Dr. Draper, a Salvation Army doctor in India, once visited a dying man of 25, when he was about the same age himself. The young man was lying in hospital dying of T.B.
He had been visited by many Christian people who had spoken
to him about his soul, but he could not grasp the truth or understand the
simple way of salvation.
Dr. Draper read to him the story of the prodigal son, and it
was the means by which the young man was saved.
- (moreillustrations.com)
Luke 15:17-20 (GNT):
At last he (prodigal son) came to his senses and said, ‘All my father's
hired workers have more than they can eat, and here I am about to starve! I will get up and go to my father and say,
“Father, I have sinned against God and against you. I am no longer fit to be called your son;
treat me as one of your hired workers.”’ So he got up and started back to his
father.
Someone asked Charles Dickens once what was the best short
story in the English language, and his reply was - `The Prodigal Son'.
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