In Luke 14:1-14, Jesus sits down at the dinner table at the invitation of a Pharisee. Luke has already made clear that when Jesus sits at a dinner table, many things happen. On this occasion, a Sabbath day, after he healed a man from his illness, he had some choice words to say to his hosts, the guests and then all who hear him. His words centre around the theme of extending hospitality (and therefore love, welcome and grace) to those who are on the outer when it comes to the social scale – the unloved and unlovely. It’s a great challenge to think and do and be like Jesus in this way.
Message
Outline
• The forty-fourth in this series
• Jesus ‘doing’ and ‘teaching’
• At the dinner table
• See how Luke tells us that Jesus had …
- A reply for his critics (v.1-6)
- A direction for the guests (v.7-11)
- A challenge for his host (v.12-14)
Rosaria Butterfield
Radically ordinary hospitality
Thinking and doing like Jesus
