The Prodigal's Brother

The Bible shows us that our Father in Heaven is a God of grace.

Grace is blessings given freely and is never a result of work that was performed. You cant earn God's grace by any work that you have performed, or by any religious rite that you have undergone.

Charles Ryrie says. "Grace is: That which God does for mankind through his Son, which mankind cannot earn, does not deserve, and will never merit."
Titus 2:11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men.

Our father in Heaven is a God of both Grace and Mercy.

Eph 2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

Have you ever thought what the difference is between Grace and Mercy?

Mercy is God withholding from us the punishment we deserve. Because of our sin and rebellion each of us deserve Hell.

The good news of the Gospel is that God the Father withholds from us the punishment that we deserve because He sent His own Son to take the punishment for our sins upon Himself.

Grace is God giving us what we do not deserve. Grace is the unmerited favour of God to sinful humanity in providing the free gift of salvation for us.

The Younger son had been lost in the pigsty in a far country but the older son was also lost on the property of his father.

The younger son was out of relationship with his father in that distant land but the older son was out of relationship with the father on the Father's land.