A tale of three sons

There’s a third son in the parable of the prodigal son. You see, the younger son broke the father’s heart, and the elder son was out of fellowship and without sympathy. But who is the third son? Well, the man who uttered the parable—God’s Son. He’s His ideal Son without sin. He came to a far country, not as a prodigal, but as the Prince of Peace to shed His blood for the sins of the world. And He says, “To as many as receive him, to them gave he the right to become the sons of God,” even to those that don’t do any more nor less than just simply believe in His name.