Commentary
Who
is God? Who are My Brothers and Sisters?
The
older son sees himself as a slave. He does not address his father as
“father.”
Understandably,
he does not refer to the other son as his brother, but only as “your
son” when he speaks to his father.
Interestingly,
even the servant knows the truth. The servant, in speaking to the
older son, speaks of “your father” and “your brother.”
And
certainly, that is how the father sees the relationships in his
family. He calls the older son “my son” and speaks about the
younger son as “your brother.”
When
I don't see myself as a child of God, I would not see others as my
brothers and sisters.
With
this parable, Jesus teaches us that not only does God love us, God's
mercy is so great that to God, I am always “my child,” and others
always “your brothers” and “your sisters.”
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