Thank you for ur valuable and note worthy verses. I love how we all from different backgrounds are always working hard in gaining knowledge in understanding God. May we all be in jubilation on the J-Day.
You're welcome
God was, is and will always gives you strength and guidance.
No matter what you do, right or wrong, and there's no end.
It's sometimes you who decided to refuse and block the strength and guidance.
Coming back to the 'drug addicted child' metaphor, understand that the pattern of the 'drug dealer' is always consistent, they employ PRIDE, LIES, GUILT and FEAR to maintain the illusion. In order to keep the drug addicted child from returning to his father, the drug dealer will instill the following dogmas:
1. You are much better than everyone else, you're among the 'chosen people' who can enjoy the privilege of drugs. Your life is heaven you're are walking the 'straight path' where others are 'lead astray'. PRIDE + LIES
2. You have performed 'unforgivable sins' to your father, because you've wasted your allowances not on books and university fee as you have told him but on drugs instead! GUILT
3. Don't leave us and return back to your father, Your father will judge you and torture you with horrible punishment until all eternity because you've lied to him and performed horrible and unforgivable sins. GUILT + LIES + FEAR
Only through conquering his fear and shedding his own pride, the child will be able to cut through the illusion created by the drug dealer. His father will always awaited his return home and always ready to forgive him and accept him back, no matter how long he need to wait : 1 year, 100 years, 10,000 years, 1 billion years. There's no end.
That's an example of UNCONDITIONAL LOVE of parenthood.