Prodigal Mindset vs Sonship Identity in Christ · TWOW 41

The prodigal son parable is not primarily a story about a wayward child who came to his senses. It is a story about a father whose love was always searching, and a Son who was just as invested in bringing us home.This teaching continues a series on the four definitions of "prodigal," now applying them to the architecture of salvation itself. The argument is precise: Adam was already in God's image, already called good, already given dominion. What he reached for was everything God had conferred on him, but without God. That is the prodigal posture, wanting the inheritance outside the relationship. The teaching moves through Ephesians 1:4-7 to establish that God's intention was never simply rescue. It was adoption, holiness, and blamelessness in love, purposed before the foundations of the world. The second son in the parable mirrors the believer who serves with no awareness of what already belongs to him, blaming the father for the lack he himself refused to receive.SCRIPTURE: Luke 15:11-24, Luke 3:23-38, Ephesians 1:4-7SERIES: The Prodigal. A five-part study tracing God's love through the prodigal parable, from the nature of love that searches to the reconciliation love produces.Subscribe to The Word on Wednesday on Spotify or Apple Podcasts for weekly teachings. Find T.S.P at www.tsp.church. If something stirred in you, come and tell us at tsp.church.Sunday deep-dives on The Sonship Place: https://open.spotify.com/show/6Dq9g2qcBw0NRsX7FfS4WmStart your foundation with 21 Days of Fellowship: https://open.spotify.com/show/6ZylATnFjGigJtRIdLmQK7