Daily Reading: 8-31-16
Luke 14:15-24 Living Bible (TLB)
Like an excellent Host, God has extended two invitations for people to enter the Kingdom. One invitation was through Moses and the prophets; this was really to announce an upcoming event. Many religious people received this invitation. The second invitation was when God sent his Son into the world to announce the guests should now come because everything is ready for relationship. This second invitation has been met with all kinds of excuses through the years.
Our present culture may use different excuses, but they are still excuses for not attending and feasting on spiritual provision that is found in a relationship with Christ. By making excuses, people find themselves in spiritual starvation. How sad when the feast is ready and waiting.
While Jesus was having dinner with friends and family, he was sharing with them about the invitation to enter the Kingdom. A man listening to Jesus and witnessing his glory still did not understand how one could enter the Kingdom. So Jesus told the following parable.