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Introduction Isaiah 25:1-12 . 1 Lord , you are my God; I will exalt you. I will praise your name, for you have accomplished wonders, plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness. 2 For you have turned the city into a pile of rocks, a fortified city, into ruins; the fortress of barbarians is no longer…

In the great banquet each invited guest at the second invitation ignores the interests of the host and instead focuses on his own interests. The host then excludes them and instead invites the despised of the city (Jews) and the more despised outside the city (gentiles). Paul points to our getting ready for the banquet by “putting to death” the vices of the gentiles and then also the vices of the Jews and many Christians so as to but on Christ (the full baptismal picture) leading to divinization. While this does not demand instant perfection, it does demand a calling out for virtue and a clothing ourselves by grace with Christ’s nature so that we will be ready to come with him in glory.

In Proverbs Wisdom spreads a banquet for those who are foolish, initing enlightenment. Jesus says that he is wisdom in person doing so for us but the banquet is his flesh and blood and the results of the banquet are real life with no death. Paul points out that this is not a one-time meal, but a way of life in the Spirit, it is not the world’s drunkenness, but a inebriation that the world thinks of as drunkenness. Instead it is enlightenment, true life.

Introduction (Might replace) How many people went out to Aaron and Anna’s on Monday? Did you have fun? When God’s people get together to eat, build relationships, and just have fun, it’s always a good time. It’s like we are one big family eating at one big table… It’s like a large Christian banquet.…

Paul teaches that our identity is in Christ and deification is our goal, but as in the story of the banquet people find their identities in nation or class or economic well being or sexuality, etc. And accept community destroying values. This makes "Christian" just another addition to our identity. we, rather, are called to resist the world's identities and calling out "Lord have mercy" be changed into Christ who is our life, so we end up at the banquet rather than among those who never get a taste.

Initial Insights Volume 8, Unit 23, Session 5: We Are Part Of God’s Kingdom The Gospel Project vs. The Bible Project (by Tim Mackie) *Explain the structure of today with the new family-friendly format (5th Sundays) Part 1 ( 10 Minutes) School Baseball Practice Dance Class Funeral Farmer A Fancy Dinner…

Some of you Today, we are going to talk about banquets and feasts, so I thought it might be appropriate to tell you about the first banquet I can recall attending. I must have been nine or 10, and my father was active on the board of directors with the Associated General Contractors of Virginia, and…

An American missionary in Africa wanted to translate the English word faith into the local dialect. He could not find its equivalent. So he went to an old sage, who was himself a fine Christian, for help in rendering the needed word into understandable language. The guru studied it, and finally said,…

This sermon is based on the Gospel reading (John 2:1-11) of the Church of England. It explores the tension between the abundant life Jesus invites us into, which stands in contrast to the world of scarcity in which we live. The miracle reveals the extravagent love of the Father for us in the person of Jesus and invites into a posture of looking for Jesus in the places of our lives where we least expect Him.