The Prodigals: Older Brother | Rachel Palmbush

What does it mean to be lost while staying home? Pastor Rachel explores the often-overlooked lostness of the elder son in Jesus's parable. While we easily understand the younger prodigal's obvious rebellion, this message reveals how we can be spiritually lost even while doing everything "right." Rachel compassionately unpacks how the elder son's inability to receive his father's love, his resentment toward grace shown to others, and his fixation on fairness blocked him from experiencing joy.

[00:00] - Introduction and Personal Experiences of Lostness[03:22] - The Story of Two Lost Sons[05:50] - The Pharisees and the Older Son's Lostness[10:03] - Three Aspects of the Older Son[11:56] - The Question of Fairness[15:36] - The Unfairness of the Gospel[19:37] - Comparison Has No Place in God's Kingdom[20:42] - The Father's Response: Security and Love[24:34] - The Essential Nature of Celebration[27:36] - The Invitation to Enter the Party[30:37] - Closing Prayer