The Humble | Luke 14.1-24

Under the Law, only the best kind of people are invited to eat together, but in the Kingdom, everyone is welcome. In fact, only the humble - those who know their great need for salvation - will accept God’s invitation to eat with him. -- Preacher: Jonathan Smith Series: Meals With Jesus Passage: Luke 14.1-24 Subscribe: apple.co/2Jht9Cs More: www.reddoorchurch.com.au -- Central to the political stability of the Empire was the ethics of reciprocity, a gift-and-obligation system that tied every person, from the emperor in Rome tot he child in the most distant province, into an intricate web of social relations... Expectations of reciprocity were naturally extended to the table. - Joel E. Green, “The Gospel of Luke (NICNT)” -- Most Jewish authorities [in Jesus’ day] said that no one who was blind, crippled, or lame could enter the temple... Documents from Qumran show that the Essenes sect interpreted Leviticus 21 to mean that the poor, the blind, the crippled, and the lame wouldn’t participate in the messianic banquet. - Craig A. Evans, “Luke, New International Biblical Commentary” -- We are: • The spiritually poor - with nothing to offer for our salvation; • The spiritually crippled - made powerless by sin; • The spiritually blind - unable to see the truth; • The spiritually lame - unable to come to God on our own.