WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.580 Now perhaps you can turn with me in your Bibles to Matthew chapter 9 as we continue to work 00:00:10.580 --> 00:00:17.519 ! as we continue to work through this section of Jesus coming to establish the kingdom of God. 00:00:17.519 --> 00:00:26.799 We come to verse 9 to verse 17 and at the center of this reading is the invitation from Jesus to come 00:00:26.799 --> 00:00:34.239 to the feast of God's grace. So let's hear God's word again. As Jesus went on from there he saw a 00:00:34.239 --> 00:00:40.420 man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector's booth. Follow me he told him and Matthew got up 00:00:40.420 --> 00:00:47.079 and followed him. While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew's house many tax collectors and sinners 00:00:47.079 --> 00:00:52.739 came and ate with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this they asked his disciples 00:00:52.739 --> 00:01:01.079 why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners? On hearing this Jesus said it is not the 00:01:01.079 --> 00:01:09.140 healthy who need a doctor but those who are ill. But go and learn what this means. I desire mercy 00:01:09.140 --> 00:01:16.980 not sacrifice for I have not come to call the righteous but sinners. Then John's disciples 00:01:16.980 --> 00:01:21.740 came and asked him how is it that we and the Pharisees fast often but your disciples do not fast. 00:01:22.520 --> 00:01:29.520 Jesus answered how can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when 00:01:29.520 --> 00:01:36.840 the bridegroom will be taken from them then they will fast. No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an 00:01:36.840 --> 00:01:43.640 old garment for the patch will pull away from the garment making the tear worse. Neither do people pour 00:01:43.640 --> 00:01:52.019 new wine into old wine skins. If they do the skins will burst. The wine will run out and the wine skins 00:01:52.019 --> 00:02:00.879 will be ruined. No. They pour new wine into new wine skins and both are preserved. 00:02:00.879 --> 00:02:10.719 So I want to begin talking about a short story. It's one of my favorites. It's Babette's Feast by 00:02:10.719 --> 00:02:17.039 Karen Blix and I've mentioned it before. It's a lovely book. It tells the story of a Parisian chef 00:02:17.039 --> 00:02:24.159 who decides to leave that life behind and to head up to Norway to live in a remote religious community 00:02:24.159 --> 00:02:34.039 up in a Norwegian fjord. It's a community that is aging, kind of fallen on hard times, dispirited, 00:02:34.240 --> 00:02:41.639 discouraged and into that setting comes Babette. And no one knows her past. No one knows that she was 00:02:41.639 --> 00:02:49.439 this famous chef but one day 14 years later she comes into a vast sum of money and her response 00:02:49.439 --> 00:02:57.120 is to throw a lavish meal. To have shipped all the way from Paris the very best of food, the very best of 00:02:57.120 --> 00:03:02.680 wine and to throw a great meal for the community. And the community at first are somewhat reluctant. 00:03:02.840 --> 00:03:12.979 They're not used to such luxury and the idea of such expense being lavished on them. But during that meal 00:03:12.979 --> 00:03:20.639 something wonderful happens. And the whole tale, the whole story of Babette's Feast is really a story of 00:03:20.639 --> 00:03:30.399 grace breaking in. That through this lavish meal old wounds are healed. Forgiveness is extended. 00:03:30.699 --> 00:03:39.239 Reconciliation takes place. Joy breaks out around this dinner table. And at the end of the meal 00:03:39.240 --> 00:03:46.040 there's a general who stands up and gives a speech. And here's just a little fragment of it. He says this. 00:03:46.140 --> 00:03:53.460 He says, grace, my friends, demands nothing from us but that we shall await it with confidence 00:03:53.460 --> 00:04:02.760 and acknowledge it in gratitude. Grace, brothers, makes no conditions and singles out none of us in particular. 00:04:02.759 --> 00:04:11.859 Grace takes all to its bosom and proclaims general amnesty. For mercy and truth have met together 00:04:11.859 --> 00:04:21.180 and righteousness and bliss have kissed one another. That's Babette's Feast. And now we come to Matthew 00:04:21.180 --> 00:04:30.439 chapter 9 and a feast with Jesus. So Jesus, as we've seen, has been continuing his mission. He's been 00:04:30.439 --> 00:04:40.180 bringing in the kingdom. He has been defeating the forces of evil. He has been forgiving sin. And now we encounter him 00:04:40.180 --> 00:04:51.079 extending God's grace through an invitation to follow and through a meal. And eyes open wide 00:04:51.079 --> 00:05:00.139 to the nature of God's kingdom and to the wide open invitation and welcome of King Jesus into the kingdom of God. 00:05:00.439 --> 00:05:10.180 It is an announcement of God's grace that is shocking to some. It's a remarkable message that God himself 00:05:10.180 --> 00:05:20.819 is acting to reconcile sinners to himself. That God's king, the son of God, is proclaiming amnesty 00:05:20.819 --> 00:05:29.800 so that rebels might be brought home to God. And while as we see in the story, some are so scandalized 00:05:29.800 --> 00:05:39.379 that they stay on the outside looking in, others receive the invitation with that grateful confidence 00:05:39.379 --> 00:05:47.240 and they come to the feast of God's grace. And as Matthew paints the picture for us, and remember 00:05:47.240 --> 00:05:52.819 Matthew is a key player in this story, we too are being drawn into the scene and we're being drawn in 00:05:52.819 --> 00:06:02.259 to consider our own response to Jesus as he invites us to experience his grace this evening. So three 00:06:02.259 --> 00:06:11.920 things to focus on. First, this invitation to follow the call of grace. That's the call to Matthew from 00:06:11.920 --> 00:06:18.480 Jesus that we meet in verse 9. As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the 00:06:18.480 --> 00:06:26.160 tax collector's booth. Follow me, he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him. Last week I was 00:06:26.160 --> 00:06:32.840 meeting with a friend from Central America and we ended up talking about street crime. And he was 00:06:32.840 --> 00:06:39.140 telling me how his brother copes with the realities of street crime in the part of Central America where 00:06:39.140 --> 00:06:45.980 he lives. And what happens is if he sees someone coming towards him who intends to rob him or do no good 00:06:45.980 --> 00:06:53.439 of some kind, my friend's brother will make the first move, not to run, but to extend an act of 00:06:53.439 --> 00:06:58.240 kindness. He said sometimes he'll offer him a cigarette. Sometimes he'll ask him if he needs a 00:06:58.240 --> 00:07:04.480 ride somewhere. But all the time he's wanting to diffuse the situation to turn a potential enemy into a 00:07:04.480 --> 00:07:09.580 friend. When I heard that, it's quite a striking story. It wouldn't be my instinct, I don't think. 00:07:09.579 --> 00:07:16.819 It reminded me of another striking story, a chap by the name of Darrell Davis, who's a fairly significant 00:07:16.819 --> 00:07:26.500 jazz pianist. But he made a decision about 30 years ago to actively befriend members of the KKK. 00:07:27.039 --> 00:07:33.979 The KKK, that racist organization in America. And the striking thing about it is that Darrell Davis is an 00:07:33.980 --> 00:07:42.620 African American. And over these years of deliberately after gigs, sitting down across drinks, trying to 00:07:42.620 --> 00:07:53.240 establish friendship, some 200 white racist supremacists have turned off that path because Darrell Davis, who 00:07:53.240 --> 00:08:02.319 they saw as an enemy, acted in friendship and bridged the gap. And that's what grace can do. And those stories, 00:08:02.319 --> 00:08:12.159 in a sense, prepare the way for this far greater story in the mission of King Jesus. Because what we have here is 00:08:12.159 --> 00:08:26.459 God's Messiah King, welcoming an enemy of God into his kingdom. Here is Jesus extending friendship and grace to 00:08:26.459 --> 00:08:36.659 someone who had deliberately chosen to go against God and his way of life. Bringing Matthew into his inner circle, 00:08:37.199 --> 00:08:46.019 into life of friendship with Jesus, the Savior. Because when we find Matthew sitting at a tax collector's booth, 00:08:46.120 --> 00:08:53.299 we know a couple of things are true of him. We know that he has by choice made himself a traitor to his nation, 00:08:53.299 --> 00:09:00.299 to the people of God. Because he's siding with Rome, the occupying force in first century Palestine. 00:09:00.639 --> 00:09:07.699 And he is stealing from his own people. And worse even than that, we know that Matthew has made himself 00:09:07.699 --> 00:09:14.559 a traitor to God. Because in siding with Rome, he has made himself unclean. So he is unable to worship 00:09:14.559 --> 00:09:20.120 God. But actually, he has no intention of worshiping God because it's money, not God, that has his heart. 00:09:20.120 --> 00:09:26.539 So we find him sitting at the tax booth. And it seems he is comfortable in his choice. But then 00:09:26.539 --> 00:09:35.799 comes the call of Jesus, follow me. And we need to understand that is the call of God's grace. 00:09:35.980 --> 00:09:43.460 Matthew is doing nothing to deserve this. He is not trying to earn his way in. And even if he was, 00:09:43.460 --> 00:09:49.940 he is getting nowhere near that level. This invitation, we know, was shocking to so many 00:09:49.940 --> 00:09:57.660 people who were around it, perhaps even shocking to Matthew himself. But it's entirely in keeping 00:09:57.660 --> 00:10:03.400 with the powerful words of Jesus we've been encountering in these chapters. Kingdom words, 00:10:03.600 --> 00:10:11.639 mission words. So back in chapter 8 and verse 26, there was Jesus and his disciples on a storm. 00:10:11.639 --> 00:10:16.480 And Jesus speaks to the storm, be still. And immediately the storm stops. 00:10:17.460 --> 00:10:22.399 And then Jesus, it was confronted by a demon-possessed man. Chapter 8, verse 32, 00:10:22.819 --> 00:10:26.720 he simply told the demons to go and the man was healed. 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:35.019 Last week, we discovered that Jesus met a paralyzed man and he declared both, 00:10:35.019 --> 00:10:42.919 your sins are forgiven and get up, take your mat and go. And now the Savior with authority, 00:10:43.079 --> 00:10:49.960 the Savior who's bringing in the kingdom, calls Matthew, follow me. And immediately he got up 00:10:49.960 --> 00:10:57.600 and followed. This money maker now becomes a disciple maker. Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount 00:10:57.600 --> 00:11:06.320 had declared, you cannot serve both God and money. And now in this moment, a new master has captured 00:11:06.320 --> 00:11:13.180 Matthew's heart. And so he will gladly follow Jesus as an expression of his worship, leaving his money 00:11:13.180 --> 00:11:22.580 behind. And we see, and we see it often in the ways that Jesus extends an invitation to people, 00:11:22.580 --> 00:11:29.460 that it creates scandal. It creates opposition. And that makes sense. 00:11:31.300 --> 00:11:37.680 If coming near to God was on the basis of goodness and being religious and being fit and acceptable 00:11:37.680 --> 00:11:44.480 for God, because Matthew absolutely isn't that. But what we discover is that here is Jesus. 00:11:45.379 --> 00:11:52.120 He is God in the flesh. And he's been given this mission to establish his kingdom on the earth. 00:11:52.120 --> 00:11:55.299 And in people's hearts. And he operates in a completely different way. 00:11:56.460 --> 00:12:03.000 Here is the one who does have the power and authority to call people to himself and to forgive sin 00:12:03.000 --> 00:12:13.220 and to extend God's undeserved grace to the despised, to the outcast, to people like Matthew. 00:12:15.860 --> 00:12:21.919 Two things this reminds us when we think about the call of God's grace. One, as Christians, 00:12:22.120 --> 00:12:31.500 we should always have gratitude for our salvation. The way the Bible talks about our salvation makes 00:12:31.500 --> 00:12:39.560 clear that the glory belongs to God and God alone for saving grace. The gift of faith is a gift that 00:12:39.560 --> 00:12:45.620 comes from God himself. Think about one of the pictures that Jesus uses of himself. He describes 00:12:45.620 --> 00:12:53.600 himself as the good shepherd. And as the good shepherd, he has come to rescue lost sheep, wandering sheep, 00:12:53.679 --> 00:13:01.440 in the dark and in danger sheep. And in order to rescue us, Jesus says, John chapter 10, he must lay 00:13:01.440 --> 00:13:08.500 down his life for his sheep. And then having laid down his life for his sheep, he says, I must call my 00:13:08.500 --> 00:13:15.840 sheep and they will hear my voice and they will come into the flock of God. So at every point, 00:13:17.299 --> 00:13:22.940 it's down to Jesus. It's down to the grace of God. And the wonderful thing about the call of Jesus, 00:13:23.080 --> 00:13:29.220 as it comes to Matthew, as it comes to each one of us, that call is come as you are. 00:13:29.220 --> 00:13:36.259 It's not come once you've cleaned up your act, not come once you've left your old life behind, 00:13:36.540 --> 00:13:45.019 once you have got yourself on the pathway of religion. He says, come to me. Rest. Give up 00:13:45.019 --> 00:13:52.019 trying to earn your salvation. Rest in what I have freely extended to you. Come to Jesus for salvation. 00:13:52.019 --> 00:13:59.460 Come to him to receive life. Because it's gift. It's the gift of forgiveness. It's the gift of new 00:13:59.460 --> 00:14:05.579 life from God. So we are always to be a grateful people. But secondly, we recognize that the good 00:14:05.579 --> 00:14:12.179 news that Jesus proclaims in this call of grace, it gives hope to all of us and to any of us. 00:14:13.340 --> 00:14:21.899 When we think about why did Christ Jesus come? John Calvin put it this way. Jesus came to quicken 00:14:21.899 --> 00:14:31.799 the dead, to justify the guilty and condemned, to wash the polluted, to rescue the lost from hell, 00:14:32.459 --> 00:14:42.120 to clothe with his glory those who are covered with shame. And if we see ourselves in any of those 00:14:42.120 --> 00:14:50.299 categories, we recognize, well, in Jesus there is hope. When we know I am not good enough for God. 00:14:50.299 --> 00:14:56.439 When we are honest enough to admit that, yes, I have chosen to follow other masters and I've not given 00:14:56.439 --> 00:15:03.599 God a second thought. When we recognize I am needy and I am unable to fix what I have broken, 00:15:04.519 --> 00:15:11.039 then the message of Jesus and his salvation becomes good news. And each one of us here today, 00:15:11.139 --> 00:15:17.059 we're invited to know this, that Jesus invites us to receive this grace that gives new life. 00:15:17.059 --> 00:15:24.479 that we're invited to come to Jesus freely as the one who is able to declare our sins forgiven and 00:15:24.479 --> 00:15:31.359 covered so that we are not condemned if we're in him. That we can freely come to the one who is able 00:15:31.359 --> 00:15:38.639 and promises to wash all our guilt and shame and to bring us home to God and to clothe us with honor. 00:15:38.639 --> 00:15:47.639 And so this evening, have you heard that call? Will you hear that call? Will you respond in faith 00:15:47.639 --> 00:15:52.860 as Jesus delivers once again the call of grace? 00:15:54.919 --> 00:16:01.519 The second thing we need to see, and it's very much related, is this connection between food, 00:16:01.519 --> 00:16:09.579 friendship, and the demonstration of grace? It's there in verses 10 to 13. While Jesus was having 00:16:09.579 --> 00:16:16.159 dinner at Matthew's house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. 00:16:17.360 --> 00:16:25.699 Some of us may be familiar with the author Rosario Butterfield. She's written a couple of 00:16:25.700 --> 00:16:32.259 significant books in the last couple of years. One was called The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert, 00:16:33.100 --> 00:16:39.520 which is the story of her coming to faith in Jesus from a very atheistic background out of the LGBT 00:16:39.520 --> 00:16:47.460 community. And the second is called The Gospel Comes with a House Key. And that both tells her story 00:16:47.460 --> 00:16:55.700 of the importance of hospitality in her own life, but also how she uses hospitality as an opportunity to 00:16:55.700 --> 00:17:02.440 share her faith with others. And the common thread across those books and why I mention them is that 00:17:02.440 --> 00:17:10.840 it was food and it was friendship around a family dinner table over months and years that led Rosario 00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:18.319 Butterfield, ultimately to put her trust in Jesus. There was a Christian couple who listened to her 00:17:18.319 --> 00:17:25.559 disagreements and who entered into discussions and who walked with her through various struggles until 00:17:25.559 --> 00:17:34.359 she was ready to receive Jesus as Lord and Savior. With the result that she and her family now live with the 00:17:34.359 --> 00:17:42.139 idea that their dinner table is a place where grace can be extended. Where people from all walks of life can 00:17:42.139 --> 00:17:50.699 come and share food and share conversation and come and ask questions and voice their objections and be heard 00:17:50.699 --> 00:17:58.559 respectfully. A place where food and friendship becomes a place where grace can be learned of and 00:17:58.559 --> 00:18:08.500 experienced and put into practice. And the pattern is here, isn't it? It's here in Jesus' actions at this 00:18:08.500 --> 00:18:16.679 remarkable meal. Because what we've just read in verse 10 is that Jesus, the Son of God, is deliberately 00:18:16.679 --> 00:18:27.779 sitting down and eating with God's enemies. In first century religious society, the Pharisees would say the tax 00:18:27.779 --> 00:18:34.960 collectors and the sinners, the sinners, the sinners, these are the outsiders. These are the others. These are the 00:18:34.960 --> 00:18:41.440 ones who are far away from God. They're not living God's way. And yet Jesus welcomes them in. 00:18:43.879 --> 00:18:48.759 And in Jesus' day, and I think in our day as well, but maybe to a lesser extent, to share a meal with someone 00:18:48.759 --> 00:18:59.779 was a really significant act. A signal of friendship. A demonstration of unity. A way to break down walls of 00:18:59.779 --> 00:19:10.500 division. An invitation to reconciliation. And the Son of God extends that to sinful people. A demonstration 00:19:10.500 --> 00:19:19.980 of grace. Jesus is also extending mercy. Look at verse 13. So after hearing that the grumbles of his 00:19:19.980 --> 00:19:27.700 opponents, Jesus says, go and learn what this means. I desire mercy, not sacrifice. And Jesus there quotes 00:19:27.700 --> 00:19:33.819 from the Old Testament from the prophet Hosea. Hosea chapter 6. And God sent Hosea to speak to a very 00:19:33.819 --> 00:19:40.899 religious society. A society that still had the form of worship. But they didn't have the heart of 00:19:40.899 --> 00:19:45.019 worship. They thought, well, so long as we're doing sacrifices and so long as we're going to the temple, 00:19:45.720 --> 00:19:51.659 then God will be pleased with us regardless of our heart. And the message of the prophet 00:19:51.659 --> 00:19:56.859 becomes the message of Jesus. Have you forgotten who God is? 00:19:56.859 --> 00:20:09.879 God is compassionate and merciful. And so he is looking for mercy. Jesus is God. And so he demonstrates 00:20:09.879 --> 00:20:24.219 mercy around this mealtime. And Jesus is also enacting grace. Verse 13. For I have not come to call the 00:20:24.220 --> 00:20:34.200 righteous, but sinners. Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners? For this reason. 00:20:34.360 --> 00:20:40.839 I've not come to call the righteous. I've come to call sinners. And we have this remarkable reality 00:20:40.839 --> 00:20:47.799 that Jesus is none other than the Holy Son of God who has come in the flesh and he has come near and he 00:20:47.799 --> 00:20:54.980 is moving towards people not to judge, but to save and to extend God's grace. That sinful people, 00:20:55.139 --> 00:21:02.139 broken people, despised people, rebellious people can come near and know the joy of God's welcome. 00:21:03.819 --> 00:21:12.039 A gift they didn't expect. A gift they could never earn. A gift that nobody else was extending to them. 00:21:12.039 --> 00:21:19.659 The Pharisees were driving them away. But Jesus does the opposite because Jesus is on a mission of grace. 00:21:21.119 --> 00:21:26.700 But we notice, don't we, in the midst of the joy and the celebration, the scowls and the frowns of the 00:21:26.700 --> 00:21:35.099 Pharisees. Why is that? Tim Chester writes this, the Pharisees knew God's kingdom was going to be a party. 00:21:35.099 --> 00:21:46.559 Their objection is with the guest list. They thought when God's Messiah was sent, he would absolutely side 00:21:46.559 --> 00:21:53.980 with righteous people. And the Pharisees were sure and certain that they were righteous and God would 00:21:53.980 --> 00:21:59.379 accept them. And then they hear this, God's king comes and says, he's come to call sinners. 00:21:59.380 --> 00:22:08.160 They had lived their whole lives thinking acceptance from God came by performance, 00:22:08.760 --> 00:22:15.940 through ceremony and ritual and religion and separation and trying in one's own strength to 00:22:15.940 --> 00:22:22.700 be pure and holy. And now they discover Jesus saying God accepts people by his grace. 00:22:22.700 --> 00:22:34.319 They were so used to labeling and despising anyone who didn't measure up to their standards. But they 00:22:34.319 --> 00:22:41.900 learned that when Jesus comes, God's Messiah comes, he operates in a whole different way. He celebrates 00:22:41.900 --> 00:22:51.759 when those who need mercy draw near. He rejoices to extend God's gracious invitation 00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:56.920 and so this meal becomes a demonstration of grace. But sadly, 00:22:56.920 --> 00:23:03.599 there are those on the outside who want no part of it. 00:23:06.099 --> 00:23:12.099 As we think about this mealtime and this demonstration of grace, it's a reminder to us, 00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:17.359 I think, that we need to always guard our hearts. It's really easy to point the finger at the Pharisees. 00:23:17.359 --> 00:23:23.879 How could they act like that? But it can be a really easy attitude to fall into. 00:23:25.699 --> 00:23:32.119 I think we often have that default way of looking at life. This is my idea of the good life. 00:23:33.039 --> 00:23:39.259 This is what I need to do in order to make it, to reach the standard. And this is how I regard those 00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:47.140 who mess up or who don't measure up. And we also, in our own minds, can become really judgmental and critical. 00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:50.640 And we can, even as Christians, we can assume 00:23:50.640 --> 00:23:55.640 that we are somehow earning God's favor. 00:23:55.640 --> 00:23:59.720 And so we need to be careful always, I think, to guard our hearts. 00:24:00.520 --> 00:24:05.540 To learn to remember and to preach the gospel to ourselves daily. 00:24:05.540 --> 00:24:11.000 To rest in and rejoice in God's grace. 00:24:11.280 --> 00:24:16.560 And to learn to celebrate when we see God's grace in action in other people's lives, 00:24:16.660 --> 00:24:19.020 in other churches, in other nations. 00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:22.720 To be glad as we see God's work. 00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:29.180 This story also reminds us that we need to go to Dr. Jesus for grace. 00:24:29.819 --> 00:24:30.960 Look at verse 12. 00:24:32.360 --> 00:24:34.200 Again, as the Pharisees have grumbled, 00:24:34.360 --> 00:24:37.500 why did your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners? 00:24:37.680 --> 00:24:38.400 Jesus said, 00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:43.180 it is not the healthy who need a doctor, but those who are ill. 00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:45.299 The religious leaders, in other words, Jesus saying, 00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:50.299 you expect a Messiah who will keep far away from sinful people, 00:24:50.299 --> 00:24:53.039 hurting people, people who need help. 00:24:54.839 --> 00:24:56.500 And Jesus says, that's not the way. 00:24:57.519 --> 00:25:01.659 Jesus can only do his work by being among the broken, 00:25:01.819 --> 00:25:05.200 being among the spiritually poor and needy. 00:25:05.559 --> 00:25:09.019 And that's why he feasts with sinners. 00:25:09.019 --> 00:25:17.559 Because that feasting is a demonstration of God's lavish love and kindness. 00:25:17.940 --> 00:25:20.579 That would forgive sin, that would grant new life. 00:25:20.819 --> 00:25:24.859 Not because they earned it, but because God loves to be merciful and gracious. 00:25:24.859 --> 00:25:31.179 I think as we recognize this example from Jesus, 00:25:31.339 --> 00:25:35.500 we are reminded again of the significance for us as Christians, 00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:37.879 of the practice of hospitality. 00:25:38.979 --> 00:25:42.539 So maybe one implication for us is in our own way to go through a feast. 00:25:43.399 --> 00:25:50.500 To recognize that the place of hospitality in our own mission and witness, 00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:56.640 that we would make room in our homes, in our hearts, in our schedules, 00:25:57.460 --> 00:26:01.059 to extend something of God's grace and mercy to others. 00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:04.660 Not necessarily something fancy and elaborate, 00:26:05.519 --> 00:26:10.319 but having a heart that wants to show something of God's love 00:26:10.319 --> 00:26:12.579 to those who need to discover it. 00:26:12.579 --> 00:26:17.399 I think it's significant that folks like Sam Chan, 00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:19.240 who's a prominent evangelist, 00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:21.899 when he's asked what's the greatest tool 00:26:21.899 --> 00:26:26.379 for the church in the 21st century in reaching the world, 00:26:27.659 --> 00:26:28.960 he points to hospitality. 00:26:30.099 --> 00:26:32.259 If we want to share faith with our friends, 00:26:32.859 --> 00:26:34.799 people like Sam Chan would say what we need 00:26:34.799 --> 00:26:36.599 is to make room. 00:26:37.619 --> 00:26:40.500 Because when we extend hospitality of any kind, 00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:42.900 whether we sit down for a coffee or we go for a walk 00:26:42.900 --> 00:26:44.180 or we sit down for a meal, 00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:47.279 it's creating the room for conversation 00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:50.519 to move from the surface towards deeper things. 00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:53.460 It's as we welcome people in 00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:56.759 that some of those barriers perhaps are broken down, 00:26:56.839 --> 00:27:00.519 that perhaps people feel able to share their stories with us 00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:02.839 and we can share our stories with them. 00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:06.839 Hospitality is one way that people can see, 00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:09.319 here's what faith looks like in action. 00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:12.980 Because we're not as hospitable, I guess, 00:27:13.039 --> 00:27:15.319 as a culture as perhaps we used to be. 00:27:17.140 --> 00:27:20.980 And hospitality within the church or among Christians 00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:24.400 is one way to make our message more plausible. 00:27:26.819 --> 00:27:28.759 We go through a feast 00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:32.440 because that's what God does for us. 00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:33.920 God throws a feast. 00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:36.320 It's that wonderful image, isn't it, 00:27:36.360 --> 00:27:40.440 in the climax of the father's dealings 00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:42.880 with the prodigal son in Luke chapter 15. 00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:46.600 Remember the son who has walked away in rebellion 00:27:46.600 --> 00:27:48.400 and treated his father shamefully 00:27:48.400 --> 00:27:50.460 and has made a mess and a wreck of his life. 00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:52.720 But when he comes back in repentance, 00:27:52.880 --> 00:27:55.100 the father embraces him. 00:27:55.099 --> 00:27:58.719 And he clothes him with honor. 00:27:59.719 --> 00:28:01.819 And then there's the joyful feast. 00:28:02.699 --> 00:28:06.919 The picture of God's joy when sinners repent. 00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:12.399 God's joy in showing saving grace. 00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:15.919 One last thing to say, 00:28:16.059 --> 00:28:17.439 and again, it's related. 00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:21.619 It's the idea that we are invited to feast on God's grace. 00:28:21.619 --> 00:28:24.659 Look at verse 14 into verse 15. 00:28:24.819 --> 00:28:27.379 Then John's disciples came and asked him, 00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:30.379 how is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, 00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:32.439 but your disciples do not fast? 00:28:33.459 --> 00:28:34.339 Jesus answered, 00:28:34.459 --> 00:28:36.199 how can the guests of the bridegroom mourn 00:28:36.199 --> 00:28:37.319 while he is with them? 00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:40.119 And then he draws attention to the fact 00:28:40.119 --> 00:28:41.179 that the cross is coming. 00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:42.139 The time will come 00:28:42.139 --> 00:28:44.179 when the bridegroom will be taken from them, 00:28:44.619 --> 00:28:45.959 then they will fast. 00:28:47.139 --> 00:28:49.359 So we've had a couple of wedding invites recently, 00:28:49.459 --> 00:28:49.819 I imagine. 00:28:49.819 --> 00:28:51.819 Many of us have had wedding invites. 00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:54.819 And we know when we get a wedding invitation, 00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:56.339 we know when the date is coming, 00:28:56.659 --> 00:28:57.980 that there are expectations. 00:28:58.379 --> 00:29:00.200 That we know that there are appropriate 00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:02.299 types of clothing to wear. 00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:05.139 And we expect, as guests, 00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:07.299 there will be a particular kind of food 00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:08.639 that we will be eating. 00:29:08.899 --> 00:29:10.079 And both of those, 00:29:10.179 --> 00:29:11.339 the clothing that's worn, 00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:13.399 the food that is eaten, 00:29:14.839 --> 00:29:15.759 is a demonstration 00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:17.700 that this is a day of celebration 00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:20.220 and not lamentation. 00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:23.720 We are going to be invited to feasting 00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:25.359 and not fasting. 00:29:27.559 --> 00:29:29.660 When we think about a couple getting married, 00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:32.900 this is the day when their waiting is over. 00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:36.240 It's the time for them to joyfully be united 00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:38.079 as husband and wife. 00:29:38.079 --> 00:29:41.699 And so Jesus picks up this imagery 00:29:41.699 --> 00:29:44.599 to say when the bridegroom is here, 00:29:44.859 --> 00:29:46.059 it's a time for joy, 00:29:46.179 --> 00:29:47.199 it's a time for feasting, 00:29:47.259 --> 00:29:48.740 not a time of fasting. 00:29:49.699 --> 00:29:51.799 And there's something so significant 00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:54.779 about Jesus' choice of imagery. 00:29:55.819 --> 00:29:57.720 Because he's saying something about himself 00:29:57.720 --> 00:29:59.859 and he's saying something about the kingdom. 00:29:59.859 --> 00:30:01.019 So in the Old Testament, 00:30:01.819 --> 00:30:03.559 you could go to a book like Hosea 00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:06.439 and you would discover the Lord 00:30:06.439 --> 00:30:09.899 declaring that he enters into 00:30:09.899 --> 00:30:11.699 a covenant relationship, 00:30:11.859 --> 00:30:14.859 a marriage relationship with his people, 00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:16.899 that he is the bridegroom 00:30:16.899 --> 00:30:19.859 and his people, the church, is his bride. 00:30:21.299 --> 00:30:22.479 And then Jesus comes 00:30:22.479 --> 00:30:24.559 and he takes that title for himself 00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:26.679 to say I am the son of God 00:30:26.679 --> 00:30:28.199 and I am the bridegroom 00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:31.920 and I have come to win a bride for myself. 00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:37.039 And so it's not a day of fasting, 00:30:37.160 --> 00:30:38.180 it's a day of feasting. 00:30:39.340 --> 00:30:40.240 When they ask, 00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:41.319 when John's disciples say, 00:30:41.380 --> 00:30:42.580 how come you don't fast? 00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:45.600 Jesus knows and they know 00:30:45.600 --> 00:30:46.559 that in the Old Testament, 00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:49.100 fasting was often connected with waiting, 00:30:49.620 --> 00:30:50.900 waiting for the Messiah. 00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:54.840 And so fasting would sometimes come with a prayer, 00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.920 come Lord God, 00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:57.539 come to rescue us 00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:58.480 and to restore us, 00:30:58.819 --> 00:31:00.700 send your Messiah to rescue 00:31:00.700 --> 00:31:01.700 and to restore. 00:31:01.700 --> 00:31:03.279 So why is it feasting, 00:31:03.379 --> 00:31:05.159 not fasting with Jesus? 00:31:05.379 --> 00:31:07.579 Because he is the Lord who has come. 00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:09.920 Now that rescue mission 00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:11.720 has been put into action 00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:12.940 and he is in the business 00:31:12.940 --> 00:31:14.359 of restoring 00:31:14.359 --> 00:31:16.879 people's lives 00:31:16.879 --> 00:31:18.480 back to God. 00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:20.160 and he will do that 00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:21.160 as he alludes to 00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:22.599 by way of the cross 00:31:22.599 --> 00:31:24.819 and then the resurrection. 00:31:27.140 --> 00:31:28.680 And then he moves from there 00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:29.880 to those two images 00:31:29.880 --> 00:31:31.680 in verse 16 and 17 00:31:31.680 --> 00:31:32.360 where he says, 00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:35.420 you shouldn't try and patch up old clothes 00:31:35.420 --> 00:31:37.319 with a new patch 00:31:37.319 --> 00:31:39.000 because it will just make things worse 00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:40.579 and you shouldn't try and put new wine 00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:41.819 into old wineskins 00:31:41.819 --> 00:31:42.819 because they'll just burst. 00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:44.640 New wine needs new wineskins. 00:31:44.640 --> 00:31:46.460 And we might think, 00:31:46.540 --> 00:31:48.000 what on earth has that got to do 00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:48.540 with everything 00:31:48.540 --> 00:31:50.300 that's been going on so far? 00:31:51.880 --> 00:31:53.460 Well, as we kind of come to a close, 00:31:53.540 --> 00:31:54.360 let's try and draw 00:31:54.360 --> 00:31:56.120 two lessons from that 00:31:56.120 --> 00:31:57.740 that pull things together. 00:31:58.400 --> 00:31:59.780 With the coming of Jesus, 00:32:00.580 --> 00:32:01.700 he is in effect 00:32:01.700 --> 00:32:03.140 working out that principle 00:32:03.140 --> 00:32:04.460 of out with the old 00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:06.440 and in with the new. 00:32:07.800 --> 00:32:09.960 He is declaring to the Pharisees 00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:10.860 and to us as well 00:32:10.859 --> 00:32:12.859 that because Jesus the Messiah 00:32:12.859 --> 00:32:13.699 is now here 00:32:13.699 --> 00:32:14.819 and he is bringing in 00:32:14.819 --> 00:32:15.859 the kingdom of God 00:32:15.859 --> 00:32:16.879 and that's a kingdom 00:32:16.879 --> 00:32:18.399 marked by grace, 00:32:18.839 --> 00:32:20.439 this is something radically new 00:32:20.439 --> 00:32:21.379 than what the Pharisees 00:32:21.379 --> 00:32:21.859 were offering. 00:32:21.939 --> 00:32:23.459 He's saying those old forms 00:32:23.459 --> 00:32:24.019 of religion, 00:32:24.419 --> 00:32:26.099 those old structures of religion, 00:32:26.299 --> 00:32:27.740 they cannot contain 00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:28.679 this good news, 00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:29.899 this new reality. 00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:32.199 And so Jesus declares, 00:32:32.359 --> 00:32:32.879 out with the old 00:32:32.879 --> 00:32:33.659 and in with the new. 00:32:34.939 --> 00:32:36.079 And so it's out with 00:32:36.079 --> 00:32:38.159 any kind of human standard 00:32:38.160 --> 00:32:40.340 word of dividing people 00:32:40.340 --> 00:32:42.000 into righteous and sinner 00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.540 and saying, 00:32:42.840 --> 00:32:44.400 if I can just work hard enough 00:32:44.400 --> 00:32:45.779 then I'll be one of the good guys 00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:46.920 and God will accept me. 00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:49.740 It's out with any idea 00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.940 of human performance 00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:51.779 to try and merit 00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:52.680 God's approval. 00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:54.779 It's out with those old ways 00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:57.019 of external practices 00:32:57.019 --> 00:32:59.220 to try and impress God 00:32:59.220 --> 00:33:00.840 and win his favor. 00:33:01.160 --> 00:33:02.420 But rather it's in 00:33:02.420 --> 00:33:04.600 with the gospel of grace. 00:33:04.599 --> 00:33:07.639 Remember Paul's words 00:33:07.639 --> 00:33:08.339 in Ephesians, 00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:09.919 for it is by grace 00:33:09.919 --> 00:33:11.039 you have been saved 00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:12.959 through faith 00:33:12.959 --> 00:33:15.559 and this not from yourself. 00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:17.980 It is the gift of God. 00:33:19.899 --> 00:33:21.519 And it's in 00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:23.559 with the new covenant 00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:25.939 in Jesus' broken body 00:33:25.939 --> 00:33:27.000 and shed blood 00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:28.019 through the cross 00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:29.119 and the resurrection 00:33:29.119 --> 00:33:30.639 in Jesus 00:33:30.639 --> 00:33:32.599 that we now have a new heart 00:33:32.599 --> 00:33:34.740 and we now have new life 00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:35.159 with God. 00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:36.919 We have forgiveness 00:33:36.919 --> 00:33:38.519 by God's grace. 00:33:38.899 --> 00:33:40.779 God's spirit now dwells 00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:41.619 within us 00:33:41.619 --> 00:33:42.959 and he is changing us 00:33:42.959 --> 00:33:44.559 from the inside out. 00:33:44.980 --> 00:33:46.439 Now we have in Jesus 00:33:46.439 --> 00:33:47.299 a savior 00:33:47.299 --> 00:33:48.919 for any and all 00:33:48.919 --> 00:33:49.859 who will believe 00:33:49.859 --> 00:33:50.980 and who will come 00:33:50.980 --> 00:33:51.699 to the feast. 00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:54.179 So it's out with the old 00:33:54.179 --> 00:33:55.259 and it's in with the new. 00:33:57.179 --> 00:33:58.679 And in this meal 00:33:58.679 --> 00:34:00.480 and in this welcome 00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:01.659 we're also reminded 00:34:01.660 --> 00:34:02.800 that outsiders 00:34:02.800 --> 00:34:05.160 are being welcomed in 00:34:05.160 --> 00:34:06.880 by God's king. 00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:09.639 This meal with Jesus 00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:11.860 is not a strange one-off 00:34:11.860 --> 00:34:13.320 in the storyline of the Bible. 00:34:13.700 --> 00:34:15.700 It fits with a key 00:34:15.700 --> 00:34:16.860 biblical theme 00:34:16.860 --> 00:34:18.900 that the God of grace 00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:20.119 is in the business 00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:21.099 of welcoming 00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:23.079 rebels and strangers 00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:24.320 and outsiders 00:34:24.320 --> 00:34:25.500 and outcasts 00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:26.200 and enemies. 00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:28.099 And that's profoundly good news 00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:29.119 for all of us. 00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:30.440 That we can be drawn 00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:31.960 into life with God 00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:33.380 through faith in Jesus. 00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:34.760 It was there 00:34:34.760 --> 00:34:36.079 back in Genesis 12 00:34:36.079 --> 00:34:37.940 in the promise to Abraham 00:34:37.940 --> 00:34:38.960 that one of his seed 00:34:38.960 --> 00:34:39.860 would be a blessing 00:34:39.860 --> 00:34:41.760 to all nations. 00:34:42.619 --> 00:34:43.760 And we heard it again 00:34:43.760 --> 00:34:44.980 from the prophet Isaiah 00:34:44.980 --> 00:34:45.860 chapter 25. 00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:47.619 God will prepare a feast 00:34:47.619 --> 00:34:49.619 on his holy mountain. 00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:50.880 A great picture 00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:52.119 of his lavish generosity 00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:53.039 and who's it for? 00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:55.159 It's a feast of rich food 00:34:55.159 --> 00:34:57.380 for all peoples. 00:34:59.119 --> 00:35:00.619 As you read the gospels 00:35:00.619 --> 00:35:01.599 as you read the story 00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:02.159 of the church 00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:02.980 in the New Testament 00:35:02.980 --> 00:35:04.539 we see just how wide 00:35:04.539 --> 00:35:06.179 God's gracious invitation 00:35:06.179 --> 00:35:06.739 runs. 00:35:06.860 --> 00:35:08.219 It runs to tax collectors 00:35:08.219 --> 00:35:09.420 those labeled as sinners. 00:35:09.599 --> 00:35:11.159 It runs to prostitutes. 00:35:11.239 --> 00:35:12.639 It runs to dying criminals. 00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:14.659 It runs to Gentiles 00:35:14.659 --> 00:35:15.739 from all nations 00:35:15.739 --> 00:35:16.759 being brought in. 00:35:16.760 --> 00:35:20.000 We heard 00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:21.580 at the beginning 00:35:21.580 --> 00:35:23.320 that picture 00:35:23.320 --> 00:35:24.500 from Revelation 00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:26.160 chapter 7 00:35:26.160 --> 00:35:27.320 of the extent 00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:29.180 of God's kingdom 00:35:29.180 --> 00:35:30.700 worshippers of Jesus 00:35:30.700 --> 00:35:32.780 from everywhere 00:35:32.780 --> 00:35:33.800 from every culture 00:35:33.800 --> 00:35:35.000 from every language 00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:36.400 bound together 00:35:36.400 --> 00:35:38.080 with Jesus 00:35:38.080 --> 00:35:38.980 at the center. 00:35:40.040 --> 00:35:41.500 That in God's world 00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:42.680 of perfect love 00:35:42.680 --> 00:35:44.340 for all eternity 00:35:44.340 --> 00:35:46.280 there will be worship 00:35:46.280 --> 00:35:47.079 there will be people 00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:49.940 enjoying God's grace 00:35:49.940 --> 00:35:53.480 united in Jesus. 00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:57.980 And that reminds us 00:35:57.980 --> 00:35:59.320 of our calling 00:35:59.320 --> 00:35:59.960 as a church. 00:36:00.760 --> 00:36:01.500 Our mission 00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:02.480 as a church 00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:03.860 is to be a place 00:36:03.860 --> 00:36:04.620 where anyone 00:36:04.620 --> 00:36:05.960 can find a welcome 00:36:05.960 --> 00:36:08.160 and can hear a welcome 00:36:08.160 --> 00:36:10.039 from King Jesus. 00:36:11.039 --> 00:36:11.800 That Jesus 00:36:11.800 --> 00:36:13.960 is still extending 00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:15.880 a wide open invitation 00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:17.460 to all kinds 00:36:17.460 --> 00:36:18.039 of people 00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:20.179 however messed up 00:36:20.179 --> 00:36:20.980 or mixed up 00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:21.960 someone might feel 00:36:21.960 --> 00:36:23.220 for the hurting 00:36:23.220 --> 00:36:24.820 and for the homeless. 00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:26.099 And this Jesus 00:36:26.099 --> 00:36:27.720 who on that day 00:36:27.720 --> 00:36:29.699 threw a feast 00:36:29.699 --> 00:36:31.420 and welcomed people 00:36:31.420 --> 00:36:33.699 on the cross 00:36:33.699 --> 00:36:34.699 would throw wide 00:36:34.699 --> 00:36:35.539 his arms 00:36:35.539 --> 00:36:36.659 to demonstrate 00:36:36.659 --> 00:36:37.579 God's love 00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:38.820 and God's grace 00:36:38.820 --> 00:36:40.480 to invite each one 00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:41.000 of us 00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:42.940 to come to the feast. 00:36:43.960 --> 00:36:45.679 to enjoy life 00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:46.260 with Christ 00:36:46.260 --> 00:36:47.039 the bridegroom 00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:49.400 to receive for ourselves 00:36:49.400 --> 00:36:50.559 the grace of God. 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