THE PRODIGAL SON AND THE PRODIGAL PIG




Based on The Scriptures of Luke 15 & 2 Peter 2:22




Luke
   15:11-19     "Then He said:  "A certain man had two sons.  And the
   younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the portion
   of goods that falls to me.'  So he divided to them his livelihood.
    And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together,
   journeyed to a far country, and there wasted his possessions with
   prodigal living."

   
   
"But when he had spent all, there
   arose a severe famine in that land, and he began to be in want. 
   Then he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, and
   he sent him into his fields to feed swine.  And he would gladly
   have filled his stomach with the pods that the swine ate, and no
   one gave him anything."

   
   
"But when he came to himself, he said, "How
   many of my father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare,
   and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and
   will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before
   you, and I am no longer worthy to be called your son.  Make me
   like one of your hired servants."  (end scripture)



 



    
And so he asked one of the
swine to accompany him on his trip back home and to stay at his
fathers house.



 



     Luke15:20-24   "And he arose and
   came to his father. But when he was 
   
   
still a great way off, his father saw him
   and had compassion, and ran and 

   
   
fell on his neck and kissed
   him."

   
   
 

   
   
     "And the son said to him, 'Father, I
   have sinned against heaven and 

   
   
in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be
   called your son.' But the 

   
   
father said to his servants, 'Bring out the
   best robe and put it on him,

   
   
and put a ring on his hand and sandals on
   his feet.  And bring the fatted

   
   
calf here and kill it, and let us eat and be
   merry, for this  my son was

   
   
dead and is alive again; he was lost and is
   found.' And they began to be 

   
   
merry." (end script)



 



 Now the pig felt welcome
   but he was required to be clean before coming to the table. And so
   being resistant to the idea, he cleaned up anyway.  When he went
   inside and sat at the table, he noticed how spotless and orderly
   everything was.
   
   
The pig was becoming
   increasingly uncomfortable, but when he saw the calf being served
   on a platter, he thought he was going to be sick.  He excused
   himself, went out the door and headed straight for
   home.

   
   
Seeing the farm a long way off
   he became very excited and ran all the faster.  Upon reaching the
   mire, he jumped in the air and did a belly flop and rolled and
   rolled and rolled in the mud.  



 



     This happened to him according to the
proverb, "a sow, after washing, returns to wallowing in the mire."  
2Peter2:22 



 












  I hope you enjoyed my little story, and see the significance in
it.  Please comeback soon for some more study and stories!



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