Sermon Tone Analysis

Outline:

Don’t miss your chance, accept the invite (v.

15-17)

Don’t be led astray, delight in Jesus.

(v.

18-20)

Know your place.

(v.

21-23)

Thank your host.

(v.

24)

Intro

Series Slide: Gospel of Luke

Read the Passage

Last week we were in Luke 13 discussing the parable of the narrow door, which is a parable equating entering heaven to entering the master’s house…and we learned a few things about entering the house.

Not everyone who desired, or said they desired, would be granted access to the house.

In fact, the parable tells us that there will be those of us that don’t enter heaven because we rely on things that aren’t good enough to save us.

We rely on them, and some of us will rely on them until it’s too late to do anything else about it.

We walked through some of those things.

Your words saying you want to be saved aren’t good enough in themselves, your church isn’t good enough to save you, your parents and the way you were raised….your

good actions…none of those are good enough to save you.

But we also discussed what was good enough to save you

Jesus Christ crucified

And I gave you an opportunity last week to enter the house.

To be saved.

To repent and believe.

This week we are talking about a similar illustration.

Except, instead of heaven being a house that you enter, it’s a feast that you get to partake in.

But today we are thinking through a different aspect.

Instead of pleading with those of you tonight who think you’re going to be saved but aren’t…I’m going to be speaking to those of you that are to wrapped up in yourself to truly accept the invite in the first place.

Instead of just letting you know that the things you are relying on aren’t good enough to save you…this scripture calls for you to turn from what is distracting you…and be his guest.

That’s the title of this message.

Title Slide: Be His Guest

Be His Guest

Really…it’s how to be his guest.

How to be a guest at his feast…and let’s start with the most important reminder.

I’ve already sorta hit on it…

Point Slide: Don’t miss your chance, accept the invite.

(v.15-17)

Don’t miss your chance, accept the invite.

(v.15-17)

Look back at verse 15 in our text.

So what this man is saying is true.

Yes, blessed will be everyone who gets to eat bread in the kingdom of God.

And this isn’t the only place that we see this.

It’s mentioned in Luke of course, in Isaiah, and also in Revelation.

Scripture Slide: Here’s what revelation has to say about it.

Once again, the idea of being with God in heaven is described as a feast…a banquet…and John in revelation is saying that those who are invited are…blessed.

Point slide: Don’t miss the invite, accept the invite.

(v.15-17)

So the man’s statement in verse 15 is true.

Truly, blessed will be those are participate in the banquet that is to come.

But Jesus…just like last week and just like we know Jesus to do…he has more to say on the matter.

At first, he begins along the same lines of what we studied last week…that there will be those who are invited.

Look back at verse 16 and 17.

Just like in our teaching last week…Jesus is first talking to the Jews.

They are the ones who have been initially invited.

They are the ones Jesus is preaching to.

They are God’s chosen people and the man that Jesus is speaking to knows this.

But also just like last week…we should know that his invitation has been extended to us today.

To the gentiles (non jewish people).

We are going to see that later in verse 23, but we will get to that.

For now, we need to understand that certain people are invited, and that invite now extends to us…and our point of application here is.

Don’t miss the invite.

Don’t miss the call to salvation.

Don’t miss your opportunity to know Christ and his goodness, his abundance, his death and resurrection for you.

Don’t miss that opportunity…the opportunity that I gave last week.

And guess what…Jesus hasn’t come back this week, which means that it’s still not too late for you to accept the invite.

And if you’d like to do that…or you did last week and you haven’t really talked about it yet, come find me afterwards in the parking lot.

Let’s have a conversation about where you’re at.

But for now…don’t miss the point of application from these first two verses…which is don’t miss the invite to be at the table, because someday the Lord is going to make good on his invite, and send his servant out to collect everyone who has been invited…and your chance for an invite will be too late.

Now the rest of the passage…concerns itself with those who should have accepted the invite.

The Jews back then and for us today…those who the gospel has been offered and are rejecting it.

Don’t be that person.

And…if you’re saying to yourself “I’ve accepted the invite”…great!

However, as we keep reading…keep your eyes on the text and your ears open as a way of truly evaluating if you’ve accepted the invite…or you just say you’re going to.

Have you accepted the invite?

Or have you just rsvp’d but when the time comes to enter God’s house you’re going to be found to actually have given your life over to other things.

Are you going to be someone who says that they will come…but when the rubber hits the pavement, you’re also coming up with excuses as to why you don’t delight in joking God in his house and his banquet?

So, just want to encourage you.

Don’t miss your chance…accept the invite.

And if you say you’ve accepted it…watch out for the things we’re about to discuss.

Look back at verse 18.

So one of the things we learn from this, is that there will be those of us who have supposedly been declared as an invited guest, and yet when the time comes…we will make excuses as for why we don’t want to be with Jesus.

The point of application he see here is this.

Point slide: Don’t be led astray, delight in Jesus.

(v.18-20)

Let’s focus on the first half of this application point first.

Don’t be led astray…why did I choose that wording?

Because that is what is happening to the invited guests in this passage.

The Lord’s servant come to let them know…the banquet is here!

It’s time!

Come now to the feast!

And what do they do?

It says in verse 18 there…they…made excuses.

And then it goes on to say what their excuses were.

And we see..that there excuses for not attending the banquet were because they had been led astray by the things of this world.

What were they?

1) The first man says I’ve bought a field there in verse 18.

2) The second says I’ve bought some oxen in verse 19.

3) The third says I got married in verse 20.

In other words…what do we see are the things that have led these men astray?

Simple.