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Originally Posted by Scott Shahan  Luke 15:28 But he was angry and refused to go in. His father came out and entreated him, 29 but he answered his father, ‘Look, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command, yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might celebrate with my friends. 30 But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’ 31 And he said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours. 32 It was fitting to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.’”
What is wrong (the problem) with the elder brother?  |
For starters:
He shared no joy that God returned his brother to his father, whose patient grief should well have touched him. He was angry that God returned a penitent sinner, and withheld the hand of fellowship!
The older brother also most likely exaggerated his “piety,” given his response. And he condemned his father as niggardly.