Invited - The Great Banquet | Luke 14:15-24 | Pastor Hayden Thomas | Compass Bible Church Hill Country

Preaching Point: We must work diligently to ensure that we nor anybody else carelessly reject an invitation to God’s eschatological banquet because we stubbornly choose to pursue our own ambitions.

Main Text: Luke 14:15–24 15 When 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!” 16 But he said to him, “A man once gave a great banquet and invited many. 17 And at the time for the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’ 18 But 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.’ 19 And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them. Please have me excused.’ 20 And another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’ 21 So 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.’ 22 And the servant said, ‘Sir, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.’ 23 And 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. 24 For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet.’ ”

Teaching Points: 

1. Don’t Let Excuses Keep You from God’s Banquet vv15-20,24
2. Take God’s Invitation Seriously vv21-23
3. Get Others on Board vv21-23

Application Questions:

1. Write down one application or observation you found helpful from this week’s sermon.
2. Read Luke 14:15–24. How do you feel knowing that many will miss out on God's eschatological banquet because they make excuses for not surrendering to Jesus today? (a) What response ought this reality invoke in your life as a Christian? 
3. Read Luke 13:22–30 and Acts 17:30–31. What is the effect of a laissez-faire attitude toward obedience to God’s word, His will, and an invitation to His banquet?  (a) How does a Christian’s daily obedience to God show the seriousness and imminence everyone should have toward Christ’s return? 
4. Read 2 Corinthians 5:17–20 and Acts 26:12–18. Why would separating your relationship with God and your role as His ambassador be a mistake? 
5. How do you plan on improving your role as an ambassador of Christ moving forward?