WHAT GOD THINKS ABOUT MONEY (3 OF 3)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: Luke 14:7-24
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What God Thinks About Money (3 of 3)
Series: Keeping Up with the Jones
Scott Maze
Luke 14:7-24
Just in time for Thanksgiving meal, Jesus tells us who to invite. Today, we encounter a dramatic story where Jesus has been invited into the home of a very prominent man. We discover at the very beginning of this chapter that Jesus was invited to a big supper with lots of guests at a prominent home. And it quickly becomes awkward and a most uncomfortable dinner.
Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the places of honor, saying to them, 8 ''When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you be invited by him, 9 and he who invited you both will come and say to you, 'Give your place to this person,' and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place. 10 But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when your host comes he may say to you, 'Friend, move up higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at table with you. 11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.''
12 He said also to the man who had invited him, ''When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid. 13 But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, 14 and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.''
15 When one of those who reclined at table with him heard these things, he said to him, ''Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!'' 16 But he said to him, ''A man once gave a great banquet and invited many. 17 And at the time for the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, 'Come, for everything is now ready.' 18 But they all ...
Series: Keeping Up with the Jones
Scott Maze
Luke 14:7-24
Just in time for Thanksgiving meal, Jesus tells us who to invite. Today, we encounter a dramatic story where Jesus has been invited into the home of a very prominent man. We discover at the very beginning of this chapter that Jesus was invited to a big supper with lots of guests at a prominent home. And it quickly becomes awkward and a most uncomfortable dinner.
Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the places of honor, saying to them, 8 ''When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you be invited by him, 9 and he who invited you both will come and say to you, 'Give your place to this person,' and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place. 10 But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when your host comes he may say to you, 'Friend, move up higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at table with you. 11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.''
12 He said also to the man who had invited him, ''When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid. 13 But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, 14 and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.''
15 When one of those who reclined at table with him heard these things, he said to him, ''Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!'' 16 But he said to him, ''A man once gave a great banquet and invited many. 17 And at the time for the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, 'Come, for everything is now ready.' 18 But they all ...
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