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11/10/2019
"No More Excuses"
Know the Real Jesus
Luke 14:1-24 ESV
Pastor John Mulligan
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"No More Excuses"
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Excuses that keep most people from following Jesus:
1.Legalism over love vs 1-6
1One Sabbath, when He went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were watching Him carefully. 2And be-hold, there was a man before Him who had dropsy. 3And Jesus responded to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not? 4But they remained silent. Then He took him and healed him and sent him away. 5And He said to them: Which of you, having a son or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out? 6And they could not reply to these things.
2. Honor over humility vs 7-11
7Now He told a parable to those who were invited, when He noticed how they chose the places of honor, saying to them, 8When 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, 9and 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. 10But 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. 11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
3. Greed over generosity vs 12-14
12He 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. 13But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, 14and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.
4. Religious heritage over Responding to Jesus v15-24
15When 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! 16But He said to him: A man once gave a great banquet and invited many. 17And at the time for the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’ 18But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please have me excused. 19And another said: I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them. Please have me excused. 20And another said: I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. 21So the servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor and crippled and blind and lame.’ 22And the servant said: Sir, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room. 23And the master said to the servant: Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled. 24For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet.
His invitation is personal, have you heard His call? If we have, we will be following Him – not resisting
7So Jesus again said to them: Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. 8All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture… 14I am the good shepherd. I know My own and My own know Me, 15just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. 16And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to My voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd…
24So the Jews gathered around Him and said to Him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” 25Jesus answered them: I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in My Father's name bear witness about Me, 26but you do not believe because you are not among My sheep. 27My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. 28I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. John 10:7-9; 14-16; 24-28
1.Legalism over love vs 1-6
1One Sabbath, when He went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were watching Him carefully. 2And be-hold, there was a man before Him who had dropsy. 3And Jesus responded to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not? 4But they remained silent. Then He took him and healed him and sent him away. 5And He said to them: Which of you, having a son or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out? 6And they could not reply to these things.
2. Honor over humility vs 7-11
7Now He told a parable to those who were invited, when He noticed how they chose the places of honor, saying to them, 8When 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, 9and 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. 10But 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. 11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
3. Greed over generosity vs 12-14
12He 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. 13But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, 14and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.
4. Religious heritage over Responding to Jesus v15-24
15When 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! 16But He said to him: A man once gave a great banquet and invited many. 17And at the time for the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’ 18But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please have me excused. 19And another said: I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them. Please have me excused. 20And another said: I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. 21So the servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor and crippled and blind and lame.’ 22And the servant said: Sir, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room. 23And the master said to the servant: Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled. 24For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet.
His invitation is personal, have you heard His call? If we have, we will be following Him – not resisting
7So Jesus again said to them: Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. 8All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture… 14I am the good shepherd. I know My own and My own know Me, 15just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. 16And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to My voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd…
24So the Jews gathered around Him and said to Him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” 25Jesus answered them: I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in My Father's name bear witness about Me, 26but you do not believe because you are not among My sheep. 27My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. 28I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. John 10:7-9; 14-16; 24-28