1. An orphan spirit lives in religious people.
“Now his older son was in the field…” (Luke 15:25).
2. An orphan spirit brings out anger.
“But he was angry and would not go in…” (Luke 15:28)
3. An orphan spirit pushes a person into isolation.
“But he was angry and would not go in…” (Luke 15:28)
4. An orphan spirit carries a sense of entitlement.
“…Yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends.” (Luke 15:29)
5. An orphan spirit takes away the joy of serving.
“’Look, these many years I have been serving you;…” (Luke 15:29)
6. An orphan spirit is jealous when others are promoted.
“But as soon as this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with harlots, you killed the fatted calf for him.” (Luke 15:30)
7. Orphans can’t access their inheritance.
“And he said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours.'” (Luke 15:31)
