Tag Archive | excuses

Invitation To A Feast

Jan23

Recommended reading: Luke 14:16-24; Matthew 22:2-10, 14
Parable of the Dinner

But He said to him, “A man was giving a big dinner, and he invited many; and at the dinner hour he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come; for everything is ready now.’ But they all alike began to make excuses. The first one said to him, ‘I have bought a piece of land and I need to go out and look at it; please consider me excused.’ Another one said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out; please consider me excused.’ Another one said, ‘I have married a wife, and for that reason I cannot come.’ And the slave came back and reported this to his master. Then the head of the household became angry and said to his slave, ‘Go out at once into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in here the poor and crippled and blind and lame.’ And the slave said, ‘Master, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.’
Luke‬ ‭14:16‭-‬22‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.14.16.NASB1995

The invitation has been sent out.
The gospel is the invitation of God to eternal life. To partake of the heavenly feast that God has prepared, salvation.
Did you notice the similarities in the responses to decline the invitation? “I”, “I”, “I”. When it becomes all about me, me, me, the boat will sail, the dinner will go on, eternal life will happen but without you.
All humanity is crippled, blind, lame, hurting, lost, poor in need of a Savior. Will you accept the invitation and partake of the feast? Or will you enjoy the me, me, me now and miss out on the great eternal supper with God?

🌹Come. There is still room.

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
http://indasharonjesus.org

Concerning Grace

Oct31

For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace.

What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it never be! — Romans 6:14-15

May it never be!? But don’t we take advantage of God’s grace? A gift through the blood and sacrifice of Jesus Himself! And then knowingly, blatantly sin, making excuses for our sin? It’s as if we are mocking Him and spitting on Him*.

Let me give you an example that I was convicted by.
[Be Subject to Government] Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God. (Romans 13:1)

Does that include the speed limit? “It’s okay to go over by 5 mph because the police won’t stop you for that”. Doesn’t “Go with the flow of traffic” sound the same as saying “everyone else is doing it”? Are the police our authority or is God and His Word? (If God and His Word, then we ultimately obey the police and the law of the land).

There are many more examples as we travel through our day when we have opportunity to obey or take advantage of God’s grace by not living up to God’s standard but the standard of man. Hopefully we are now more aware of our responsibility concerning the wonderful, sacrificial gift of grace.

Continually seeking Him,

Sharon

*Mark 10:34