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Invitation Not Instigation
“THE SPIRIT of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed
and qualified me to preach the Gospel of good tidings to the meek, the poor, and
afflicted; He has sent me to bind up and heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim
liberty to the [physical and spiritual] captives and the opening of the prison
and of the eyes to those who are bound.”
Isaiah 61:1 (Amp)
The Pharisees again, as always, laid a
trap for Jesus to stumble into. Ever
wanting to see Jesus fail; their
failure was to not first look within themselves before casting blame. ( see:
Matthew 22:18; Mark 2:8 )
Read:
Luke 14:1-24
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They baited Jesus;
deliberately planted the diseased (dropsy) man
to see if He would break the Sabbath law and heal him.
They were caught in their scheme and tension was in the air!
( Love Thy Neighbor )
II. v. 7-14
With God, The Way Up Is Down
Proverbs 25: 6,7 invitation is better than expulsion
Proverbs 16:18,19 self pride
proceeds failure
Proverbs 29:23 humility is
preferred over pride
Matthew 18:3,4 child like
spirit is most acceptable to God
* Extend Christ like
compassion and humility without any prejudice
III.
v.15-24 Motives
Matter False
Confidence
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Their sincerity was questioned by Jesus
Luke 18:9-14 Jesus looks upon
the heart
* Obvious excuses are
not acceptable to the Lords call
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Jesus extends His mercy to ALL who
will receive it !
By this time a lot of men and women of doubtful reputation were hanging
around Jesus, listening intently. The Pharisees and religion scholars were not
pleased, not at all pleased. They growled, "He takes in sinners and eats
meals with them, treating them like old friends."
Luke
15:1,2 (Msg)
“People will come from all directions and sit down to feast in God's
kingdom. There the ones who are now
least important will be the most important, and those who are now most important
will be least important.”
Luke
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