Sep 1, 2019
This sermon was preached by Pastor Daniel Bradley at the Faith Journey United Methodist Church Clay, NY on September 1, 2019. It was a Holy Communion Sunday.
It was entitled "Come to the Table". This is a raw recording from my iPhone. This was the 3rd time I had preached this sermon today at the 12:30 service.
Luke 14:1, 7-14
14:1 On one occasion when Jesus was going to the house of a leader
of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the sabbath, they were watching
him closely.
14:7 When he noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he
told them a parable.
14:8 "When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not
sit down at the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished
than you has been invited by your host;
14:9 and the host who invited both of you may come and say to you,
'Give this person your place,' and then in disgrace you would start
to take the lowest place.
14:10 But when you are invited, go and sit down at the lowest
place, so that when your host comes, he may say to you, 'Friend,
move up higher'; then you will be honored in the presence of all
who sit at the table with you.
14:11 For all who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who
humble themselves will be exalted."
14:12 He said also to the one who had invited him, "When you give a
luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers
or your relatives or rich neighbors, in case they may invite you in
return, and you would be repaid.
14:13 But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled,
the lame, and the blind.
14:14 And you will be blessed because they cannot repay you, for
you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."