectations. Jesus specifically reached out to outcasts and so should we.

Calvary Discipleship Videos

Weekly Workshop: Prodigal Son | Luke 15:20-32

Weekly Workshop: Define Neighbor | Luke 10:35-37

Weekly Workshop: Forgiveness | Luke 7:40-50

Weekly Workshop: Love The Outcast | Luke 5:4-32

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Weekly Workshop: Prodigal Son | Luke 15:20-32

Weekly Workshop: Define Neighbor | Luke 10:35-37

Weekly Workshop: Forgiveness | Luke 7:40-50

Weekly Workshop: Love The Outcast | Luke 5:4-32

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