all right then let's begin with our first parable about the lost son
once there lived a man with two sons one day the younger son came to him and said
father could you give me my inheritance let me think about it so the man thought for a
few days and decided to give his inheritance to his two sons and split it evenly between them
when the son received his share of the money he thought to himself
now that i have so much money i can move someplace else and have some fun then i
can get back to working so he left with every little thing he had he had no plans of returning
now that he had grown up he wanted to spend all the money and do whatever that he felt like
no one to tell him what to do before leaving he did not even think about the things he left behind
he left a big farm with many hired men his family and most importantly his old father
who had immense trust in him to give him the money his father was very sad and disappointed in his
younger son he missed him too while the younger son was gone he spent all the money that he had
received from his father he spent it all on things he did not need and he never thought of saving
days went by and the place where he lived became very poor and so did he
there wasn't even enough food for everyone and hence the food was expensive it was
difficult for the young boy to even buy food for himself as he had spent almost all his money
soon he was in deep trouble he had no money no house to live in and also nothing to eat
so he got a job of feeding pigs he was so hungry that he tried eating the food
that was supposed to feed the pigs one day his master saw him eating the food for their pigs
if i see you doing this again you will surely lose your job
that night as he walked down the street to go back home his stomach growled he was so hungry he saw
a group of people walking down the road he went up to them and asked for some money but they too
didn't have any to share he went home and fell asleep on an empty stomach next morning he woke up
and thought to himself when i lived with my father even the men who worked in that farm had more food
and now i am the one starving to death he decided to go home and seek forgiveness
from his father the son went back home and the father was very happy to see him
he threw his arms around him and kissed him he fell to his father's feet and cried
please forgive me father i have sinned against god and against you i don't deserve to be your son
hire me as a laborer and i will work for you i will start immediately the father was so
happy to see his son he wanted a grand celebration he called out to one of his servants
quick bring the best robe and put it on him put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet
bring the biggest calf and kill him let's celebrate for my son was lost and now he is found
meanwhile the older son was working in the field he heard the music and all the cheer
happening back at his home he called out to one of his servants and said
what is happening your brother is back home and your father is celebrating his return the older
brother was very upset hearing this he refused to go home and be a part of the celebration
hearing that his older son was upset the father went to talk to him what is the matter son why
are you not coming for the celebration your brother is home after so long i have been working
for you all these years and i've always obeyed you yet you never had any celebration from me
now my younger brother has come home after spending all the money you gave him
and you hold a party for him but my son you are always with me and everything i have is yours
we had to celebrate and be glad for your brother for he was lost and now he is found
so through the story what jesus tried to explain to his followers was that god is exactly
like the father this is how god would be forgiving to people if they ran away from him and did things
which made god unhappy and also that god never gives up on us and he will always forgive us if
we truly change and repent for our mistakes absolutely correct freckles
i'm going to tell you the story about the rich man and lazarus
sounds interesting go on with the story holy can't wait okay okay once there lived a rich man
who wore fine purple colored clothes in those times purple was the most expensive dye
and therefore see mostly on nobles rich people royalty and sometimes on high level officials
every day this rich man would eat splendid meals wearing his purple robe he never had to worry
about anything in life he thought everything could be bought with money and he had everything coming
to him very easily outside the rich man's house lived a beggar his name was lazarus he was hungry
and wore torn clothes he had sores all over his body he would come there every day
hoping to find some leftover food from the rich man but the rich man ignored him and never cared
or offered him food one night lazarus died that same night the rich man died too the angels
from heaven took lazarus to abraham's side of the heaven while the rich man's eternal resting place
was in hell when the rich man saw lazarus on abraham's side of heaven he was confused
he did not understand what he did in his lifetime to receive such suffering and pain after death
he pleaded to abraham let lazarus come down and cool me off by dipping his finger in cool water
and putting it on my tongue i want to be relieved of all this pain that i am going through
abraham spoke to the rich man during your lifetime you received many good things while on the other
hand lazarus received nothing but suffering this was because of no fault of his but he did
and you did nothing to help him out also there's too much distance between lazarus and you
it is impossible for lazarus to help you in any way the rich man cried and begged please
please please help me where were you when you could have helped lazarus did you ever think of
helping him when he sat outside your house every day waiting for you to give him some food and now
after death lazarus deserves all the comfort and love he was ignored off in his life the rich man
thought over all the things abraham told him so he went back to abraham and said please can you send
back lazarus to my five brothers so that he can go warn them to change their lives abraham was happy
that the rich man was finally being unselfish and thinking about others over himself but he
also knew that sending back lazarus would not help his brothers in any way so he said to the rich man
you think your brothers would believe lazarus even if you went back from the dead and told them
they are not willing to listen to moses and the prophets so why do you think they would
listen to a simple man like lazarus the rich man understood what abraham was trying to say
he had no way of redeeming himself or help his brothers who were living a selfish life
just as he did
i am going to tell you the parable of the unforgiving servant
one day peter one of jesus's disciples came to jesus and asked him
lord how many times should i forgive someone when they do or say something wrong to me
jesus knew that everyone should learn to forgive someone if they are sorry for what they have done
instead of saying always jesus said 77 times
peter was confused so jesus decided to tell him a story which would help peter understand better how
important it is to forgive someone when they have realized their mistake and are sorry for their
behavior jesus told peter the story of a very rich king the king had many servants who worked for him
some of them looked after his treasury and were in charge of the other servants one day
the king decided to test one of his servants who was looking after his money
he wanted to see if he was doing his job perfectly so the king went to check his treasury
when he checked he saw that the servant had not paid the bills instead had borrowed the money
for his personal use the amount of money that the servant had taken was not a small amount
the servant was in huge debt so the king called for the servant i know that you have taken money
from the treasury without asking me you have committed a crime for which you will be punished
i will sell your family and you as slaves and take back the money that you have taken
the servant was very upset he knew that if his family and he were sold as slaves they
all would have to live in different places they might not be able to see one another ever again
so the servant begged and pleaded for forgiveness the king felt sorry for the servant
he decided to forgive him he even told the servant that he did not have to give back the money to him
as soon as the servant left the court he met another servant who owed him some money a very
small amount even though the king was nice to him the servant grabbed hold of the other servant he
started shouting at him give me back the money you owe me or else i will throw you into the prison
people saw the servant treating the other man this way and went and told the king
the king was very very angry he thought to himself i forgave him a huge debt
but he could not forgive another man who owes him a small amount of money he called for the servant
once again and threw him into prison so did your children understand the meaning of the story
yes the story means that god always forgives us for all the wrong things we do to him
now he wants us to forgive those who do wrong to us well done tubby we'll be back soon bye-bye