The father and the brother
Luke 15:20-30
And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing. And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant. And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound. And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him. And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
The first action of the father once he was done embracing his lost son, was to cover his nakedness. The father wanted to remove all trace of where he had been and what he had done.
The brother wanted everyone to know where his brother had been, and began to enumerate the many failures of his brother.
The heart of a father is completely different from that of a brother.
A father covers a transgression, a brother feels the need to broadcast it.
A father went running to make the reunion happen, as quick as possible. The brother sat a long way off and refused to make even one step towards reconciliation.
Don't tell me your a "Father in the gospel", when all your actions are that of the brother.
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