Title: Kingdom Hospitality (14)
Series: Luke
Author: Zach Terry
Luke 14:12-24
INTRODUCTION: If anyone should understand hospitality, it is those of us in a resort community - the lifeblood of a community like ours is an industry built around hospitality.
Close to 800,000 people vacation on Amelia Island annually, generating over 900 million dollars worth of economic impact. We are absolutely dependent on hospitality for our economy.
However, I want to show you today that Kingdom Hospitality is entirely different from what most people think of when it comes to hospitality.
CONTEXT: Last time we were in Luke, we learned how to be guests at a great banquet. Today, we will learn how to be hosts. We learn Kingdom Hospitality.
Hospitality and travel in ancient cultures were very different from what they are today.
- It was dangerous - people wanted to live behind city gates because there was safety there. To travel was to open yourself up to all sorts of dangers. That's why we have stories like The Good Samaritan, about a traveler who bandits attacked.
- It was rare - The only people who traveled any distance from home were the ones who absolutely had to. Those who left their own nation were typically merchants and soldiers. Normal people didn't travel the world as they do today. In fact, that didn't change until the early 20th century. For that reason, there was never a real industry built around hospitality. Resorts were very rare, and inns were not commonplace.
- It was important - You see, people didn't have access to information readily available, so if they wanted to know what the rest of the world was like, they had to open their homes to travelers. Can you imagine if the grid collapsed and we had no access to information? The only way you could know if travel to Jacksonville had supplies and the bridges were open would be if a traveler passed through and shared the information. So, information was a form of currency.
If ...
Series: Luke
Author: Zach Terry
Luke 14:12-24
INTRODUCTION: If anyone should understand hospitality, it is those of us in a resort community - the lifeblood of a community like ours is an industry built around hospitality.
Close to 800,000 people vacation on Amelia Island annually, generating over 900 million dollars worth of economic impact. We are absolutely dependent on hospitality for our economy.
However, I want to show you today that Kingdom Hospitality is entirely different from what most people think of when it comes to hospitality.
CONTEXT: Last time we were in Luke, we learned how to be guests at a great banquet. Today, we will learn how to be hosts. We learn Kingdom Hospitality.
Hospitality and travel in ancient cultures were very different from what they are today.
- It was dangerous - people wanted to live behind city gates because there was safety there. To travel was to open yourself up to all sorts of dangers. That's why we have stories like The Good Samaritan, about a traveler who bandits attacked.
- It was rare - The only people who traveled any distance from home were the ones who absolutely had to. Those who left their own nation were typically merchants and soldiers. Normal people didn't travel the world as they do today. In fact, that didn't change until the early 20th century. For that reason, there was never a real industry built around hospitality. Resorts were very rare, and inns were not commonplace.
- It was important - You see, people didn't have access to information readily available, so if they wanted to know what the rest of the world was like, they had to open their homes to travelers. Can you imagine if the grid collapsed and we had no access to information? The only way you could know if travel to Jacksonville had supplies and the bridges were open would be if a traveler passed through and shared the information. So, information was a form of currency.
If ...
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