Shame on you for twisting scripture, he was clearly both dead and lost to his father
Shame on you for taking it out of its obvious context.
“But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. 23 Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate. 24 For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate.
To comprehend what is being taught here, the above parable must read in the context of the two immediately preceding parables of which it is part.
The Lost Sheep.
Luke15v3And He spoke to them this parable, saying, 4“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, does not leave the ninety nine in the open field, and go after the one having been lost, until he finds it? 5And having found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6And having come to the house, he calls together the friends and the neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep, the one having been lost!’ 7I say to you that in the same way there will be joy in heaven over one sinner repenting, rather than over ninety nine righteous ones who have no need of repentance.
The question here is, when that sheep was lost, who did it belong to? Did it belong to a neighbour, the Philistines, or a wolf maybe?
The lost sheep was owned by none of the above. Despite being misplaced, that sheep never ceased belonging to the owner of the flock.
The Parable of the Lost Coin
8Or what woman having ten drachmas, if she should lose one drachma, does not light a lamp and sweep the house, and seek carefully until she finds it? 9And having found it, she calls together the friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma that I lost.’ 10Thus I say to you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner repenting.”
Again the question is, when that coin was lost, who did it belong to? Again the answer is that the coin, despite being misplaced, never ceased belonging to that women.
And then we come to the third story in that trilogy, the story of the lost son, taught to emphasise the very same principle, that the son always belonged to the father, even when out of sight.
To grasp exactly what the father meant when he says "this son of mine was dead", you only have to read a few words further along to read, "he was LOST and now is FOUND"
24For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’
Just so you fully understand, being dead was a metaphor for being lost, as ALL THREE PARABLE MAKE SUPER ABUNDANTLY CLEAR!
And of course, we know from the story itself that despite being hungry and in a foreign country, the son was never actually dead, but very much alive.
If Jesus really wanted us to believe that going out of fellowship meant losing your salvation, he would never have included it with the lost sheep or the lost coin!
DNA? lol! we all have God's dna, even the unsaved. What a frail attempt at changing the meaning of the bible, but if I've said it once I've said it several times, changing the word is the only way to make your end of this work.
Goodness me, you really don't understand the English language do you.
God's DNA was meant to be a metaphor. If you want to deny having God's spiritual DNA within you, that's fine, but then you are on the wrong section, and should stick to the none Christian areas of the forum.
And I never said the unsaved had God's DNA!
