| A wealthy property owner had an only son. This son | | | | father longed for the servant's heart to be changed |
| was the epitome of all that is good in a son, and in a | | | | so that he might have the promise of life. |
| man. The son always lent his heart to know what | | | | The father and his son devised a plan to obtain |
| was in the heart of his father in order that he might | | | | pardon and life for the condemned servant. The plan |
| conduct his ways to please his father. He was | | | | was simple. The father making every arrangement |
| indispensable to his father, the principle performer of | | | | would surrender his beloved son's life to be taken in |
| every enterprise that the father did. Loyal, | | | | place of the condemned servant. The son agreeing, |
| trustworthy, faithful, obedient, humble of heart, | | | | according for his love for his father, and for the |
| attentive, diligent, and along with all these | | | | condemned servant, fulfilled every step to become |
| noteworthy traits the son's heart was completely | | | | the substitute for the condemned servant. Thus the |
| open to the father so that between them there was | | | | condemned servant was given life. |
| perfect fellowship of purpose and comradeship. | | | | This my friend is a picture of the love of the Eternal |
| There can not be found words to describe how this | | | | Father, and of the Eternal Son for all man kind. |
| father loved his son. His heart was completely open | | | | The Eternal Father is the wealthy property owner. |
| to his son, and thus shared with him all his concerns, | | | | Jesus Christ of Nazareth is the eternal God having |
| his triumphs, his plans, his everything. | | | | Himself taken on humanity, and is the faithful Son. I, |
| This same property owner had a servant. And | | | | as well as every other human person have proven to |
| despite the complete justice, equity and goodness | | | | be the unfaithful servant. Born with a sin nature in |
| found in the property owner the heart of this | | | | which we inherited from the very first man, whose |
| servant was never faithful to him, nor anyone else. | | | | name was Adam, we are each sinners, (lived in |
| From birth, the servant was given to mischief and | | | | violation to God's laws) and thus guilty, and the |
| self will, not seeking the good of his master, or of | | | | punishment for even the slightest violation God's laws |
| any of the others that belonged to the master, but | | | | is eternal death. Thus I, and all other human persons |
| only his own good. He was not faithful, trustworthy, | | | | stand guilty before the eternal God who is |
| obedient. He was not humble of heart, but | | | | completely holy and without blemish, and can never in |
| self-determined, self-interested, self-focused. It could | | | | our own merit be allowed into the presence of God. |
| be rightly said that the core of this servant's nature | | | | Although a created race and certainly only servants |
| was that of "self". Thus the ways of this servant | | | | to Him, and in reality only possessions of His that by |
| were forever corrupted, and problems and offenses | | | | rights He can keep or throw away at will. Yet, He |
| were always present with him, like the bitterness of | | | | placed His love upon us to deliver us from eternal |
| cold is present with a winter's wind. | | | | death, Which is the penalty for our sins. He did this in |
| This servant's deeds caught up with him. He | | | | order that we might have the chance to make the |
| committed a murderous offense and was sentenced | | | | choice to place all our hopes, desires, and faith in the |
| by the judge to die for his crime. | | | | one man appointed Savior: Christ Jesus of Nazareth. |
| Howbeit, the wealthy property owner loved this | | | | God did this so that we might be changed, and have |
| servant, although the servant never responded in | | | | life eternal, putting behind our old nature and receiving |
| kind. None the less, the property owner loved him as | | | | His divine nature. How great is the love of God! |
| a father loves a wayward son. The property owner's | | | | Today friend, if so be that the Holy Spirit convicts |
| son also loved this servant, and although completely | | | | your heart of sin, turn to Him, confessing your sins, |
| different from him in nature and practice, the | | | | calling on the name of Jesus. If you will do this He will |
| property owner son's heart was open to this servant | | | | give you life. |
| as a brother would be to a brother. He, along with his | | | | |