What happens when you're invited to the greatest banquet in history and you decline? This week's sermon is on Luke 14:15–24. We examine the hidden danger of respectable excuses, the joy reserved for "outsiders," and why when God calls us by the gospel, we all must accept His invitation!

Takeaways:

• The banquet is God's eternal plan, and your seat was saved before you were born!

• Everyday blessings (like work, property, or relationships) become idols when they crowd out the Gospel.

• Outsiders, broken people, and latecomers all find places reserved for them; the Gospel isn't just for the "worthy", it's for all!

• Each Divine Service offers a foretaste of heaven's banquet, forming us to accept the invitation and to bring others along. 

  • Baptism clothes you in the only dress-code-approved garment, the righteousness of Jesus.