World’s worst dinner …
A big set up
Luke 14:1 “watching him carefully”
Attack #1
“Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”
Attack # 2
“if anyone has a Son or an ox that falls into a well on the Sabbath day, will you not immediately pull him out”
Attack # 3
picking for themselves the places of honour
verse 11 “everyone who exalts himself will be humbled and he who humbles himself will be exalted”
Phil 2:6-11 – 6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, 7 but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death- even death on a cross! 9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Attack # 4
Real generosity is shown to people who cannot repay
A self confident question
Luke 14:15, “blessed is the man who will eat at the feast in the KOG”.
Pathetic excuses
For us today…
– God’s gracious offer
– Poor Excuses
A question to ponder
Do you really enjoy serving God?