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Session 1 - Our Rebellion that is Conformity

In chapter 15 of his gospel, Luke records Jesus telling a parable about two sons and a father. It's been said that the parables were the hand grenades of Jesus. He used these short stories to reorient his hearers to the way life should be. These earthly stories regularly challenged the status quo and reversed people's understanding of God and the world.

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Session 2 - The Third Son and the Price of the Party

A Third Son? There is one more son in Luke 15. Did you see him? He is the one telling the story. He tells us in Luke 19:10 why he came: "For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost." What does it mean that Jesus is the Son of Man?

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Session 3 - The Time for Repentance

In light of what Christ has accomplished for sinners, they can be justified and freed to return to the Father and enter the joyous celebration of His embrace.

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Session 4 - The New Rebellion of Repentance

Jesus came for rebels. He came to die for rebels like us all so that we would repent and turn to God. Because of Jesus' resurrection from the grave, the time for repentance is now, but time is running out because God has fixed a day when Jesus will judge the world in righteousness. The lost can join the party of the Father's embrace now by repenting and trusting in Jesus alone to forgive their sins.

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Session 1 - Our Rebellion that is Conformity

In chapter 15 of his gospel, Luke records Jesus telling a parable about two sons and a father. It's been said that the parables were the hand grenades of Jesus. He used these short stories to reorient his hearers to the way life should be. These earthly stories regularly challenged the status quo and reversed people's understanding of God and the world.

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Session 2 - The Third Son and the Price of the Party

A Third Son? There is one more son in Luke 15. Did you see him? He is the one telling the story. He tells us in Luke 19:10 why he came: "For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost." What does it mean that Jesus is the Son of Man?

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Session 3 - The Time for Repentance

In light of what Christ has accomplished for sinners, they can be justified and freed to return to the Father and enter the joyous celebration of His embrace.

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Session 4 - The New Rebellion of Repentance

Jesus came for rebels. He came to die for rebels like us all so that we would repent and turn to God. Because of Jesus' resurrection from the grave, the time for repentance is now, but time is running out because God has fixed a day when Jesus will judge the world in righteousness. The lost can join the party of the Father's embrace now by repenting and trusting in Jesus alone to forgive their sins.

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Teaching Tips - Leading a Rebel Study? Some potential helps...
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