What’s our status?
Most
of us think of ourselves as average, maybe a bit above average, doing
pretty well.
social
economic
cultural
well-fed
well-clothed
good
moral people
“spiritual”
And we like doing things with our
friends. We all think, deep down, that we are the kind of people who
can and should be invited to just about anything, that we’d be able
to fit in.
young
people - all above average
all
our families are special
“Maybe
some people can’t fit in, but I can.”
What does Jesus say about us?
Don’t
consider too highly
take
the lowest seat
invite
the kind of poor, crippled, lame, blind that we are
People like us? So we should invite
respectable people.
poor, crippled, lame, blind
None of us is above that, none has
escaped the challenges which can lay us low
In fact, we think too highly of
ourselves. We deceive ourselves into thinking we are the kind of
great people Jesus would like to hang with.
Jesus invites us, poor, crippled, lame,
blind, to come to his feast.
He has laid his life down, given it for
us, given it to us.
We cannot repay him. We’re exactly
the kind of guest he wants. What he gives is truly a blessing to us,
because we could get it nowhere else.
forgiveness
life
hope
all
the blessings of God in Christ are ours. He invites us to his table,
to his feast. We cannot repay him. He would have it no other way.
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