Luke 14:1-24

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Luke 14:1-24

1. Jesus proclaims the Gospel

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Christians follow someone who sacrificed everything to redeem and renew the world. At the heart of the Christian faith is a man who died a victim of injustice and who called for the forgiveness of his enemies.

–Tim Keller, The Reason for God

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2. Jesus shows compassion

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However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.

–Winston Churchill

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3. Jesus exposes hypocrisy

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The popular image of Christ as 'gentle Jesus, meek and mild' simply will not do. It is a false image. To be sure, he was full of love, compassion and tenderness. But he was also uninhibited in exposing error and denouncing sin, especially hypocrisy... The evangelists portray him as constantly debating with the leaders of contemporary Judaism ... Christ was a controversialist.

–John Stott

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The rest He offers is the rest of meekness, the blessed relief which comes when we accept ourselves for what we are and cease to pretend.

–A. W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God

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4. Jesus exalts humility

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If anyone would like to acquire humility, I can, I think, tell him the first step. The first step is to realize that one is proud. If you think you are not conceited, it means you are very conceited indeed.

–C. S. Lewis,

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5. Jesus invites us to a feast!

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His arms are stretched out wide to receive us. His heart is enlarged to take us in. For too long we have been in a far country, a country of noise, hurry, and crowds. A country of climb and push and shove, of frustration, fear and intimidation. He welcomes us home to serenity and peace and joy, to friendship and fellowship and openness, home to intimacy and acceptance and affirmation. We do not need to be shy. He invites us into the living room of his heart.

–Richard Foster, Prayer

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