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 Hello, Christchurch.

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 My name is Karp.

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 I am on the AV and CC Kids teams.

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 Today's reading is from the Gospel of Luke, chapter 14, verses 7 through 24, as printed in your liturgy.

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 When he noticed how the guests picked the places of honor at the table, he told them this parable.

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 When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor.

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 For a person more distinguished than you may have been invited.

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 If so, the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, give this person your seat.

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 Then, humiliated, you will have to take the least important place.

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 But when you are invited, take the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he will say to you,

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 friend, move up to a better place.

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 Then you will be honored in the presence of all the other guests.

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 For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.

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 Then Jesus said to his host, when you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or sisters, your relatives, or your rich neighbors.

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 If you do, they may invite you back, and so you will be repaid.

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 But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed.

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 Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.

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 When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus,

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 blessed is the one who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.

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 Jesus replied,

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 A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests.

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 At the time of the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited,

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 Come, for everything is now ready.

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 But they all, like, began to make excuses.

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 The first said,

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 I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it.

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 Please excuse me.

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 Another said,

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 I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I'm on my way to try them out.

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 Please excuse me.

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 Still another said,

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 I just got married, so I can't come.

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 The servant came back and reported this to his master.

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 Then the owner of the house became angry,

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 and ordered a servant,

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 Go out, quickly, into the streets and alleys of the town,

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 and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.

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 Sir, the servant said,

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 What you ordered has been done,

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 but there is still room.

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 Then the master told his servant,

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 Go out into the roads and country lanes

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 and compel them to come in,

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 so that my house will be full.

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 I tell you,

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 not one of those who were invited

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 will get a taste of my banquet.

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 This is the gospel of the Lord.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 Good morning, Christ Church.

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 It's March Madness,

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 and there's basketball on today,

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 so we've got to just get through this,

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 because Duke and Baylor are playing at 1140.

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 So, we are jumping back into the gospel of Luke,

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 and we're here in Luke 14,

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 Jesus' amazing parable of the great banquet,

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 the great feast.

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 And we didn't print verse 1,

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 which tells us where this is taking place.

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 It's taking place at a Sabbath feast,

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 and it's taking place in the home of a Pharisee

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 who was a teacher and a leader of Israel.

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 And at that table,

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 and with these other guests,

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 and around this feast,

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 Jesus tells some simple stories

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 that on the surface also seem to be

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 just about your common, ordinary, everyday feasts,

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 and hosts, and guests,

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 and invitations,

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 and last-minute cancellations,

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 and lame excuses,

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 and unlikely invitations to guests

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 who end up seeming completely unworthy to be there.

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 And one of the things we need to know

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 as we get into this

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 is that Jews in the first century,

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 they shared a biblical vision,

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 they shared a biblical conviction

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 about a coming feast in the future.

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 You've kind of already heard about this.

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 We've sung about this today.

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 This messianic banquet,

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 this banquet of the Messiah

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 that would come in the fullness of time.

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 And that's what Jesus is referring to there

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 in verse 14

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 when he talks about this feast

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 that's coming at the resurrection of the righteous.

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 And that lights off the table guests

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 in verse 15 to say,

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 yes, blessed is the one

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 who will feast

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 and eat at the feast

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 in the kingdom of God.

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 So Jewish people in the first centuries,

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 they read their Bibles,

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 they shared this belief and this hope

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 in a future when God would put the world to rights,

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 and he would do away with all sin

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 and suffering and death.

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 And he would make all things in his creation new.

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 And when he did that,

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 God would spread a table

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 and he would invite everyone to the feast,

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 not just Jews,

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 but Gentiles as well.

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 That part of the story

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 tends to be forgotten quite a lot.

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 But if you want to pull out your pew Bibles,

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 I encourage you to turn

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 in your pew Bibles

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 to page 573.

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 Page 573,

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 you'll find this classic text

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 from the prophet Isaiah.

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 Page 573,

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 Isaiah chapter 25,

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 starting in verse 6.

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 It speaks of this feast

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 and the prophet says this,

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 or God through his prophet says this,

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 On this mountain,

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 the Lord Almighty will prepare

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 a feast of rich food for all peoples,

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 a banquet of aged wine,

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 the best of meats,

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 and the finest of wines.

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 Now in Hebrew poetry,

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 that sounds kind of like this,

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 a feast of filet

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 and a banquet of cabernet.

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 Filet mignon,

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 cabernet sauvignon.

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 It's beautiful poetry.

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 And it goes on,

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 it says,

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 on this mountain

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 he will destroy the shroud

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 that unfolds all peoples.

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 He will swallow up death forever.

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 The sovereign Lord

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 will wipe away

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 all the tears

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 from all the faces

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 and he will remove

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 his people's disgrace

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 from all the earth.

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 And down in verse 9,

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 it says,

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 let us rejoice

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 and be glad

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 in this great salvation.

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 And Jesus,

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 in Luke chapter 13,

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 right before the text

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 we just heard,

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 he says this in Luke 13,

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 he says,

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 Abraham,

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 Isaac,

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 and Jacob,

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 and all the prophets

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 and people

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 coming from the east

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 and the west

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 and the north

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 and the south,

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 they will all take

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 their places

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 at the feast

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 in the kingdom of God.

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 So there's this kingdom feast

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 where all hunger

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 and tears

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 and shame

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 are going to be gone.

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 And this table guest

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 in verse 15,

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 he's pretty certain.

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 You know,

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 he says,

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 blessed are those

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 who eat at the feast

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 of the kingdom of God.

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 He's pretty certain

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 about his future.

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 He's super confident

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 that he

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 and all the people

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 around this table

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 with Jesus

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 are going to be

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 at that ultimate feast

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 in the kingdom of God.

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 And Jesus says,

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 okay,

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 well,

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 since you brought it up,

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 let's talk about that.

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 You know,

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 let's talk about

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 who's going to be

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 at this ultimate feast,

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 this ultimate party

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 and table

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 of salvation

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 in the kingdom of God.

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 And so Jesus tells

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 this story

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 about a host

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 who gives a banquet

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 with some unexpected twists

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 and surprising turns.

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 And what Jesus is telling us,

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 I think,

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 is this,

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 that we need to rearrange

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 our priorities

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 around this feast,

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 that we need to invite

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 unlikely guests

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 to the feast,

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 and that we need to take

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 the lowest place

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 at the feast.

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 Okay,

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 three things.

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 I'm going in reverse order

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 of Jesus,

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 but that may not be wise,

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 but here we go.

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 Arrange your priorities

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 around the feast,

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 invite unlikely guests

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 to the feast,

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 and take the lowest place

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 at the feast.

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 First of all,

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 arrange your priorities

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 around the feast.

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 Verse 16,

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 Jesus replied,

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 he said,

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 a certain man was preparing

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 a great banquet

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 and invited many guests.

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 So who's the host

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 in Jesus' story?

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 The host is God.

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 And why does he invite

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 so many guests?

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 Well,

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 it says in verse 23,

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 this host,

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 he says,

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 I want my house

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 to be full.

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 He's a wealthy

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 and a generous host,

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 and he has a good

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 and a gracious heart,

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 and he wants to include

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 as many people

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 as he can possibly

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 squeeze in.

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 He likes having

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 a crowded

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 and a noisy

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 and a full house.

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 And so it says

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 in verse 17,

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 at the time of the banquet

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 he sent his servant

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 to tell those

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 who had been invited,

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 come,

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 for everything

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 is now ready.

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 There's this interesting

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 double invitation.

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 The first invitation is,

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 hey,

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 we're having a party

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 next Saturday night,

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 so get ready.

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 And everybody says,

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 yeah,

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 great,

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 great,

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 we will be there.

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 And then the second invitation

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 goes out on the day of,

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 and it says,

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 hey,

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 the party is ready,

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 the fattened calf

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 has been barbecued,

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 and it's going to be served

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 at 6 p.m.,

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 and your good

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 and gracious host

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 is waiting for you

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 to come.

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 So this first invitation

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 is about the great feast,

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 the great banquet

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 that's coming,

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 and the second invitation

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 is about the great feast

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 that's here,

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 it's arrived,

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 it's ready.

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 And what Jesus is saying

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 is that God's feast,

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 it's no longer out there

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 in the future.

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 God's feast is right here,

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 right now.

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 Jesus is surely talking

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 about himself

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 and his own arrival

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 on the scene,

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 that God's son

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 has stepped out of eternity

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 and into time.

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 God's Messiah

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 has come from heaven

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 to earth,

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 and that means

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 that God's messianic banquet

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 is no longer coming

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 in the future.

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 He says,

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 come for all is now ready.

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 And God invites

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 a bunch of people.

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 He's seeking to gather in

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 as many people

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 as are willing,

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 but they don't come.

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 They refuse to show up.

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 And this is the totally tragic

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 and disastrous turn

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 of events in this story.

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 Not only do these invited guests

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 miss out on this amazing feast,

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 but even worse,

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 this good and gracious host

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 is rudely insulted

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 and humiliated, right?

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 And who are these guests?

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 Who are the guests

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 that don't show up?

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 Well, it says in verse 18,

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 but they all alike

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 begin to make excuses.

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 The first said,

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 I have just bought a field

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 and I must go and see it.

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 Please excuse me.

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 Another said,

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 I just bought five yoke of oxen.

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 I'm on my way to try them out.

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 Please excuse me.

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 Still another said,

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 I just got married,

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 so I just can't come.

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 Each person in Jesus' story

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 is a successful achiever, right?

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 They all have enough money

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 to at least buy property.

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 The other has enough money

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 to drive a tin ox-powered vehicle.

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 Very fancy.

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 At least one of them,

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 one of these strivers

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 is established enough

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 to attract a spouse

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 and to become newly married.

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 All of them are affluent enough

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 and comfortable enough

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 to think to themselves

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 what they do not say out loud,

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 which is,

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 you know,

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 I'm not really sure

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 I need the host

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 and I need his feast.

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 And just to be clear,

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 like none of these people

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 are anti-host

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 and anti-feast, right?

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 They're all glad

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 that the host is there.

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 They appreciate what he does

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 for their community.

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 They receive his invitation.

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 They indicate every intention

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 of being present at his party.

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 And they seem positively disposed

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 to come to the feast.

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 Just like this guy in verse 15

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 who says,

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 blessed are all who eat bread

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 at the feast in the kingdom of God.

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 They hope to be there.

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 They desire to be there.

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 But Jesus says,

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 none of them are found at the feast.

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 Many who seem interested

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 just simply won't be there.

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 Why is that?

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 What Jesus says,

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 verse 18,

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 they all began to make excuses.

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 And anyone in the ancient Near East

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 that's hearing these excuses

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 would know that these excuses

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 are lame and they are ludicrous.

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 Right?

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 What are the priorities

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 that are higher than the host

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 and higher than the feast?

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 Well, this first guy,

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 he bought a field.

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 And of course,

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 there's nothing wrong

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 with buying property.

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 But why does he need

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 to go see this property

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 if he's already bought it?

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 And why does he need

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 to go right now

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 at dinnertime,

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 at night,

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 in the dark?

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 Right?

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 He's allowed a small piece

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 of this world

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 to get into his soul

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 and to capture his attention

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 and divide his heart

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 and to become more important to him

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 than the host and the feast.

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 And this field,

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 it may be a valuable field,

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 but it's just a field

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 and it's causing him

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 to miss out on the greatest feast

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 of his life.

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 Same with the second guy.

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 There's nothing wrong

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 with buying oxen

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 and going out

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 and getting the things

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 that you need

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 to do your work.

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 There's nothing wrong

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 with work,

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 but he basically says

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 to the host,

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 these beasts of burden,

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 my work,

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 all the things that I hope

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 to accomplish in my life,

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 all of them are more important

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 to me than my relationship

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 with you.

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 And the third guy,

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 the third guy's newly married

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 and of course marriage

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 is one of God's greatest gifts.

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 Amen?

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 That was a little weak.

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 That was a little weak.

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 But this third guy,

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 you know,

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 why can't he bring his wife

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 to the feast?

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 What's up with this guy?

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 At least the first guy

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 and the second guy say,

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 please excuse me,

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 but the third guy,

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 he doesn't ask to be excused,

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 he just says,

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 I can't come,

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 no apologies.

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 These are to allow your host

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 to go through

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 all the expense

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 and all the preparations

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 and yet to leave him hanging

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 with no one to partake of the food

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 is to cause him

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 to be rudely snubbed

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 and humiliated

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 and ignored

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 and insulted.

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 And what is Jesus

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 trying to communicate

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 with us

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 about these lame excuses?

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 Jesus is saying,

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 you know,

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 it's one thing to say

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 that we believe in God,

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 but it's another thing

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 to act on it.

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 Right?

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 It doesn't matter so much

00:15:21.419 --> 00:15:22.840
 what we say about God,

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 it matters what we do

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 in our relationship

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 with God.

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 All three of these people,

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 they believe in the host,

00:15:29.439 --> 00:15:30.779
 they desire to be at the feast,

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 they accept the invitation,

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 but in the day-to-day life,

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 how do they

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 and how do we

00:15:36.720 --> 00:15:40.019
 rank this feast

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 in our actual life,

00:15:41.220 --> 00:15:42.159
 our actual priorities,

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 our actual commitments?

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 Does Christ

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 and his gospel invitation

00:15:47.720 --> 00:15:49.639
 to the messianic feast

00:15:49.639 --> 00:15:51.019
 claim first place

00:15:51.019 --> 00:15:51.620
 in our lives?

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 Have we placed everything else,

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 our fields,

00:15:55.039 --> 00:15:55.539
 our possessions,

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 our houses,

00:15:57.340 --> 00:15:58.139
 our oxen,

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 our work,

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 our bank accounts,

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 our spouses,

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 and our kids,

00:16:01.940 --> 00:16:02.720
 and our family life,

00:16:02.759 --> 00:16:04.220
 have we placed all these things

00:16:04.220 --> 00:16:06.419
 in a subordinate position?

00:16:07.379 --> 00:16:08.740
 Does the kingdom of God

00:16:08.740 --> 00:16:09.600
 take precedence

00:16:09.600 --> 00:16:11.320
 over everything else,

00:16:11.320 --> 00:16:13.020
 and have we given it

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 our exclusive loyalty,

00:16:15.540 --> 00:16:17.280
 and our wholehearted devotion,

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 or are we allowing

00:16:18.400 --> 00:16:19.780
 good things

00:16:19.780 --> 00:16:20.900
 but lesser things?

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 Good things

00:16:22.500 --> 00:16:23.780
 but temporary things

00:16:23.780 --> 00:16:24.860
 to cause us

00:16:24.860 --> 00:16:25.400
 to miss out

00:16:25.400 --> 00:16:26.160
 on the greatest

00:16:26.160 --> 00:16:27.960
 and most important thing

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 that could possibly

00:16:28.760 --> 00:16:29.440
 happen to us,

00:16:29.520 --> 00:16:31.020
 this feast that has come

00:16:31.020 --> 00:16:32.120
 and is coming

00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:33.020
 in Jesus Christ.

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 You see,

00:16:34.820 --> 00:16:35.460
 they were all guilty

00:16:35.460 --> 00:16:37.220
 of accepting God's invitation

00:16:37.220 --> 00:16:38.120
 conditionally,

00:16:38.120 --> 00:16:39.820
 the condition being

00:16:39.820 --> 00:16:40.539
 that the feast

00:16:40.539 --> 00:16:41.799
 should fit in with

00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:43.379
 and suit their convenience.

00:16:44.679 --> 00:16:45.460
 They were honored

00:16:45.460 --> 00:16:46.179
 to be invited,

00:16:46.580 --> 00:16:47.259
 they had,

00:16:47.679 --> 00:16:48.659
 and had nothing else

00:16:48.659 --> 00:16:49.379
 intervened,

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 they would have been present

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 as long as it involved

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 no sacrifice

00:16:53.560 --> 00:16:54.379
 on their part.

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 All would have been well.

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 They would appear

00:16:58.539 --> 00:16:59.580
 when it suited them,

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 if nothing else was present,

00:17:02.060 --> 00:17:03.320
 and if they felt like it,

00:17:04.140 --> 00:17:04.960
 but other things

00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:05.599
 were pressing,

00:17:05.599 --> 00:17:07.319
 and other things

00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:08.199
 did intervene

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 and they didn't feel like it

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 and more immediate

00:17:11.719 --> 00:17:13.559
 interests busied them.

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 And they found

00:17:15.919 --> 00:17:16.779
 that feast

00:17:16.779 --> 00:17:17.539
 to be inconvenient

00:17:17.539 --> 00:17:19.259
 because they placed

00:17:19.259 --> 00:17:19.959
 their convenience

00:17:19.959 --> 00:17:21.139
 before everything else.

00:17:22.459 --> 00:17:23.119
 And the people

00:17:23.119 --> 00:17:24.099
 who made these excuses,

00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:24.699
 they imagined

00:17:24.699 --> 00:17:25.839
 that future opportunities

00:17:25.839 --> 00:17:26.859
 would come

00:17:26.859 --> 00:17:27.879
 and that all would be well,

00:17:27.980 --> 00:17:28.879
 but what does Jesus say

00:17:28.879 --> 00:17:29.719
 in verse 21?

00:17:30.139 --> 00:17:30.899
 In verse 24,

00:17:30.980 --> 00:17:32.439
 the servant came back

00:17:32.439 --> 00:17:33.119
 and reported this

00:17:33.119 --> 00:17:33.779
 to his master

00:17:33.779 --> 00:17:34.399
 and then the owner

00:17:34.400 --> 00:17:35.660
 of the house became angry.

00:17:35.780 --> 00:17:36.420
 In verse 24,

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 I tell you,

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 not one of those

00:17:38.480 --> 00:17:39.060
 who are invited

00:17:39.060 --> 00:17:40.060
 will get a taste

00:17:40.060 --> 00:17:41.380
 of my banquet.

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 And I so wish

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 I could soften

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 those words for you,

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 but I don't presume

00:17:49.240 --> 00:17:49.820
 to do that.

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 Jesus is saying,

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 you've got to arrange

00:17:54.140 --> 00:17:56.259
 your priorities,

00:17:56.380 --> 00:17:57.080
 you've got to arrange

00:17:57.080 --> 00:17:58.140
 your entire life

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 around this feast.

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 That's point number one.

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 Point number two,

00:18:04.980 --> 00:18:05.759
 not only arrange

00:18:05.759 --> 00:18:06.500
 your priorities

00:18:06.500 --> 00:18:07.240
 around the feast,

00:18:07.339 --> 00:18:08.139
 but you've got to

00:18:08.139 --> 00:18:09.519
 invite unlikely guests

00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:10.240
 to the feast.

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 Invite unlikely guests

00:18:12.220 --> 00:18:13.259
 to the feast.

00:18:13.359 --> 00:18:14.200
 Just before Jesus

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 tells this story,

00:18:15.299 --> 00:18:15.859
 what does he say

00:18:15.859 --> 00:18:16.460
 to his host

00:18:16.460 --> 00:18:17.859
 in verse 12?

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 He says this,

00:18:19.619 --> 00:18:20.639
 Jesus said to his host,

00:18:20.720 --> 00:18:22.099
 when you give a lunch

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 and a dinner,

00:18:22.579 --> 00:18:23.720
 do not invite your friends

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 or your brothers

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 and sisters,

00:18:25.480 --> 00:18:25.980
 your relatives

00:18:25.980 --> 00:18:27.099
 or your rich neighbors.

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 If you do,

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 they may invite you back

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 and so you will be repaid.

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 But when you give a banquet,

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 invite the poor,

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 the crippled,

00:18:34.419 --> 00:18:34.819
 the lame,

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 the blind,

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 and you will be blessed.

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 Although they cannot repay you,

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 you will be repaid

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 at the resurrection

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 of the righteous.

00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:42.699
 What's the difference

00:18:42.699 --> 00:18:44.239
 between these groups?

00:18:45.479 --> 00:18:46.539
 We see friends

00:18:46.539 --> 00:18:47.559
 and siblings

00:18:47.559 --> 00:18:48.659
 and family members

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 and rich neighbors,

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 they all have their lives

00:18:50.959 --> 00:18:52.159
 put together, right?

00:18:53.039 --> 00:18:54.659
 Their lives are so put together

00:18:54.659 --> 00:18:56.039
 they have the capacity

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 maybe to invite you back.

00:18:57.819 --> 00:18:58.599
 They have the ability

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 to pay you back.

00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:01.680
 These people can add value

00:19:01.680 --> 00:19:03.240
 to your network.

00:19:03.620 --> 00:19:05.140
 They can open doors for you.

00:19:05.259 --> 00:19:07.299
 It's this supportive alliance

00:19:07.299 --> 00:19:09.500
 of people

00:19:09.500 --> 00:19:10.799
 that can sort of do

00:19:10.799 --> 00:19:11.819
 quid pro quo.

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 Like,

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 if you do something nice for me,

00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:15.059
 I'll do something nice for you.

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 And Jesus raises the question.

00:19:17.920 --> 00:19:18.160
 He says,

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 but what if we live

00:19:19.660 --> 00:19:21.039
 for something higher

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 and something greater

00:19:22.299 --> 00:19:23.940
 than right now payback

00:19:23.940 --> 00:19:24.599
 with other people?

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 What if we made sacrifices

00:19:27.559 --> 00:19:29.420
 for a future reward?

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 In the resurrection

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 of the righteous?

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 And by the way,

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 Jesus is not telling you

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 to stop inviting your family

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 over to dinner.

00:19:37.880 --> 00:19:38.200
 Okay,

00:19:38.220 --> 00:19:39.140
 I've got a birthday party

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 later today

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 at my sister's house.

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 That is okay

00:19:42.400 --> 00:19:42.980
 with Jesus.

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 He's not giving you,

00:19:44.220 --> 00:19:45.720
 you know,

00:19:45.940 --> 00:19:46.880
 a carte blanche,

00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:47.180
 like,

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 just stop inviting

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 the people in your family

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 you don't like

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 over to dinner.

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 He's saying,

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 in addition to

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 inviting people

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 who can pay you back,

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 what if,

00:19:57.059 --> 00:19:57.659
 like God,

00:19:58.539 --> 00:19:59.619
 you begin to invite people

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 who cannot pay you back?

00:20:02.220 --> 00:20:02.559
 And you see,

00:20:02.619 --> 00:20:03.659
 who's on God's

00:20:03.659 --> 00:20:05.279
 can't pay me back list?

00:20:06.159 --> 00:20:06.379
 Well,

00:20:06.399 --> 00:20:07.859
 we get it in Jesus' story

00:20:07.859 --> 00:20:08.699
 in verse 21

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 where he says this.

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 He says,

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 the owner of the house

00:20:12.920 --> 00:20:13.680
 became angry.

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 He ordered his servant,

00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:15.400
 go out quickly

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 to the streets

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 and alleys of the town

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 and bring in who?

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 The poor,

00:20:20.039 --> 00:20:20.619
 the crippled,

00:20:20.879 --> 00:20:21.379
 the blind,

00:20:21.839 --> 00:20:22.400
 and the lame.

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 These are people

00:20:24.319 --> 00:20:26.379
 who are clearly needy.

00:20:26.740 --> 00:20:27.960
 They are unfit

00:20:27.960 --> 00:20:28.920
 for this feast,

00:20:29.359 --> 00:20:29.500
 right?

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 The poor are unwashed.

00:20:32.019 --> 00:20:32.779
 The crippled

00:20:32.779 --> 00:20:33.859
 are hobbling in

00:20:33.859 --> 00:20:34.539
 on their crutches.

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 The blind

00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:37.859
 are being led in

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 by others.

00:20:38.420 --> 00:20:39.599
 The lame can't walk in.

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 They've got to be carried in

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 by other people.

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 And of course,

00:20:43.460 --> 00:20:44.400
 to connect this back

00:20:44.400 --> 00:20:45.339
 with the people

00:20:45.339 --> 00:20:46.100
 making excuses,

00:20:46.259 --> 00:20:46.799
 blind people

00:20:46.799 --> 00:20:47.980
 can't even see a field

00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:48.960
 even if they wanted

00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:49.440
 to buy it.

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 They can't buy it.

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 Crippled people,

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 they can't test oxen.

00:20:54.779 --> 00:20:55.200
 They don't have

00:20:55.200 --> 00:20:55.720
 that ability.

00:20:56.960 --> 00:20:57.740
 Lame people

00:20:57.740 --> 00:20:59.000
 typically don't get married.

00:20:59.140 --> 00:20:59.660
 Poor people

00:20:59.660 --> 00:21:00.240
 can't afford

00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:01.319
 any of these things.

00:21:02.019 --> 00:21:03.220
 None of these people

00:21:03.220 --> 00:21:03.960
 are people

00:21:03.960 --> 00:21:04.579
 who are invited

00:21:04.579 --> 00:21:05.360
 to feasts.

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 Yet God is inviting them

00:21:08.740 --> 00:21:09.420
 to his feast.

00:21:10.720 --> 00:21:10.980
 Now,

00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:11.720
 if I were God

00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:13.259
 and,

00:21:13.400 --> 00:21:14.380
 you know,

00:21:14.420 --> 00:21:14.920
 the people

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 that I had made

00:21:15.819 --> 00:21:16.720
 in my image

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 and I invited

00:21:18.740 --> 00:21:19.839
 to my party

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 rejected me

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 and they

00:21:21.920 --> 00:21:22.900
 snubbed me

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 and humiliated me

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 and ignored me

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 and insulted me,

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 I don't really think

00:21:27.059 --> 00:21:27.779
 I'd be inviting

00:21:27.779 --> 00:21:28.460
 more people

00:21:28.460 --> 00:21:29.059
 to my party.

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 I would just say

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 that's it.

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 Party's over.

00:21:32.860 --> 00:21:33.840
 But Jesus says

00:21:33.840 --> 00:21:35.779
 God is so good

00:21:35.779 --> 00:21:37.140
 and so gracious.

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 God is so patient

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 and so kind

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 and he so wants

00:21:41.160 --> 00:21:41.819
 his house

00:21:41.819 --> 00:21:43.100
 to be full

00:21:43.100 --> 00:21:45.120
 that he seemingly

00:21:45.120 --> 00:21:45.880
 will include

00:21:45.880 --> 00:21:46.920
 just about anyone.

00:21:48.860 --> 00:21:49.680
 Jesus is saying

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 that no one

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 is too low status

00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:54.120
 or needy for God.

00:21:54.119 --> 00:21:54.159
 God.

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 No one is too

00:21:56.119 --> 00:21:56.899
 dirty

00:21:56.899 --> 00:21:57.719
 or wretched

00:21:57.719 --> 00:21:58.639
 or miserable

00:21:58.639 --> 00:21:59.159
 for God.

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 No one is too broken

00:22:00.299 --> 00:22:01.739
 or outcast

00:22:01.739 --> 00:22:02.459
 for God.

00:22:02.539 --> 00:22:02.799
 He's saying

00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:03.899
 the feast of God

00:22:03.899 --> 00:22:04.799
 is going to be

00:22:04.799 --> 00:22:05.619
 full of people

00:22:05.619 --> 00:22:06.419
 who have nothing

00:22:06.419 --> 00:22:07.500
 to offer God.

00:22:09.899 --> 00:22:11.199
 God's feast of grace

00:22:11.199 --> 00:22:12.479
 is not given

00:22:12.479 --> 00:22:13.000
 to people

00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:13.699
 who are fitting

00:22:13.699 --> 00:22:14.739
 and who are

00:22:14.739 --> 00:22:15.719
 worthy recipients.

00:22:15.979 --> 00:22:16.079
 No,

00:22:16.139 --> 00:22:17.139
 God's feast of grace

00:22:17.139 --> 00:22:18.899
 is given precisely

00:22:18.899 --> 00:22:20.399
 to those who are

00:22:20.399 --> 00:22:21.579
 without worth.

00:22:21.579 --> 00:22:22.460
 They're completely

00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:23.939
 absent and empty

00:22:23.939 --> 00:22:24.539
 of worth

00:22:24.539 --> 00:22:26.399
 and his grace

00:22:26.399 --> 00:22:26.919
 is just this

00:22:26.919 --> 00:22:27.839
 incongruous gift.

00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:29.079
 It makes absolutely

00:22:29.079 --> 00:22:30.240
 no sense.

00:22:30.379 --> 00:22:31.759
 God gives his grace

00:22:31.759 --> 00:22:32.339
 to people

00:22:32.339 --> 00:22:33.799
 who can never

00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:34.480
 even think

00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:35.220
 to repay him.

00:22:36.659 --> 00:22:37.439
 And what does Jesus

00:22:37.439 --> 00:22:38.099
 want us to see

00:22:38.099 --> 00:22:38.980
 about ourselves?

00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:41.399
 Jesus wants us

00:22:41.399 --> 00:22:42.599
 to see that spiritually

00:22:42.599 --> 00:22:44.039
 and morally

00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:47.759
 we are the unwashed poor.

00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:50.319
 that spiritually

00:22:50.319 --> 00:22:50.920
 and morally

00:22:50.920 --> 00:22:53.779
 we are the disabled.

00:22:55.099 --> 00:22:56.379
 That we are

00:22:56.379 --> 00:22:57.379
 the unfit people

00:22:57.379 --> 00:22:58.000
 at the bottom

00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:58.819
 of the pile

00:22:58.819 --> 00:22:59.460
 and that we are

00:22:59.460 --> 00:23:00.519
 the unworthy people

00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:01.940
 at the end of the line

00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:02.859
 and that we do not

00:23:02.859 --> 00:23:04.299
 deserve to be

00:23:04.299 --> 00:23:06.240
 at God's feast.

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:08.039
 But God

00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:09.579
 in all of his grace

00:23:09.579 --> 00:23:10.259
 he goes out

00:23:10.259 --> 00:23:11.420
 into the city streets

00:23:11.420 --> 00:23:12.140
 and he goes out

00:23:12.140 --> 00:23:13.359
 into the country roads.

00:23:13.859 --> 00:23:15.299
 He goes to the rural poor

00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:16.839
 and the urban poor.

00:23:16.839 --> 00:23:17.859
 He goes to everybody

00:23:17.859 --> 00:23:19.720
 to gather us

00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:20.459
 into his feast.

00:23:20.539 --> 00:23:21.279
 And one of the ways

00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:21.939
 that you know

00:23:21.939 --> 00:23:23.899
 you are an unlikely guest

00:23:23.899 --> 00:23:24.659
 is that you need

00:23:24.659 --> 00:23:25.359
 to be compelled

00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:26.599
 to come into the feast.

00:23:27.619 --> 00:23:27.799
 Right?

00:23:28.139 --> 00:23:28.859
 Jesus says

00:23:28.859 --> 00:23:29.759
 in verse 22

00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:30.539
 what does he say?

00:23:32.579 --> 00:23:32.980
 Sir,

00:23:33.059 --> 00:23:33.619
 the servant said

00:23:33.619 --> 00:23:34.619
 what you ordered

00:23:34.619 --> 00:23:35.159
 has been done

00:23:35.159 --> 00:23:36.000
 but there is still room

00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:36.579
 and then the master

00:23:36.579 --> 00:23:36.919
 of the house

00:23:36.919 --> 00:23:37.500
 told his servant

00:23:37.500 --> 00:23:38.619
 go out to the roads

00:23:38.619 --> 00:23:39.419
 and country lanes

00:23:39.419 --> 00:23:41.000
 and compel them

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:42.119
 persuade them

00:23:42.119 --> 00:23:43.119
 to come in

00:23:43.119 --> 00:23:44.059
 so that my house

00:23:44.059 --> 00:23:45.159
 will be full.

00:23:45.159 --> 00:23:46.000
 Why do they need

00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:47.319
 to be persuaded

00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:49.019
 because they're surprised

00:23:49.019 --> 00:23:50.000
 that they're even

00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:50.900
 invited at all?

00:23:52.059 --> 00:23:52.539
 Right?

00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:53.160
 They know that

00:23:53.160 --> 00:23:53.799
 they're undeserving.

00:23:53.920 --> 00:23:54.400
 They know that

00:23:54.400 --> 00:23:56.400
 they don't belong here.

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:57.079
 There must be

00:23:57.079 --> 00:23:58.000
 some mistake.

00:23:58.900 --> 00:23:59.680
 Like why are you

00:23:59.680 --> 00:24:01.000
 including desperate

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:02.200
 beggars in your feast?

00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:04.180
 You know we can't

00:24:04.180 --> 00:24:05.519
 pay back this host.

00:24:05.640 --> 00:24:06.200
 You know we're not

00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:08.299
 fit for this feast.

00:24:08.420 --> 00:24:09.220
 We're unwashed.

00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:11.119
 We smell bad.

00:24:11.900 --> 00:24:12.900
 We're in rags

00:24:12.900 --> 00:24:13.500
 and tatters.

00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:14.160
 We don't have

00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:15.900
 decent robes.

00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:17.180
 This gracious

00:24:17.180 --> 00:24:18.180
 invitation

00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:19.339
 cannot possibly

00:24:19.339 --> 00:24:20.599
 be real.

00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:21.259
 What have I ever

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:22.039
 done for the host?

00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:23.940
 Don't you see

00:24:23.940 --> 00:24:24.880
 the state that I'm in?

00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:25.339
 These people

00:24:25.339 --> 00:24:27.180
 have to be compelled

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:28.660
 and someone

00:24:28.660 --> 00:24:29.380
 needs to tell them

00:24:29.380 --> 00:24:29.640
 you know

00:24:29.640 --> 00:24:30.380
 you don't have

00:24:30.380 --> 00:24:31.299
 to do anything.

00:24:32.099 --> 00:24:33.119
 You're just welcomed

00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:33.819
 and you're wanted

00:24:33.819 --> 00:24:35.359
 just as you are.

00:24:38.140 --> 00:24:39.180
 You see this feast

00:24:39.180 --> 00:24:39.720
 of grace,

00:24:39.880 --> 00:24:40.880
 this feast of salvation

00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:41.599
 in the kingdom

00:24:41.599 --> 00:24:42.079
 of God.

00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:43.799
 It's totally free

00:24:43.799 --> 00:24:45.480
 and it's completely

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:46.939
 prepared for you.

00:24:48.179 --> 00:24:49.679
 Come now

00:24:49.679 --> 00:24:50.299
 for everything

00:24:50.299 --> 00:24:51.399
 is ready.

00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:51.899
 You don't need

00:24:51.899 --> 00:24:52.619
 to do anything.

00:24:52.859 --> 00:24:53.259
 You don't need

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:53.899
 to contribute

00:24:53.899 --> 00:24:55.119
 anything.

00:24:55.319 --> 00:24:56.259
 It's not a potluck

00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:57.659
 where you bring a dish

00:24:57.659 --> 00:24:58.659
 and add to the meal.

00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:00.579
 It's not a restaurant

00:25:00.579 --> 00:25:01.740
 where you pick up

00:25:01.740 --> 00:25:03.419
 a part of the tab

00:25:03.419 --> 00:25:04.019
 and you pay

00:25:04.019 --> 00:25:05.019
 your share.

00:25:05.119 --> 00:25:06.319
 You just receive it

00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:07.359
 without giving

00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:08.819
 anything for it.

00:25:08.879 --> 00:25:09.379
 And this is the

00:25:09.380 --> 00:25:10.460
 first acid test

00:25:10.460 --> 00:25:11.240
 that you know

00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:12.560
 and you've come

00:25:12.560 --> 00:25:13.560
 to know how poor

00:25:13.560 --> 00:25:14.340
 and how disabled

00:25:14.340 --> 00:25:15.220
 and how unworthy

00:25:15.220 --> 00:25:15.800
 you are

00:25:15.800 --> 00:25:17.340
 and how good

00:25:17.340 --> 00:25:18.060
 and how gracious

00:25:18.060 --> 00:25:18.940
 and how generous

00:25:18.940 --> 00:25:20.220
 God is.

00:25:20.320 --> 00:25:22.480
 Do you have

00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:23.440
 a sense of shock,

00:25:24.520 --> 00:25:25.780
 a sense of astonishment

00:25:25.780 --> 00:25:26.720
 that God's grace

00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:27.160
 toward you

00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:28.600
 is so radical

00:25:28.600 --> 00:25:29.640
 it's almost hard

00:25:29.640 --> 00:25:30.540
 to believe it?

00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:33.160
 Do you need

00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:34.040
 someone to compel

00:25:34.040 --> 00:25:35.420
 you to come in

00:25:35.420 --> 00:25:36.100
 because you think

00:25:36.100 --> 00:25:36.940
 it's just too good

00:25:36.940 --> 00:25:37.620
 to be true?

00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:39.759
 Do you need someone

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:40.440
 to just gently

00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:41.580
 smile at you

00:25:41.580 --> 00:25:42.660
 and take you

00:25:42.660 --> 00:25:43.380
 by the arm

00:25:43.380 --> 00:25:44.400
 and say come in

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 you're included

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 you belong.

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:48.039
 The host of the feast

00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:48.980
 himself says that

00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:50.000
 you are wanted

00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:51.279
 and you are welcomed

00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:52.279
 in his house

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 and at his table.

00:25:55.620 --> 00:25:56.500
 That's the first

00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:57.160
 acid test

00:25:57.160 --> 00:25:57.700
 that you know

00:25:57.700 --> 00:25:58.680
 what grace is.

00:25:59.640 --> 00:26:00.279
 And the second

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:00.820
 acid test

00:26:00.820 --> 00:26:01.840
 is the second test

00:26:01.840 --> 00:26:02.680
 that you've experienced

00:26:02.680 --> 00:26:03.539
 the grace of God

00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:04.100
 and that is

00:26:04.100 --> 00:26:05.140
 it has to do

00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:06.000
 with who you invite

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:07.160
 into your life

00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:07.960
 and to your table.

00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:09.580
 Right?

00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:10.360
 Just as the master

00:26:10.360 --> 00:26:10.920
 of the feast

00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:12.180
 wants to fill

00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:12.759
 his house

00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:13.400
 and his table

00:26:13.400 --> 00:26:14.580
 Jesus also wants

00:26:14.580 --> 00:26:15.540
 us to invite

00:26:15.540 --> 00:26:17.200
 people into our lives

00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:18.920
 and around our tables.

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:20.520
 And he says

00:26:20.520 --> 00:26:21.300
 when we are looking

00:26:21.300 --> 00:26:22.360
 for people to invite

00:26:22.360 --> 00:26:23.340
 we're not scanning

00:26:23.340 --> 00:26:23.820
 for people

00:26:23.820 --> 00:26:24.620
 who have their lives

00:26:24.620 --> 00:26:25.180
 put together.

00:26:26.700 --> 00:26:27.600
 We're not looking

00:26:27.600 --> 00:26:28.080
 for people

00:26:28.080 --> 00:26:28.840
 that we deem

00:26:28.840 --> 00:26:29.540
 to be fitting

00:26:29.540 --> 00:26:31.200
 and worthy candidates

00:26:31.200 --> 00:26:32.640
 who can offer us

00:26:32.640 --> 00:26:33.720
 something in return

00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:35.140
 people who can pay us back

00:26:35.140 --> 00:26:36.380
 people who can improve

00:26:36.380 --> 00:26:37.319
 our lives

00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:38.319
 because that is simply

00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:39.299
 not what God

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:40.779
 has done for us.

00:26:42.299 --> 00:26:42.819
 Rather

00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:43.839
 we're to graciously

00:26:43.839 --> 00:26:44.759
 and generously

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.279
 invite

00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:47.140
 the most unlikely guests

00:26:47.140 --> 00:26:49.579
 who cannot pay us

00:26:49.579 --> 00:26:50.380
 in the same way

00:26:50.380 --> 00:26:50.980
 that God

00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:52.700
 invited us

00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:54.180
 by his incongruent grace

00:26:54.180 --> 00:26:55.500
 by his uncalculating

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:56.100
 generosity

00:26:56.100 --> 00:26:57.600
 that we could never

00:26:57.600 --> 00:26:58.039
 repay.

00:26:59.339 --> 00:27:00.559
 So Jesus is telling us

00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:01.440
 look around you

00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:03.500
 look around you

00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:04.779
 at the actually poor

00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:06.279
 and the spiritually poor

00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:08.160
 look around you

00:27:08.160 --> 00:27:09.440
 at the actually disabled

00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:11.680
 and the morally disabled

00:27:11.680 --> 00:27:13.820
 and ask yourself

00:27:13.820 --> 00:27:14.920
 what is keeping me

00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:15.680
 from inviting them

00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:16.539
 into my life

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:18.580
 and around my table

00:27:18.580 --> 00:27:20.039
 and bringing them

00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:21.200
 into the feast of Christ

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:22.519
 here in our community.

00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:24.140
 Jesus says

00:27:24.140 --> 00:27:25.460
 the one who invites people

00:27:25.460 --> 00:27:26.799
 into your life

00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.600
 and to your table

00:27:27.600 --> 00:27:28.039
 like this

00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:28.860
 will be rewarded

00:27:28.860 --> 00:27:29.900
 not by the recipients

00:27:29.900 --> 00:27:30.560
 themselves

00:27:30.560 --> 00:27:32.100
 but by God himself

00:27:32.100 --> 00:27:33.400
 at the resurrection

00:27:33.400 --> 00:27:34.980
 of the righteous.

00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:37.920
 So Jesus says

00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:38.320
 you've got to

00:27:38.320 --> 00:27:39.900
 arrange your priorities

00:27:39.900 --> 00:27:40.620
 around the feast

00:27:40.620 --> 00:27:41.680
 you've got to invite

00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:43.180
 unlikely guests

00:27:43.180 --> 00:27:43.900
 to the feast

00:27:43.900 --> 00:27:44.640
 and last thing

00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:46.100
 we got basketball

00:27:46.100 --> 00:27:47.200
 so I'm wrapping up.

00:27:48.940 --> 00:27:49.840
 You've got to take

00:27:49.840 --> 00:27:50.500
 the lowest place

00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:51.259
 at the feast.

00:27:52.280 --> 00:27:53.560
 Take the lowest place

00:27:53.560 --> 00:27:54.180
 at the feast.

00:27:54.340 --> 00:27:54.540
 You know

00:27:54.540 --> 00:27:56.300
 Lord's Supper

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:58.240
 or holy communion

00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:59.059
 that we're about

00:27:59.059 --> 00:28:00.099
 to receive

00:28:00.099 --> 00:28:02.799
 it's given to us

00:28:02.799 --> 00:28:03.359
 by Jesus

00:28:03.359 --> 00:28:04.399
 as a foretaste

00:28:04.399 --> 00:28:05.460
 of this coming feast

00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:06.339
 in the kingdom of God

00:28:06.339 --> 00:28:08.059
 this messianic banquet

00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:08.720
 this feast

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.639
 to end all feasts

00:28:09.639 --> 00:28:10.700
 where all of our hunger

00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:13.299
 and our sadness

00:28:13.299 --> 00:28:14.339
 and our tears

00:28:14.339 --> 00:28:15.379
 and our shame

00:28:15.379 --> 00:28:16.180
 will be gone.

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:18.000
 But how are we

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:18.639
 to approach

00:28:18.639 --> 00:28:19.279
 the Lord's Supper?

00:28:19.399 --> 00:28:20.279
 How are we to come

00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:21.799
 to holy communion?

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:23.039
 Well Jesus indicates

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:25.420
 that it's a feast

00:28:25.420 --> 00:28:26.500
 for the humble

00:28:26.500 --> 00:28:27.859
 and it's a feast

00:28:27.859 --> 00:28:28.519
 for the lowly.

00:28:29.779 --> 00:28:30.619
 And what does Jesus say

00:28:30.619 --> 00:28:31.240
 about the people

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:33.279
 sitting around the table?

00:28:33.339 --> 00:28:34.879
 He says in verse 8

00:28:34.879 --> 00:28:35.579
 if you'll turn back

00:28:35.579 --> 00:28:36.200
 to verse 8

00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:38.639
 he says

00:28:38.639 --> 00:28:39.559
 when someone invites you

00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:40.539
 to a wedding feast

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:41.480
 do not take the place

00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:41.839
 of honor

00:28:41.839 --> 00:28:42.399
 for a person

00:28:42.399 --> 00:28:43.079
 more distinguished

00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:43.579
 than you

00:28:43.579 --> 00:28:44.319
 may have been invited

00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:45.899
 so if the host

00:28:45.899 --> 00:28:46.420
 who invited

00:28:46.420 --> 00:28:47.359
 both of you

00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:47.920
 will come

00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:48.700
 and say to you

00:28:48.700 --> 00:28:49.339
 give this person

00:28:49.339 --> 00:28:49.940
 your seat

00:28:49.940 --> 00:28:51.619
 then humiliated

00:28:51.619 --> 00:28:52.399
 you will have to take

00:28:52.400 --> 00:28:53.560
 the least important place

00:28:53.560 --> 00:28:54.560
 but when you are invited

00:28:54.560 --> 00:28:55.820
 take the lowest place

00:28:55.820 --> 00:28:57.480
 so that when your host

00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:57.860
 comes

00:28:57.860 --> 00:28:58.740
 he will say to you

00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.140
 friend

00:28:59.140 --> 00:29:00.540
 move up to a better place

00:29:00.540 --> 00:29:02.320
 then you'll be honored

00:29:02.320 --> 00:29:02.780
 in the presence

00:29:02.780 --> 00:29:04.340
 of all the other guests

00:29:04.340 --> 00:29:05.300
 for all those

00:29:05.300 --> 00:29:06.680
 who exalt themselves

00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:07.160
 will be humbled

00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:07.920
 and those who humble

00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:08.400
 themselves

00:29:08.400 --> 00:29:10.259
 will be exalted.

00:29:11.620 --> 00:29:12.460
 By now

00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:13.540
 hopefully we can see

00:29:13.540 --> 00:29:14.240
 that while Jesus

00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:15.220
 is giving us

00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:16.620
 solid counsel

00:29:16.620 --> 00:29:18.400
 on how to behave

00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:19.240
 at dinner parties

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:20.740
 right

00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:21.500
 he's talking about

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:22.940
 something way more

00:29:22.940 --> 00:29:24.259
 than just social etiquette

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:25.740
 and table manners

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.140
 isn't he

00:29:26.140 --> 00:29:27.259
 what is he talking about

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:27.920
 he's talking about

00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:28.920
 how we relate

00:29:28.920 --> 00:29:30.319
 to God as our host

00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:32.079
 and how we position

00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:33.480
 and posture ourselves

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:34.380
 as the guests

00:29:34.380 --> 00:29:36.059
 at his feast

00:29:36.059 --> 00:29:38.319
 and Jesus talks

00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:38.900
 when he talks

00:29:38.900 --> 00:29:39.259
 he says

00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:40.500
 this is a price

00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:41.980
 a pricey feast

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:42.400
 it's a

00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:43.420
 it's a precious

00:29:43.420 --> 00:29:44.400
 wedding feast

00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:46.079
 and hopefully

00:29:46.079 --> 00:29:46.680
 you can see

00:29:46.680 --> 00:29:47.500
 that this feast

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:49.000
 that God is inviting us to

00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:50.460
 it's not one of those

00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:51.279
 scratch meals

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:51.680
 where you say

00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:52.180
 come over

00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:52.759
 we'll just see

00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:53.779
 whatever's in the fridge

00:29:53.779 --> 00:29:54.440
 and in the cupboard

00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:55.779
 and we'll whip

00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:56.579
 something together

00:29:56.579 --> 00:29:57.940
 no

00:29:57.940 --> 00:29:59.940
 it's been prepared

00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:02.120
 over a long period

00:30:02.120 --> 00:30:02.640
 of time

00:30:02.640 --> 00:30:03.360
 it's been prepared

00:30:03.360 --> 00:30:04.779
 at great cost

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:05.840
 before the foundation

00:30:05.840 --> 00:30:06.559
 of the world

00:30:06.559 --> 00:30:08.240
 the Father

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:08.799
 and the Son

00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:09.579
 and the Holy Spirit

00:30:09.579 --> 00:30:10.880
 took counsel together

00:30:10.880 --> 00:30:12.100
 about this feast

00:30:12.100 --> 00:30:13.840
 the one God

00:30:13.840 --> 00:30:14.660
 and three persons

00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:15.079
 agreed

00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:16.160
 that they wanted

00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:16.840
 you

00:30:16.840 --> 00:30:18.680
 to come and be

00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:19.460
 at this feast

00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:20.019
 of grace

00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:20.720
 and this feast

00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:21.840
 of salvation

00:30:21.840 --> 00:30:23.039
 the value of which

00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:24.519
 is measured by

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:25.560
 how much it costs

00:30:25.560 --> 00:30:26.980
 God to put on

00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:29.100
 and what does it cost

00:30:29.100 --> 00:30:29.980
 God for this feast

00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:30.620
 well it costs

00:30:30.620 --> 00:30:31.299
 God the Father

00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:32.700
 his most precious

00:30:32.700 --> 00:30:33.880
 and dearly beloved

00:30:33.880 --> 00:30:35.080
 and only Son

00:30:35.080 --> 00:30:37.320
 and it costs

00:30:37.320 --> 00:30:38.820
 Jesus all the glories

00:30:38.820 --> 00:30:39.400
 of heaven

00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:41.080
 it costs him

00:30:41.080 --> 00:30:42.100
 humiliation

00:30:42.100 --> 00:30:43.680
 absolute misery

00:30:43.680 --> 00:30:44.460
 and humiliation

00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:45.460
 on his cross

00:30:45.460 --> 00:30:47.799
 bearing in his broken

00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:48.899
 body the sins

00:30:48.899 --> 00:30:50.319
 of the whole world

00:30:50.319 --> 00:30:51.619
 dying in our place

00:30:51.619 --> 00:30:53.460
 taking on all

00:30:53.460 --> 00:30:54.519
 the condemnation

00:30:54.519 --> 00:30:55.279
 and shame

00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:56.119
 and wrath

00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:56.799
 and punishment

00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:58.740
 that we deserved

00:30:58.740 --> 00:31:00.299
 so that you could

00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:01.159
 be at this feast

00:31:01.159 --> 00:31:02.559
 Jesus was cast out

00:31:02.559 --> 00:31:02.940
 see

00:31:02.940 --> 00:31:04.980
 that all the outcasts

00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:05.579
 could come in

00:31:05.579 --> 00:31:06.740
 Jesus became

00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:08.059
 poor

00:31:08.059 --> 00:31:09.139
 and he became

00:31:09.139 --> 00:31:10.039
 crippled

00:31:10.039 --> 00:31:11.440
 and he became

00:31:11.440 --> 00:31:13.000
 blind

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.799
 and he became

00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:15.440
 lame

00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:18.500
 so that you could

00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:19.160
 be brought in

00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:20.019
 to the feast

00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:22.559
 and not only

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:23.340
 has God prepared

00:31:23.340 --> 00:31:23.799
 a feast

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:24.400
 for us

00:31:24.400 --> 00:31:25.160
 at exorbitant

00:31:25.160 --> 00:31:26.140
 cost to himself

00:31:26.140 --> 00:31:28.080
 but all that

00:31:28.080 --> 00:31:29.160
 you need

00:31:29.160 --> 00:31:29.559
 and all that

00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:30.220
 you could possibly

00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:30.680
 want

00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:32.240
 is provided

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:33.039
 at this feast

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:33.820
 right

00:31:33.820 --> 00:31:34.680
 he has a means

00:31:34.680 --> 00:31:35.960
 to transform us

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:36.480
 from being

00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:38.019
 absolutely unfit

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:39.140
 and unworthy

00:31:39.140 --> 00:31:40.259
 outcasts

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:42.680
 to coming in

00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:43.380
 in a state

00:31:43.380 --> 00:31:43.820
 of being

00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:44.500
 his precious

00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:45.039
 and his

00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:45.819
 treasured

00:31:45.819 --> 00:31:46.319
 friends

00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:47.799
 right

00:31:47.799 --> 00:31:48.179
 for all

00:31:48.179 --> 00:31:48.960
 the unwashed

00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:49.359
 poor

00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:49.740
 he's got

00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:50.240
 a wonderful

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:50.759
 bath

00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:51.099
 in which

00:31:51.099 --> 00:31:51.939
 he will

00:31:51.939 --> 00:31:52.759
 baptize you

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:53.059
 and make

00:31:53.059 --> 00:31:53.559
 you clean

00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:54.019
 by the blood

00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:54.539
 of Christ

00:31:54.539 --> 00:31:56.740
 and for all

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:57.460
 those disabled

00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:58.319
 in their rags

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:58.980
 and their tatters

00:31:58.980 --> 00:31:59.679
 he covers

00:31:59.679 --> 00:32:00.500
 our nakedness

00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:00.899
 and he gives

00:32:00.899 --> 00:32:01.599
 us a robe

00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:03.359
 the robe

00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:04.220
 of his very

00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:04.720
 righteousness

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.419
 because you see

00:32:05.419 --> 00:32:06.159
 Jesus didn't

00:32:06.159 --> 00:32:06.539
 live

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:07.139
 when he lived

00:32:07.139 --> 00:32:07.619
 his life

00:32:07.619 --> 00:32:08.019
 he wasn't

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:08.439
 living

00:32:08.439 --> 00:32:10.240
 for fields

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:11.200
 and for oxen

00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:11.859
 and for marriage

00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:12.279
 what was he

00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:12.679
 living for

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:13.279
 he was living

00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:14.120
 exclusively

00:32:14.120 --> 00:32:14.779
 and holy

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:15.880
 for the kingdom

00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:16.460
 of God

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:18.580
 and when we

00:32:18.580 --> 00:32:19.420
 come naked

00:32:19.420 --> 00:32:19.799
 to him

00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:20.360
 when we come

00:32:20.360 --> 00:32:21.000
 in rags

00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:21.580
 and tatters

00:32:21.580 --> 00:32:22.140
 and unclean

00:32:22.140 --> 00:32:22.799
 he puts

00:32:22.799 --> 00:32:23.539
 that robe

00:32:23.539 --> 00:32:24.340
 of his perfect

00:32:24.340 --> 00:32:24.900
 righteousness

00:32:24.900 --> 00:32:25.980
 around us

00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:26.340
 and says

00:32:26.340 --> 00:32:26.799
 you're ready

00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:27.360
 now for the

00:32:27.360 --> 00:32:27.779
 feast

00:32:27.779 --> 00:32:29.880
 you see

00:32:29.880 --> 00:32:30.440
 Jesus

00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:32.000
 he became

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:32.580
 a poor

00:32:32.580 --> 00:32:33.180
 and unworthy

00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:33.940
 outcast

00:32:33.940 --> 00:32:34.759
 on his cross

00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:35.220
 so that he

00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:35.820
 could cleanse

00:32:35.820 --> 00:32:36.620
 us and clothe

00:32:36.620 --> 00:32:37.580
 us in his

00:32:37.580 --> 00:32:38.460
 own worthiness

00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:40.340
 and so when

00:32:40.340 --> 00:32:40.940
 we come

00:32:40.940 --> 00:32:42.000
 to the Lord's

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.220
 supper

00:32:42.220 --> 00:32:43.000
 when we come

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:43.580
 to holy

00:32:43.580 --> 00:32:44.059
 communion

00:32:44.059 --> 00:32:45.420
 this is for us

00:32:45.420 --> 00:32:46.440
 a mini feast

00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:49.340
 it's a feast

00:32:49.340 --> 00:32:50.500
 that's a signpost

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:52.700
 to that kingdom

00:32:52.700 --> 00:32:53.320
 that's already

00:32:53.320 --> 00:32:53.840
 come

00:32:53.840 --> 00:32:54.420
 and that

00:32:54.420 --> 00:32:55.759
 is yet to

00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:56.080
 come

00:32:56.080 --> 00:32:57.080
 in the future

00:32:57.080 --> 00:32:59.080
 the messianic age

00:32:59.080 --> 00:32:59.640
 that's already

00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:00.120
 begun

00:33:00.120 --> 00:33:00.980
 and that will

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.820
 one day be

00:33:01.820 --> 00:33:02.860
 consummated

00:33:02.860 --> 00:33:03.360
 when Jesus

00:33:03.360 --> 00:33:04.120
 returns

00:33:04.120 --> 00:33:05.960
 and Jesus

00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:06.519
 says that the

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:07.080
 best way

00:33:07.080 --> 00:33:07.860
 to approach

00:33:07.859 --> 00:33:09.000
 this feast

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:10.459
 is to

00:33:10.459 --> 00:33:10.719
 humble

00:33:10.719 --> 00:33:11.259
 yourself

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:13.199
 it's to

00:33:13.199 --> 00:33:13.539
 say you

00:33:13.539 --> 00:33:13.879
 know what

00:33:13.879 --> 00:33:15.199
 I'm going

00:33:15.199 --> 00:33:15.459
 to take

00:33:15.459 --> 00:33:15.859
 the lowest

00:33:15.859 --> 00:33:16.359
 place

00:33:16.359 --> 00:33:17.899
 I'm going

00:33:17.899 --> 00:33:18.179
 to take

00:33:18.179 --> 00:33:18.740
 the least

00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:19.699
 important

00:33:19.699 --> 00:33:20.359
 position

00:33:20.359 --> 00:33:20.879
 because I

00:33:20.879 --> 00:33:21.259
 know

00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:21.959
 that I'm

00:33:21.959 --> 00:33:22.339
 not even

00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:22.819
 worthy

00:33:22.819 --> 00:33:23.659
 to be at

00:33:23.659 --> 00:33:24.099
 the table

00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:25.839
 I know

00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:26.139
 that I'm

00:33:26.139 --> 00:33:26.679
 completely

00:33:26.679 --> 00:33:27.500
 unqualified

00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:28.079
 I'm just

00:33:28.079 --> 00:33:28.740
 a desperate

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:29.740
 beggar

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:30.899
 all I bring

00:33:30.899 --> 00:33:31.599
 to this feast

00:33:31.599 --> 00:33:32.059
 is my

00:33:32.059 --> 00:33:32.459
 hunger

00:33:32.459 --> 00:33:34.159
 all I bring

00:33:34.159 --> 00:33:34.500
 is my

00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:35.099
 thirst

00:33:35.099 --> 00:33:37.439
 the only

00:33:37.439 --> 00:33:37.839
 way I'm

00:33:37.839 --> 00:33:38.259
 here is

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:38.879
 because Jesus

00:33:38.879 --> 00:33:39.579
 has cleansed

00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:39.799
 me

00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:40.519
 and he's

00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:40.959
 clothed

00:33:40.959 --> 00:33:41.179
 me

00:33:41.179 --> 00:33:41.819
 to be

00:33:41.819 --> 00:33:42.159
 here

00:33:42.159 --> 00:33:44.159
 so friends

00:33:44.159 --> 00:33:45.359
 if this is

00:33:45.359 --> 00:33:45.879
 the attitude

00:33:45.879 --> 00:33:46.299
 and the

00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:46.639
 posture

00:33:46.639 --> 00:33:46.919
 that we

00:33:46.919 --> 00:33:47.319
 take

00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:48.699
 we can

00:33:48.699 --> 00:33:49.039
 hear the

00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:49.439
 host of

00:33:49.439 --> 00:33:49.859
 this feast

00:33:49.859 --> 00:33:50.500
 say to

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:50.740
 us

00:33:50.740 --> 00:33:51.099
 Jesus

00:33:51.099 --> 00:33:51.539
 words

00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:51.919
 in verse

00:33:51.919 --> 00:33:52.240
 10

00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:52.500
 if you

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:52.759
 look at

00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:52.919
 verse

00:33:52.919 --> 00:33:53.139
 10

00:33:53.139 --> 00:33:53.500
 it says

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:54.379
 friend

00:33:54.379 --> 00:33:56.459
 move up

00:33:56.459 --> 00:33:56.740
 to a

00:33:56.740 --> 00:33:56.919
 better

00:33:56.919 --> 00:33:57.500
 place

00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:59.299
 you see

00:33:59.299 --> 00:33:59.519
 if we

00:33:59.519 --> 00:33:59.839
 come

00:33:59.839 --> 00:34:00.240
 humbly

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:00.659
 to this

00:34:00.659 --> 00:34:00.980
 feast

00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.179
 we

00:34:01.179 --> 00:34:01.519
 hopefully

00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:01.779
 can

00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:01.939
 hear

00:34:01.939 --> 00:34:02.119
 the

00:34:02.119 --> 00:34:02.500
 master

00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:02.759
 of the

00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:02.959
 feast

00:34:02.959 --> 00:34:03.240
 saying

00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:03.519
 to us

00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:03.699
 my

00:34:03.699 --> 00:34:04.240
 precious

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:05.039
 friend

00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:05.240
 my

00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:06.139
 treasured

00:34:06.139 --> 00:34:06.480
 friend

00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:06.879
 what are

00:34:06.879 --> 00:34:07.259
 you doing

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:07.799
 way down

00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:08.119
 there

00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:09.519
 come

00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:09.900
 move up

00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:10.139
 to a

00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:10.279
 better

00:34:10.279 --> 00:34:10.579
 place

00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:10.840
 come

00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:11.219
 sit

00:34:11.219 --> 00:34:11.639
 right

00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:11.980
 here

00:34:11.980 --> 00:34:12.679
 next

00:34:12.679 --> 00:34:12.880
 to

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:13.000
 me

00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:13.179
 it's

00:34:13.179 --> 00:34:13.340
 the

00:34:13.340 --> 00:34:14.099
 affirmation

00:34:14.099 --> 00:34:14.320
 it's

00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:14.480
 the

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:14.880
 honor

00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:15.820
 that

00:34:15.820 --> 00:34:16.119
 all of

00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:16.259
 our

00:34:16.259 --> 00:34:16.559
 hearts

00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:16.820
 so

00:34:16.820 --> 00:34:17.619
 desperately

00:34:17.619 --> 00:34:18.099
 and

00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:18.420
 deeply

00:34:18.420 --> 00:34:19.320
 desire

00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:20.759
 and

00:34:20.759 --> 00:34:20.980
 this

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:21.460
 encourages

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:21.719
 us

00:34:21.719 --> 00:34:21.880
 I

00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:22.179
 think

00:34:22.179 --> 00:34:23.400
 that

00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:23.679
 those

00:34:23.679 --> 00:34:23.840
 who

00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:24.139
 humble

00:34:24.139 --> 00:34:24.619
 themselves

00:34:24.619 --> 00:34:24.880
 at

00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:25.199
 this

00:34:25.199 --> 00:34:25.599
 feast

00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:26.960
 will

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:27.360
 ultimately

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:27.599
 be

00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:28.940
 exalted

00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:30.659
 by

00:34:30.659 --> 00:34:30.980
 God

00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:31.199
 and the

00:34:31.199 --> 00:34:31.420
 feast

00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:31.599
 to

00:34:31.599 --> 00:34:31.880
 come

00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:33.300
 so

00:34:33.300 --> 00:34:33.579
 friends

00:34:33.579 --> 00:34:34.000
 I want

00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:34.579
 to

00:34:34.579 --> 00:34:35.219
 reassure

00:34:35.219 --> 00:34:35.360
 you

00:34:35.360 --> 00:34:35.500
 that

00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:35.880
 the

00:34:35.880 --> 00:34:36.279
 God

00:34:36.279 --> 00:34:37.079
 of

00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:37.259
 all

00:34:37.259 --> 00:34:37.679
 grace

00:34:37.679 --> 00:34:39.319
 he's

00:34:39.319 --> 00:34:39.619
 here

00:34:39.619 --> 00:34:41.559
 and

00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:41.880
 he

00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:42.460
 himself

00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:43.360
 is

00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:43.819
 inviting

00:34:43.819 --> 00:34:44.099
 you

00:34:44.099 --> 00:34:44.480
 to

00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:45.259
 his

00:34:45.259 --> 00:34:45.739
 feast

00:34:45.739 --> 00:34:47.239
 the

00:34:47.239 --> 00:34:47.559
 feast

00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:47.719
 of

00:34:47.719 --> 00:34:47.840
 the

00:34:47.840 --> 00:34:48.279
 Messiah

00:34:48.279 --> 00:34:48.619
 the

00:34:48.619 --> 00:34:48.940
 feast

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:49.119
 of

00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:49.480
 grace

00:34:49.480 --> 00:34:49.699
 the

00:34:49.699 --> 00:34:49.980
 feast

00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:50.159
 of

00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:50.619
 salvation

00:34:50.619 --> 00:34:51.940
 and

00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:52.079
 what

00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:52.259
 he's

00:34:52.259 --> 00:34:52.460
 saying

00:34:52.460 --> 00:34:52.860
 to us

00:34:52.860 --> 00:34:53.139
 right

00:34:53.139 --> 00:34:53.500
 now

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:54.480
 is

00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:54.920
 come

00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:56.199
 for

00:34:56.199 --> 00:34:56.659
 everything

00:34:56.659 --> 00:34:57.940
 has been

00:34:57.940 --> 00:34:58.380
 prepared

00:34:58.380 --> 00:34:58.880
 for you

00:34:58.880 --> 00:34:59.319
 come

00:34:59.319 --> 00:35:00.340
 for

00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:00.719
 everything

00:35:00.719 --> 00:35:01.219
 is now

00:35:01.219 --> 00:35:01.539
 ready

00:35:01.539 --> 00:35:02.480
 and I

00:35:02.480 --> 00:35:02.739
 want

00:35:02.739 --> 00:35:03.000
 my

00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:03.440
 house

00:35:03.440 --> 00:35:04.800
 to be

00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:05.279
 full

00:35:05.279 --> 00:35:07.259
 in the

00:35:07.259 --> 00:35:07.500
 name of

00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:07.619
 the

00:35:07.619 --> 00:35:07.840
 Father

00:35:07.840 --> 00:35:08.099
 Son

00:35:08.099 --> 00:35:08.420
 and Holy

00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:08.800
 Spirit

00:35:08.800 --> 00:35:09.900
 Amen

00:35:09.900 --> 00:35:10.039
 Amen