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  • Luke 14
    • 14:1 One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, he was being carefully watched.
    • 14:7 When he noticed how the guests picked the places of honor at the table, he told them this parable:
    • 14:12 Then Jesus said to his host, "When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid.
    • 14:16 Jesus replied: "A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests."
  • Luke 14:1-6
    • One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, he was being carefully watched. There in front of him was a man suffering from dropsy. Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts in the law, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?" But they remained silent. So taking hold of the man, he healed him and sent him away. Then he asked them, "If one of you has a son or an ox that falls into a well on the Sabbath day, will you not immediately pull him out?" And they had nothing to say.
  • The Testimony of Jesus
    • Pharisees -> give hospitality with a hidden agenda, with ulterior motives
    • Jesus -> accepts the invitation, no questions asked
  • The Testimony of Jesus
    • Pharisees -> insensitively and cruelly seat a man with dropsy across from Jesus.
    • Jesus -> had compassion on the man
  • DROPSY
  • The Testimony of Jesus
    • Pharisees -> rudely and judgmentally "observed" Jesus closely.
    • Jesus -> unafraid, released the man of his life-threatening disease
  • The Testimony of Jesus
    • Pharisees -> attempted to frame an innocent man by the letter of the law.
    • Jesus -> heals according to the inherit principle of the law
  • JESUS TAKES OVER
  • Luke 14:7-11
  • When he noticed how the guests picked the places of honor at the table, he told them this parable: "When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for a person more distinguished than you may have been invited. If so, the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, 'Give this man your seat.' Then, humiliated, you will have to take the least important place. But when you are invited, take the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he will say to you, 'Friend, move up to a better place.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all your fellow guests. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
  • Humility
    • Matthew 18:4
  • Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
    • Acts 20:19
  • I served the Lord with great humility and with tears, although I was severely tested by the plots of the Jews.
    • Philippians 2:8
  • And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death— even death on a cross!
    • James 4:6
  • But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."
    • 1 Peter 5:6
  • Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.
  • Humility
    • Comes by revelation
    • Of our sinful nature
  • Humility
    • Comes by revelation
    • Of our inability to do good
    • "Wretched man that I am. Who will deliver me from the body of this death?" Romans 7:24
  • Humility
    • Comes by revelation
    • Of others' virtues
    • Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Phil. 2:3
  • A New Motto
    • God helps those who CAN'T help themselves
  • Humility
    • Enforced through Difficulties
      • Suffering environment
      • financial struggles
      • insurmountable problems, family, personal
  • Luke 14:12-14
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