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God Receives Sinners? (from Luke 15, by Chuck Smith) 25 Now his older son was in the field. And as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing. 26 So he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant. 27 And he said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and because he has received him safe and sound, your father has killed the fatted calf.’ 28 But he was angry and would not go in. Therefore his father came out and pleaded with him. 29 So he answered and said to his father, ‘Lo, these many years I have been serving you; I never transgressed your commandment at any time; and yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends. 30 But as soon as this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with harlots, you killed the fatted calf for him.’ 31 And he said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours. 32 It was right that we should make merry and be glad, for your brother was dead and is alive again, and was lost and is found.’ Today’s Reading: Today’s Devotion by Pastor Chuck Smith Now, here is the, really, the real point of the parable. Though it may teach many things, the parable was intended against the Pharisees. All three actually did, but He is building up. In each of the parables, there is something lost that is found and the result of finding that which was lost was rejoicing, happiness. Jesus receives sinners. That shouldn’t be said in a derogatory sense. That should be said in a rejoicing sense. Jesus receives sinners! There is hope, friend. Rejoice! Jesus receives sinners. And yet, they were not saying it with that inflection, but they were saying it in a derogatory sense. “He receives sinners and eats with them.” So as the natural reaction to finding something that is lost should be rejoicing, the Pharisees are angry. They are condemning. They are sitting back and judging. So the story was given. In the third story, Jesus adds the older brother and his attitude towards the rejoicing, because the father receives sinners. And here he is out there sulking, angry and upset. He is not going to join in. “You have never done anything like this for me.” And his sulking attitude, because the father received the sinner. “He went out and spent everything he had on prostitutes. He is a sinner. Yet, you have a big party because he comes home.” This was the same attitude that the Pharisees were expressing. To me it is interesting that the father said, Son, you are ever with me, and all that I have is yours (Luk 15:31). You see, the younger son had taken his inheritance, so that everything that was left belonged to the older son. “All that I have is yours.” It was necessary that we should have this party, and be glad: for this your brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found (Luk 15:32). Because the Lord receives sinners and eats with them, the lost is found. Jesus said, “I have come to seek and to save that which was lost” (Luke 19:10). So we so often hear marvelous sermons preached from the parable of the prodigal son, but rarely do we ever hear a message that really gives the true meaning of the parable, or the real reason for the parable. The reason wasn’t just to show the father receiving with joy a son that was lost, but the parable was used to show the Pharisees how wrong was their condemnation of Him when they said, “He receives sinners and eats with them.” They should have been rejoicing over it, rather than griping over it. May God help us that we will not have a pharasaical attitude towards the work of God in receiving sinners, because maybe He is receiving them at some other church in the county rather than here. It doesn’t matter where He receives them. Let us rejoice that He is receiving them. Let us pray that God will send a great spiritual wakening throughout the county in every church. Let us not be so shortsighted and narrow-minded that we are only praying for God’s blessing upon Calvary Chapel, because God knows we can’t house them all. But let us begin to really pray that God will revive His church throughout this entire county and that sinners would be brought to Christ, that the Lord might receive sinners anywhere and everywhere, that there might be revival in the Baptist church and the Methodist church, the Lutheran church and the Presbyterian church. Let us just pray that God might just be able to receive sinners in all of these churches, that there would be a real move of God’s Spirit throughout the whole area. If we hear of revival somewhere, let us not go and try to find the faults that may exist in their doctrines or positions. “Well, Lord, they didn’t follow us so we told them not to do it.” Jesus said, “You should not have done that. If they are out there doing it in My name, they can’t very well be against us. Don’t stop them.” God deliver us from narrow sectarianism, from an attitude of the Pharisee, but to the same heart of Jesus. Let us rejoice that the Lord receives sinners and eats with them. by Pastor Chuck Smith from his c2000 series. Tomorrow’s Reading: Follow Calvary Training. Members of WordPress, just hit the ‘follow” button. If you don’t belong to WordPress, you can sign up for updates via email. (See link near the top, right hand side of this page.) If you’d rather get updates via Facebook, you can like our Facebook page. (There are also two Facebook groups run by this site: Calvary Training Ministries, and Poem and Devotional. We are also on Twitter @CalvaryTraining. I’m testing other social media outlets, as well, and you can find links using the menu at the top of this page. Image Credit: The brother of the prodigal son.
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„Ovaj tvoj brat bijaše mrtav i oživje.„ U ono vrijeme: Okupljahu se oko njega svi carinici i grešnici da ga slušaju. Stoga farizeji i pismoznanci mrmljahu: »Ovaj prima grešnike, i blaguje s njima.« Nato im Isus kaza ovu prispodobu: »Čovjek neki imao dva sina. Mlađi reče ocu: ’Oče, daj mi dio dobara koji mi pripada.’ I razdijeli im imanje. Nakon nekoliko dana mlađi sin pokupi sve, otputova u daleku zemlju i ondje potrati svoja dobra živeći razvratno. Kad sve potroši, nasta ljuta glad u onoj zemlji te on poče oskudijevati. Ode i pribi se kod jednoga žitelja u onoj zemlji. On ga posla na svoja polja pasti svinje. Želio se nasititi rogačima što su ih jele svinje, ali mu ih nitko nije davao. Došavši k sebi, reče: ’Koliki najamnici oca moga imaju kruha napretek, a ja ovdje umirem od gladi! Ustat ću, poći svomu ocu i reći mu: ’Oče, sagriješih protiv Neba i pred tobom! Nisam više dostojan zvati se sinom tvojim. Primi me kao jednog od svojih najamnika.’ Usta i pođe svom ocu. Dok je još bio daleko, njegov ga otac ugleda, ganu se, potrča, pade mu oko vrata i izljubi ga. A sin će mu: ’Oče! Sagriješih protiv Neba i pred tobom! Nisam više dostojan zvati se sinom tvojim.’ A otac reče slugama: ’Brzo iznesite haljinu najljepšu i obucite ga! Stavite mu prsten na ruku i obuću na noge! Tele ugojeno dovedite i zakoljite, pa da se pogostimo i proveselimo jer sin mi ovaj bijaše mrtav i oživje, izgubljen bijaše i nađe se!’ I stadoše se veseliti. A stariji mu sin bijaše u polju. Kad se na povratku približio kući, začu svirku i igru pa dozva jednoga slugu da se raspita što je to. A ovaj će mu: ’Došao tvoj brat pa otac tvoj zakla tele ugojeno što sina zdrava dočeka.’ A on se rasrdi i ne htjede ući. Otac tada iziđe i stane ga nagovarati. A on će ocu: ’Evo toliko ti godina služim i nikada ne prestupih tvoju zapovijed, a nikad mi ni jareta nisi dao da se s prijateljima proveselim. A kada dođe ovaj sin tvoj koji s bludnicama proždrije tvoje imanje, ti mu zakla ugojeno tele.’ Nato će mu otac: ’Sinko, ti si uvijek sa mnom i sve moje – tvoje je. No trebalo se veseliti i radovati jer ovaj brat tvoj bijaše mrtav i oživje, izgubljen i nađe se!’« Poziv na oproštenje i pomirenje. Redovito volimo ovu prispodobu nazivati “O izgubljenom sinu”. Međutim, ovoje daleko više prispodoba o milosrdnom ocu. Otac je pravi subjekt ove Isusove priče. Otac je najaktivniji. Otac preuzima inicijativu u sva tri dijela ove prispodobe. Otac je tu neprestano budan i spreman praštati i ljubiti. Vjerujem da se i sami volimo negdje pronaći čitajući ili slušajući ovu prispodobu. Najčešće pomislimo da se prepoznajemo u mlađem sinu. On je tip slaba, grešna čovjeka, koji je sposoban učiniti i velike grijehe, koji može duboko raniti drugoga. Takav je svaki grešnik. Zato je cijela ova prispodoba poziv na obraćenje, na povratak Ocu, na ispovijed i pomirenje. Međutim, okolnosti ove prispodobe su rječite: Isus blaguje s carinicima i grešnicima. Farizejima i pismoznancima to ne ide u glavu. Mrmljali su na Isusa: Kako smije to činiti! Isus očito želi u ovoj prispodobi ocrtati ova dva tipa ljudi: sjedne strane carinike i grešnike – to je mlađi sin; s druge strane farizeje i pismoznance – to je stariji sin. Mlađi je sin sposoban za velika nedjela, ali također i za povratak, obraćenje, prihvaća i prepoznaje ljubav što je otac ima za njega. Stariji je sin pravedan, vrši sve što zakon propisuje, ne želi ničim povrijediti uredne odnose u kući. Međutim, on ne pozna ljubav. On ne shvaća životnu istinu. On misli da može zaslužiti očevu ljubav, da kod oca zarađuje određena životna prava. Odatle u njemu pobuna na rasipnu milosrdnu ljubav njegova oca prema rasipnom bratu. Zapravo u njegovim očima nije toliko njegov brat rasipan, koliko otac koji se razbacuje znakovima ljubavi prema ovom propalici. To je ono farizejsko u nama svima. Bog je Otac. A mi bismo uvijek iznova htjeli nekako zadužiti Oca, htjeli bismo zaslužiti nebo, htjeli bismo zaraditi ono što se ne da ničim isplatiti. Tu je riječ o ljubavi i zakonu. Dakako da ova prispodoba ne želi nikoga ohrabriti na rasipan i grešan život. Naprotiv, u razgovoru sa starijim sinom očito izlazi ono što mi tako teško shvaćamo: da ono iskustvo sto ga je mlađi sin imao nije bio život. To je smrt. To ne ulazi u životni staž. Njegov povratak Ocu je istinski novi početak, on je ustao na novi život. Stariji sin misli da je njegov brat proživio svoje dane. Misli da se naužio života; da ima nešto od života. Gotovo da se možemo prepoznati kad počnemo zaviđati grešnicima: kao da nas kršćane Božji zakon sputava i da mi zapravo često nemamo od života ono što bismo mogli imati kad ne bi bilo tog Božjeg zakona. Smatramo životom ono što život nije. “Ovaj brat tvoj bijaše mrtav i oživje!” tvrdi otac nagovarajući starijeg sina da se i on počne radovati ovom događaju. Ovu je prispodobu Isus izrekao i nama. Ona je za sva vremena. Nema nikoga na svijetu, pa ne znam koliko i kako sagriješio, a da ne bi imao moguć pristup Ocu. Bog je dobar. On je davatelj života. Iskreno pokajanje, čežnja za životom, prihvaćanje njegova zagrljaja – to je dovoljno da se uđe u iskustvo novog, čistog, Božjeg života. Jedina pretpostavka u svemu tome jest: istinsko prepoznavanje svoga stanja. Mlađi je sin, kako kaže danas evanđelje, “konačno došao k sebi”, shvatio je što se dogodilo, vidio je istinu svojih odnosa: prema Bogu, prema ocu, prema sebi. I odlučio se vratiti. Bilo bi divno kad bismo sebe vidjeli u Božjoj ljubavi i u jednostavnosti svojeg vjerničkog života. Možda nisi imao dramatsko iskustvo rasipnog sina, možda se nikad nisi udaljio od Boga nekim teškim prestupkom zakona, možda je tvoj život protekao u relativnoj vjernosti i nastojanju oko dobra. Raduj se i shvati: to je tajna onoga što Otac govori starijem sinu, ne očekuj plače za to, jer onda ostaješ lišen iskustva ljubavi. U iskrenom i ustrajnom nastojanju oko dobra “sve moje tvoje je”, govori Otac. “Imaš pravo na moju ljubav.” Kako bi bilo divno kad bismo svaki dan svog života prepoznali kao dar ljubavi. Nije potrebno otići od Oca da se na povratku konačno osjeti i vidi: Otac neizrecivo ljubi. Jer Otac ljubi neprestano, svakog dana, u svakodnevici života. I bila je gozba. Na gozbu su pozvani i mlađi i stariji sin. Pozvani su kao braća. “Treba se radovati jer ovaj brat tvoj bijaše mrtav – i oživje!” Gozba – to je, u svjetlu evanđelja, euharistija. To je ovo što sad činimo. To je objava neizrecive ljubavi u kojem nam se ne nudi za hranu ni ugojeno tele, ni jare da se s prijateljima proveselimo. Ovdje nam se objavljuje ljubav, skrivena u tajni kruha, u tajni Isusa koji je svojom žrtvom na križu potvrdio da nam njegov i nas nebeski Otac svoju ljubav nikad neće uskratiti.