THE GREAT FEAST
Greetings in the name of Jesus:
Much of what we have learned through out this year has been directed toward personal behavior and allowing God's Spirit to remain in charge of our daily lives. In this parable however, we find the message directed more toward God's feeling about our reaction to our tendency to become apathetic towards His loving invitation to be a part of the good news from Jesus Christ. Luke 14:15-24 deals with what is called "The great supper".
Jesus had told the people He was speaking to that they should be helping the poor and downcast when inviting people to share a feast. Usually we invite people we know well or associate with to come knowing that at some point we will be repaid by having and invitation given in return to be a guest of theirs. Jesus always had an attitude about those who were poor and could not return the favor as being high on His list of those who should be invited to such things. They could not repay, but God would look in favore of people who did such things.
This parable shows God getting very angry at the attitudes of those whom He had invited giving all kinds of excuses for not attending the feast of the King. Let me ask you a question...have you ever worried whether or not you really are a Christian? If you are a Christian you will have the Spirit of God living within you. You will not know by waiting for certain feelings to come into your life; you will know because He has made that promise to you. If you believe in Jesus Christ eternal life will come to you through Him
1 John 5:5. The Holy Spirit is God's promise to us when we believe in Christ. God's Spirit will be with you in your trials, and will empower you in your prayer. This will come out through your ability to do His will in your life, and you will become a part of God's plan to build up the Church...Acts 1:8, Romans 12:6, Ephesians 4: 12-13.
God has still prepared that great feast for those whom will come to Him; God has prepared a place for you and me, and the invitation is out. This day as in other days you have receive this invitation, but you may had thrown it aside and disregarded it on several occasions, but I can tell you that the same things that has happened to those who were invited within this parable will also happen to those of us who refuse God's love and mercy. We will know one another by the same Spirit who dwells within us, but there will be many in this world who are false and would lead you astray. God will show those to you and you may question the false feelings that you have, but do not be deceived...do not continue to listen to them as they try to give logic and the wisdom of men to lead you on.
Paul uses adoption or sonship in explaining this new relationship with God in Romans 8:14-17 this adoption is a process for in the Roman culture the adopted person lost all rights in his old family and he gained all the rights of his new family. We lose the rights we have had as a part of this world, and we gain all the rights of an adopted son or daughter of Heaven. Therefore we should continue in our quest for the righteousness of God and to grow in Jesus Christ. May you richly bless God through your life in Him.
THE UNWORTHY SERVANT
Much of what we have learned through out this year has been directed toward personal behavior and allowing God's Spirit to remain in charge of our daily lives. In this parable however, we find the message directed more toward God's feeling about our reaction to our tendency to become apathetic towards His loving invitation to be a part of the good news from Jesus Christ. Luke 14:15-24 deals with what is called "The great supper".
Jesus had told the people He was speaking to that they should be helping the poor and downcast when inviting people to share a feast. Usually we invite people we know well or associate with to come knowing that at some point we will be repaid by having and invitation given in return to be a guest of theirs. Jesus always had an attitude about those who were poor and could not return the favor as being high on His list of those who should be invited to such things. They could not repay, but God would look in favore of people who did such things.
This parable shows God getting very angry at the attitudes of those whom He had invited giving all kinds of excuses for not attending the feast of the King. Let me ask you a question...have you ever worried whether or not you really are a Christian? If you are a Christian you will have the Spirit of God living within you. You will not know by waiting for certain feelings to come into your life; you will know because He has made that promise to you. If you believe in Jesus Christ eternal life will come to you through Him
1 John 5:5. The Holy Spirit is God's promise to us when we believe in Christ. God's Spirit will be with you in your trials, and will empower you in your prayer. This will come out through your ability to do His will in your life, and you will become a part of God's plan to build up the Church...Acts 1:8, Romans 12:6, Ephesians 4: 12-13.
God has still prepared that great feast for those whom will come to Him; God has prepared a place for you and me, and the invitation is out. This day as in other days you have receive this invitation, but you may had thrown it aside and disregarded it on several occasions, but I can tell you that the same things that has happened to those who were invited within this parable will also happen to those of us who refuse God's love and mercy. We will know one another by the same Spirit who dwells within us, but there will be many in this world who are false and would lead you astray. God will show those to you and you may question the false feelings that you have, but do not be deceived...do not continue to listen to them as they try to give logic and the wisdom of men to lead you on.
Paul uses adoption or sonship in explaining this new relationship with God in Romans 8:14-17 this adoption is a process for in the Roman culture the adopted person lost all rights in his old family and he gained all the rights of his new family. We lose the rights we have had as a part of this world, and we gain all the rights of an adopted son or daughter of Heaven. Therefore we should continue in our quest for the righteousness of God and to grow in Jesus Christ. May you richly bless God through your life in Him.
THE UNWORTHY SERVANT
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