2-Nov 12, 2023 - Pastor Jim West - Luke 14:7-24 - Hurts So Good: Generous Hospitality

This morning I’m going to focus on a currency that is quite costly and maybe even a bit intimidating for some of us, and that is the currency of hospitality. Many of us give of our time to serve and volunteer, and many of us give some money to charity or noble causes, but we would rather not get too involved with people! We like our privacy; we don’t want to get tangled up in other people’s problems; and we generally prioritize spending time and investing energy in people we like and have much in common with as opposed to getting entangled with “strange” people or poor people or people we don’t think we can relate with. Be that as it may, Jesus calls His Church to be generous with our hospitality as a result of God’s grace. I’m going to be working from a lengthy passage from Luke 14:7-24 that falls into three segments that I’ll cover under three subheadings:1) Resisting the Inner Ring; 2) A Strange Invitation; and 3) The Poor in Spirit BanquetSupport the showThanks for listening! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram more info colonialkc.org