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It’s not fair - The Elder Son Mentality

  I am not unaware that many believers are already conversant with the all-important subject of righteousness. Indeed as E. W. Kenyon puts it, this message is one of the most important message ever taught to the church. However, even with the much teaching on the subject, the reality of it is taking time to manifest as it ought. There are still many believers who having been taught by excellent bible teachers are still not different from the elder son of the rich father whose story is narrated in Luke’s gospel chapter 15. The challenge with the young man wasn’t just that he remained conscious of his own righteousness, which would have been a problem in itself, it was also that by his self-righteous thoughts, his father could not do anything for anyone better than what had been done for him, otherwise he would consider it to be unfair, even though he never placed a demand on his position or his father’s ability. In like manner, there are believers today who are in the exact same s...