"I Will Go To My Father"
by Joe R. Price
January 4, 2009

“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.”’ (Luke 15:17-19)

What poignant and powerful words! Every one – because we have violated God’s will – is a sinner (1 Jno. 3:4; Rom. 3:23). As such, we have either been forgiven in Christ, or our sin remains a barrier that separates us from God (Isa. 59:1-2). The gospel of Christ reveals the remedy for our sins and the conditions upon which God’s grace and mercy will be received (Rom. 1:16; 5:8-10; 6:15-18; Mk. 16:15-16).

But, every sinner must be convinced that he needs a Savior before he will obey the gospel and be saved from his sins (1 Tim. 4:10). Yes, Jesus died for all men. His sacrificial death is sufficient to redeem the sinner from spiritual death. But the sinner must also want to be saved. He must come to the Savior to find rest (Matt. 10:28-30). Like the prodigal, the sinner must go to the Father.

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