The Parable of the Prodigal Son Does Not Justify Unrepentant Sexual Sin
The account of the prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32) is often abused to excuse unrepentant sin.
But biblically, the entire point of the parable is repentance before restoration.
“But when he came to himself… ‘I will arise and go to my father…’” (Luke 15:17–18)
“While he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion…” (v. 20)
The father’s embrace came after repentance, humility, and confession of sin.
The prodigal did not remain in the far country practicing immorality while being affirmed as “restored.”
If the case is the opposite, for example:
- Continuing in sexual immorality
- Marital status is redefined without biblical warrant
- Affirmed without repentance
That is not grace; that is license (Jude 4).
“Turn the grace of our God into sensuality.” (Jude 4)
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