And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ But the father said to his slaves, ‘Quickly bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet; and bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat and celebrate; for this son of mine was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.’ And they began to celebrate.
—Luke 15:21–24
[The parable of the Prodigal Son] reminds us that Christ receives sinners who are in exactly the same situation as the Prodigal Son—unclean, clothed in filthy rags, utterly bereft of any assets, with nothing whatsoever to commend themselves to Christ. He receives them with the same kind of gladness seen in this parable—and infinitely more. In the words of Romans 4:5, Christ “justifies the ungodly.” If that thought doesn't make you want to weep with gratitude, then you have probably never felt yourself in the place of the Prodigal Son, and you need to pray for repentance.
—John MacArthur, A Tale of Two Sons (Thomas Nelson, 2008), 131.
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