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EXCUSES<\/u><\/b><\/h1>\n

Luke 14: 15-24<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u00a0by Rev. Richard Jones<\/b><\/h2>\n

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Setting the Stage<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Luke\u00a0 14: 12-14<\/strong><\/h3>\n

12 He said also to the man who had invited him, \u201cWhen you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brother or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid. 13 But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, 14 and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Parable with a Point<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Luke\u00a0 14: 15-24<\/strong><\/h3>\n

15 When one of those who reclined at table with him heard these things, he said to him, \u201cBlessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!\u201d 16 But he said to him, \u201cA man once gave a great banquet and invited many. 17 And at the time for the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, \u2018Come, for everything is now ready.\u2019 18 But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, \u2018I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please have me excused.\u2019 19 And another said, \u2018I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them. Please have me excused.\u2019 20 And another said, \u2018I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.\u2019 21 So the servant came and reported these things to his master. 22 And the servant said, \u2018Sir, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.\u2019 23 And the master said to the servant, \u2018Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled. 24 For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Hebrews 10: 23 -25<\/strong><\/h3>\n

23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.<\/p>\n

Ephesians 4: 15-16<\/strong><\/h3>\n

15 Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, 16 from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.<\/p>\n

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