Sermon – Pastor, Mike Halstead

A Great Banquet Indeed!

Luke 14:15-24

I. Theme #1 An Eschatological Banquet

• Continuation from Luke 13
• Narrow door  Luke 13:24
• “Game over”  Luke 13:25-27, Matthew 25:10-13
• The absolute part of “Absolutes”  Luke 13:28-30

II. Theme #2 Pante ta Ethne – “All Nations”

• Prophecy fulfilled  Genesis 12:2-3
• All nations, all peoples, All conditions of life  Rev. 3:20
• The Jews first, and then the Greek

III. Excuses 

• “Bought a field”

– Attention to material things  Luke 14:16

• ” Bought some oxen”  Luke 14:19

– Preoccupation with new possessions

• “Just got married”  Luke 14:20

– Priorities of the heart

IV. Attention to material things  Luke 14:16-18

• But still a narrow door,
• Loved dearly, heir to abundance, mansions prepared, and part of a family!

Closing

• Song “Hymn Of Heaven”