Luke 14:16-24
Luke 14:16 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:
14:17 And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.
14:18 And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
14:19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
14:20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
14:21 So that servant came, and showed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
14:22 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
14:23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
14:24 For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.
Under the parable of a great supper, our Saviour shows that many will choose the world above Himself, and will, as the result, lose heaven. The gracious invitation of our Saviour was slighted. He had been to the trouble and expense to make great preparation at an immense sacrifice. Then he sent his invitation. (2T 39-41)
"A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: and sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready. Luke 14:16-17
"And they all with one consent began to make excuse". (Luke 14:18)
"The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused."
In putting his property before service for Christ, this man exalted a matter of minor importance above that which was of far greater importance.
"And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused."
This man represents those whose minds are so completely engrossed in caring for their earthly possessions, that they cannot appreciate the goodness and mercy of Christ in conferring upon them the honor of being invited guests at the great supper.
"And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come."
The sin of this man was not in marrying, but in marrying one who divorced his mind from the higher and more important interests of life. Never should a man allow wife, and home, to draw his thoughts away from Christ, or to lead him to refuse to accept the gracious invitations of the gospel.
"As it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days when the Son of man shall be revealed" [see Luke 17:26, 30].
One of the most marked features of the earth's inhabitants in the days of Noah was their intense worldliness. They made eating and drinking, buying and selling, marrying and giving in marriage, the supreme objects of life. It is not sinful, but the fulfillment of a duty, to eat and drink, if that which is lawful is not carried to excess. And in the days of Noah it was lawful to marry. God Himself instituted marriage when He gave Eve to Adam.
All God's laws are marvelously adapted to meet the nature of man. The sin of the antediluvians was in perverting that which in itself was lawful. They corrupted God's gifts by using them to minister to their selfish desires. The indulgence of appetite and base passion made their imaginations altogether corrupt. The antediluvians were slaves of Satan, led and controlled by him. They worshipped selfish indulgence--eating, drinking, merry-making--and resorted to acts of violence and crime if their desires and passions were interfered with.
In the days of Noah, the overwhelming majority was opposed to the truth, and enamored with a tissue of falsehoods. The land was filled with violence. War, crime, murder, was the order of the day. Just so will it be before Christ's second coming. The great multitude will be without Christ and without hope.
Christ is coming soon. Satan knows that time is short, and that he has but a little while longer in which to work. He will not rest at ease, as many professed Christians are doing, but will continue to work with intensity.
It cannot be said that the majority of those who claim to be Christians are truly spiritual-minded.
As true today as when uttered by the lips of the great Teacher, are the words:
"Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able" [Luke 13:24].
"For wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it" [Matt. 7:13, 14].
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Brothers and Sister, the Lord has called you to the Supper. I pray that we all receive the invitation, and go to the Supper, without excuse.
Just as in the invitation given in Matt. 22, the King has prepared a wedding feast for His Son. His own family members, and friends, made light of it and went on doing their own thing, as in the days of Noah. He even prepared the clothing for the quest to wear.
I pray that we all receive the invitation and the clothing that we may see each other there, at the feast /supper.
May God continue to be with us all.
God Bless.
Luke 14:16 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:
14:17 And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.
14:18 And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
14:19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
14:20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
14:21 So that servant came, and showed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
14:22 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
14:23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
14:24 For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.
Under the parable of a great supper, our Saviour shows that many will choose the world above Himself, and will, as the result, lose heaven. The gracious invitation of our Saviour was slighted. He had been to the trouble and expense to make great preparation at an immense sacrifice. Then he sent his invitation. (2T 39-41)
"A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: and sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready. Luke 14:16-17
"And they all with one consent began to make excuse". (Luke 14:18)
"The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused."
In putting his property before service for Christ, this man exalted a matter of minor importance above that which was of far greater importance.
"And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused."
This man represents those whose minds are so completely engrossed in caring for their earthly possessions, that they cannot appreciate the goodness and mercy of Christ in conferring upon them the honor of being invited guests at the great supper.
"And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come."
The sin of this man was not in marrying, but in marrying one who divorced his mind from the higher and more important interests of life. Never should a man allow wife, and home, to draw his thoughts away from Christ, or to lead him to refuse to accept the gracious invitations of the gospel.
"As it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days when the Son of man shall be revealed" [see Luke 17:26, 30].
One of the most marked features of the earth's inhabitants in the days of Noah was their intense worldliness. They made eating and drinking, buying and selling, marrying and giving in marriage, the supreme objects of life. It is not sinful, but the fulfillment of a duty, to eat and drink, if that which is lawful is not carried to excess. And in the days of Noah it was lawful to marry. God Himself instituted marriage when He gave Eve to Adam.
All God's laws are marvelously adapted to meet the nature of man. The sin of the antediluvians was in perverting that which in itself was lawful. They corrupted God's gifts by using them to minister to their selfish desires. The indulgence of appetite and base passion made their imaginations altogether corrupt. The antediluvians were slaves of Satan, led and controlled by him. They worshipped selfish indulgence--eating, drinking, merry-making--and resorted to acts of violence and crime if their desires and passions were interfered with.
In the days of Noah, the overwhelming majority was opposed to the truth, and enamored with a tissue of falsehoods. The land was filled with violence. War, crime, murder, was the order of the day. Just so will it be before Christ's second coming. The great multitude will be without Christ and without hope.
Christ is coming soon. Satan knows that time is short, and that he has but a little while longer in which to work. He will not rest at ease, as many professed Christians are doing, but will continue to work with intensity.
It cannot be said that the majority of those who claim to be Christians are truly spiritual-minded.
As true today as when uttered by the lips of the great Teacher, are the words:
"Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able" [Luke 13:24].
"For wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it" [Matt. 7:13, 14].
{19MR 247.3}
Brothers and Sister, the Lord has called you to the Supper. I pray that we all receive the invitation, and go to the Supper, without excuse.
Just as in the invitation given in Matt. 22, the King has prepared a wedding feast for His Son. His own family members, and friends, made light of it and went on doing their own thing, as in the days of Noah. He even prepared the clothing for the quest to wear.
I pray that we all receive the invitation and the clothing that we may see each other there, at the feast /supper.
May God continue to be with us all.
God Bless.
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