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Room at the Table

Jesus tells a dinner host to invite the people who can never invite him back. Dana asks who is missing from our tables, and what it costs to set another place.

Date
Sunday
Passage
Luke 14:12–24
Length
38 min

Room at the Table

Dana Okafor · Luke 14:12–24

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Key verse

“But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind.”

Luke 14:13 (KJV)

Sermon notes

  1. 1

    Invitations are a kind of sermon

    Who we eat with says what we believe about who matters. In Luke, Jesus is criticized more for his dinner guests than for anything he teaches.

  2. 2

    The excuses sound reasonable

    A field, some oxen, a new marriage. None of the guests in the parable are villains; they are simply busy. Busyness is the quietest way to decline grace.

  3. 3

    The house will be full

    The host does not cancel the party. He widens the guest list until the house is full, and the people who come are the ones nobody expected.

For your group

Discussion questions for small groups, families or your own journal.

  1. Think of the last three meals you shared. Who was at the table, and who could have been?
  2. Which of the excuses in verses 18–20 sounds most like your own week?
  3. What would it look like for your group to “set another place” this month?
  4. Where have you been the unexpected guest, welcomed when you did not expect to be?

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