re prodigal son the parable of the prodigal son is not about who is and who isn t an immoral person it is about grace and the love of god most people would agree with that concerning the younger son the elder son is simply a negative example of the some thing he thinks that he must earn his father s love that he has earned it that he is entitled to it his father tells him that he is on the wrong track he has always been loved for the same reason his brother has always been he is his father s son we are too performance oriented to consistently get the point we are willing to be saved by grace but once we are christians we want to go back to earning and deserving are you so foolish after beginning with the spirit are you now trying to attain your goal by human effort gal niv stan armstrong religious studies dept saint mary s university halifax n s armstrong husky stmarys ca att clyde watmath water dalcs armstrng
