While attending a meal with religious leaders in Luke 14:1-24, Jesus broke with social norms and caused multiple disruptions. His goal was not to offend but to instruct, first about the use of the Sabbath day and then about the kingdom of God, which he compared to a great banquet. At the end of the parable, the invitation is still going out, so let’s enter while there is room.
Three incidents in the life of David illustrate the principle that believers should not pay evil for evil but overcome evil with good while...
Four short parables point to the surpassing value of the kingdom of God and the need to find it now.
This first parable from Matthew provides the key to understanding all the parables and to entering the kingdom of God.
