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Introduction: Aligning with God’s Agenda in 2018
What do you want for your life in 2018?
Resolutions for a better you?
What does God want for you in 2018?
He wants to shape you into a king or queen of the kingdom, that you may possess the righteousness of Christ.
Prepare you to rule with Christ.
God wants to use you to advance His agenda in this world.
Advance His kingdom
Use you as part of the church to fulfill its mission.
Draw people to Christ
Build people up into Christ
This is all very exciting!
You have the Lord’s guarantee that if you set your life on this path, you will not be disappointed ().
As I just said, aligning your life with the Lord’s agenda means joining in the work of the church.
So, I offer an invitation to you to join me for a project in 2018.
Let’s build something together.
Let’s build a church that fulfills the mission.
Let’s build a church that loves one another.
Let’s build a church that gives back
Let’s build a church that draws people to Christ.
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Context
This passage is in the Gospel according to Luke.
,This passage is in the Gospel according to Luke.
Luke compiled an accurate and orderly chronicle of Jesus’ life and ministry.
Luke compiled an accurate and orderly chronicle of Jesus’ life and ministry.
This passage is in the Gospel according to Luke.
Luke compiled an accurate and orderly chronicle of Jesus’ life and ministry.
This passage:
Jesus travels from Galilee to Jerusalem to die.
This passage takes place as Jesus travels from Galilee to Jerusalem to die.
Along the way, a Pharisee invites Jesus to his home to dine with him and some other guests.
This Pharisee and his guests prove to be a critical and self-righteous bunch.
The dinner becomes uncomfortable immediately because Jesus heals a man with dropsy on the Sabbath.
Along the way, a Pharisee invites Jesus to his home to dine with him and some other guests.
This Pharisee and his guests prove to be a critical and self-righteous bunch.
The dinner becomes uncomfortable immediately because Jesus heals a man with dropsy on the Sabbath.
Jesus calls them on their self-righteousness and instructs them about how things are done in God’s kingdom.
Then He tells them several parables about the kingdom of God.
Remember, a parable is an earthly story with a heavenly meaning.
Jesus calls them on their self-righteousness and instructs them about how things are done in God’s kingdom.
Then He tells them several parables about the kingdom of God.
Remember, a parable is an earthly story with a heavenly meaning.
Passage Interpretation and Meaning
Passage Interpretation and Meaning
Passage Interpretation and Meaning
One of the prominent themes in Luke is the great reversal taking place in the world with the coming of the kingdom of God.
Luke 14:12-
Luke 12:
The last are becoming first and the first are becoming last.
The proud are being brought low and the low are being exalted.
God loves the poor, tax collectors, outcasts, sinners, women, disabled, and Gentiles.
He has disdain for the self-righteous who act only in their own best interest.
(ESVSB, 1938).
Here He teaches that the Pharisees should invite the poor to their feasts instead of only notable and famous people like Jesus.
Here He teaches that the Pharisees should invite the poor to their feasts instead of only notable and famous people like Jesus.
Luke 14:
Obviously, Jesus was making them uncomfortable.
So one of the men around the tried to change the subject away from the care of the poor and crippled.
He gives a common and cheerful blessing about the hope of heaven and dining with the Messiah at His table.
Ironically, this man failed to see that he was presently at the table feasting with the Messiah (who was currently rebuking them for their selfish ways).
Ironically, this man failed to see that he was presently at the table feasting with the Messiah, who was currently rebuking them for their selfish ways.
Also, in this man’s blessing was the suggestion that the people around that table would be in the kingdom of God.
The man’s blessing betrayed that the Pharisee and his guests were confident in their own righteousness and their Judaism to secure them a place at the King’s table in heaven.
Also, in this man’s blessing was the suggestion that the people around that table would be in the kingdom of God.
The man’s blessing betrayed that the Pharisee and his guests were confident in their own righteousness and their Judaism to secure them a place at the King’s table in heaven.
Jesus noted this and told a parable that would only make things more uncomfortable for these self-righteous men.
Jesus noted this and told a parable that would only make things more uncomfortable for these self-righteous men.
Luke 14:16-
In this parable, Jesus alludes to the feast the man hoped for.
We can assume some allegory in this passage.
Parable- The man hosting the great feast is the Father in heaven.
The great banquet is eternal life and fellowship with God through the Messiah in heaven.
In ancient times there were two invitations to great feasts that could last several days.
The first invitation was in order to accept reservations.
The second invitation was to announce that the feast was ready so, “Please come!”
It took time to prepare food and implement plans for the festivities.
You wouldn’t want to prepare a costly party without securing your guest list first.
In ancient times there were two invitations to great feasts that could last several days.
The first invitation was in order to accept reservations.
The second invitation was to announce that the feast was ready so, “Please come!”
It took time to prepare food and implement plans for the festivities.
You wouldn’t want to prepare a costly party without securing your guest list first.
In our allegory, the first invitation refers to the election of Israel as God’s chosen people.
He called them to be His people and told them through the prophets that their Messiah would come and deliver them from sin and oppression.
Like the guests in the parable, the Jews accepted the first invitation and secured their place on the guest list of heaven.
Like the guests in the parable, the Jews accepted the first invitation and secured their place on the guest list of heaven.
Then, vs. 17 says that He sent His servant to tell the guests that the banquet was ready.
The redemptive meaning of this is clear, the Messiah has come with the kingdom, it’s time for Israel to worship Him.
Then, vs. 17 says that He sent His servant to tell the guests that the banquet was ready.
The redemptive meaning of this is clear, the Messiah has come with the kingdom, it’s time for Israel to worship Him.
Jesus was the Messiah and these men around the table needed to bow down before Him.
Jesus was the Messiah and these men around the table needed to bow down before Him.
Luke 14:18-
In the parable, the guests reneged on the first invitation did not come to the banquet.
This would have been hurtful, but he could have accepted it and moved on if an emergency prevented the guests from coming.
But the excuses the guests provided were weak.
But the excuses the guests provided were weak.
One of them said he bought a field and needed to examine it.
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